Detective Comics Vol. 5: Gothtopia

7.5Critic Rating
7.0User Rating

Who or what has created this twisted vision of the Dark Knights hometown? As far as anyone knows, Gotham City is and always has been a crime-free utopia, patrolled by the white-clad Batman and his sidekick, Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catbird. Dont miss the strange adventure from DETECTIVE COMICS #25-29, including the amazing DETECTIVE COMICS #27!

  • 6.5
    Leto.rai Jun 11, 2018

    This volume is divided in 3 parts. On the first ine we have the Zero Year tie-in, followed up by the ending of the Man Bat storyline from some previous issues. This two issues are so out of place in this TPB. If the tie in is collected in a Zero Year collection, why puting it here too? Then the Man Bat issue should be alongside the other side story issues in another TPB, so it is a whole volume to develop that story.
    Then, is the Gothtopia storyline, the one of the title. It is an interesting one. It's not great, but good enough. I still feel some plot holes though, and it was a little quick and short, with an easy resolution.
    Then it is the 75th year anniversary issue, with a bunch of different stories from different authors. It's not bad, but it still feels so out of place and context.
    So, yeah, Gothtopia is only on the title of this TPB. It could have been a grat TPB, if the story was larger and with a more consistent collection.

  • 7.5
    jandals042 Aug 6, 2021

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