A review by crookedtreehouse
Batman: Snow by Dan Curtis Johnson, Seth Fisher, J.H. Williams III
4.0
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.
While the whole project of putting together a Batman chronology in Netflix-like seasons has been fun, there has been a joy, in particular, with playing around with expectations of what books show up in the first "season" and why.
There have been several teases in previous volumes that Dick Grayson would be revealed. But, lo, no Robin has appeared.
"Snow" gives us a Batman who decides he needs to create an organization of crimefighters not entirely unlike the Batfamily he'll go on to create in later volumes. But, here, instead of rescuing a bunch of orphans in tights, he actually rounds up people who are experts in various aspects of criminology. It's a very Batman thing to do. You wonder why this is the only story where Bruce uses this particular approach.
This also serves as the origin of Dr. Freeze.
It's a great collection with a unique art style (the amazing Batwoman artist, [a:J.H. Williams III|884135|J.H. Williams III|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1359525688p2/884135.jpg], is a co-author on this title, but it's [a:Seth Fisher|626748|Seth Fisher|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1221209500p2/626748.jpg] on art duty here, and I enjoy every panel.
I recommend this for Dr. Freeze enthusiasts who are still angry about Aronld Schwarzenneger's horrible puns, people who wonder what would happen if Batman tried to surround himself with adults who knew what they were doing as opposed to orphanned children and teens, and fans of Jim Gordon telling Batman to fuck off.
While the whole project of putting together a Batman chronology in Netflix-like seasons has been fun, there has been a joy, in particular, with playing around with expectations of what books show up in the first "season" and why.
There have been several teases in previous volumes that Dick Grayson would be revealed. But, lo, no Robin has appeared.
"Snow" gives us a Batman who decides he needs to create an organization of crimefighters not entirely unlike the Batfamily he'll go on to create in later volumes. But, here, instead of rescuing a bunch of orphans in tights, he actually rounds up people who are experts in various aspects of criminology. It's a very Batman thing to do. You wonder why this is the only story where Bruce uses this particular approach.
This also serves as the origin of Dr. Freeze.
It's a great collection with a unique art style (the amazing Batwoman artist, [a:J.H. Williams III|884135|J.H. Williams III|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1359525688p2/884135.jpg], is a co-author on this title, but it's [a:Seth Fisher|626748|Seth Fisher|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1221209500p2/626748.jpg] on art duty here, and I enjoy every panel.
I recommend this for Dr. Freeze enthusiasts who are still angry about Aronld Schwarzenneger's horrible puns, people who wonder what would happen if Batman tried to surround himself with adults who knew what they were doing as opposed to orphanned children and teens, and fans of Jim Gordon telling Batman to fuck off.