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DC Comics Review: Detective Comics #857
Posted by David Torres Categories: Reviews, DC Comics,
Rating: ***
The final part of the opening story arc of Batwoman in Detective Comics is here. The creative team of Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III continue to do a fine job with Batwoman, but I’m starting to think that the end is near for me on this series until Batman becomes the main focus of the book again. I like Kate Kane aka Batwoman and I think Greg Rucka has done a good job so far with the character, but for me it’s not enough to keep me interested. I may stick around to see the next story arc which will be an origin story, but we’ll see.
Anyway, the last time we saw Batwoman, her father had been kidnapped by the Religion of Crime and their leader Alice. Kate’s hooked up with some former members of the ROC who are capable of turning into various creatures. Their leader is a man named Abbot. Kate leaves the party she was attending with Abbot to suit up and go after Alice.
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DC Comics Review: Batman Confidential #29
Posted by David Torres Categories: Reviews, DC Comics,
Rating: ** 1/2*
A bit of a disappointment this time around for the creative team of Andrew Kreisberg and Scott McDaniel. I’ve been raving about the writing that Kreisberg had been doing with his previous story arc in “Batman: Confidential” which was entitled “Do You Understand These Rights?”. This was a great story that presented a retelling of the first time Batman captured the Joker and brought him in for booking at Gotham Police headquarters. The Joker that Kreisberg portrayed in his story was fantastic; funny and evil at the same time; the way you would like to see the Joker in any comic book story. The peanut murder was a classic! I highly recommend picking this story arc as a trade or going to your local comic store to get the back issues.
I was looking forward to the “Bad Cop” storyline because it’s a direct sequel to the “Rights” storyline and Kreisberg and McDaniel have returned to tell the tale. This wasn’t a bad story, but it also wasn’t a great story. If you’re a Batman addict, I would recommend it as it maybe one of the few Bruce Wayne/Batman stories we maybe seeing for a while. If you can do without Bats, then I would pass.
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