A review by scheepvaart
Batman Confidential, Vol. 2: Lovers and Madmen by Michael Green

4.0

This story very closely mirrors the first Tim Burton Batman movie: Batman, new at the crime-fighting game, meets a pretty art docent, then has a hard time dealing with the Joker. I'm not really a huge Joker fan ("he's insane!" isn't the most compelling motivation a character can have), but [author: Michael Green] nails Joker's voice in his running narration. Even before he's doused in the skin-bleaching chemicals, the Joker is crazy. The only off-putting part of the story is that Batman is very, very complicit on the Joker's chemical bath, which I'm not sure is the exact canon (and certainly isn't heroic), but does give Batman just one more reason to be upset by his archenemy.
[author: Denys Cowan]'s panel layouts and storytelling are generally great, though his overuse of thin, black lines muddles any expressions his characters make.