While even the most dedicated Bat-fans may feel burned out with all the Black Label offerings of late, Batman: One Dark Knight is a must-read. The writing and the artwork are top-notch and there's a variety of covers for the collectors to consider. You won't want to miss this! Read Full Review

Jock writes and draws a strong, concise, action-packed comic that grabs your attention and doesn't let go. This book is completely standalone and it's a great deal of fun, promising a story that's all about adventure and high tension. Forget about the regular Batman ongoings"this is where it's at, folks! Highly recommended! Read Full Review

Jock delivers art that perfectly captures the dark, gritty nature of the story itself. The visuals are gorgeously detailed and there are brilliant uses of shadow throughout. Read Full Review

It's already obvious Batman: One Dark Knight is going to be an incredible reading experience once wrapped up. This first issue acts as a kind of first act setting readers up for an incredible street-level battle between Batman and all the scum of Gotham. Batman: One Dark Knight is edge-of-your-seat Batman comics with action, urgency, and street-level realism in a powder keg of a first issue. Read Full Review

There's no grand mythology here, and aside from a few new characters it could take place in the main continuity. Instead, Jock"showing impressive chops for a first-time writer"simply wants to take us through one of the most insane nights of Batman's career blow by blow. Think the superhero equivalent of 24, but with less torture. Read Full Review

Throw away the skepticism towards another Batman book. Jock does all the work, all you have to do is enjoy a fast paced ride through Gotham City. The Dark Knight reigns supreme in DC Black Labels latest. Read Full Review

Batman: One Dark Knight #1 is a solid start. The story is familiar but it executes it in such a way that it still stands out. It's quality at every level. Read Full Review

WhileBatman: One Dark Knight #1served mostly as set up for the following issues, the way Jock introduces the story and its new characters never feels like it's a slow pace to get to the story's inciting moment. It builds nicely as the stakes become clear and Jock's take on the characters feel well within their typical characterizations while his art and colour work set the tone very well. The anticipation for what Jock will do next on Batman's journey across Gotham in this night is already high and exciting for his very first written issue. Read Full Review

You should read it, I loved it. Read Full Review

If you're a fan of Jock's artwork, Batman: One Dark Knight puts his strengths on impressive display as an artist, but on the other side of this coin, it highlights his weaknesses as a writer when it comes to dialogue and specific story beats. This miniseries debut is the definition of a mixed-bag, but I'm willing to see where it goes and see what tricks Jock still has up his sleeve. Read Full Review

This book was an absolute delight. Jock has always been one of the top Batman artists and he plays to his strengths perfectly with a fun, frenetic story. I'm almost shocked at how well paced the book was. It hit the gas right from the beginning and barely let up the entire time, leading to the blackout foreshadowed by the books title. This is also a frontrunner for the best depiction of Alfred since Morrison, as Jock's take is full of an equal amount of wit and compassion. I'll definitely be grabbing the next two issues

A cool batman story, well written and well drawn.

Little to dislike here. The aet is fantastic and unique as Jock is known for. The plot setup thrusts you right into the midst of an important transfer, and naturally things go wrong. Theres a bigger story going on here and I'm interested to see where it leads.

The art was awesome, the setup is cool, the fact the book has Alfred in it doing Alfred stuff got it a bonus point from a 7 to an 8.

Dc .......... everyone loves Alfred, literally everyone loves that old British man. Now Toss his ass in a Lazarus pit, have the death been faked by clay face or lady clay face, or the broken neck scene have been a fear toxin sequence, and Alfred's been trapt in a secret prison this whole time.

I don't care dc, use whatever stupid comic book logic you need too, but bring us back our beloved butler.

A solid first issue that has good art and a simple premise

This is a fairly standard but fun story. I hope next issue delivers on the promise of the cliffhanger. The art will look great, I'm certain. I can't stress enough how simple this story is, and I'm surprised that anyone has become confused by the premise here.

Fantastic art and cool story

7 Art
7 Writing

A fairly simple, self-contained story that Batman fans should enjoy as long as they aren't expecting anything mindblowing.

I've been awaiting this book with some anticipation, given that lately Batman seems to have much better luck in Black Label books than in in-continuity books and that seems by design. On the other hand, I've never been a fan of artists trying their hand at writing, so I was a tiny bit skeptical all the same. Unfortunately, the latter instinct seemed more right. Sure, it's not bad and for a first issue you could say it's even good as an introduction but the story seemed all over the place to me and it makes even less sense in the grander scheme at DC right now. These days, DC seems to try and tell us that Arkham Asylum is useless and needs to be done with. What will it be replaced with, no one seems to know, just something a bit more soft for the insane criminals seems to be the answer for the writers who aren't right in their heads either, btw. This book seems to tell us that Arkham kinda works, at least partially until a better solution comes along, because Vasquez here actually has a decent idea: stop letting criminals thrive in a revolving door institution and try to actually lock them up. Yeah, I know it's Black Label but DC really seems to make no sense at this point about what security means for Gotham. The narrative gets even weirder when Jock tries to paint Vasquez the villain because while the transfer is done, the truck is getting ambushed by criminals with guns. Vasquez just complained that Gordon isn't doing his job apprehending criminals off the streets but somehow she's the villain here. And why is the transfer done during a hot weather when apparently that plays to E.M.P.'s advantage?

Honestly, there are so many plotholes here I was scratching my head half the time. The art was good, but the story, while setting up an interesting premise, really suffers in the coherence department. more

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Mingthemerciless - Dec 21, 2021

Yeah this one sounded like fun so I'll the book a shot. It's kind of a riff on Mile 22 or The Gauntlet. I don't need a Tom King-esque exploration of Batmans psyche. Funnily enough DC has given him another mini that hes calling a heist story. The only ones that will be robbed are the ones that but a Tom King Batman book.

Merlyn - Dec 21, 2021

I know. I thought he had enough of Batman, but I guess not. I don't know, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to you. I felt it was pretty weird, you could tell this was an inexperienced writer (who actually isn't a writer). All I can tell is there's a big difference between The Imposter and this one. Maybe bigger than my ratings would suggest, I was pretty generous with this one.

Mingthemerciless - Dec 21, 2021

It's a bit like when Daniels took on a Bat title where he wrote and illustrated it. If it's fun I'm willing to accept it as long as the art is good the story is entertaining and it's written decently. Its like McDonalds sometimes you just want to have it even though you know theres better out there. Imposter was the cerebral exercise Tom King wanted to write but didnt have the chops.

Batmanaholic - Dec 22, 2021

I haven't read this one yet, but I completely agree the imposter did a better job exploring the " mentality of Batman " better then Tom king did in 87 issues lol.

Mingthemerciless - Dec 23, 2021

I actually enjoyed this one Merlyn. A new villian that actually works in the rogues gallery-unlike the budget priced creations Tynion threw at us in the main book. It's not a bloated pretentious vat of mucus like King offers. It's just a "get EMP to his cell" romp and after Tynion and King for years I'm cool with that. It has its shortfalls but the fun factor is working for me so far.

Merlyn - Dec 23, 2021

Yeah, it's not bad, but I couldn't get over the "logic" of Vasquez actually having a point about crime on the streets only to somehow being made the villain and guilty of the fact that Gordon sucks at his job.

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It was okay. Nothing great about the story and definitely nothing great about the art, but it was okay.