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corvvs's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
cobaltbookshelf's review
4.0
I will always stand by fact Jason Todd is best Robin especially for Bruce.
mantas_space_rays's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.75
hec_111's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
trid1977's review against another edition
4.0
Nice prequel for A Death in the Family.
It introduces Jason Todd
It introduces Jason Todd
oddmara's review
2.0
This was a very weird experience. First of all, for the longest time I thought this was a Golden Era collection. It fully isn't, and the first person/journal pov should have given it away, but the artstyle and storytelling was very similar to golden era stuff so I just worked with that assumption for the longest time. And therefore cutting it a lot of slack. Which it apparently doesn't deserve.
Firstly, I fully do not understand why they decided to collect all these stories together besides the fact that they were published in succession to each other. But that's not even true since the first two issues are published separately. I genuinely just don't understand the logic. Three of the stories are left unfinished. If they're published as a collection then surely you would try to /collect/ the stories. Weird.
When it comes to Jason Todd, I actually think he was adorable. I loved his two issue backstory, I thought the house for troubled kids was a good plot point, I thought him constantly stealing people's car tires was hilarious, I thought the fact that when Bruce looked at him he saw a mix of Dick and himself was amazing. 10/10. Love batfamily angst. Seeing him adopt a child immediately after losing one was a very big challenge on us as a reader, because on one side you fall for Jason Todd's wittiness and spunk, but on the other side you mourn the loss of Dick. The story where Dick is at the museum with his school and Bruce is there as an investor and the worlds collide is great, I thought it was a cute side story on their inner-workings and on them developing as a team.
Which leads me to my next point: I liked seeing Bruce Wayne as the business man he is, see him at work and talking with people as a billionaire rather than a vigilante. And on that same page, I loved Vicky. What a G. Her talking about how much she hates Batman and how different Bruce is from him. Comedy gold metal. Girl you're so blinded by your attraction to Bruce you're struggling to notice they're the same person. Gotham's best journalist for what.
I also really enjoyed the beginning of that story with that girl that he becomes friends with as Bruce that then gets murdered. That didn't really get an end in this issue though so. :/ Upsetting.
Finally, Nightwing's return. Him and Robin interacting will always be sweet. His confrontation of Bruce was interesting, but not strong enough or expected enough to actually have an impact. He gets batman to say that he misses him, then he walks away. And once again we have the figure of Batman overlooking them at the end of this issue. I guess in a way this is the first itteration of Nightwing: Year One, and it's a solid base for what it is. I'm glad it got to be expanded later on, if anything.
Realistically speaking, if this collection had an actual cohesive thought behind it I would have given it a much higher rating. However the seeming unrelation between the stories as well as the fact that about half of them don't have an ending is very unnerving to me, no matter if this is how comic collections usually operate or not.
Firstly, I fully do not understand why they decided to collect all these stories together besides the fact that they were published in succession to each other. But that's not even true since the first two issues are published separately. I genuinely just don't understand the logic. Three of the stories are left unfinished. If they're published as a collection then surely you would try to /collect/ the stories. Weird.
When it comes to Jason Todd, I actually think he was adorable. I loved his two issue backstory, I thought the house for troubled kids was a good plot point, I thought him constantly stealing people's car tires was hilarious, I thought the fact that when Bruce looked at him he saw a mix of Dick and himself was amazing. 10/10. Love batfamily angst. Seeing him adopt a child immediately after losing one was a very big challenge on us as a reader, because on one side you fall for Jason Todd's wittiness and spunk, but on the other side you mourn the loss of Dick. The story where Dick is at the museum with his school and Bruce is there as an investor and the worlds collide is great, I thought it was a cute side story on their inner-workings and on them developing as a team.
Which leads me to my next point: I liked seeing Bruce Wayne as the business man he is, see him at work and talking with people as a billionaire rather than a vigilante. And on that same page, I loved Vicky. What a G. Her talking about how much she hates Batman and how different Bruce is from him. Comedy gold metal. Girl you're so blinded by your attraction to Bruce you're struggling to notice they're the same person. Gotham's best journalist for what.
I also really enjoyed the beginning of that story with that girl that he becomes friends with as Bruce that then gets murdered. That didn't really get an end in this issue though so. :/ Upsetting.
Finally, Nightwing's return. Him and Robin interacting will always be sweet. His confrontation of Bruce was interesting, but not strong enough or expected enough to actually have an impact. He gets batman to say that he misses him, then he walks away. And once again we have the figure of Batman overlooking them at the end of this issue. I guess in a way this is the first itteration of Nightwing: Year One, and it's a solid base for what it is. I'm glad it got to be expanded later on, if anything.
Realistically speaking, if this collection had an actual cohesive thought behind it I would have given it a much higher rating. However the seeming unrelation between the stories as well as the fact that about half of them don't have an ending is very unnerving to me, no matter if this is how comic collections usually operate or not.
pmileham's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
raul3893's review
4.0
I loved this book, I was really skeptical of it at first and thought that 90’s comics were not for me since the west coast avengers was super dialogue heavy and pretty boring but I didn’t really finds those issues on here, I really liked the first two stories of an officer having a breakdown and thinking he was Batman I thought it could have been handled much better because I don’t think any of it was offensive they could have done much more with it, the murder spree issue was really good and showed how Batman operates, the post crisis Jason origin was alright the school felt really out of place with the story since it dealt with Jason’s parents both being dead and him being homeless, other issues were pretty boring like the Gordon lookalike since it was part of an event that I had zero knowledge ever happened and they only include the Batman issue so you don’t get much context and you also don’t know what happens after, then the other boring issue was the museum/samurai one since I did not understand the twist at all and then the nightwing crossover one was fine, and I really liked the penguin one, it was short and straight to the point.
twowhoodles's review
3.0
Mixed set, cool seeing Jason Todd’s start and Nightwing confronting Batman.
walter_the_wombat's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0