This is 100% a filler arc and I’m not here for it. Call me when Pete’s back on earth. Hell the Norman spidey stuff is even way more interesting than this. I just…. Don’t care.

Art is really carrying this book. The plot isn’t bad tho. Just kinda generic. Vandal savage is going after Batman….. yeah he was already gunning for bats but like….. FOR REAL THIS TIME! Haha.

There just was nothing in this issue I really like. Plus the whole b-story with the skull solider felt like a huge waste of pages just to justify the cover price. There’s some hope with the end but I think I could have skipped this whole issue and could prob figure out the next issue.

Kelly Thompson continues to offer up a tremendous series full of twists and turns. Kelly’s run on Birds of Prey was criminally bad. But this is like a different person all together. It’s damn good. Bravo.

I wish we were getting the Mary Jane retrieval arc but oh well. This was still a solid start and feels like the old show. Would score it higher if Towe could draw faces. Everything else looks great tho. Peter especially has some ROUGH panels.

Great start. The whole croc interaction I thought was nice. Alfred(which I guess is AI even tho I can’t see where that’s said) obviously isn’t as good as the real thing but I’ll take what I can get. Gordon going back to being a cop is a solid move, despite I can’t see Vandal letting him come back at all. And of course the art is 10/10.

Too early to say anything definitive. But I have worries. One of the reasons Robin was created was to give Batman someone to talk to. Now Bats has an AI holographic Alfred. That doesn’t strike me as mentally healthy, especially considering the fact that there are 174,964 Bat family members Bruce can talk with.

This better not be another arc where Bats learns the value of family. Just saying. Gordon is now a beat cop again. I don’t think you can go from commissioner to beat cop. Wouldn’t he just retire. A beat cop that’s well into his 50s is just a bridge too far for me. Your mileage may vary.

Bats spends most of his time tracking down a child-like Killer Croc, who is regressing because he’s is molting or something. It involves dinosaurs and new Batcave trophies, which always struck me as something serial killers do on Dexter.

Bat has new tech, which strikes me as Iron Man, not Batman. There is no detective work and Vandal Savage is creating a goon squad outside regular police channels. Didn’t Tynion already do that?

This seems like more of the same to me. Batman is stuck in a holding pattern, where he keeps getting redone but it keeps getting rebooted to a tired status quo that leaves out charm, fun, and originality. Don’t have high hopes.

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Yep still good.

Damn, I really wanted to like this as a huge black cat fan. I’m hoping next issue is better. Wilson is an amazing writer (see: Poison Ivy) but this was not a promising start. The 4th wall breaking doesn’t fit well and just seems like a lazy way to narrate. Lizard is….. just completely wrong, especially with how he is currently in continuity. (Also how can see understand his growls like they���re freaking Han and Chewie) Lastly the art was a dud. How are there 3 massive slashes on her arm bad enough to need Night nurse, but then become a job for a single band aid haha. Marvel if you need a new Spidey editor call me. more

Solid art. The mask origin reveal was really cool. I don’t think it’s as strong as some of the other issues but this series is staying high.

Near perfect grouping of stories. These anniversary/milestone issues usually have a good story or two in them but rarely do all the stories and art land.

This and last issue were for sure one book and editorial made them split it up so that the reveal will be in the anniversary issue. Which would be okay if it wasn’t obvious and kinda boring.

Best Batman book out right now and prob the best since Snyder run started. Dan really captures the feeling of Gotham in all these issues. This one especially felt like a classic.

Kind of a slow issue that feels like a totally different book. It’s cool to expand your universe but I think this is too early for an entire issue without the main character or the storyline we’ve been dealing with up to now. I read this yesterday and this morning completely forgot I even got this issue.

I, like the writers, also read Attack on Titan and Kaiju no.8. Luckily I also love those books.

I think starting next issue this will start making sense and become good. Fingers crossed.

This book is a convoluted mess. It has a lot to say but so far feels like nothing it’s saying is worth your time. Maybe I’ll try the trade but issue to issue, it’s almost unreadable

If the ending of this sticks I’ll come back and give it a 10.

Maybe I’m missing something. Why does everyone write Peter like this now. And what was the point of that flashback. This issue was my least favorite of any of Joe Kelly’s so far. Guest artist wasn’t too bad tho.

I’d read a whole series of these worlds mixing.

At least Jim Lees art is decent. Loeb still proving he’s not read a Batman comic since he’s left or he’s just hoping the reader hasn’t. Everything in this book has either been addressed better prior or is just included for no reason. Why was Bane in this?…..

Pretty unsatisfying ending to the arc. Felt like the way a children’s cartoon would wrap up an episode.

This is already becoming one of my favorite titles. The dialogue is so much fun and the art fits the story well. I’ve said it a million times, Rosenberg’s writing is under appreciated.

At first I was like “okay I just gotta imagine this takes place after the first hush and not in current cannon” then Damien shows up so now…. Idk haha. Jim Lee art is still good, not his best tho. It really doesn’t feel like Loeb is trying. I’ll never forget Hush but I forget this run pretty much a few days after each issue.

I came into this book expecting a mess. It’s not a new masterpiece by any means, but it’s a fun time. Kamala is just a fan dropped into a legendary moment in X-men history. It doesn’t desecrate the original story or anything. I get that Kamala becoming a mutant was an editorial mess but atleast she’s a fun character unlike some other editorial abominations. *cough* Paul *cough*.

Let Hickman cook. This a fantastic story. Spider-Man is gonna be in the next issue so the babies can enjoy it again.