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A review by susurrus
Batman: Detective Comics, Volume 5: Gothtopia by Jason Fabok, John Layman
4.0
Gothtopia compiles the end of the Man-bat story from the previous trade, a run of Scarecrow, plus some history of Gordon and some alternate stories of Batman to celebrate the character's 75th anniversary.
I loved Gordon's story, which is the first in the trade. It shows how he initially encountered Batman and got the idea for the bat signal.
Scarecrow's plot was also really awesome. When it first started I was really confused because Catwoman was there but partnered with Bruce and calling herself Catbird and I thought I might have missed some major plot points in another issue or something. Turns out, Scarecrow has just made everyone have mass hallucination that everything is totally fine, so his fear serum can have maximum effect. Pretty sad moment between Selina and Bruce after the whole thing.
Issues at the end were just a bunch of throwbacks. The diary of Batman under the super-overtold Red Hood/vat of chemicals story; campy Batman and Robin complete with dot-art; Bruce as a septuagenarian; Bruce undergoing a "It's a Wonderful Life" type world where his parents survived; and a weird clone(?) Batman history.
I loved Gordon's story, which is the first in the trade. It shows how he initially encountered Batman and got the idea for the bat signal.
Scarecrow's plot was also really awesome. When it first started I was really confused because Catwoman was there but
Issues at the end were just a bunch of throwbacks. The diary of Batman under the super-overtold Red Hood/vat of chemicals story; campy Batman and Robin complete with dot-art; Bruce as a septuagenarian; Bruce undergoing a "It's a Wonderful Life" type world where his parents survived; and a weird clone(?) Batman history.