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A review by libra17
Batman: The Court of Owls by Greg Cox
5.0
I picked this up because of the Court of Owls. I live that addition to the Bat-mythos; they're credible, believable, and interesting villains which - because they're a collective - can be believably faced / defeated over and over again. It hardly counts as Joker Immunity when multiple Grandmasters or Owls suffer defeat and are made to go away, even if the Court itself puts someone new in power and continues on.
That being said, it took me a lot longer to read this book than I thought it would. That's because the first couple chapters are a bit slow and I got distracted with work things, but once I things really got going in this story they rocketed along.
Ultimately this was a great case story. There are sci-fi elements - it's the Court with their undead Talons that have been resurrected with electrum and comic book science, so this shouldn't be too surprising - but it is ultimately a mystery. Greg Cox handles the characters well, though I would have liked to see more of Nightwing. All in all, this is a book that I would recommend, and it makes me likely to give the other DC Comics novels a try.
That being said, it took me a lot longer to read this book than I thought it would. That's because the first couple chapters are a bit slow and I got distracted with work things, but once I things really got going in this story they rocketed along.
Ultimately this was a great case story. There are sci-fi elements - it's the Court with their undead Talons that have been resurrected with electrum and comic book science, so this shouldn't be too surprising - but it is ultimately a mystery. Greg Cox handles the characters well, though I would have liked to see more of Nightwing. All in all, this is a book that I would recommend, and it makes me likely to give the other DC Comics novels a try.