👌Quality.

Someone at DC must have been thinking, "gee...how do we make Jason Aaron's return to DC seem special?" To which someone else shouted, "A Batman miniseries! But make it in space!" And thus, Batman: Off-World was born. This debut issue lacked a punch or a reason for existence, other than to give Jason Aaron's return some extra pomp and circumstances. I never really felt like I was being informed why this was being written.

Aaron's exposition carried most of the issue, trying to will a reason into existence. But what new idea around Batman's character is this telling us? Nothing, as of yet. The new characters came off as hollow and nothing more than plot devices to move things along. Doug Mahnke's art was fine. It felt like a traditional Batman comic, with little to make this standout out from the countless other Batman stories DC has put out.

Overall, the book was fine. Nothing was terrible, but it didn't wow me. It was better than the debut of one of the other current Batman miniseries, Gargoyle of Gotham, but paled in comparison to yet one of the other current Batman miniseries, City of Madness. more

Pretty cool start. Hoping it kicks on.

I'm giving Aaron the benefit of the doubt.i know his tenure at marvel ended badly and fans didn't like his punisher and avenger stuff (I never read it) but for a out of continuity batman book, this is pretty solid. Art is great and hopefully the story continues to be fun.

Back to a win with this issue on Batman. Score would have been higher but just think it's completely out of character for batman to be on his knees simping and begging for Selina to give him a chance.

This issue was good and the arc was fun to read. All the people going crazy about it need to get a life.

Entertaining lil comic.

Just awesome man.

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Pricey book but what you do get is fantastic artwork from mitch gerads and Dan mora for his black and white story and some interesting lil one shots, not all of them hit the right spot but it not bad and Dan moras first work as a writer is good.

Since when was issue #25 of any series a "Landmark issue?" Soon Marvel will be celebrating issue #5.

It isn't terrible but it isn't very good either. A very average 5 out of 10 and that's mostly for the art. Nothing much happens in this hyped-up and oversized issue. We learn where the kids came from. And that's about all. Disappointing.

I enjoyed the art, especially Kaare Andrews's pages. He draws the first part of the story which is set in the alternate New York where MJ is trapped with Paul. Andrews's art is refreshing. It's vibrant and suits the story well. He draws MJ looking like a shapely woman, obviously remembering that she is a supermodel. Some artists seem to have forgotten this.

John Romita Jr. does the art for the second part of the main story from when Peter reappears through the portal to rescue Mary Jane. It's a bit jarring after getting used to Kaare Andrews's style, but to be fair to Romita Jr., he draws a decent Fantastic Four and Captain America. I was surprised to see Marvel reuse some of Romita Jr.'s art from a couple of the earlier issues. I counted 4 or 5 pages of recycled art!

It's been made very clear that editorial want Peter to remain single. I understand the backlash to this by a lot of Spidey fans. What I don't undersand is why ASM is the top-selling monthly comic book, if you can believe the "figures." It has knocked Batman off the top spot. Bizarre.
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Solid start.

Sad to see what's happening to this character. Controversial series for the dumbest reasons.

A good preview for the upcoming event. Don't doubt the main book will be great but have my doubts about tie ins.

Sadly mid at best.