A review by kaipitain
Batman Chronicles: The Gauntlet by Matt Hollingsworth, Lee Weeks, Scott Peterson, Bruce Canwell

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Well The Gauntlet is a pretty neat little thing. It does a bunch of things really well, and doesn't risk enough to do anything wrong really. It takes the grounded setting and art style of Batman: Year One and manages to introduce a colorful element like Robin into it in a pretty convincing way. Although I do have to say - with the Long Halloween and Dark Victory filling in how Batman fought organized crime, how the crazy people took over, and how Robin joined the gang - it does feel odd to go back to the grounded mafia stuff right after the hightened and stylized storylines that Loeb and Sale filled in. But I can't really fault this book for not entirely fitting in with what another author wrote later, right?