nkives's review
3.0
I really like Cooke's Parker series, and apparently he has been putting hints of it in his stories for awhile. This book has a story titles Selian's Big Score, and has nothing do with Selina as Catwoman, but reads just like a Parker story. He even used the name Stark as a character.
baylortowling's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
dozmuttz's review
4.0
This book was brought to my attention after the announcement last year of the new Batman movie. The director, Matt Reeves, had mentioned that Ego was one of the comic book inspirations for the film. This book collects that story from the late great, Darwyn Cooke, as well as some other stories he wrote and some that he also did the artwork for. Ego was a great read showing us the two splits of Batman. The Batman and Bruce Wayne. It tackles the identity crisis between the two and who truly is the real persona. Cooke does it with very clever story telling. You then get a pretty fun Catwoman story and some other short stories featuring the caped crusader. I really like the story 'Deja Vu' with artwork by Bruce Timm and obviously written by Cooke. It kinda has an old school horror method of story telling. All around it's a very fun read. I read this digitally but I am for sure picking up this up for the stunning artwork and fun stories.
mischiefphantom's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Ego and Deja Vu were 5 stars for me. The rest were 3 or 4 stars. Overall, a good collection, and it interested me in Cooke's work, as I really liked his art style.
kstockill's review against another edition
4.0
Ego itself is fantastic. Even though it ended exactly where I thought it would it was nice to see the internal struggle of Bruce brought to life. The other stories range in quality for me but I'm glad I picked this up.
poati's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
ketallpot's review
5.0
Great comics by Darwyn Cooke about Batman and includes my favorite Catwoman story arc of all time.
christian_rib's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
justabookholic's review against another edition
3.0
There's nothing particularly wrong with the stories but there also wasn't anything particularly spectacular about most of the stories either. They were just standard one-shots about Batman along with the inclusion of a pretty run-of-the-mill heist story centered around Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman). I'm unsure if I'm a fan of Cooke's writing style as it does a lot of telling rather than showing when it comes to character exploration. You know exactly what's going on in the heads of the characters and there isn't much complexity when it comes to both them and the plot. All and all, it was alright.