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rlaferney's review against another edition
5.0
Sure, the Rise of the Batmen might be flawed but I could care less. This was just an awesome story. The premise of this book is so freaking rad in all its superhero/cyberpunk glory! Batman notices drones around Gotham and decides to put a team together. He gathers Batwoman to help him lead (as well as for other reasons) and recruits the people he knows are good but need more training to work on their own. Tim (Red Robin), Cassandra, Steph, and reformed villain Clay Face. This crew is strange but somehow, James Tynion IV makes it work!
Quickly they uncover that there is an elite fighting force mimicking the Dark Knight on the streets of Gotham. Their equipment, tech, and tactics are based on Batman's, but they're far more sophisticated than anything he's ever seen. Batman needs his own army if he's going to take down this new enemy but Batwoman doesn't know that the person behind this enemy is someone dear to both her and Bruce.
This arc had intrigue, heart, and even humor. And I really enjoyed the cyberpunk aspect of the story. Tech is such a crucial element to how Batman fights crime, I believe it is integral to any Batman story.
The artwork was fantastic as well.
Read this one.
It's a great entry point into the DC Universe Rebirth series.
Quickly they uncover that there is an elite fighting force mimicking the Dark Knight on the streets of Gotham. Their equipment, tech, and tactics are based on Batman's, but they're far more sophisticated than anything he's ever seen. Batman needs his own army if he's going to take down this new enemy but Batwoman doesn't know that the person behind this enemy is someone dear to both her and Bruce.
This arc had intrigue, heart, and even humor. And I really enjoyed the cyberpunk aspect of the story. Tech is such a crucial element to how Batman fights crime, I believe it is integral to any Batman story.
The artwork was fantastic as well.
Read this one.
It's a great entry point into the DC Universe Rebirth series.
aloyokon's review against another edition
5.0
I think the folks at DC are really on to something. An enemy force plagiarizing the caped crusader's look and moves is on the loose in Gotham, and Batman has to assemble other heroic denizens of Gotham, as well as one reformed villain, and take on this mysterious Batmen Army head on. I love the twist in the story, and the characters are just brilliant! Can't wait for more!
birdmanseven's review against another edition
4.0
I always have a soft-spot for the Bat Team and I thought this volume got it really right. I liked seeing Clayface going straight and felt Batwoman was a great as team leader.
We discuss this collection and Batman as a whole in this episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-212-batman-day-2019
We discuss this collection and Batman as a whole in this episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-212-batman-day-2019
onmysoapbox's review against another edition
5.0
I am seeing a lot of hate for this volume, and I really don't understand why! Sure, it had it's flaws, but I absolutely adored every minute of it's fast paced action and emotional development of the characters. I am biased, of course, because any comic with Steph in it is a good comic in my book. I also love that Cass was in it, as Orphan! I love her too, she's such an oddball. I just wish that since Cass and Steph are such good friends, we could have seen them interact a little more with each other. However, Steph's interactions with Tim made up for it. I wasn't exactly super phased or emotional about Tim's "death" (I knew that he either wasn't dead or would come back to life) until we saw Steph and Bruce's reactions towards it. It made me cry, their hug was so filled with love and pain and ahhh it was so beautiful. I already preordered vol. 2! I just wish they would come out sooner because I really want to read it but I don't want to pay for each individual comic since it can get super pricy.
hobbes199's review against another edition
2.0
This title really is more about Batwoman and Tim Drake than it is about Bats himself, and that's a definite good thing. I'm not feeling Rebirth Bats as much as I am his Krypton counterpart, and this is another title that adds to that.
The outcome of the story is predictable (even if you didn't, like myself, read Batman: Night of the Monster Men first) and that is an issue with some of the Rebirth titles -it's all too safe. Whether it's DC preferring to save all the 'big' storyline hoo-ha for the Watchmen crossover, or writers are still finding their groove, I'm not sure, but for me, Rebirth is running at about 50% approval rating.
If I wasn't sent them for review, would I be checking them out? Honestly don't know - but only a few have made me go 'ooohh' so far.
The outcome of the story is predictable (even if you didn't, like myself, read Batman: Night of the Monster Men first) and that is an issue with some of the Rebirth titles -it's all too safe. Whether it's DC preferring to save all the 'big' storyline hoo-ha for the Watchmen crossover, or writers are still finding their groove, I'm not sure, but for me, Rebirth is running at about 50% approval rating.
