A review by scrooge3
Batman: Detective Comics, Vol. 2: Fear State by Dan Mora, Mariko Tamaki

3.0

The first 3-issue arc in this volume concludes the storyline from Volume 1, shoehorning it into the "Fear State" crossover event with mixed results. How many times has Batman been infected by parasites or poisons or other mind-alterers? It's not that interesting anymore. In the second 3-issue arc, Batman and his nemesis, the new mayor, get stuck together in an abandoned sewer line where more of the parasitic eggs are gestating. The mayor ultimately realizes that someone like Batman is the only thing that can save the city from monster terrors, showing how his stance against vigilantes is softened. Dan Mora's artwork continues to excel, so might be a reason to pick up this volume.
The back-up stories by Matthew Rosenberg and Dan Watters were actually a little more interesting. Here we are shown the origin of the new "Task Force Z" series, a team of undead heroes presumably taking on tough supernatural cases.