dozmuttz's review
3.0
Continuing the Batman reading order, this was a pretty basic read. The book strives for me in the earlier issues with Mike Barr’s writing and Alan Davis’s artwork. We get some pretty grounded and fun Batman tales.
tabman678's review
5.0
You know what I discovered recently?
I love Mike Barr on Detective Comics. This is the era when Crisis on Infinite Earths has happened, and Jason Todd is Robin. And Mike Barr was on the comic and this is some of the best Detective Comics I've ever read. When I was around 10 I actually had 2 of the issues collected here.
So it collects Detective Comics #568-574 and #579-582. And you get lots of different villians and all kinds of different cases. You get a Scarecrow story where Jason is the focus, you get a Joker and Catwoman story that is just super compelling and clever. You get a fun Mad Hatter tale and a Celebration of Detective Comics featuring Sherlock Holmes.
Mostly what you get are good comics. Stuff you want to read that's well written and drawn well for the most part excuse some funky stuff. It's Batman and Robin being Batman and Robin and I love it.
There is an exchange Batman has here with prostitutes in a bar looking for the Joker that's great stuff. Because Batman isn't always mean, he's funny. Just a very dry funny, and he protects the innocent.
5 stars.
I love Mike Barr on Detective Comics. This is the era when Crisis on Infinite Earths has happened, and Jason Todd is Robin. And Mike Barr was on the comic and this is some of the best Detective Comics I've ever read. When I was around 10 I actually had 2 of the issues collected here.
So it collects Detective Comics #568-574 and #579-582. And you get lots of different villians and all kinds of different cases. You get a Scarecrow story where Jason is the focus, you get a Joker and Catwoman story that is just super compelling and clever. You get a fun Mad Hatter tale and a Celebration of Detective Comics featuring Sherlock Holmes.
Mostly what you get are good comics. Stuff you want to read that's well written and drawn well for the most part excuse some funky stuff. It's Batman and Robin being Batman and Robin and I love it.
There is an exchange Batman has here with prostitutes in a bar looking for the Joker that's great stuff. Because Batman isn't always mean, he's funny. Just a very dry funny, and he protects the innocent.
5 stars.
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