I Am Batman is an amazingly refreshing take on the vigilante hero. The creativity in building this new world has been encouraging. It's just too bad Jace has to create his legacy in Batman's shadow. Read Full Review

I Am Batman #9 continues to show the evolution of the character, as he figures out his own unique approach to being Batman. It also shows his supporting cast starting to evolve into his own Bat-Family and it's becoming clear that Ridley has a long-term plan in store for this new Dark Knight. I look forward to seeing how Jace evolves as Ridley's story plays out. Read Full Review

I Am Batman is turning into a great police procedural, especially with how it navigates real-world issues like racism and corruption. On the other hand, this issue suffers a bit as it's lots of talking and not a lot of doing, but things are heating up and should make for a great confrontation down the road. Read Full Review

This is the slowest-paced issue of the book yet, but fortunately Ridley's writing is good enough to carry it through. Read Full Review

As Jace settles into New York, I feel like this comic continues to get better. Read Full Review

A whole lot of Batman vibes are making themselves known in this book while it also does its own thing, but also finds a way to maybe do far too much of its own thing. There is a ton of potential within these pages that is just waiting to be unleashed, but hopefully not all at the same time. Read Full Review

We get some great progression into Jace's pursuit to fulfilling his quest of being Batman of New York and some great progression in the Fox Family as a whole in their new city. I just wish that some of the detective work progression felt a bit more natural. Thankfully though, we get some great art throughout and a great cliffhanger that I can't wait to get back to in the next issue. Read Full Review

I've been more than fair with I Am Batman, I think. It's a book I've really wanted to succeed, and I think it's because it has all of the pieces in place to do just that. But I think enjoying this book requires a lot of concessions: accepting a new location, completely new characters, and a new villain on top of an entirely new Batman. I am fine with every single one of these things what I'm not fine with is a book that's afraid to accept what makes it different. Read Full Review

Another strong issue for this title. Ridley continues to tell an intriguing political mystery here. I think he's developing Jace's character nicely and I also like the little team that's beginning to form here with Vol and possibly Hadiyah. Jace doesn't necessarily need to have a "Bat-Family." In fact, I think it's better that he doesn't. I think an interesting contrast between him and Bruce would come with this difference. Moving back to the story itself, I'm interested to see how this all plays out, especially with Mayor Villanueva supposedly being the next target.