Reviews

Batman: Face the Face by Leonard Kirk, Don Kramer, James Robinson

sayre_94's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Batman and Robin return to Gotham after a long disappearance to fight Poison Ivy. At the same time someone is murdering small-name criminals throughout Gotham with the same two bullet shots to the head. Harvey Dent has returned, but he still struggles with Two-Face in the back of his mind. Harvey would eventually lose his inner battle to Two-Face, and the villain makes his return. In the end, Great White Shark is revealed to be the crime boss that killed all the villains. 

georgesc's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

oddmara's review

3.0

Very janky story.
On one hand, I loved having the gang back together. I loved having Bruce and Jim and Tim all hanging out together, I missed all of them investigating together, it made me all very happy. This is the format of Batman stories I love the most; mystery happens, Batman and Jim investigate, it's all self-contained and it all makes me happy.
The small bits with Tim also made me happy, finally accepting to be adopted by Bruce, which I've been waiting for for long. Him hugging Bruce??? :(((( Listen I know Bruce is a terrible parental figure, but also I still love him, ok? I also love him substantially more for not having the "pushes everyone away" arc that so many writers seem to love for him.
The reason the rating is not a high one however is because of what they decided to do to Harvey. Like. Uh. ???? You just fixed him up, and then immediately fucked him up. What's that about? You could give him just A BIT more dimension. Just a bit. God. He has feelings too, you know? Also, minus another star for killing the Ventriloquist.

rick_gardens's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

bimenace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

mkindness's review

I had a major problem with the premise of the book... I thought some of the lines didn't ring true... and there were places where I thought the art was a bit iffy.

lindakat's review

4.0

The new beginnings of Two-Face just beautifully illustrated.

nip's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

carochacord's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

invertible_hulk's review

4.0

Granted, I'm not too well-read on Batman (or much DC stuff at all), but I thought this was a pretty solid read; at least, on a plane.