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A review by metalandteacups
Batman/The Flash: The Button Deluxe Edition by Joshua Williamson, Tom King
3.0
I was really looking forward to reading this, as I anticipated a massive duel between the Justice League and the Watchmen.
However, as I haven't read anything of the Rebirth universe, there were a lot of points of reference to the earlier story-line which I had no knowledge of, making the story feel kind of scattered an incomplete. My understanding of the release of 'The Button' is to kick off a mini-series which will eventually reintroduce us to the Watchmen, so having the start of a series piggy back off the story-line of several issues prior seems like it doesn't quite harness the potential of this cross-over.
These large intricate structures DC keeps creating are often scattered throughout several titles, similar to that of [b:Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls|13223349|Batman, Volume 1 The Court of Owls|Scott Snyder|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1342307351s/13223349.jpg|18412501], to get the full story it seem you have to read 20 issues of one story-line and then a smattering of single issues from other titles.
The one redeeming quality this had was witnessing how The Flash and Batman interact with each other outside the JLA. I'm actually surprised that I haven't seen the crime fighting duo in other stories. There was a charming quality to the world's two greatest detectives coming together to solve a mystery. I hope they make an appearance in the soon to be released [b:Doomsday Clock|36298977|Doomsday Clock|Geoff Johns|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1506305193s/36298977.jpg|57966629]. With a little more detective-ing and a little less time travel.
However, as I haven't read anything of the Rebirth universe, there were a lot of points of reference to the earlier story-line which I had no knowledge of, making the story feel kind of scattered an incomplete. My understanding of the release of 'The Button' is to kick off a mini-series which will eventually reintroduce us to the Watchmen, so having the start of a series piggy back off the story-line of several issues prior seems like it doesn't quite harness the potential of this cross-over.
These large intricate structures DC keeps creating are often scattered throughout several titles, similar to that of [b:Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls|13223349|Batman, Volume 1 The Court of Owls|Scott Snyder|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1342307351s/13223349.jpg|18412501], to get the full story it seem you have to read 20 issues of one story-line and then a smattering of single issues from other titles.
The one redeeming quality this had was witnessing how The Flash and Batman interact with each other outside the JLA. I'm actually surprised that I haven't seen the crime fighting duo in other stories. There was a charming quality to the world's two greatest detectives coming together to solve a mystery. I hope they make an appearance in the soon to be released [b:Doomsday Clock|36298977|Doomsday Clock|Geoff Johns|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1506305193s/36298977.jpg|57966629]. With a little more detective-ing and a little less time travel.