As present day stories go (well… future) this is one of the best Batman books out there, and I'm loving it. Highly recommended. Read Full Review

Batman The Detective continues to deliver on thrilling Batman action regardless of how it actually fits into standard continuity. This has been a very consistent read since it began and the cliffhanger at the end of this issue ensures it's not going to limp towards a weak conclusion. Read Full Review

Detailed drawings are highlighted by color work that changes with the tone of the story. The emphasis on form and character expression is very engaging. This is a visually appealing and well crafted issue. Read Full Review

And keep in mind, Im not talking about BATMAN here. I'm talking about Bruce Wayne. Kuberts Wayne is almost hulking in size and stature. Plus, I absolutely love this DARK KNIGHT RETURNS look for BATMAN. Even his boots are huge $&@$ kickers made for a purpose. Kuberts BATMAN is formidable, intimidating, and massive. This depicts Taylors version of BATMAN as not only intelligent from his Flashback introductions with Ducard but also powerful and alarmingly dangerous to deal with. This version of BATMAN would instill fear without a doubt. Read Full Review

While Taylor's writing for DC has been pretty dark, he's actually one of the funniest writers in the industry"just read his All-New Wolverine run and particularly the Deadpool team-up issue. Read Full Review

Batman: The Detective #3 is a smartly written comic thanks to a careful understanding of how Batman rose up as an earnest young man looking for guidance. That dynamic isn't often probed and here it helps us understand Ducard, but also Batman. Read Full Review

When all is said and done, Batman The Detective #3 delivers a bit of a detour that, while it left me wishing for more of the main plot, is still a strong tale that takes a peek into the Dark Knight's past. Read Full Review

Batman: The Detective #3 appears to halt its narrative progress in favor of a series of flashbacks, but I suspect there's more at work here. And thanks to some snappy writing, and the usual storytelling prowess of Kubert, it's not too hard waiting til next month to move things forward again. Read Full Review

With artwork worthy of the Louvre itself and a Sherlock Holmesian dose of unyielding character dissection, this comic puts the Detective in Batman: The Detective. Read Full Review

A really strong issue of a surprisingly nuanced miniseries. Read Full Review

Batman: The Detective #3 looks great and reads great, but it's not much more than one giant flashback of character-developing filler. If Taylor and the team want to keep readers engaged, they need to stop wasting time and put some meat on the table. Read Full Review

It's a fine narrative in its own right and one that leaves me wanting to see more of Ducard in future Bat-books as a "frenemy" with both a useful skill set and justifiable counterpoint to Wayne's worldview. However, that digression adds very little of the ongoing mystery or many other characters present in Batman: The Detective. Read Full Review

What were the odds that two Batman comics with "Detective" in their title would be released in the same week, with both ending with Bruce Wayne being arrested? Out of the two, I preferred this one.

In Batman: The Detective #3, we take a break this month from the Equilibrium story driving this series and instead re-live the first meetings between Henri Ducard and Batman via extended flashbacks. Ducard's an interesting character, a modern take on a chain-smoking private eye out of a gritty mid-century noir story, and he's given great development in this issue.

Is it an indictment against the Equilibrium story for me to ask for another Batman/Ducard flashback story next issue? Probably not - this is more of a situation where the creators did a superb job this month adding more color to an underutilized Batman frenemy. more

A pretty solid issue that shows the backstory of Batman and Henri Ducard.

You gotta love how Batman's relationships with his mentors are complicated. There's always something in Bruce Wayne that he wants to overcome, including the moral gray areas. Frankly it's hard to tell if Ducard meets his fate here or if he's trying to get Bruce out of his hair.

Pretty good for an issue that's mostly flashbacks. I also enjoyed the flashback showing Batman as I remember. I guess in his time it's been 10 years since those days.
Ducard is interesting enough, but I really just look at him as yet another killer young Bruce needed to train under to master becoming what he is.
Equilibrium wasn't really missed because all these characters seem to be is the Victim syndicate in white Batman costumes. Maybe these enemies will get to prove more intriguing as their characters develop and their motives are revealed.
As with the previous 2 issues, the storytelling and art here are good, and I still feel interested, even though usually in a 6 part story I tend to lose interest halfway through. But I do admit I expect the next issue to be interesting as well. more

This was a good issue but it's not as good as the previous issues. Maybe it's because nothing is really advanced here. It's mostly just showing the reader Bruce's relationship with Henri Ducard. Which I guess is necessary, but I didn't really feel the need to know more last issue. I will say, Bruce Wayne looks so gross in this issue. He just looks like a thumb of a man. It's great.

God I love Kubert's art.

Taylor's writing is surprisingly tolerable in this series; void of most of his 'isms'.

Usual comic book backstory filler issue, but interesting backstory at least

" I was Steventeen I'd come to find Henri Ducard. And i almost lost him."
- BRUCE WAYNE