Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #6 ends on a high note for me. Despite issues with the story early on, I'm excited to see what other DC Fortnite crossovers can bring. Read Full Review

I had little interest in this when it was announced but it was one of the more pleasant surprises of 2021 so far. The ending suggests that a sequel could be in the works, which would definitely have me excited. Read Full Review

You've got three of the DCU's biggest villains"including one I never expected to see again, meaning that this series is probably out of continuity"as well as a major Fortnite villain who I had to look up on Wikipedia. Well, we'll put it this way"this series isn't lacking for ambition. Read Full Review

The whole idea of the Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point series was imaginative already by fleshing out Fortnite's lore with Batman, but the finale certainly didn't pull any punches either. It's got humor, romance, heartbreak, and even more twists than expected from a story already brimming with crossovers and guest appearances. Read Full Review

What about this world did we get to know? Where was the fun? But that's not the real rub, the real rub is that Batman/Fortnite as a series " especially this issue " is anti-consumer. They want you to buy Fortnite skins, they want you to buy Batman comics, and they don't seem to care about much else. Goodbye Donald, may we never meet again. Read Full Review

The difference between comic book writing for superheroes and horror/sci fi writing for gaming using superheroes as characters. The first hopefully has a coherent plot with a beginning, middle, end - the latter develops a loop with constant crisis and constant empowerment of evil threat as its goal. They are different genres and disciplines. DC Comics tries to merge the two - with the real goal of promoting gaming sales. But the idea of comics writing takes a back-seat to the financial objectives of gaming sales.

To the gaming writers, Batman is a costume to be used in a gaming loop plot. To the gaming writers, Batman's gaming character is only there to sell more stuff, more gaming accessories, more sales opportunities. You could replace The Batman really with any costumed character in the gaming loop plot story and it would be the same. If you used Marvel's Captain America, same basic plot except he would have a shield instead of a batarang, etc.

They throw in just enough "plot" as "glue" for more action loop scenes, which is the least possible, because after all, plot is not the point in a gaming loop story.

There is no conclusion, no resolution, no explanation, just a set up for more of the same. Because in gaming writing, the idea of resolution, conclusion, explanation would make no sense. The goal in gaming writing is to completely AVOID resolution, conclusion, explanation - and just keep the loop going - and provide a goal to generate more sales opportunities.

But it is simply NOT a costumed hero comic book.

Or maybe it is by the standards and direction that DC Comics has decided to take.

More of the real "Future State" at DC.

They really need to create a new genre and call it "gaming comics," so that other comic book readers know what it is, and decide if that is what they want or not. But the "gaming comics" should be expressly outside DCU continuity. And if you like "gaming comics," then that's great, and they should make some expressly for that customer base, not compare and review them to other costumed hero comic books.

NOTE here on Comic Book Roundup, which predominantly has positive reviews by the "professional" reviewers, Christos N. Gage ranks barely 50 percent green/yellow, with 26 yellow ratings and 29 green ratings, and other than Buffy, Wildcats, and a few others, a lot are one-shots. But Mr. Gage is a good corporate employee, with the focus on writing to promote sales for the customer base of "other stuff." That's a big difference between being a good costumed hero comic book writer. more