This book was hyped up as an alien invasion thriller when it was announced, but it's turned into something completely differentan offbeat Elseworlds that wastes no time making permanent status quo changes to its universe. Read Full Review

Gary Whitta pulls it out in the end, for an interesting ending, and showing The Batman Bruce Wayne defending Superman to the very end, as the alien intergalactic force comes from Kal-El as a Kryptonian, and they consider all Kryptonians as war criminals. The moment of The Batman defending the "most powerful man on Earth" against alien arrest "over my dead body" was a great moment in comics history. DC Comics has far far too few such uplifting moments of loyalty.

Superman Kal-El comes off as uneven, however, which may trouble some readers. Clearly he should have warned Earth's heroes, rather than hide in the Fortress of Solititude. That decision cost the lives of too many, including Cyborg, who finally receives a merciful burial by the rest of the Justice League.

Batman:Fortress was an uneven series, which in this case, might have benefited from LESS issues to get to the point. I believe a four issue series would have been rated differently than an eight issue series. But it had some creative and inspiration moments that I will remember, the first two issues and the last issue will always be the best issues for me. I understand this series will definitely not be everyone's cup of tea, and I have real misgivings over the Batman with metahuman powers, but that could be a discussion for another day and series.

Congrats, Gary Whitta for sticking the ending.
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