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DC must love failure that they keep having tom king write "Batman" stories.

horrifically bad storytelling and art.

Sorry but there's no way joker should be beating up batman like that unless Bruce is really hurt.

Enough Ram V on Detective Comics please.

In "Condemned" by horror writer Ram V, DC Detective Comics leads with MORE anti-Batman sentiment... as it drags out more of the horror/supernatural/demon nonsense plot... once again "some deranged plan"... with weirdo villainess Serpent and the mask of multiple eyes to brainwash Gotham's public... for the Orgham's plans... and the Azmer demon inside Batman's brain OK? So what else is new? I guess maybe I come back in 2024, and Ram V may have this (endless) "story arc" complete? In the meantime, DC Comics if you really HATE the Batman so much, why don't you simply sell him to another comics company? Let some other company that does not lividly despise the Batman write stories about his struggles and efforts to fight for Justice? There are so many REAL world stories that could be told. Instead the horror writers only focus on their supernatural and demon threats.

Send the Batman to Chicago to fight criminal gangs. Let the Batman actually do something relevant to why the character was created. And if you can't, then STOP, and write about something else. Maybe just write Nightwing or Cassie stories or something. Or your vampires. more

Batman-
More decompressed garbage from Tom King. Terrible visual storytelling. Dull repeating art. Edgy trash Tom King ending. Keep these idiots away from Batman.
Stormwatch-
More shoving Ghost-maker down our throats. Hate the panel layouts. Art is too zoomed in.
Superman-
Does no one understand visual storytelling anymore? Why must the art be so zoomed in close?
Heroes of Tomorrow-
Not up to Dan Mora's usual standard of storytelling. He needs the guidance of working with a writer.

I don't see this series lasting very long. more

Flat arc with a flat ending. The villain is not only uninteresting but downright stupid and ridiculous, IMO taking away from the mythos behind the Joker. There is the rehashed "Batman can't be happy" trope for the hundredth time and unnatural dialogue with Selina randomly speaking of "judgements" and "feeling safe," which serves no purpose other than to tease whatever absolutely nonsensical drama that will form between Bruce and MU Selina in the coming issues after this one. The most interesting thing about this issue are the memberberries, but they are ultimately a shallow way to make people go "I clapped when I saw thing I recognize!" Was hoping this run would stick the landing better but it didn't.

If a 5/10 is utterly mediocre than this is definitely subpar. more

This issue reiterated points already made. The Omni verse needs a Batman. After defeating the enemy du jour, this earth’s Selina kicks one-handed Bruce through the portal and he meets all the other Bats in all the other earths. Even get shark repellant from Adam West Bats and later uses it against a laughing fish shark. Silly, but I give points for style.

In one of the trips, Bruce gets an artificial hand and eventually gets back to “our” Earth. Does he now have an artificial hand? Will we see it in other books? Don’t know but doubt it. So what does it matter? When Peter David gave Aquaman. Hook hand, that stuck until an entire reboot of the universe.

I guess I am disappointed. The theme of even without Batman monsters would exist was literally said out loud. No points for being subtle. Meantime, story opportunities were thrown away. We don’t see other characters react to no Bruce. We don’t see Bruce react to losing his family. No reaction to losing his hand. Is he afraid he won’t be as handy? Will he be more (h) armless (see what I did there). Supposedly earthshattering events didn’t matter to the characters, so why should it matter to me?

Didn’t like the arc, but I could be wrong. more

Failsafe Arc got me interested. The part of a world without Batman, was kind of predictable but still OK. The multiverse thing felt boring since currently you see multiverse everywhere. Good fan service but overall, felt disappointing. The Zur En Arrh Batmen was good, but based on this comic, I don't expect much from it.

Wow! This is some god awful fan-fiction crappery.

Zdarsky writes Bruce like a completely weak spined dullard. His last moments with this alternate universe Selina make him look like a complete putz, right up to when she literally kicks his ass right out of her dimension.

The dialogue when Bruce meets all his alternate counterparts was written as if by a 12-year old. "I'm Batman and it appears so are you." FFS!!! more

So absolutely boring and uninteresting.

The art is extremely lackluster.

If this is the best that DC has to offer then they should start saying their prayers.

