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josh0_'s review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
tmwebb3's review
3.0
Bunch of different Dini stories, a couple loosely tied together. Love Zatanna and Batman together. Scarface had a good appearance, and I enjoy Riddler not being a villain. Not the best otherwise.
tabman678's review
3.0
All one shot stories.
Bar the Zatanna story, good stories though it feels like you start out in the middle often, and sometimes you don’t get an end.
Also the interactions Batman has with Catwoman and Zatanna with the prolonged conversation of will they won’t they are to my eye a bit odd but that may be me.
Bar the Zatanna story, good stories though it feels like you start out in the middle often, and sometimes you don’t get an end.
Also the interactions Batman has with Catwoman and Zatanna with the prolonged conversation of will they won’t they are to my eye a bit odd but that may be me.
ladydewinter's review
4.0
A collection of stories featuring characters such as Ra's al Ghul, the Mad Hatter, Scarface, Penguin, the Riddler and Zatanna. Good stuff.
wealhtheow's review
3.0
A collection of short adventures. Batman goes up against Ra's al Ghul, the Mad Hatter, Scarface, his own darker impulses, and the victim of a reformed criminal. The art is pretty, and the plots just a little more convoluted than in ordinary comic books. Batman gets to show off his detective work and has a few great lines ("Of course. More ninjas."). Overall, good but not astounding.
skolastic's review
5.0
I swapped this with a coworker for The Court of Owls (thanks Candace, if you're reading this!) and it was a Good Decision. Paul Dini has got a bunch of good, fun Batman tales. The opener with Ra's al Ghul is pretty cool with a fun villain who wouldn't have been out of place on the Adam West show and one of the best moments in the collection (Ra's repossessing the special globe from Batman because he bought it from Faberge in the 1900s, even whipping out the receipt). The story with the Mad Hatter is a little lacking, but quickly made up for by a two-parter with the new Ventriloquist and Zatanna -- I hadn't really been thrilled by them replacing Wesker, but I've warmed to the idea of the Peyton Riley Ventriloquist-as-gun-moll. There's a pretty good one-off with Batman exploring a mysterious suit of armor's origin, and then the really cool "The Riddle Unanswered", with Batman matching wits with a gone-straight Riddler.
Yeah, the stories have got their flaws, but I like to think that the star they lose there is made up for by Paul Nguyen's wonderful art. Go read it!
Yeah, the stories have got their flaws, but I like to think that the star they lose there is made up for by Paul Nguyen's wonderful art. Go read it!
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