"There are some cases that come screaming back at you...like phone calls in the night..." For years, Jim Gordon has been haunted by the unsolved case of Gotham's notorious "Peter Pan Killer." Now, armed with new evidence, Gordon is determined to put the case to rest. But as he digs deeper, he'll unearth a shocking discovery about his own past a revelation that will shake him to the core. Skeletons will be exposed and secrets revealed in this special issue featuring art by Francesco Francavilla!
Okay, this comic was awesome seven ways to next Sunday. That summary I did for it up above? It doesn't even BEGIN to do this issue justice. This comic was a tough one to actually review because a) the story kept jumping back and forth from the present to the past. b) I'm REALLY tired right now, and c) I suck! But yeah, that crappy "review" notwithstanding, this comic was really, REALLY good. So my hat is off to Scott Snyder, who has written the best Commissioner Gordon since... well, since Ed Brubaker. And a comparison to Brubaker is just about the highest praise I can possibly give a writer. Read Full Review
Scott Snyder does a wonderful job developing the complex relationship between Jim Gordon and his psychopath son in this issue's main thread. This story is powerful in its simplicity and one of the finest things I've read from Snyderwhich makes up for the faults in Batman's place in this issue. The show stealer, though, is artist Francesco Francavilla, who absolutely shines here with his clean, atmospheric artwork that is evocative of Tim Sale and Darwyn Cooke. The stumbling block for Francavilla, much like Snyder, is the Batman sequence. If the two could have replicated the success they had with Jim Gordon on these scenes, this would've been a major contender for the top spot on this week's Rankings. Read Full Review
Snyder and Francavilla are continuing to bring us a moody, dark, primal look at Gotham City and its protectors. From the opening scenes in the Gotham Aviary to the cargo (and visions) in the shipyard, even the most innocent and natural seems dangerous and larger than life. This is, in short, outstanding. If you aren't already reading "Detective Comics" you need to fix that right now. Read Full Review
Grim and moody. For my money this is the best Batman title out there right now. I love that Snyder is bringing a psychological-horror vibe to Gotham city and the art is fantastic. Read Full Review
Even with that one misstep, Detective Comics #874 is another superb entry in Scott Snyder's run on this book. I'm honestly starting to question Snyder's mental health, as he is writing some pretty disturbing stuff in Detective Comics. But maybe I should be questioning my own sanity, as I'm the one eating this stuff up every month. Dear god, I'm sick! Read Full Review
What I read was decent but it's hard to judge an issue by the opening act. I'm sure it all comes together but what I have so far is fun but doesn't feel like I can't miss it. Francavilla does a very pretty doublepage splash that uses some design to bring the Bat into the fight, but the overall tale is fun yet not exemplary. But, again, perhaps the last half of the issue capitalises on it all and wraps it together... Read Full Review
As a bridge issue, DC 874 is marvelous. The art complements the foreboding, nightmarish quality of the overall story and, through clever visual metaphor, makes the Gordon family opening chapter flow into the Bat family chapter that closes the issue, a visual metaphor that, along with Dick's hallucination, acts as foreshadowing to a future storyline.
Skeleton Cases
Snyder takes his time with this issue and uses it as a connection between past and future stories.Jim Gordon is the protagonist and faces up a person who was absent for a long time.
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