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A review by iffer
All-Star Batman #1 by Scott Snyder
3.0
I was relieved that this "didn't suck" as a friend and I were joking was the conservative level that we wanted to set our expectations. Actually, it was a pretty good start, and I don't think that it could really be terrible with Scott Snyder writing and the "all-star" cast of artists involved.
In Snyder Batman style, there's a little bit of camp, a little bit of serious, and great action, which is what I'm generally looking for in my superhero comics. I can't explain it particularly well, but the beginning of this title was somewhat jarring to read, because this is Batman intentionally outside of Gotham, and so much of Batman is rooted in Batman reflecting Gotham and vice versa.
This slightly expanded-length issue was a little choppy between the flashbacks and two storylines, but I can forgive that, since we got more pages ;)
This issue was definitely an intriguing start to me, with allusions to Alfred's secrets (Who doesn't love Alfred?), and the eventual reveal of what Lark-not-Robin's primary (bad pun) color/trait is.
In Snyder Batman style, there's a little bit of camp, a little bit of serious, and great action, which is what I'm generally looking for in my superhero comics. I can't explain it particularly well, but the beginning of this title was somewhat jarring to read, because this is Batman intentionally outside of Gotham, and so much of Batman is rooted in Batman reflecting Gotham and vice versa.
This slightly expanded-length issue was a little choppy between the flashbacks and two storylines, but I can forgive that, since we got more pages ;)
This issue was definitely an intriguing start to me, with allusions to Alfred's secrets (Who doesn't love Alfred?), and the eventual reveal of what Lark-not-Robin's primary (bad pun) color/trait is.