Ram V's finale to his gothic opera delivers in every way fans could hope. The long web of carefully planned ideas and themes culminate in an ending that strengthens and emphasizes everything that's come before. While the run has often been criticized for its slow pacing, seeing everything together as a whole highlights its strengths and allows the friction of its release schedule to fade away. V's Detective Comics will hopefully be remembered as the triumph in storytelling that it clearly is. Read Full Review

Detective Comics' latest epic ends a strong story of life, death, and everything in between. This tale ends like an opera with music playing and high drama, and while it feels inevitable with stakes seemingly passed by, it's epic in its tone and atmosphere. Read Full Review

Detective Comics #1089 is the end of the Gotham Nocturne, and the doorway into better things. Thank you to Ram V, you tried something new, but I feel your skills would be better used on a smaller scale title, like you would kill on a book like Doom Patrol. Until then Join us next time Bat-fans, new creative team, same nerdy reviewer! Read Full Review

In Detective Comics #1089, Ram V, with an able assist from Dan Watters, sends his Gotham Nocturne into the air with a big Finale. Only time will tell how we remember this run whether the strong vibes of the writing and art can overcome the myriad incoherencies of structure and conception. Read Full Review

Detective Comics #1089 ends the long, meandering Orgham arc and Ram V's tenure on the title exactly as you would expect - with lofty ideas and concepts that rely on superficial tricks and flowery language to mask an inability to execute those ideas. Most of the big questions created by the Orghams are not resolved, and the arc ends almost exactly where it started. Ultimately, Ram V had nothing to say, and Batman's legacy is poorer for it. Read Full Review

This finale puts to go for a poetic and artistic one rather than one of bombastic action sequence. This decision proves to be the right one.

Ram V and Dan Watters manage to close out every relevant plot thread(although one does get left hanging its handled well enough) and end on a note that provides a final word to the thesis presented at the outside. That alone is worthy of praise.

Further praise should go to the fact that, this story provides what feels like real character development for Bruce, an acceptance of something that has been a part of him from the beginning, and a willingness to utilize it to his advantage if he has to. His relationship and his love for the character and soul of Gotham defines why he does what he does. And it garners both respect and fear in equal measure.

His protégés appear in sight 8nly but their presence is felt. Mr Freeze gets a very interesting development that hints towards a shift toward the good. All of it is steung together artfully well. In this sprawling narrative that has lasted the better part of two years, we've seen batman pushed to his very limits of his psyche and come back stronger. Its been a pleasure reading.

Also, this needs no declaration but the art by Guillem March is beautiful and he continues to stake his claim as one of the best to ever draw the Bat.

9.5 for this issue and the entire gotham nocturne. This is a modern classic Batman story. This can be someone's first Batman story or someone's last, and that makes it a winner. more

I will only address one of the points in the issue: the season-long love quartet that caused a stir among fans. I see the relationship with Talia as something impossible; Bruce knows there will never be a future with her. Talia, as stated at the beginning of the plot, also knows this. When he said goodbye to her in the desert, there was respect and gratitude, but there was no sadness in Bruce for something they both already knew would happen. With Selina, there are no reasons that make a relationship impossible; however, Gotham will always be on fire. That's why he recognizes the importance of having Selina by his side, even if it's to watch him lose battles. He knows that there is someone waiting for him (Selina) and that she won't give up on him, just as he doesn't give up on Gotham, even though it seems to be in ruins. Ram did not choose or privilege any of these women, but he established the importance of each of them.Talia is loved and is in an impossible place in the past. Selina is loved, but she belongs to a future that, although desired, may never happen. Gotham is the beloved city, and Batman's present belongs to it alone. more