A review by skolastic
Batman: Private Casebook by Dustin Nguyen, Paul Dini, Derek Fridolfs, Peter Milligan

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!