"Action-packed issue?" Not unless you count lots of talking "action." A few pages wasted at the start: MJ has to school Jonah and Ben that break-out views and circulation is actually a good thing? Best part was seeing the seeds of GG eventually becoming an arch-foe. Otherwise, fairly pedestrian.

Oh,please stop with the over-the-top hyperbole. A few months ago we had "the most shattering event in the last 50 years" (paraphrasing)- the death of whatshername. Now this is "the most brutal fight in Marvel's history?" Not even in the top 50. And the issue ends virtually identical to where it started. Large panels, filler chase scenes. Bo-ring.

ART 8, STORY 0

Oh, I am so so SO sick of this Catholic religious "sins" garbage. Marvel should rename this comic X-orcisms Man. The only exorcism I want to see is Ahmed removed from this book.

I've always loved Mxy and Bat-Mite (one of my favorite comics ever is "World's Funnest" one-shot.) Only poignant moment is Waid signaling that this might be the LAST time we ever see Bat-Mite.

Superstan52 said many of the same things I thought so good for him and bad for me since I want to be original. I will say they’ve set up two future stories. Clone that gave Bruce his hand and was buried in backyard of Wayne Manor 2.0 will be dug up and we will have another Dark reflection of Bruce villain who was dumped into a Lazarus pit for evil reasons.

Damian is also right about evil batbot that can take down Justice League being in the hands of the Army is a bad idea. We will see another Bruce creates villain story out of that.

Points for Bruce having backup billions. He IS the guy with backup plans with backup plans. It shouldn’t have taken years to discover that.

So after several years Bruce has billions, just not his original billions. He has a mansion and batcave, just not the original. What was the point? He and Selina are back to being friends, and probably lovers. Family is family. Makes the last few years feel like another Bruce us down, learns lesson with a body count, but emerges stronger. Lather, rinse, repeat. This is not good.

Or I could be wrong.

The art was nice, and the Robin suits looked better, but we really have no sense of the roles bat family members will play. They are plot points, not characters. more

So, just like that Bruce is a billionaire again, Selina is back in good graces, and Bruce 2.0 is aged out. And there are no consequences for Bruce whatsoever for all the havoc he's unleashed on Gotham these past months. Only in the funnies.

Another awful issue. Frank Miller's reprint - one of his earliest writer/artist efforts --THATS how you portray Kingpin and tell a story. Kingpin whines about being controlled but aside from being more brazen, nothing he does is out of character. And DD has become totally uninteresting as a character.

What a fun comic! I especially love that Waid digs DEEP into the Silver Age, to a time most readers aren't familiar with, to utilize Jimmy's multiple transformations. And his Bat-Mite was perfect! If the "canon" comics are unfortunately too serious to depict these characters, it's great that there still is a place for them in books like these.

So.. WHY did Osborn keep his Goblin costume and weapons so handy instead of burning them?

The art in this run is really a come-down from the last few teams. very pedestrian. my main quibble is: Hell's Kitchen is not that big - and DD has not exactly been hidden for all these months. so how the hell did foggy not know matt was alive?

Holy shit I love this art.

Fantastic. Great coloring, art, and noir dialogue. And then the "twist" that revealed it wasnt a novelty one -off but actually part of continuity made it perfect.

Joker is the loon who thought Joker Fish would make him rich, not this imposter.

Want to read a GREAT Joker story from recent times? One who’s simply delusional and insane? Read Waid’s BATMAN/SUPERMAN WORLD’S FINEST #25 from March. Zdarsky’s Joker and Damian characterizations are pure nonsense. Just end this run already.

still no Foggy. the storyline such as it is, is asinine with "instant priest" Matt apparently annointed to do God's dirty work on Earth, even though in the previous storyline he was completely duped by the Beast. still no hint of how he came back to Life, what parts of his memory are gone. Just a boring mess.

This gets most of its points for saving me the time and trouble of reading these storylines when they actually appear. Just change the titles to Jumped-the-Shark Man and be done with it. Not one good thing has happened in S-M since Wells took the helm.

Fun, great characterization, and March can draw him some WW.

The art, when this series rebooted, was SO INNOVATIVE and imaginative. WHAT HAPPENED? this looks nothing like Supes and Lois comes off like a simpering 16 year old. Very cartoonish. Script lacked tension or surprises, and I expect more from Lex than reluctant compliance.

This not am Bizarro story. Bizarro am funny. Bizarro am looney. Bizarro no am evil. Me like old Bizarro, not new Bizarro.

Great characterizations and dialogue. Art fell down a bit. Some filler material as well

Zdarsky's entire run has essentially been Batman creating menaces to save the world from a "Batman gone bad" who wind up as worse menaces than Batman could ever be. Failsafe throws Gotham into turmoil twice already in this run, and yet Bruce is not held accountable, or Batman arrested, when the dust clears. Where is J. Jonah Jameson when we need him, alerting the world to the danger that is Batman? more

Really excellent characterization and also funny in a way that S-M hasn't been before. Great 4 page sequence between Jonah and Ben. Lovely art.

Art 9 Story 0
Wow, do I HATE this Catholic religious gobbledygook, issue after issue.
And it's Hell's Kitchen. Not that big an area. Where's Elektra? Where's FOGGY??

All that chaos, people jumping off bridges, fires, etc, and "no one" has died? Pl-eeez.
Personally, me liked "funny" Bizarro better. There are enough twisted evil villains. Occasional comic relief is not so bad.

Genuinely funny, great characterization, original, strong art, and even heart-warming.

Very confusing. Also unnecessary. I want a Joker who emerged fully formed from the vat, except maybe for that guy who trained him how to fight, which I always wondered about.

I am so damn torn with this run.

*Possible theories below*

On a positive note, the addition of Farad Karami’s art has really kept me interested in this run. And, I’ve enjoyed seeing past characters of Matt’s history work their way into these stories.

That being said, I tried to give it a few issues to see what would happen, but we’re in issue #5…WHERE IS FOGGY!? Matt remembers everything from his past life and not once has he thought about going to check on Foggy, his best friend who Matt sacrificed his own life for…that makes no sense whatsoever. Anyone that understands Matt Murdock as a character, knows it would’ve been one of the first things he did when he got his memories back.

Now after reading issue #5, I’ve come up with only 2 explanations:

1. Matt has been reborn in an alternate reality where Foggy doesn’t exist.

2. Foggy is also possessed by a demon and is the one behind the shady investigation into St. Nicks. This seems like the most likely now but still does not answer WHY MATT HASN’T GONE AND SEEN HIS BEST FRIEND!? more

I have been reading DD since Frank Miller first introduced the Kingpin as Matt's main antagonist back in issue #170, but I am now "crossing" (pun intended) this book off my list. It has officially jumped the shark. All this religious claptrap - the Seven Deadly Sins? Gluttony? Seriously? 2/3 of Americans are overweight or obese, and Gluttony comes for She-Hulk and Matt, somehow suddenly elevated for no reason whatsoever as God's appointed defender on Eart quotes scripture to ward it off? Jesus Christ Almighty, does this book suck now. more

Amazing. I've ALSO felt my life was missing something. Now I realize it was not being bitten by a radio-active spider.