So not a bad beginning for a title I am surprised to be buying. The friction between Vibe and ARGUS's goals is going to be the big draw for me. The possibility of classic inter-dimensional characters showing up is some nice spice. And Gates' sensibilities on a young hero along with Woods' slick art. Read Full Review

A good issue from a book written by a writer and drawn by an artist. Who'd have guessed? Maybe DC should try it more often. Read Full Review

David Finch is a perfect Batman artist. He draws the character wonderfully and sets the mood in a way that few other artists can. It's refreshing that he is drawing a worthwhile story this time, because, let's be honest, this series has not been known for its writing. There are a few pages where the characters that aren't in a costume of some sort look a little awkward, but it's not much more than a small hiccup. Aside from that, the book looks fantastic. It's exactly what I hoped for when I heard David Finch was going to be drawing Batman. It just took a lot of issues to get to this point. Read Full Review

Though, if you're expecting a Tim Drake story... yeah, no. Tim got the short end of the stick for this cross over. Read Full Review

Did Batman: The Dark Knight #9 deliver on the promised first adventure of Red Robin in the Batman universe? No. If that is what may have interested you about picking this comic up than save yourself your money and buy a different comic. What Batman: The Dark Knight #9 did is to provide a supplementary story to the current Night of the Owls event going on in Scott Snyder's Batman comic. Is this required reading? No. But if you want to see more of the Court of Owls storyline play out The Dark Knight #9 is not a bad comic to pick up. Read Full Review

Although not one of the strong tie-ins in the Night of the Owls storyline, the story does do a fine job of adding to the main story without being necessary to read. Read Full Review

The focus is all wrong, the character teased on the cover isn't here (I was looking forward to a Bruce/Tim team-up), and there's just not enough here to justify picking up unless you simply want to grab all of the Night of the Owls issues. Hit-and-Miss. Read Full Review

"Batman: The Dark Knight" #9 makes me wish that Winick was sticking around on the title for more than this one issue; the difference between this comic and the previous issues is rather noticeable. Hopefully Gregg Hurwitz can continue to strengthen the title, but for now, "Night of the Owls" fans can rest assured that they can buy this issue knowing that they'll get a good comic out of the deal. Read Full Review

Basically, what I'm saying is that if you don't read this comic you will have missed out on nothing. Most of the events shown are from “Batman” #9 and those that weren't are either forgettable or detrimental to the overall Owls saga. Read Full Review