A review by littlesmaug
Batman: War Drums by Troy Nixey, Andersen Gabrych, Bill Willingham, Cam Smith, Brad Walker, Damion Scott, Pete Woods
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
3.25
Pros:
- Steph!
- Cass!
- Babs!
- Onyx!
- Multiple female villains
- Bruce having friendships (well okay Alfred and Leslie but still)
- Mentions of Jason and Dick
- Detective Bats
- Orpheus was an interesting character
Cons:
- I didn’t like the art from the Steph POV chapters (her hair just distracted me)
- Very stereotyped “gangster” behavior from a white author — also the popstar storyline made no sense
- Pacing was off — too fast at points, just right at others
I’m torn on if Bruce firing Steph over things other Robins definitely pulled was a con. I think it truly shows how much he learned from Jason and that pulled at my heartstrings hard. But it also feels like another iteration of sexist Batman (slightly odd considering he’s got Babs and Cass).
Anyway, I landed on my ⭐️ rating because I don’t think the story will stick with me and it didn’t make me think “I have GOT to read War Games now.” But it was still a fun read and I’m sure it set up the continuation nicely.
- Steph!
- Cass!
- Babs!
- Onyx!
- Multiple female villains
- Bruce having friendships (well okay Alfred and Leslie but still)
- Mentions of Jason and Dick
- Detective Bats
- Orpheus was an interesting character
Cons:
- I didn’t like the art from the Steph POV chapters (her hair just distracted me)
- Very stereotyped “gangster” behavior from a white author — also the popstar storyline made no sense
- Pacing was off — too fast at points, just right at others
I’m torn on if Bruce firing Steph over things other Robins definitely pulled was a con. I think it truly shows how much he learned from Jason and that pulled at my heartstrings hard. But it also feels like another iteration of sexist Batman (slightly odd considering he’s got Babs and Cass).
Anyway, I landed on my ⭐️ rating because I don’t think the story will stick with me and it didn’t make me think “I have GOT to read War Games now.” But it was still a fun read and I’m sure it set up the continuation nicely.