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A review by dkmode
The Joker: Death of the Family by Scott Snyder
3.0
Weird collection, wish the blurb on the back had made it more explicit that it was a supplement to the main story - the fact that it contains issues of the main Batman comic as well feels deliberately obfuscating.
Anyways, like any series made up of a disparate parts in tangential communication with each other, this is wildly inconsistent. Scott Snyder, Gail Simone and Peter Tomasi all put in great work with their respective sections. Other "chapters" fare much worse - throwaway Nightwing and Catwoman stories, and both Red Hood and Teen Titans sections acting as filler with awful Liefeldian artwork. Did I really need 2-3 issues centering around Arsenal? No. No I did not.
The main parts of this, which make up roughly half of it, are very good though. Considering this, you're probably way better off grabbing the collected editions of Batgirl, Batman and Robin, and Batman as standalone pieces. If you don't have the funds for that, well, this collected edition will do for now.
Anyways, like any series made up of a disparate parts in tangential communication with each other, this is wildly inconsistent. Scott Snyder, Gail Simone and Peter Tomasi all put in great work with their respective sections. Other "chapters" fare much worse - throwaway Nightwing and Catwoman stories, and both Red Hood and Teen Titans sections acting as filler with awful Liefeldian artwork. Did I really need 2-3 issues centering around Arsenal? No. No I did not.
The main parts of this, which make up roughly half of it, are very good though. Considering this, you're probably way better off grabbing the collected editions of Batgirl, Batman and Robin, and Batman as standalone pieces. If you don't have the funds for that, well, this collected edition will do for now.