Terrible story, terrible art! Brian Michael Bendis is telling a story that is tied in with things that happened almost half a year ago in the regular books and just gets up to his own identity reveal from the beginning of December!!! He continues to use his books to push his bullshit characters nobody cares about and can't be wondering why this book is failing so bad. Here is a hint, give us some Superman! He tries so hard to show Superman's inspiration, but can't get anyone inspired to buy this book! Stop the Madness DC and get him far, far, away from Clark! more

While the premise for this comic is definitely good, aside from the fact Alfred's death was one of the most disappointing moments in already utterly disappointing run of Tom King's Batman, the execution seems... cynical, calculated. It didn't feel like celebration of Alfred's life and his relations to the rest of the Bat Family. Instead, I though I'm reading carefully crafted chain of scenes designed to make me feel something, and fill the holes that Tom King should have filled during his run, instead of throwing meaningless filler at us every two weeks. Without proper setup, neither Alfred's death nor farewell mean much.
It's like watching one of those Ronnie James Dio holograms - they're fake. They're there not to honor his legacy, but to make money off people who don't care if they see the real deal, or an artifficial creation devoid of any life. And that pretty much sums this comic up to me, albeit it has few decent moments, like Robin breaking down and admitting it's all his fault. Where did he go? Who knows, we may just hope Thomas Wayne didn't take him for an intergalactic decade long trip, so next time we see him, he's an adult. more

I have no hopes this series will ever become better, and by "better" I mean "any decent". Bendis created his microcosm at DC, time and time reminding us about how Wonder Comics' characters are interconnected. And you know what? I don't mind that, the panel where Jinny's hunk of junk of a truck is being hauled by combined efforts of Wonder Girl, Naomi and Teen Lantern, is some real cool shit. That's exacty what a younger me would love to see in series targetted at my age group - just pure, fun, character oriented action. Which sadly Young Justice doesn't deliver. It's not particularly fun, its characters are bland and lack personalities, and action... well, there's not much of it to be found here. Nothing new if you follow Bendis' work - his Superman run is slow, sluggish and overtalked, but pales in comparison with the completely futile Event Leviathan and diastrous launch of Legion of Superheroes.
Do I recommend this issue? No. If you're looking for something fun for all ages, pick up The Terrifics instead. Few genuinely good panels can't save this run from consistent underdelivering. more

What can you say about a book that has the same problems each and every issue? Well, I guess you list them in hopes that someone at DC will wake up and do something about it! Bendis doesn't seem to ever want to focus on his core characters so this issue we get a recap of Warlord's origin which is fine, but why do I now know more about Warlord than 3/4 of the Young Justice team??? We get the usual Bendis speak - everyone talks exactly the same snd they fon't even listen to each other! The Wonder Twins and Impulse say they have to go to New Mexico and Wonder Girl agrees...to go to Nevada!! WTF???? Each character is stuck in a rut of repeating the one thing Bendis has for them - how many times is noami going to remind everyone she just got her powers? So, instead of developing his one dimensional characters, he adds more???? That and Oeming's art sticks out like a sore thumb! Love Mike Grell's art though. This book is just a waste! more

Can't recommend this at all. Continuity issues all over the place. It doesn't continue any story beats from the last issue nor follow a major plot from Batman. I honestly was lost considering the last issue of justice league only came out last week. Time to drop this book until the next inevitable relaunch.

EDIT: after reading this again, looks like that one Batman panel that seems to ignore continuity was a flashback. It's not made very clear, so I'm still giving it a negative for that. And apparently Snyder has tweeted that this run comes before his run, which creates even more problems as to what exactly is happening. I honestly don't know why they didn't keep the status quo from last issue, at least that was pointing to a new direction for the book. more

Not digging it as much as I was Tom King's run, but it is alright. Is it just me or does it seem like Tynion IV is going for another big masterplan immediately after City of Bane? It almost feels like he is telling the same story we just heard, but minus the stylistic writing or depth that came with it. Overall it is an enjoyable but completely disposable Batman so far.

Just fine again. If the rumors are true and a new creative team is taking over after 100, I would welcome that instead. Tynion's first 2 issues just feel very by the basics run of the mill Batman, which is fine, especially after the divisiveness of King's 85 issue run. The art is also just fine, which is disappointing after the incredible run of artists during King's run (hate that run all you want, the art throughout was spectacular from Mann, Gerads, Weeks, etc).

Edit: I'm seeing a lot of reviews saying not a lot happened and they're ok with that. Just out of curiousity, why are you ok when Tynion does decompression but not King? So far, I think these past two issues have been on par with King's writing so far more

The only thing bad about this issue will be waiting to see a continuation. Was that a hint at Doomsday Clock?

Somehow tech built by the Manhunters, which were replaced by the Green Lanterns, is somehow a match for the Legion of Doom who have been empowered by cosmic forces?
...I don’t know even know what to say.

Leviathan also went from a separate faction trying to establish its own mandate to a generic “supervillain” group. Great.

Lex stating that the “event leviathan�� impressed him made me cringe, because if that’s true that is a very low bar to impress the guy.

