A review by onmysoapbox
Batman: Detective Comics, Vol. 1: Rise of the Batmen by James Tynion IV

5.0

I am seeing a lot of hate for this volume, and I really don't understand why! Sure, it had it's flaws, but I absolutely adored every minute of it's fast paced action and emotional development of the characters. I am biased, of course, because any comic with Steph in it is a good comic in my book. I also love that Cass was in it, as Orphan! I love her too, she's such an oddball. I just wish that since Cass and Steph are such good friends, we could have seen them interact a little more with each other. However, Steph's interactions with Tim made up for it. I wasn't exactly super phased or emotional about Tim's "death" (I knew that he either wasn't dead or would come back to life) until we saw Steph and Bruce's reactions towards it. It made me cry, their hug was so filled with love and pain and ahhh it was so beautiful. I already preordered vol. 2! I just wish they would come out sooner because I really want to read it but I don't want to pay for each individual comic since it can get super pricy.