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angelwolf45's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this graphic novel. It was interesting.
This follows Batman as he is dealing with someone coming after those he loves. As he is dealing with this, he also has to deal with some villian who is killing people replicating his parents death with also using Joker gas.
It was an interesting to see Batman dealing with the death of his parents again but with people that are not his parents.
It was good to see him deal with a lot but staying focused to figure out what is going on.
This follows Batman as he is dealing with someone coming after those he loves. As he is dealing with this, he also has to deal with some villian who is killing people replicating his parents death with also using Joker gas.
It was an interesting to see Batman dealing with the death of his parents again but with people that are not his parents.
It was good to see him deal with a lot but staying focused to figure out what is going on.
elysareadsitall's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this graphic novel okay. I thought the art was excellent, but I didn't understand what was going on at all until the last few pages. After getting it, I thought it was a pretty cool story.
the_rox13's review against another edition
4.0
Synopsis: A couple that perfectly resembles the Waynes is found floating in a Dolphin tank. While Batman investigates, Lesile Thompkins is attacked by this giant lava, symbiote looking monster. Batman rescues her, but the monster infects her with Joker gas and she dies. Then, Alfred is attacked at the manor, the attacker being described as "Zorro." So, Batman heads to Arkham to get some answers about what's going on. He finds that the villains are too scared to say anything, so he goes after someone that knows he's Batman.
He starts with Henri Ducard, but it isn't him and they are attacked by the monster, which has now morphed into a blob of Batman's villains. Ducard kills himself in an attempt to destroy the creature, but it doesn't work. Batman figures out that the monster is going after his teachers and eventually finds himself with Thaddeus Brown in a ridiculous situation with sharks. After he breaks them out, Batman takes on the monster and destroys it. He then believes that it is Dr. Hugo Strange behind the attacks.
When it's not Strange, Batman is called away to help Jason Blood and he uses his Hellbat suit (so awesome). Once Jason Blood is safe, he goes to see Silas Stone, another mentor. However, this time, Stone shoots him with this laser, andit is revealed that the entire thing is a simulation and it's something that Bruce puts himself through every year to be a better Batman. Bruce learns that he had to sacrifice the child part of himself to be Batman, but he thinks that the price was worth it because of the other children in Gotham that will be able to have relatively normal childhoods. It ends with him taking Lesile Thompkins out to dinner.
Review: I rather enjoyed this volume - I've been away from Detective Comics and Batman in general for too long. I'm not counting reading Tom King's Batman since I don't typically enjoy it. I think a lot of people are going to be put off by the fact that it is a simulation at the end of it all because not to bring it back around to Tom King, but I asked myself what the difference was between this and Knightmares? And when you boil it down to basics, it's the writing.
Immediately, Tomasi hits you with something that if true, is canon-changing with the death of Lesile Thomkins, which of course didn't happen. But it is treated like it is happening so you believe it when you read it. Whereas Knightmares, you know something is off the entire time. With Mythology, you're a good couple issues in before you're like "something is off here." Not only that, but I felt like there was a point to it. Bruce learned something about himself and I think that's a good point to end on for any Batman story.
I thought the mystery of it all was enjoyable as well. It definitely kept my interest for the entirety of reading it. Even if the mystery is kind of bunk at the end, I still liked it. I think it's a little fucked up that this is what Bruce does on his birthday, but it doesn't surprise me. Overall, I think this was a strong start for Tomasi's run on Detective and I'm excited for more. This is also one that I think anyone could pick up and understand it, if you're looking to jump on.
One last thing, though, I will say that shit with the sharks was beyond ridiculous and stretched the imagination a bit.
He starts with Henri Ducard, but it isn't him and they are attacked by the monster, which has now morphed into a blob of Batman's villains. Ducard kills himself in an attempt to destroy the creature, but it doesn't work. Batman figures out that the monster is going after his teachers and eventually finds himself with Thaddeus Brown in a ridiculous situation with sharks. After he breaks them out, Batman takes on the monster and destroys it. He then believes that it is Dr. Hugo Strange behind the attacks.
When it's not Strange, Batman is called away to help Jason Blood and he uses his Hellbat suit (so awesome). Once Jason Blood is safe, he goes to see Silas Stone, another mentor. However, this time, Stone shoots him with this laser, andit is revealed that the entire thing is a simulation and it's something that Bruce puts himself through every year to be a better Batman. Bruce learns that he had to sacrifice the child part of himself to be Batman, but he thinks that the price was worth it because of the other children in Gotham that will be able to have relatively normal childhoods. It ends with him taking Lesile Thompkins out to dinner.
