abailey6's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Interesting stories but
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does not address Alfred dying, which is very jarring and feel like pieces are missinggothamshire's review
3.0
3.5 . The Mrs. Freeze stuff was pretty dumb but the other stories were fairly solid.
angelwolf45's review
4.0
I enjoyed this graphic novel.
This follows Batman as he tries to stop Mr. Freeze from doing what he has his men kidnapping women to help his wife come back from being frozen.
I really enjoyed seeing Mr. Freeze trying to save his wife from all that she is dealing with. I liked how Batman tries to stop him.
It was a fun graphic novel and the story was great. I liked where this one went.
The characters were great to see all that they were doing.
Overall it was a great story.
This follows Batman as he tries to stop Mr. Freeze from doing what he has his men kidnapping women to help his wife come back from being frozen.
I really enjoyed seeing Mr. Freeze trying to save his wife from all that she is dealing with. I liked how Batman tries to stop him.
It was a fun graphic novel and the story was great. I liked where this one went.
The characters were great to see all that they were doing.
Overall it was a great story.
tabman678's review
4.0
Of all writers that have penned Batman for a significant amount of time and across multiple series I think Tomasi might be my favorite characterization. I think his Batman is so solid with such a bedrock voice that it bridges the gap between all the series he’s written Batman for.
That’s the initial reason I started pulling Detective comics and it’s no less true here.
A Mr. Freeze arc in year of the villain, a delightful issue penned by Tom Taylor, and a two parter cult murder mystery.
Doug Mahnke is on pencils throughout the freeze story mostly with a few inkers which can give his pencils different looks at different times. I love his pencils though.
The art is solid though the book and the story offend gives it big moments to showcase itself and breath from the words. It has a nice flow.
This is a very solid Batman read. With the qualifier that if you aren’t already a Batman fan I don’t think this one will change your mind as it is such a solid classic Batman voice as I mentioned in the first paragraph. This is the sort of characterization I expect most of the time in the best way.
I enjoyed the hell out of this collection and can easily recommend it to any Batman fan.
4 stars.
That’s the initial reason I started pulling Detective comics and it’s no less true here.
A Mr. Freeze arc in year of the villain, a delightful issue penned by Tom Taylor, and a two parter cult murder mystery.
Doug Mahnke is on pencils throughout the freeze story mostly with a few inkers which can give his pencils different looks at different times. I love his pencils though.
The art is solid though the book and the story offend gives it big moments to showcase itself and breath from the words. It has a nice flow.
This is a very solid Batman read. With the qualifier that if you aren’t already a Batman fan I don’t think this one will change your mind as it is such a solid classic Batman voice as I mentioned in the first paragraph. This is the sort of characterization I expect most of the time in the best way.
I enjoyed the hell out of this collection and can easily recommend it to any Batman fan.
4 stars.
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