The adventurous retelling of the partnership between the Dark Knight and the Boy Wonder continues! And when some Black Canary gets added to the mix, you can be sure something's going to explode!
Now, I don't know how anyone at all can complain about the artwork. I know art is subjective, but if you don't dig Lee's art and his 6 page Batcave then you simply have bad taste in art. Read Full Review
Its true that the irritation caused by the intentionally drawn-out pacing of this story is exacerbated by the consistently late shipping of the book, and with only four issues produced in the space of almost a year, it seems as though it would be more upfront with the reader for DC to solicit this as a quarterly title if indeed Miller and Lee can even keep to that schedule. Im not entirely sure whats causing the problems here, as it would appear that much of the title was printed way ahead of its shipping date (the issues back page gives us a sample of what we can expect to read in March 2006 - All-Star Superman #2 is on the Hot list, for goodness sake), but it only makes me wish that the publisher had put more of the story in the can before they set about releasing the book. Whatever the reason behind the delays, they have made these first four issues seem like an eternity. Whats more, youd struggle to say that much has really happened between the end of the very first i Read Full Review
Look at this as an extremely mannered variation on the characters we thought we knew. Miller doesnt do subtle anymore. But his extreme stylization does offer memorable pleasures of its own. This isnt remotely realistic, but it offers a pulpy thrill. Read Full Review
Robin: Who do you keep mumbling to anyway? Read Full Review
I’m very conflicted on whether I hate this comic or love it. Batman acts like a maniac and everybody is extremely oversexualized (Black Canary, Vicki Vale), yet on the other hand, the art is perfect, the dialogue is light compared to other Miller comics, and Robin is written pretty well