Review: I rather enjoyed this volume - I've been away from Detective Comics and Batman in general for too long. I'm not counting reading Tom King's Batman since I don't typically enjoy it. I think a lot of people are going to be put off by the fact that it is a simulation at the end of it all because not to bring it back around to Tom King, but I asked myself what the difference was between this and Knightmares? And when you boil it down to basics, it's the writing.
Immediately, Tomasi hits you with something that if true, is canon-changing with the death of Lesile Thomkins, which of course didn't happen. But it is treated like it is happening so you believe it when you read it. Whereas Knightmares, you know something is off the entire time. With Mythology, you're a good couple issues in before you're like "something is off here." Not only that, but I felt like there was a point to it. Bruce learned something about himself and I think that's a good point to end on for any Batman story.
I thought the mystery of it all was enjoyable as well. It definitely kept my interest for the entirety of reading it. Even if the mystery is kind of bunk at the end, I still liked it. I think it's a little fucked up that this is what Bruce does on his birthday, but it doesn't surprise me. Overall, I think this was a strong start for Tomasi's run on Detective and I'm excited for more. This is also one that I think anyone could pick up and understand it, if you're looking to jump on.
One last thing, though, I will say that shit with the sharks was beyond ridiculous and stretched the imagination a bit.
rustyblue's review against another edition
2.0
2
When it 1st started I thought we are in for one awesome ride but slowly and surely the story come of the rails and does the Ultimate Sin in storyteller far as concerned.
When it 1st started I thought we are in for one awesome ride but slowly and surely the story come of the rails and does the Ultimate Sin in storyteller far as concerned.
mpscrimshaw's review against another edition
2.0
I feel like every modern batman arc I've read recently has been about the "myth" of Batman and a foe that knows his identity dredging up details from his past and threatening his way of life. Snyder did it brilliantly when it was still a new concept, then King's run did a bit of it, then Tynion's current run regurgitated all of Snyder's ideas in an overly-long, worse way, and now this. I'm a little sick of it.
tabman678's review against another edition
Batman: Detective Comics vol 1 Mythology is Peter J Tomasi writing Detective comics in the rebirth era picking it up for a run on the title after James Tynion’s 7 volumes worth.
As a starting point for Detective comics I think this is actually pretty good. But it’s even better as a Batman starting point within current continuity. Now granted this is not a story that I think would convert someone who isn’t already into Batman’s whole appeal. I say good for a starting point as in “I want to start reading modern Batman/ not the 5 Batman stories everyone already recommends.”
It’s a story about Bruce and his quest to build a better Batman. Something is targeting his mentors and allies. So he sets on a globe trotting quest to get to each of them first.
Reading this issue to issue was really good because I think Tomasi’s is always solid ranging from good to great. I think the issues here all fit in that range but know before going in that the intrigue is greater then the answer, it almost always is but it’s notable here because the intrigue is so interesting.
But while the answer isn’t as interesting for the intrigue what is interesting about the answers you get is what it reenforces about Batman’s character in his striving to save more and do more despite the crushing odds.
There’s a consistent art team you get that really needs up the visual appeal. I just love the way Doug Mahnke draws Batman, with the big broad shoulders and long flowing cap, and the poses he pencils it conveys action really well.
David Baron on colors nails it conveying the moody urgency the story has to it. Particularly the greens, blacks, and blues really pop. Because unlike other stories in current continuity Batman’s got some blue on that suit
Rob Leigh’s letters also deserve credit because how the monster speaks is intelligibly unintelligible. And what is said by the characters is never a struggle.
Christian Alamy and Keith Champagne inking make it appropriately stylish as they control the gothic shadows.
I don’t have a ton I want to complain about aside from the typical intrigue vs answers problem that mystery always has. It looks great, the read is fun, heavily plot motivating with enough flavoring of character. I recommend this one. Though if anything I’ve said is unappealing maybe this isn’t for you.
As a starting point for Detective comics I think this is actually pretty good. But it’s even better as a Batman starting point within current continuity. Now granted this is not a story that I think would convert someone who isn’t already into Batman’s whole appeal. I say good for a starting point as in “I want to start reading modern Batman/ not the 5 Batman stories everyone already recommends.”
It’s a story about Bruce and his quest to build a better Batman. Something is targeting his mentors and allies. So he sets on a globe trotting quest to get to each of them first.
Reading this issue to issue was really good because I think Tomasi’s is always solid ranging from good to great. I think the issues here all fit in that range but know before going in that the intrigue is greater then the answer, it almost always is but it’s notable here because the intrigue is so interesting.
But while the answer isn’t as interesting for the intrigue what is interesting about the answers you get is what it reenforces about Batman’s character in his striving to save more and do more despite the crushing odds.
