A review by coolnameguy
Batman, Volume 7: Endgame by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV

4.0

A lot of the more popular reviews are pretty negative, meaning the consensus is likely more negative than its average rating likely indicates. First of all, Batman hasn't done anything "new" except the Court of Owls in a couple decades at least. The best You can hope for is a twist on it, an amping of stakes, and great characterization. That's all here. Joker is great, Batman is great and shows rare vulnerability in the face of hopelessness. Alfred and, whoever, I haven't followed the other series', have some great moments, the plan at the end was awesome, and Snyder seems to have a knack for nailing the Joker-Bats mind-games. Oh yeah, and the art is so beautiful. Capullo is one of the best comic artists ever in my opinion.

There are problems, however. Again, little is new here. It doesn't piss me off, cuz I'd avoid Batman if that annoyed me. But I don't like it either. The ending panels are pretty dumb, and the whole spine thing is stupid.

But seriously, if you want original concepts, how do you read Batman?