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georgesc's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
unladylike's review
3.0
2.5 stars, boosted because of overall goodness of the series
Not the tightest closing chapter of this run. Some elements work; others don't. Overall, I would definitely recommend this series, and say Tynion proves his chops well throughout it.
Not the tightest closing chapter of this run. Some elements work; others don't. Overall, I would definitely recommend this series, and say Tynion proves his chops well throughout it.
thebaronrob's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
murphyc1's review
3.0
A fairly generous three stars. I understand that it's difficult to publish a bi-weekly comic, but if this is the best they can do, DC should stick to a monthly schedule on all their titles. The art is pretty consistently bad over the six issues, and the dialogue is uniformly grammatically awkward and littered with syntactical errors and typos. I also don't appreciate most of Tynion's creative decisions. The Brother Eye/OMAC plot device is a tired old rehash of a rehash.
maxwellatewell's review against another edition
5.0
Outstanding end to Tynion’s run. Everybody gets a resolution. Great way to get to know the Batfamily.
aabaileyauthor's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Fantastic ending to an amazing run. Wish I could get more of the Batfam but this was a great bittersweet ending
gothamshire's review
4.0
blah blah blah OMACs but Stephanie and Cass made me break down and cry I love them so much. I had a lot of problems with what Tynion did with Steph initially but this. This is my girl. ♥️
rashthedoctor's review
4.0
[Read as Single Issues]
The end of the James Tynion IV's Detective Comics run and it ties up every bit of storyline that Tynion did during this run .
The culmination of the story provides us with reasoning for why characters have done things in this Tynion run , From Batman making a new team , to Future Tim's and present Tim's decisions and actions . Assisted by decent to smart art work , this volume really did justice to it's characters , and If you hold just this volume as an isolated book , you may get much to nit pick , but when you use a bit of hindsight and take all of Tynion's issue as one story , it comes up as a very well written book .
But as I said , taken isolated , this has issues. I don't think the book did enough to help Kate Kane's case , I ended this book , hating Kate and wondering , well what the hell was the whole Colony story line from the beginning , how did it go from being wrong during the first 2 volume and okay in this volume .
Meanwhile , what the hell was the purpose of Azarael and Batwing (and I'm not asking this for their whole character career ) and what happened in that last panel in regards to clayface . And I STILL HATE KATE KANE . And she got away scot-free .
Loose ends man .
The end of the James Tynion IV's Detective Comics run and it ties up every bit of storyline that Tynion did during this run .
The culmination of the story provides us with reasoning for why characters have done things in this Tynion run , From Batman making a new team , to Future Tim's and present Tim's decisions and actions . Assisted by decent to smart art work , this volume really did justice to it's characters , and If you hold just this volume as an isolated book , you may get much to nit pick , but when you use a bit of hindsight and take all of Tynion's issue as one story , it comes up as a very well written book .
But as I said , taken isolated , this has issues. I don't think the book did enough to help Kate Kane's case , I ended this book , hating Kate and wondering , well what the hell was the whole Colony story line from the beginning , how did it go from being wrong during the first 2 volume and okay in this volume .
Meanwhile , what the hell was the purpose of Azarael and Batwing (and I'm not asking this for their whole character career ) and what happened in that last panel in regards to clayface . And I STILL HATE KATE KANE . And she got away scot-free .
Loose ends man .
cryptidtinkerer's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
5.0
Such a good end to this story arc. Love the Bat family through these volumes and how they are written. James Tynion IV has done it again!
iffer's review
4.0
Hmm, 3.5 stars? It's hard for me to rate these sorts of books, because of course I'm going to like this. It's the Bat family, and I can actually trust James Tynion IV to know enough about all of the players to write a story that's compelling, adheres to continuity, and makes sense. While many of the elements in this story arc are ones we've seen many times before (threat of dystopian police state, etc), the story felt "right" to me. As is more often true that not in a bat story, it was dark, yet managed to end in a hopeful manner. The art, for the most part was very good, though it still annoys me that DC often has multiple artists working on the same story arc, which sometimes disrupts the story's continuity (and some of the art is noticeably better or worse).