Reviews

Batman. Tom 4. Rok zerowy - Tajemnicze miasto by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Danny Miki

jennykeery's review against another edition

2.0

This is an origin story squeezed in between all the other origin stories - Bruce is back from the dead but hasn't gone out in public yet. Surely the poor thing deserves a bit of a break? In this one his nose swells to about three times the size after a particularly bad beating and...I just felt really sorry for him throughout the whole thing. Red Hood looks daft too, that helmet can't be practical or easy to hide.

lhcarter24's review against another edition

3.0

I think this is a great issue and the fact that it paid homage to the earlier iterations in a new way was good.

opentopersuasion's review against another edition

3.0

A good retelling of the origin story, and a nice introduction to the joker. Just a little watered down, I felt like the characters were not very 3-dimensional. Their motives didn't really make sense to me.

alex_stanuta's review against another edition

5.0

One of the best Batman stories. It shows the beginning of Batman in a different tone than Batman Year One.
Snyder & Capullo are some of my favourite comics creators.

matterofmichael's review against another edition

4.0

Coming off a fantastic set of stories (especially death in the family), I was worried about the direction they would go. Going with another retelling of the origin/early days was the right choice
+the two part opener are so different and wild is a great setup
+origins are always fun
++Alfred&Bruce disagreement
+empty question mark
++this story knows when to rely on heavy dialogue and then when to let the panels talk
-become a bat is a wee bit cheesy for me
+the speech
+nice ending to wrap up the current arc and looking to dive deep in the next
-/+super big style change for the last mini stories in the last issue. Seems a bit out of place and I’m not sure readers needed the extra explanation for what Bruce was doing, but maybe that’s just me

violet_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

bloodravenlib's review against another edition

3.0

I posted my full review of this on my blog, The Itinerant Librarian. Click (or copy/paste to your favorite browser) the link below to check out the review.

Review link: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/05/booknote-batman-volume-4-zero-year.html

stewreads's review against another edition

4.0

This one might be my favorite yet, honestly. And that's really saying something, considering how fantastic the last one was. There's just something about this one. I wasn't even looking forward to reading another origin story but this one just felt so...alive! The dialogue, the plot, the colors! It was perfect. I'm getting addicted to this series and running out of books to read; I wish graphic novels didn't go by so fast!

pug_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

jo_lzr's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5