I just want to thank DC Comics and Chip Zdarsky for helping me save my money, by convincing me to stop buying Batman comic books. Everytime I think things are going to turn around with a new writer, a new story arch, it is so obviously disjointed and irrelevant to Batman that I slapped back to DC Comics's reality to waste this incredible valuable character. I am reminded of stories of Batman becoming a caveman back in the 1950s. Well, at least we could laugh at that. And there was a big difference between 12 cents or 25 cents versus 5 dollars. Really. more

Whatever. Reads like an Elseworld’s story, and if they return Alfred to the book using this off-world Alfred, I will be disappointed.

Zdarsky continues to pass off fan-fiction level wring as professional work.

This art is absolultey unacceptable quality for the flagship "Batman" title.

Superman seems to be a much better fit for Joshua Williamson than Batman was. If you enjoy some classic Supes mixed with some nice moments with Lois and Jimmy at the Daily Planet, give this one a try.

Nice pencils. It's a suitably gritty Batman that holds some promise.

I've been buying these and holding them to the side so that i can binge read them in one sitting.

God, how i hope that the years long wait was worth it!!!

This series is as enjoyable as a swfit kick to the jewels.

god we don't even have good art anymore...

This story line just isn’t for me. I don’t buy the premise, so no matter how well it’s done, I remain unmoved. We see Bruce learn a bit about this world, but we don’t see him be smart and do actual deep dive research. He acts on minimal information and tries to contact a guy who is known for resisting this world’s police state. He meets “Selina” and they tussle.

He fights more cops. In the other story, we see Tim doing actual work to get Bruce back. It involves Toyman tech. Bruce also sees this world’s Alfred and we learn this world’s Bruce gave away his money and the world wasn’t saved.

I get what the writer is doing - answering critics who say “if Bruce gave away his money, Gotham would be saved.” No it wouldn’t., zdarsky replies. Chris Sims has answered that observation well in the past. One, it’s boring to watch a man cut checks for 22 pages. Two, the world is setup to support Batman. Third, fixing problems over a period of years is nice but the Joker is poisoning the reservoir right now.

I mean I get the point of this arc, Bruce with no allies, money, equipment or even information. So won’t it be great when he kicks ass and takes names. Batman refined to his most essential core, without all the detritus of years of stuff weighing him down. I get that, but the problem with that story is that we’ve it in the past and it really requires very smart writing to carry out. Plotting is hard, and frankly, most comic writers aren’t up to the challenge.

This story isn’t for me, but your mileage may vary. Also I don’t like Selina’s dress. It looks like a 13 year old boy’s idea of “classy and sexy.”

Or I could be wrong. more

The writing is clichéd.

The art is lackluster.

I'm not sure how I'd slept on this mini-series? The was AWESOME!!!

Need to catch up on this!!

This was a pretty good issue. Cass has never been what you would call verbal, so showing her investigate without talking works. More importantly, we are shown the work, and we see that she is smart. Non-verbal doesn’t mean dumb. (See what I did there.)

I also liked that we read the notes. Normally dialogue-less issues are a quick read, but reading coroner reports and the like to give us exposition is a nice work-around, so you get value for the money.

I did think that Cass guessing Steph’s location was a little too easy, but it’s. 22 page book, so there is a limit in terms of space, so this is a real nitpick.

This issue is much stronger than the Steph as Cass issue. The work flows we see real characterization and we are shown, not told. There is forward progress in the story and we learn how Cluemaster died and was revived. But not all questions have been answered, so there is something to look forward to in the next issue.

I liked the art, but found the Miami Vice colors a poor choice for the Bat-noir vibe of the story.

Overall a really solid issue and a better continuation of the annual than the previous issue.

I don’t think I’m wrong. more

This has been on of the (VERY) few monthly titles by DC that's actually been enjoyable.

IDW sure knows how to milk it, don't they?

DC paid someone for this? This entire series has been a waste of time and money. Don't bother reading this comic. Instead dig out some older elseworld books from your collection or, better yet, support the hobby and buy a nice new graphic novel of older elseworld content to enjoy.

Garbage!

Really nice art in the Burnham story, but the writing was pretty bad.
Did not enjoy the 2nd story at all.

I honestly don't see this series lasting very long.

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