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Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham
Troy Nixey, Dennis Janke, Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, Bill Oakley, Dave Stewart
3.58 AVERAGE
55 reviews for:
Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham
Troy Nixey, Dennis Janke, Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, Bill Oakley, Dave Stewart
3.58 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
An interesting take on Batman mythos with Mignola-esque illustrations and takes on the rogues gallery. Didn't realize this was over a decade old.
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham - 3.5/5
A Lovecraftian tale of 1920s Batman from Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey. Feels a fair bit like a Hellboy story that escaped before latching itself, like some Lovecraftian monstrosity, to a jazz-age Batman.
The best aspect of this story was the many interesting reimagining of classic Batman characters: the betentacled Two-Face, the spiritual medium Oracle, the Knight Errant Oliver Queen. These interpretations, set in the pre-crash squalor of decaying Gotham, bring a new life to these characters and gives them a Lovecraftian, or weird fiction, edge.
However, the characters are also what bring down the book the most. There are just too many of them: Batman, Alfred, three Robins, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, Killer Croc, Ra's and Talia al Ghul, Oliver Queen, the list just keeps going and going and going, not letting any of these interesting interpretations stand out for very long.
Additionally, Batman feels a little off to me, less brooding Dark Knight more the sort of gruff 'its-in-the-job description ma'am' Hellboy type character. This adds to the feeling that this story somehow managed to escape from the Mignolaverse but does make the connection to Batman as an idea a little tenuous.
Overall, a really fun story of cosmic horrors hampered by an overabundance of interesting ideas and off characterisation.
A Lovecraftian tale of 1920s Batman from Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey. Feels a fair bit like a Hellboy story that escaped before latching itself, like some Lovecraftian monstrosity, to a jazz-age Batman.
The best aspect of this story was the many interesting reimagining of classic Batman characters: the betentacled Two-Face, the spiritual medium Oracle, the Knight Errant Oliver Queen. These interpretations, set in the pre-crash squalor of decaying Gotham, bring a new life to these characters and gives them a Lovecraftian, or weird fiction, edge.
However, the characters are also what bring down the book the most. There are just too many of them: Batman, Alfred, three Robins, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, Killer Croc, Ra's and Talia al Ghul, Oliver Queen, the list just keeps going and going and going, not letting any of these interesting interpretations stand out for very long.
Additionally, Batman feels a little off to me, less brooding Dark Knight more the sort of gruff 'its-in-the-job description ma'am' Hellboy type character. This adds to the feeling that this story somehow managed to escape from the Mignolaverse but does make the connection to Batman as an idea a little tenuous.
Overall, a really fun story of cosmic horrors hampered by an overabundance of interesting ideas and off characterisation.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Murder
This was a good blending of the strange, supernatural, and cosmic horror of Mike Mignola and the world of Batman; two of my favorite comic subjects. Elements of the Batman canon are incorporated in unique and interesting ways. It has genuinely creepy moments and a suitably tragic arc. It could have done with a bit more length, but you can only go so far with an Elseworlds mini series.
This is definitely entertaining, but I don’t love the art and also... well it’s not really a Batman story... it’s just Lovecraft with Batman names
The book is based on the short story "The Doom that Came to Sarnath" by H.P. Lovecraft. Readers will enjoy it if they are into Lovecraftian horror, though the art was not able to captivate me.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes