The Script, art, colors, and lettering in this issue are all near-perfect. This is what a Batman special event story should be. Read Full Review

What else can I do to sell people on this comic? In a lot of ways this feels like the kind of comic that got me into the character in the first place. From the art to the writing it really does everything right. There's no need to be verbose.I enjoy it and I think you will too. Read Full Review

Silvestri delivers art that perfectly illustrates the gritty, dark and dangerous world of the story being told. Read Full Review

Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #5 amps up the detective work and the exposition to uncover the "true" threat behind the monsters, kidnappings, and murders. The art is gloriously good, Batman's detecting work is solid, and the mystery reveal is surprising. That said, this is a very dialog-heavy issue with little action, and many questions still need to be answered. Read Full Review

There is a lot to like about this issue. There are a few dated jokes and some pacing issues with dialogue, but this is easily the best-looking issue. Silvestri even makes The Joker look cool when hes wearing the weird stealth suit that Batman gave him. With two more issues to go, I would say it is absolutely worth sticking around until the end. I can already see that this will read excellently as a trade or hardcover. Read Full Review

Silvestris work makes good use of one of the more iconic cities in the DC Universe. It would be very, very cool to get a comprehensive tour of Gotham City between Batman and Bruce Wayne. The history of the subway system that Silvestri is managing in this issue is actually a lot of fun. The Gotham City of the DC Comics Universe has never had quite the grand tour that its really deserved, and a story spanning every major neighborhood would be captivating. Read Full Review

But while it works decently as a horror comic, it lacks the noir edge that makes the best Batman horror comics work. Instead, it feels like an '80s splatterpunk horror, and there's only so far that can go. Read Full Review

The twists this issue lack punch even as the art pushes things over the top in the gritty department which, in turn sort of has an unintentional "pick me" vibe mixed with the 80s. Add to that, this is a very, very dialogue heavy issue so it is, at time a slog. Read Full Review

Did not see that coming

good art and action. Cant wait to see how the ending plays out.

Not too bad, but not as good as I'd hoped for either. While this is still worth it, I am looking forward to its end already. I also must thank Silvestri for not making Barbara start in with the same old "How can you let him live?" crap I'm so sick of hearing characters repeatedly ask in almost every Joker story. So far in fact we've been spared that. Thank you for that too Silvestri. Please continue to refrain from it. That issue kills a Joker story as quickly for me as Lois calling Clark "Smallville" in a Superman issue.
This was a bit average an issue. The corpses dug up in a Joker story seems a bit too reminiscent of The Joker war though. Still, this is one of the better Joker stories I've seen in a while. It's worth getting, especially if you've been following this story already. I can't give this issue a real good review, but I definitely can't give it a low mark either.
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More of exposition and empty dialogue less Batman and Joker being a DUO equals quite a tedious read.

lacks qualities

Art is a 10
Writing 9.5.
Figured out who the villain was early therefore reveal at end was not the hook that it was supposed to be.
But still a well written book all the way through.