All-in-all, Detective Comics #944 features a fast-paced nail-biter of a plot, unforgettable new villains, and the best team lineup in a Batman book ever. This issue is another example of why this series has proven itself to be one of the best books in DC’s lineup week after week. If you’re looking for top notch action scenes, touching character moments and the amazing, incredible, ongoing creative development of Batman’s greatest sidekicks, look no further, Detective Comics is here! Read Full Review

Once again, Tynion and Barrows have not disappointed. Another top notice effort of suspenseful storytelling. Detective Comics has grown to be one of my favorite Batman books. And this arc peels off layer after layer unveiling new twists and turns to uncover the mysterious Victim Syndicate. I hope Tyion doesn't put Stephanie through too much more. She just lost her boyfriend, for Pete's sake! Overall, a great story! Read Full Review

Detective Comics is back on top with this issue and after the Monster Men debacle, I am so glad. The Victim Syndicate  continues the idea that Batman's methods need to change and after Tim Drake's death, there isn't really an argument there.  The whole story reads like a scary mystery and Eddy Barrow's art helps that out so much.  Highly recommended. Read Full Review

Detective Comics continues its very strong run with another issue highlighting the excellent characters in play. The new bad guys are cool and hopefully amount to some fun action, but for now, Tynion and Barrows are killing it on character (pun intended). Read Full Review

Detective Comics #944 boasts someimpressive visuals with a mixture of styles and a story that draws you into its big action scenes and its subtle detective work. Read Full Review

In many ways, this arc serves as an ideal follow-up to James Tynion's first storyline and the "death" of Red Robin. It doesn't dwell on Tim's absence, but it does force the Dark Knight to acknowledge that loss and to question whether he and his allies do more harm than good to their city. Read Full Review

In short, I'm still enjoying the hell out of this book, including my boy Clays, and I applaud them for a decent turnaround with the Victim Syndicate. But thumbs down on the Iron-Bat. Read Full Review

This weeks issue of Detective Comics has plenty of action, interesting concepts, and fantastic art. But it also comes along with it's fair share of somewhat problematic moments. Specifically, I felt that the fight scene was clunkily arranged and somewhat unbelievable. Along with that, I had a hard time integrating the Victim Syndicate's background stories to coincide with their current objection to Batman. Even though the bigger picture presented in this issue is a little disjointed, many of the individual parts are quite excellent. While it's not the best issue, it's still got lots of great stuff going for it. Read Full Review

This issue is well illustrated, with engaging action and strong, consistent likenesses of the characters, all of whom have a wide range of emotion. There are some well-composed depictions of movement, such as when Luke Fox jumps out of a building, transforming into Batwing before he hits the ground. The First Victim villain is creepily presented, with a textured look others dont have. Its almost as if everyone was digitally inked and she or he (we dont yet know) is a watercolor. Its a creative move, however it was actually achieved. Read Full Review

A stirring combination of horror and action, Tynion pushes his examination of Batmans mission further in The Victim Syndicate part 2. Read Full Review

Another top notch issue from James Tynion IV. The art is killer and the story is something new to Batman. These new villains have an element of mystery especially the leader. I really like this concept and I think they are going to present some new challenges for Batman and his new army.

The Victim Syndicate is an interesting concept that I feel will have a huge twist as part of it. I have really enjoyed Tynion's interpretation of the BatFamily and will continue to read as long as his is one it.

[ART: 9.5 | STORY: 9 | WRITING: 9.1 | TOTAL: 9.2 (~9)] Another solid issue for my personal favourite Rebirth title thus far. The Victim Syndicate have been introduced as strong villains with good motivation. It's a fairly dense issue (took me a while to read, but I'm not complaining) with lots of characters to keep up with. I throughly enjoyed Batwing's inclusion, dually because of the way he's drawn and written. This is looking like another fantastic arc.

I'm really starting to enjoy the team concept in this book, and the First Victim is an intriguing new villain...this is a really good book

I found this issue a bit messy, mainly because there were too many characters. While reading it, I had this feeling sometimes that I had skipped a page. Still, the Victim Syndicate members are really intriguing and I'm looking forward to discover their complete plan.

Detective Comics should be about Batman the world's greatest detective more than about a superteam. DC should switch this with the Batman titles ASAP. But as for a blossoming superteam adventure, this was pretty good all round.

a decent enough comic. Tim Drake’s presence is sorely missed in this series.
now that Tim is out of the picture though i really thought there’d be more focus on Clayface and Casandra Cain? . . . . . .

Batwing is an ok addition to the line-up. he does remind me a bit of Iron-Man/Tony Stark for some reason? . . . . . .

the new villains are cool looking, but they feel a bit over-powered for characters that we’ve never heard of before. Mr. Noxious can poison people to death with zero contact, the mute can stop Batman from talking in mid-sentence. i can see giving your characters a challenge, but let’s at least try to suspend disbelief. . . . . .

this issue had some decent moments, but i found it very difficult to keep up with the plethora of characters crammed into this story. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . i say DITCH Harper Row and give Casandra more to do in this comic. . . . . the pacing of the story hits a lull about 3/4 in. . . . . . i'm not sure whether to laugh or or consider Luke Fox a jerk for sitting in Red Robin's seat? more