A review by rashthedoctor
Batman: The Cult by Jim Starlin
4.0
So I want to do something different here with this review, I will straight away talk about the things I didn't like first , two things really pissed me off about this book and those things are responsible for me taking a star away from the rating from what was a fascinating book .
The first is the art style, the art filled with a lot of yellow green and red felt an eye sore , it put me off at times and made certain panels difficult to distinguish , next up the actions of the goons were questionable at times making their eventual downfall seem forcefully orchestrated by the author.
Apart from these things I liked every bit of this book , it's a dark gloomy look on how cults are formed and this storyline goes further by breaking the Bat's mind and making him fall in line with the cult . The eventual follow up was very dark and demoralizing even as a reader as the Batman himself gives up on his city. The eventual fightback and the win was glorious and satisfying , albeit a bit over-the-top , but hey it's the 80s comics
Seen a few reviews mention how out of character batman was the book , but i think that is the point the author want to make , Bat is broken , and when you are broken like that you tend to doubt yourself and to overcome said doubt you do things you normally wouldn't .
A brilliant character study with a dark storyline , a redeemable arc, with all the usual bravado of Superhero comics and a narration of dangers of Vigilantes and Cults . Absolutely one of the best Batman books out there.
The first is the art style, the art filled with a lot of yellow green and red felt an eye sore , it put me off at times and made certain panels difficult to distinguish , next up the actions of the goons were questionable at times making their eventual downfall seem forcefully orchestrated by the author.
Apart from these things I liked every bit of this book , it's a dark gloomy look on how cults are formed and this storyline goes further by breaking the Bat's mind and making him fall in line with the cult . The eventual follow up was very dark and demoralizing even as a reader as the Batman himself gives up on his city. The eventual fightback and the win was glorious and satisfying , albeit a bit over-the-top , but hey it's the 80s comics
Seen a few reviews mention how out of character batman was the book , but i think that is the point the author want to make , Bat is broken , and when you are broken like that you tend to doubt yourself and to overcome said doubt you do things you normally wouldn't .
A brilliant character study with a dark storyline , a redeemable arc, with all the usual bravado of Superhero comics and a narration of dangers of Vigilantes and Cults . Absolutely one of the best Batman books out there.