A review by james_desantis
Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 2 by Various, Larry Hama, Greg Rucka, Chuck Dixon

4.0

Man the scope of No Man's Land is pretty goddamn impressive even if don't love every story.

The main focus of this story is batman realizing he can NOT do this alone. This isn't as dour as the last volume and it's boosted more by the fact he has to rely on his friends and family to make it through this event. Even better is the fact the connecting stories are far more interesting. Nightwing's story of breaking into blackgate and out, Robin working together with nightwing, Cassandra Cain becoming Batgirl, Bruce reuniting his family. All of this works really well.

On top of that you get a story of Bruce rescuing Poison Ivy and it's actually REALLY well done and makes Clayface a true piece of shit (Which is funny cause I like him alot in Rebirth). Also I won't fail to mention that all this moves a lot quicker and better than previous volume.

My only downsides is Azarul or whatever is still a boring as fuck character. Oh and the Cat Woman stories that close this one out are just okay. Seem a bit too typical for me even though she's badass, the plots themselves are okay.

Overall, a pretty great collection and I'm actually excited to get into the next part. A 4 out of 5.