I think a lot of people were hoping that there was more to this series than Millers first two issues suggested, that perhaps the whole Batman/psycho/goddamn retarded routine was an exaggeration of the character as seen through the eyes of Dick Grayson, or that we were going to see an abrupt change in direction soon. Unfortunately, this issue would seem to confirm that were stuck with a distracted, unfocused writer with this series and that any hopes of a return to form from the man who gave us the defining Dark Knight Returns are sadly unfounded. This is very much the Frank Miller of Sin City, and its perhaps not surprising that the huge amount of effort and energy that hes lately put into the cinematic adaptations of that series have led him to write this All-Star project in a similar vein. However, whereas the ridiculously overplayed deadpan noir of Sin City worked well for that series comic books and movie, it simply doesnt gel with any kind of satisfying incarnation of Read Full Review

I find it disturbing how sex-centered this issue was as Frank Miller takes a considerable amount of time in this comic to write bar punks complimenting Black Canary’s butt. The art is great as usual but this is where I believe Miller starts to fall off the rails. Batman is acting like a complete maniac, but that doesn’t bother me as much as others because he probably seems like a maniac to everyone except Alfred and Robin