If I wasn't sent them for review, would I be checking them out? Honestly don't know - but only a few have made me go 'ooohh' so far.
mcholodewitsch's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty fun, pretty generic, and surprisingly pretty emotional (until it ends on a cliffhanger that undercuts the emotion).
sajie87's review against another edition
5.0
The art is top notch and I did not expect to be hit with the feels. Love it!
noveladdiction's review against another edition
4.0
Okay, I might be in the minority on this - but I loved this volume. Probably because it brought several of my favorite characters together, and that ending - UGH that ending! I'll be eagerly anticipating the next volume.
saif42's review against another edition
5.0
I'm honestly blown away.
The writing is superb. A fresh take on the classic team up story. Fleshing out existing characters and introducing new ones with potential. Not a super huge fan of the "hacking" but its the 21st Century, not every villain is a hacker but some of them have to be.
The art is the real deal here. I didn't think I would ever see something this beautiful after Sandman Overture. It's not Overture but it's as close as you're going to ever get. Vibrant colors, beautiful backdrops, just solid all around. If you buy this and don't read a word of it you would still have gotten your moneys worth.
This Batman isn't just good, it's great. Recommended if you like Batman. Tom King's Batman might be a better place to start with Rebirth because its an easier and more fun run but my boy Tynion is writing the best Rebirth title on shelves today.
Publisher Rant incoming:
You know everything I hated about Marvel comics recently? The dumbing down of the dialogue between characters that makes everyone Snarky McSnark, and the overuse of texting lingo and the ham-fisted approach to diversity and the betrayal of characters history and the constant constant constant events and reboots and new #1's that won't last six months? DC is really making me feel better about all that with Rebirth and this line is top class for this. Here's an approach to diversity that feels more natural than anything at Marvel with Batwing. Cassandra, Spoiler and Batwoman are all women and are fleshed out characters not reskins of existing ones. There's one instance of texting in eight volumes of Rebirth that I've read and it was less than one page. Marvel had an entire issue once made up of text-speak that still pisses me off. Every event Marvel has seems to derail the main storylines of the comics its tied into (Still pissed about Axis + InHumans). I skipped the tie in issues with Night of the Monster Men and absolutely nothing was lost plot-wise in any of the comics it ties into. Most importantly, every writer is a big name and knows how to write the character well. Not a single character sounds like he's being written by an amateur which is exactly what it feels like is going on at Marvel now. Rebirth is doing everything right.
The writing is superb. A fresh take on the classic team up story. Fleshing out existing characters and introducing new ones with potential. Not a super huge fan of the "hacking" but its the 21st Century, not every villain is a hacker but some of them have to be.
The art is the real deal here. I didn't think I would ever see something this beautiful after Sandman Overture. It's not Overture but it's as close as you're going to ever get. Vibrant colors, beautiful backdrops, just solid all around. If you buy this and don't read a word of it you would still have gotten your moneys worth.
This Batman isn't just good, it's great. Recommended if you like Batman. Tom King's Batman might be a better place to start with Rebirth because its an easier and more fun run but my boy Tynion is writing the best Rebirth title on shelves today.
Publisher Rant incoming:
You know everything I hated about Marvel comics recently? The dumbing down of the dialogue between characters that makes everyone Snarky McSnark, and the overuse of texting lingo and the ham-fisted approach to diversity and the betrayal of characters history and the constant constant constant events and reboots and new #1's that won't last six months? DC is really making me feel better about all that with Rebirth and this line is top class for this. Here's an approach to diversity that feels more natural than anything at Marvel with Batwing. Cassandra, Spoiler and Batwoman are all women and are fleshed out characters not reskins of existing ones. There's one instance of texting in eight volumes of Rebirth that I've read and it was less than one page. Marvel had an entire issue once made up of text-speak that still pisses me off. Every event Marvel has seems to derail the main storylines of the comics its tied into (Still pissed about Axis + InHumans). I skipped the tie in issues with Night of the Monster Men and absolutely nothing was lost plot-wise in any of the comics it ties into. Most importantly, every writer is a big name and knows how to write the character well. Not a single character sounds like he's being written by an amateur which is exactly what it feels like is going on at Marvel now. Rebirth is doing everything right.