After a 2 year absence The Penguin returned to Batman in this issue. It was also my first issue with Batman's No. 2 enemy. The Actuary was an interesting character with lots of insightful ideas-for the bad guys. I have to say though that if I was this issue's villain I'd feel like a total dumbass for never thinking of his idea of a daylight heist to avoid Batman interference. Why did no other foe Batman's taken on not think of that before?
It was a nice change of pace after almost 2 years of Knightfall, Knightquest, Knightsend, Zero Hour, Prodigal and Troika crossover issues to have a simple start to a simple 2 part story.
I always liked this issue. The cover is the only thing to feature Penguin's lethal ladies, who may have been a clever idea. 4 armed vixens most men would underestimate as bodyguards. Still, This was a good issue, where the only thing really missing was Penguin's tophat. more