hidinginstacks 's review for:

Batman: Europa by Diego Latorre, Jim Lee, Brian Azzarello, Gérald Parel, Guiseppe Camuncoli, Matteo Casali

3.0

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An interesting take on the "relationship" between Joker and the Bat. Although these stories are becoming more frequent, this one has Batman far more dependent on his psychotic counterpart than he'd ever like to be. It's a bit of humor and a whole lot of traveling around Europe for the two. Overall, it makes for an interesting read if you'd like to engage in a Batman story that strays from the status quo. The ending / solving of their problem is a bit grotesque, but the entire story has a good bit of action and blood in it--nothing too bad, but fair warning that it's a little gorier than other trades. I didn't hate the overall story and appreciated the variety in storytelling between the two. It's unfortunately just not as memorable to me as other stories have been.