Batman: The Cult #1

CRITIC REVIEWS

• 3.0

  Comic Book Bin - Andy Frisk

  Jan 24, 2010

  The Cult is often listed or ranked with Dark Knight Returns, The Killing Joke, and Batman Year One as a revolutionary and industry changing Batman tale. IGN ranked it #6 out of the Top 25 Greatest Batman Graphic Novels. Such Batman classics as Batman: A Death in The Family, Batman Black and White, Batman Gotham by Gaslight, and Batman A Lonely Place of Dying, all of which are incredibly better, ranked lower than The Cult. Mature and edgy comics, especially Batman ones, have to do more than splatter blood and put a gun in the hands of its hero to deserve having the adjectives of groundbreaking or even great attached to their names. Batman The Cult, notwithstanding some great artwork, is simply a late 80s over the top action gore fest marauding as art. Its a shame since it did have potential, but failed miserably. Read Full Review