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barrosd12 's review for:
The Black Mirror
by Scott Snyder
Black Mirror is a good read, although not all it was chalked-up to be. As far as tone-setting for the Nolan Batman movies, the influence is very clearly drawn from this comic as well as several other ones. However, the main story here is a bit hokey. I would drop it another point, but the detective work on display as well as the noir elements bump the rating back up. Ultimately though, the more interesting story that starts off with the current Batman being gassed with a toxin ends up with a very run-of-the-mill psychopath story that really is violent for the sake of being violent. I'm not typically one to shy away from this sort of violence, but it felt needless and the ending feels disjointed and weird. The entire run was a series of episodes from the comics, so it necessarily feels like picking up a story where it left off a while ago.
Overall, I'm criticizing the hype more than the book itself, the book is okay-to-good, if you enjoy Batman stories, this one is a pretty good one. Not as good as say, Year One, but still good.
Overall, I'm criticizing the hype more than the book itself, the book is okay-to-good, if you enjoy Batman stories, this one is a pretty good one. Not as good as say, Year One, but still good.