There’s a consistent art team you get that really needs up the visual appeal. I just love the way Doug Mahnke draws Batman, with the big broad shoulders and long flowing cap, and the poses he pencils it conveys action really well.
David Baron on colors nails it conveying the moody urgency the story has to it. Particularly the greens, blacks, and blues really pop. Because unlike other stories in current continuity Batman’s got some blue on that suit
Rob Leigh’s letters also deserve credit because how the monster speaks is intelligibly unintelligible. And what is said by the characters is never a struggle.
Christian Alamy and Keith Champagne inking make it appropriately stylish as they control the gothic shadows.
I don’t have a ton I want to complain about aside from the typical intrigue vs answers problem that mystery always has. It looks great, the read is fun, heavily plot motivating with enough flavoring of character. I recommend this one. Though if anything I’ve said is unappealing maybe this isn’t for you.
jennmarshall27's review against another edition
4.0
Batman faces an enemy who seems to know everything about him. The clues left at crime scenes are grisly reminders of his most traumatic event.
Even though this story begins with the Wayne's deaths, it doesn't just retell the same story we have heard a thousand times. This time it focused on the impact those events had on Bruce Wayne. I love the line, "a beaten and bloodied young man is saved by a cow and a bell."
The art is really impactful. A couple is murdered and they are dressed as the Wayne's. The art just makes every move the villain makes seem even more creepy.
The ending was interesting and I enjoyed seeing the other characters and the underlying message that Batman is not in a healthy mental state.
Even though this story begins with the Wayne's deaths, it doesn't just retell the same story we have heard a thousand times. This time it focused on the impact those events had on Bruce Wayne. I love the line, "a beaten and bloodied young man is saved by a cow and a bell."
The art is really impactful. A couple is murdered and they are dressed as the Wayne's. The art just makes every move the villain makes seem even more creepy.
The ending was interesting and I enjoyed seeing the other characters and the underlying message that Batman is not in a healthy mental state.
rezaqalandari's review against another edition
4.0
4
از پایانش سر در نیارودم
هیچی نشد :/
چیزی هم اگه شده باشه من ندیدم :|
ولی به جز اون ، خوب بود
پ ن :حوصله نداشتم هر ۱۹ جلدو اد کنم و ریت بدم ، ساری :/
از پایانش سر در نیارودم
هیچی نشد :/
چیزی هم اگه شده باشه من ندیدم :|
ولی به جز اون ، خوب بود
پ ن :حوصله نداشتم هر ۱۹ جلدو اد کنم و ریت بدم ، ساری :/
marvelarry's review against another edition
1.0
... and it was all a dream...
Or close enough with the VR thing.
Really ? 6 issues for a dream scenario ? If it were an Annual, the story would be great: a review of who helped make the Batman. But 120 pages is way too long and the story drags when with an 48 pages Annual, we would get to te point more efficienly.
Mahnke is great when it is Jaime Mendoza inking him but the art suffers with the plethora of other inkers.
Very disappointed.
Or close enough with the VR thing.
Really ? 6 issues for a dream scenario ? If it were an Annual, the story would be great: a review of who helped make the Batman. But 120 pages is way too long and the story drags when with an 48 pages Annual, we would get to te point more efficienly.
Mahnke is great when it is Jaime Mendoza inking him but the art suffers with the plethora of other inkers.
Very disappointed.
billyjepma's review against another edition
4.0
I haven’t read Detective Comics thinks Tynion’s (great) run ended, but the build-up the 1,000th issue got me to dive back into it and I’m glad I did!
Peter J. Tomasi pens a really fun and exciting story here with a lot of great “Batman being an actual detective” moments and a lot of equally great “Batman punching things” moments. Doug Mahnke’s pencils are also fantastic, and the layouts for each issue were impressively diverse. Just a lot of great Batman stuff in this arc.
The final issue kind of derailed things for me, though. The final twist was unexpected, but deflated a lot of the tension and stakes that the rest of the story had done so well building up. Not a dealbreaker for me, because it’s still a good ending, but it definitely inhibited the memorability of the story. Still a solid 3.5-4 stars!
Peter J. Tomasi pens a really fun and exciting story here with a lot of great “Batman being an actual detective” moments and a lot of equally great “Batman punching things” moments. Doug Mahnke’s pencils are also fantastic, and the layouts for each issue were impressively diverse. Just a lot of great Batman stuff in this arc.
The final issue kind of derailed things for me, though. The final twist was unexpected, but deflated a lot of the tension and stakes that the rest of the story had done so well building up. Not a dealbreaker for me, because it’s still a good ending, but it definitely inhibited the memorability of the story. Still a solid 3.5-4 stars!