This series has been a core part of the event, and the ending nicely sets up one of Williamson's upcoming series as the race to the final showdown begins. Read Full Review

Williamson continues to make this limited series feel like it is less of a tie-in and more of a chance to tell a larger story than that being said in the main series. There are a lot of questions that remain unanswered that need to be addressed, but with three more installments to the main event, Williamson might pull it off in the end. Read Full Review

March always finds a way of making a story compelling visually. The art is beautifully designed and detailed. Read Full Review

Knight Terrors: Batman #2 gives readers an enthralling continuation of the Knight Terrors saga and sets up a real sense of heightened stakes for the near future. The pieces are moving around the board with pace with a tangible feeling of impending doom in the ether. Read Full Review

Knight Terrors: Batman #2 is a stunning exercise in nightmarish art. Despite being an issue where the hero is trapped in a nightmare, it manages to pull on a few heartstrings, which is a plus! Read Full Review

Anything goes people! Anything at all without purpose or direction. With almost every DC Comic following suit, I wonder if this event was merely to provide a break for many of the writers at the company. Whatever the case, this reviewer will be excited to get these ongoings back to their original happenings. As of right now, Id steer clear of Knight Terrors: Batman #2 as well the entire Knight Terrors Event. Read Full Review

Knight Terrors: Batman #2 concludes the two-part tie-in with Batman delving deeper into his mind to get in touch with a little boy in Crime Alley. Guillem March's art is fantastic, and Williamson's script delivers plenty of exciting ideas about Batman's view of himself, but ultimately, this comic has no effect on the Knight Terrors event, and it boils down to a good-looking, superficial waste of time. Read Full Review

All around, Knight Terrors: Batman #2 is a shaky but visually interesting end to the two-parter. I can only hope Williamson improves with the upcoming Batman and Robin series. Read Full Review

Knight Terrors: Batman #2 has little to do with the overall Knight Terrors story, but worse than that, it's a basic and boring story. Guillem March's art is good, but Joshua Williamson continues to justify taking a summer break from DC Comics. Read Full Review

I really liked Williamson's “Abyss” arc when he was briefly writing Batman a while back. Even “Shadow War,” which I wasn't a fan of, was much better than this. So, it's very disappointing that this half-baked nothing of a comic is the best Williamson could put together for this event. I know he's capable of better but he also has a bad habit of writing comics that are "content, don't have any depth, and seem hastily written. Unfortunately, that's exactly what this is and I can't recommend it. Read Full Review

To put it directly, Knight Terrors: Batman #2 is not good. Not only does the story of both this issue and the previous issue of Knight Terrors: Batman it continues from have no real story to speak of, it also sits in this weird space where it tries to propel the reader into a cliffhanger of sorts that forces them into the main event, but the story here is so nonexistent that you almost don't care. Read Full Review

Great dynamics and encounter between batman and his younger self In this issue, very heartwarming.

Williamson manages to drill the tiniest bit of worth out of his own event. Props, I guess?

I didn't really find this as interesting as the previous issue, unfortunately. I liked what was set up in Issue 1, and I thought that stuff was interesting. However, there was more to the book than that. The stuff with Insomnia wasn't all that engaging, which could be attributed to the fact that I haven't been reading the main series for this event. I got more interested when we got back to Bruce seeing and talking with his younger self. The final few pages felt a little weird after how that aforementioned section of the book played out, though. It also doesn't help that I wasn't all that interested in the backup story. It was fine, but I wasn't the biggest fan of it. I'm really looking forward to Zdarsky's Batman and Williamson's Green Arrow coming back when this is all over, though. more

This event lost steam fast.

This was just an okay tie in issue to be honest. Had interesting plot but it's not worth remembering

Yawn

I wasn’t shy in my dislike for the first half of this tie-in series and KNIGHT TERRORS BATMAN #2 did nothing to change my mind.

We’re back in a familiar place, Batman confronting what happened in Crime Alley and what it did to chart his future path. We get a scene of Batman speaking to his younger self that offers a moment of emotion — centered around asking if his younger self would be proud of who he becomes — but that’s grasping at straws to look for a positive in an otherwise uninspired and unnecessary story.

I don’t know if WIlliamson is spread too thin on this event, he’s also writing the main story and the Superman tie-in, but this Batman story has lacked a personality compared to some of the other tie-ins that have offered a new perspective for their main character. What’s worse is that as a tie-in to the larger event, this story ended up completely removed from the main plot other than having Insomnia involved and making reference to Deadman possessing Batman’s body. That’s acceptable for some of the tertiary characters who have Knight Terrors tie-ins, but Batman was heavily featured in the setup for the main story and it’s weird to have a marquee name so far from the central plot.

Another questionable decision by Williamson his use of Deadman in this issue. If you’re not reading the full event, the way Batman talks about him and the visual representation of the character in this issue is going to make you think he’s either working with Insomnia or a separate big bad causing havoc across the DC universe. Neither of these are true by any means — Williamson’s best writing in this event so far has been his work turning Deadman into a lovable wannabe Justice League member who is doing what he can to stop Insomnia!

Art by Guillem March and colors by Tomeu Morey do a standup job showing the strife happening in Batman’s nightmare. They’re asked to do a lot for this issue given the lack of compelling story. While there’s nothing that truly stuck out to me, the visuals did enough to keep me engaged throughout.

There’s also a backup story from Williamson featuring Roy Harper/Arsenal and Black Canary that sets up event for the Knight Terrors finale, KNIGHTS END. It’s quite short and comes out of left field, but it’s a more concise and captivating narrative than the Batman one even if it’s not great on it’s own.

This entire issue underscored my biggest complaint with Knights Terror so far — there is a severe lack of consistency/continuity between the main story and the tie-ins. Knowing that Williamson was writing this Batman story alongside the main arc, I expected it to be one of the standout tie-ins. That couldn’t be farther from how it all turned out and I can’t understand why.

Rating: 4/10 more