A review by squidbag
Batman: The Ring, the Arrow, and the Bat by Sergio Cariello, Greg Land, Dick Giordano, Denny O'Neil, J.C. Wells

3.0

Very much grounded in the politics and storytelling of the late 90s, but still a good little tale. Denny O'Neil was crazy reliable for this kind of cross-over, cross-title stuff, but there are some problems with this one. The art is VERY much indicative of this period in comics, but that's true of a lot of art; the casual racism of Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle, the weird conventions of Renaissance art, and so on. The characterizations of some of the Asians are a little racist and the secondary villains are just weird. Finally, touting this as a "Batman" collection is simply misleading; Green Arrow is the only through-line character in the whole story, and he interacts with Green Lantern for the first three parts, then Bats for the last five or six. Odd, but a fun story, and worth it when collected all together like this.