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tawfek's review
3.0
This was a Buddy Read with Pink Whitney Red Corey Gold Chad Yellow Kadi Bluetiful Jenny
***spoilers
So this was kind of disappointing for me, i expected more, Its like Harley set up in Gotham, but unlike Harley canon lovers will love this because it didn't really stray from the canon killer croc that we know, it might have just introduced a new dimension and possibilities to his character.
i also liked The Loser wrestling championship federation being realistic, that moment where the wrestlers are talking together during the match, and croc asking for 20$ to agree to talk with the kid.
Andy is a sweet kid, maybe a touch naive, but he is kind and book smart, and an artist to top it off.
his aunt was amazing too except for one sentence that she said that cost her later.
first 50 pages put me in "i hate this" mood, but then it picked up in a book that's 150 pages that 33% , i just can't justify giving this more, since the writing style is pretty mediocre, like the rest of YA DC except Harley.
I loved the art, and this is the constant positive in DC YA/MG graphic novels, you are always in for a new style of art.
i loved the humane story, and that also has been always a constant if we disregard zatanna (who i remember nothing good about her YA story)
i liked when the aunt and the kid stood up to batman, that was the highlight for me, take that you sucker.
Like i said many positives in this graphic novel, it just didn't resonate well for me overall.
***spoilers
So this was kind of disappointing for me, i expected more, Its like Harley set up in Gotham, but unlike Harley canon lovers will love this because it didn't really stray from the canon killer croc that we know, it might have just introduced a new dimension and possibilities to his character.
i also liked The Loser wrestling championship federation being realistic, that moment where the wrestlers are talking together during the match, and croc asking for 20$ to agree to talk with the kid.
Andy is a sweet kid, maybe a touch naive, but he is kind and book smart, and an artist to top it off.
his aunt was amazing too except for one sentence that she said that cost her later.
first 50 pages put me in "i hate this" mood, but then it picked up in a book that's 150 pages that 33% , i just can't justify giving this more, since the writing style is pretty mediocre, like the rest of YA DC except Harley.
I loved the art, and this is the constant positive in DC YA/MG graphic novels, you are always in for a new style of art.
i loved the humane story, and that also has been always a constant if we disregard zatanna (who i remember nothing good about her YA story)
i liked when the aunt and the kid stood up to batman, that was the highlight for me, take that you sucker.
Like i said many positives in this graphic novel, it just didn't resonate well for me overall.
libreroaming's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
A story of kid named Andy who idolizes Killer Croc from his wrestling days and ends up meeting him again in a chance encounter while they're both hiding in the Gotham sewer, Andy from bullies and Croc from the police. For a book geared to younger readers, the story is a perfect scope to introduce kids to Gotham's world while making the problems of new school and absent father the center stage. Unfortunately, the art doesn't seem to work well with the narrative, going for cartoony exaggerations every panel, even when the dialogue is quiet and introspective.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Alcoholism and Child abuse
mariahistryingtoread's review
3.0
This is aggressively okay. Like many graphic novels because it lacks the page and word count of a traditional novel many elements feel rushed and end abruptly. While the Killer Croc aspect was well done, Andy's relationship with any of the other characters was shallow.
Also it does that thing were a grown person who has presumably lived in the crime ridden, villain laden, politically ruined cesspool that is Gotham City their whole life has a problem with Batman because 'the law says blah blah blah'. The argument about legality, slipper slopes, and the ethics of vigilantism may fly in Metropolis, but I cannot fathom an adult who doesn't have anything shady up their sleeve being virulently Anti-Batman knowing how bad Gotham City is. The Joker alone is argument enough.
Jokes aside while there are valid reasons to argue against Batman being so influential or the dangers of over reliance on him to solve structural issues this book doesn't actually have anything to say about that. There's an interesting parallel that could have been drawn between the treatment of Batman vs Waylon that would better support the narrative's supposition that if robbed of care and love at a key juncture anyone could make poor decisions. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure the only reason this topic was raised at all was to check off a box on the list of moralizations to cover.
I don't like the recent trend of declawing villains, however, I'd argue Waylon has always had a tragic background embedded in to his stories that this is only highlighting rather than a total betrayal of the source materials' intentions - Cruella comes to mind.
All these words just to say, it's alright, I guess.
Also it does that thing were a grown person who has presumably lived in the crime ridden, villain laden, politically ruined cesspool that is Gotham City their whole life has a problem with Batman because 'the law says blah blah blah'. The argument about legality, slipper slopes, and the ethics of vigilantism may fly in Metropolis, but I cannot fathom an adult who doesn't have anything shady up their sleeve being virulently Anti-Batman knowing how bad Gotham City is. The Joker alone is argument enough.
Jokes aside while there are valid reasons to argue against Batman being so influential or the dangers of over reliance on him to solve structural issues this book doesn't actually have anything to say about that. There's an interesting parallel that could have been drawn between the treatment of Batman vs Waylon that would better support the narrative's supposition that if robbed of care and love at a key juncture anyone could make poor decisions. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure the only reason this topic was raised at all was to check off a box on the list of moralizations to cover.
I don't like the recent trend of declawing villains, however, I'd argue Waylon has always had a tragic background embedded in to his stories that this is only highlighting rather than a total betrayal of the source materials' intentions - Cruella comes to mind.
All these words just to say, it's alright, I guess.
destdest's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
2.5
It's paint by numbers (meaning it does nothing to differentiate this typical story of a kid looking up to the wrong type of adult), but it's cute.
i don't remember them outright stating what happened to andy's dad. he either had substance abuse or mental health issues
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