Reviews

Batman: Ego and Other Tails Deluxe Edition by Darwyn Cooke

kaqueershi's review against another edition

4.0

Ego gets five stars. Everything else was three to four.

luana420's review against another edition

4.0

Darwyn Cooke art is always fucking gorgeous, so obviously this book was gonna be a delight to look at. The titular tale (or “tail” I guess ha ha) is a philosophical discussion between Bruce Wayne and his batsona who looks absolutely fucking dope as shit.

There’s a couple of brief adventure one-shots which are nice (one with Tim Sale art, and I’ll always buy that for a dollar), but the other big draw besides Ego is Selina’s Big Score – a gorgeous Catwoman train heist that I feel would have probably been best served scrubbed of some uhhhh projection issues. I mean LOL that Lee Marvin Mary Sue that is SUPER GOOD AT EVERYTHING and also Selina LURRRBS him – wudda catharsis that in the brief little one-shot “Déjà vu” he gets his ass kicked by Batman as a random bank robbery goon.

testpattern's review against another edition

4.0

I pick this up about every week and go into a fugue state over the composition and linework. Not every story in this book is a 100% winner, but the title story and [book: Catwoman: Selina's Big Score] (which also exists as a standalone trade paperback) are just about as good as comics gets.

dumblydore's review against another edition

4.0

Darwyn Cooke's art speaks to me on many levels—the nostalgia, the gritty noir-esque elements and traditional painting techniques, so this is quite a good collection of his Batman work, albeit not very cohesive.

Standout stories are Selina's Big Score and Date Knight, not that I'm biased or anything, being a big Catwoman fan.

avscarlett's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Cooke's art style makes for some of the prettiest comics I've ever read

xeavoldg's review

adventurous medium-paced

3.25

nick3897's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

3.0

space_gaudet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

3.75

regaliaofchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

parksvslibraries's review against another edition

adventurous dark

3.0