A review by rbreade
Batman Vol. 8: Cold Days by Tom King

King continues his roll, finding new ways to tell Batman stories, all dealing with the emotional fallout of being stood up by Catwoman, if not at the altar, at least on the rooftop. Victor Fries, a.k.a., Mr. Freeze, is on trial, but, as he says while in the dock:

I've fought him many times before. Many times. I do not hesitate to admit that. But this was... He was a different man that night. On the roof, he didn't care that I hadn't done it. That those women had nothing to do with me. He just kept hitting me. Until I... I had to say yes. Or Batman was going to kill me.

This unfurls through an extended courtroom drama that is interleaved with brief flashbacks that expand on or contradict what is happening in the courtroom, with exquisite art by Lee Weeks, Tony S. Daniel, Matt Wagner, and Danny Miki.