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xeno2318's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
pmileham's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Xenophobia
helpfulsnowman's review against another edition
4.0
There are some VERY underrated Batman artists doing cover work for these volumes. Norm Breyfogle, which sounds like a made up name but isn't? Damn!
gothicteletubby's review against another edition
3.0
This was such a let down, especially after how good volume 1 was. The first few issues were pretty good, I was kind of bummed that this went for so much resale, but it completely lost the plot after Corrosive Man. The way that adding the racist plot points and villains was so unnecessary, the Islamophobia was so blatant, at least - and the bar is in literal hell - Bruce was clearly affected with the idea that maybe the US wasn't the best country in the world and ruined many lives in the Middle East. And Bruce was the biggest goddamn hypocrite in the Aborigine story, criticizing that Aboriginal man for murdering people who were contributors to colonialism and killing Aboriginals when in the literal last issue Bruce "accidentally" killed a Middle Eastern man because he was a terrorist.
Very frustrating to read good stories intermixed with such BS white, American centered rhetoric on POC and the atrocities of white imperialism caused.
Very frustrating to read good stories intermixed with such BS white, American centered rhetoric on POC and the atrocities of white imperialism caused.
justabookholic's review
2.0
2.5 stars
While the Ventriloquist is one of the more intriguing villains in Batman's Rouges Gallery, I found the introduction to be a bit underwhelming. It gave no real interlude and I only realized after the fact, that it was, in fact, the first appearance of the Wesker incarnation.
That being said, the "Fever" double issue plot was the best storyline in this volume and I find myself questioning the thinly-veiled, bordering on Reagan era propaganda plots within the Detective Comics run. It was interesting to find out that The Ratcatcher was actually one of Batman's foes but I do want to clarify that does not mean the storyline involving said character was any good. Solid rat drawings but that's about it when it comes to quality.
The remaining plots read very... dated (racist) but it was informative in terms of seeing the beginnings of certain motifs and characters but I definitely wouldn't recommend this to anyone wishing to read Batman for enjoyment or wanting to start out with the character. I read this more for the purposes of character studies and my expectations were fairly low in terms of plot quality.
While the Ventriloquist is one of the more intriguing villains in Batman's Rouges Gallery, I found the introduction to be a bit underwhelming. It gave no real interlude and I only realized after the fact, that it was, in fact, the first appearance of the Wesker incarnation.
That being said, the "Fever" double issue plot was the best storyline in this volume and I find myself questioning the thinly-veiled, bordering on Reagan era propaganda plots within the Detective Comics run. It was interesting to find out that The Ratcatcher was actually one of Batman's foes but I do want to clarify that does not mean the storyline involving said character was any good. Solid rat drawings but that's about it when it comes to quality.
The remaining plots read very... dated (racist) but it was informative in terms of seeing the beginnings of certain motifs and characters but I definitely wouldn't recommend this to anyone wishing to read Batman for enjoyment or wanting to start out with the character. I read this more for the purposes of character studies and my expectations were fairly low in terms of plot quality.
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