gothicteletubby's review against another edition
1.0
Good concept for a villain, okay art, but a truly terrible story. Batman using a gun is the worst interpretation of his character, him holding a gun to Joe Chill's head is so dumb.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
2.0
A few years ago, I made a chronology for how to read modern Batman. I was focused quite a bit on creating the order, as opposed to just reading the books for enjoyment, so now I'm going back to see how the chronology holds up.
I've never liked this enough to make it part of the chronology. The first half of this collection is actually "Year Two: Fear The Reaper" (my original review of it is here. It takes place pretty much anywhere in my Season One. It's filled with wildly out of character decisions, such as Bruce Wayne using guns, and Batman teaming up with the guy who killed his parents. It would introduce Leslie Thompkins to the continuity, but I just can't recommend anyone read this.
The second half of the book is "Full Circle", which takes place shortly after the beginning of Season Two, where we get to see Dick Grayson be Incredibly Annoying. The art is also a step down from the original series, which is not a huge surprise as I much prefer [a:Alan Davis|15089|Alan Davis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1522157724p2/15089.jpg]'s work to [a:Todd McFarlane|26019|Todd McFarlane|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1210968056p2/26019.jpg]'s, and probably always will. I'm trying to put as many Dick Grayson Robin stories in this chronology as I can, but this just isn't worth it.
I recommend this to Batman completists, people with scythe fetishes, fans of the Blades storyline who wish it was grittier but not as well drawn or written, people who like to laugh at Todd McFarlane art, and people who will read any comic here someone has a bad-ass skull instead of a head.
I've never liked this enough to make it part of the chronology. The first half of this collection is actually "Year Two: Fear The Reaper" (my original review of it is here. It takes place pretty much anywhere in my Season One. It's filled with wildly out of character decisions, such as Bruce Wayne using guns, and Batman teaming up with the guy who killed his parents. It would introduce Leslie Thompkins to the continuity, but I just can't recommend anyone read this.
The second half of the book is "Full Circle", which takes place shortly after the beginning of Season Two, where we get to see Dick Grayson be Incredibly Annoying. The art is also a step down from the original series, which is not a huge surprise as I much prefer [a:Alan Davis|15089|Alan Davis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1522157724p2/15089.jpg]'s work to [a:Todd McFarlane|26019|Todd McFarlane|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1210968056p2/26019.jpg]'s, and probably always will. I'm trying to put as many Dick Grayson Robin stories in this chronology as I can, but this just isn't worth it.
I recommend this to Batman completists, people with scythe fetishes, fans of the Blades storyline who wish it was grittier but not as well drawn or written, people who like to laugh at Todd McFarlane art, and people who will read any comic here someone has a bad-ass skull instead of a head.
violet_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
dozmuttz's review against another edition
1.0
1.5 Stars.
Yea, long story short-Great artwork, terrible story.
Yea, long story short-Great artwork, terrible story.
familyguy026's review against another edition
2.0
Batman doesn't use guns. You picked one up far too quickly and willingly in this. And I felt, while some of the Batman I knew was there, they vastly missed what I expected this to be.
abhi_thelegend's review
3.0
It’s not the best Batman book but it isn’t the worst, it has a nice and an old vibe to it, I thought it was a pretty decent book, just something to read for fun, the storyline was alright it kept it interesting and moving.
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