A review by dumblydore
Batman: Death and the Maidens by Greg Rucka

3.0

I love Rucka's writing usually but perhaps the very premise of the story was too far-fetched to really work on paper. I still found it to be a gripping read—I think Ra's al Ghul is a formidable opponent to Batman because there really is something noble in his misguided attempts to purify the world. I always like the tension between the two. I wish there'd been more of that than this strange new daughter of the demon's head.

I am also a fan of Klaus Janson but I was surprised to be disappointed at a lot of his work here. I did enjoy the sequences with Bruce and his parents. And the pearls as a metaphor. I think he needs to revisit a lesson or two on drawing realistic human proportions though, especially the women!