A review by unladylike
Batman Vol. 8: Cold Days by Tom King

5.0

The poetic crescendo Tom King built up to in the previous volume continues into this post-wedding story. The art and script perfectly complement each other to paint a picture of Batman's brutal fall.

12 Angry Men (the 1957 version is the one I loved and remember) is an obvious inspiration for the main plot and setting of these issues. We the readers know from the final pages of the previous volume that Batman is being pulled on strings by

Spoiler

Bane, who was seen sitting atop a throne of skulls, with The Joker AND The Riddler (who were at war with one another a year ago), as well as Psycho Pirate, Scarface & the Ventriloquist, Gotham Girl, Hugo Strange, Skeets, and the Flashpoint version of Batman aka Thomas Wayne (I had to look up who some of them were from a CBR article about this major reveal.) with Holly Robinson serving as an active agent of their plan.