Red cloud’s participation in the plan they make is laughable, because I doubt this villain will ever be anything of note and her part is something anyone else within that team could do (and far better).

Nothing in this issue is worth even remembering. Skip it completely. more

Rarely I see a comic with no redeeming qualities. Last time it probably was King's Knightmares trainwrck of an arc. Usually you get something of value for the money - most of the time decent art, sometimes decent story, (very) occasssionally both. But this... this is awful. Everything about this comic is awful. Plot, dialogues, art, all with no exception horrendously bad. If it was an indie book, or something niche, I wouldn't be that displeased and frustrated. But this is, supposedly, one of DC's flagship titles. If the house is willing to release something like this, with no effort nor talent put into, nowadays, I have a really bad gut feeling about what's to come in the future.
Avoid like the plague, vote with your wallet - if you refuse to support that kind of abominable trash with your money, DC may not feel confident to release more of its kind. Buy a good comic instead, donate those 4$ to charity, get youself some games on GOG, find a discounted novel, or I don't know, do anything with this money, because anything is better than this issue. more

Prelude:
Flash has been quite good recently as Rogue's Reign reached it's end. Now we're in the aftermath as we race towards The Flash Age.

The Good:
I do find it interesting about what's happening with the Speed Force.

Paradox has a nice lead in here.

Duce's art is good here.

The Bad:
I don't like how Cold and Flash's relationship is portrayed here.

The Lisa Barry thing doesn't even make sense.

Conclusion:
It's good enough but it could have been done a lot more effectively especially since the main problems had to do with Snart and could have been fixed together. more

Awful! The story is all over the place and the art is just horrendous. This should now be used as an example of letting big name creators go on too long without any editorial interference. DC needs to end this madness!

This is why people hate Bendis! Instead of ever giving a solid story or answers as to why the characters that people love are even together, the book becomes a vehicle to push his Wonder Comics line. If readers wanted the Wonder Twins or Dial H, their solo books would not be on the bottom of the DC sales charts! Naomi is popular enough, but I'm guessing fans of the character would rather get Season Two of her solo book (and possibly some character progression) than appearances in every Bendis book that always end up being a recap of her 2 days (?!?!) since getting her still up in the air powers! Bendis speak os in full effect here and it appears he is setting up a fight between the Legion book as to which can jam the most characters and dialogue on a page at once. Unfortunatley, the loser in that battle is the reader and believe me, it's a battle to wade through this nonsense! John Timm's art is very good, but it gets lost is all the confusion that has sadly become par for the course in a Bendis book!!! more

Bendis spends so much time trying to convince everyone that he "gets" Superman, but he just comes off as a try-hard who changes things to suit himself, not the character or his fans. The Bendis Speak is in full effect here and makes everyone sound the same at best, but makes me want to punch everyone most of the time. Add to that some of the worst art I have seen in a Big Two Comic Book in years and this issue sucks!!!! Even the cover, which is something that is supposed to at least make you want to buy the issue, looks like a third-grader did it! I know that John Romita Jr. is a legend, but you have to know when to hang it up or your legacy gets tainted and that time has come and gone a bunch of times for JRJR!!!!! This book is Washed up Central and maybe from now on, DC should just tell them they published it, but instead, get a competent team to do the real issue! Those old farts won't even know the truth! more

What I disliked............

1. King just did the minimum to finish the story up. This issue feels like he just threw it together and didn't care about giving the fans a real story. I liked a lot of Kings run and disliked a lot also. However with all of what I liked I felt hopeful and was looking for this to be an epic ending. Instead it was more the dying embers to the fire. I was so looking forward to this issue with high hopes and now I'm left feeling stupid for having believed he would give us a good ending to all this. I wonder how different the ending might have been if Kings run hadn't been cut short?


2. What happened with the villains that were being mind-controlled by Bane and Psycho Pirate? And were was the commissioner and the real police in all this?

3. Some interaction with the rest of the Bat family dealing with the aftermath of the insurgence of Gotham would have been welcomed.


4. The part of the story with the football crap was wasted space. Bruce would not have gone into the bar to watch football. He has stated a number of times over the years that he doesn't like football. The last time he said so was in the issue that had Lois and Selina together at Superman's fortress.

5. Were was the big fight? There should have been a big fight.

6. Claire seemed fine and healthy enough to be climbing around just fine with Batman. Why give her back her powers? She never seemed stable from the get go so I don't see how giving her powers back is a smart thing.

7. I didn't like that Thomas seemed to want Bane to kill him. It would have been nice to have him stay one of Batman's villains. Batman's in need of some new villains. The same ones get used over and over. Even though the stories change using the same villains makes the stories feel stale anyway.

8. My biggest bitch about this issue is the fact that once again Bat and Cat look like they are going to get married only to once again be a NO. Seriously you slapped us fans of the couple once already. Only to do it again on the last issue of your run. Screw you King !!!!!


What I liked...........

1. The Joker story coming up looks interesting. Though to be honest I'm so getting tired of Joker stories of late. He's being used way way to much lately. Both Joker and Bat-Joker are being over used.

2. I liked that Bane broke Thomas's back. Well okay it's more of I don't dislike it then actual like. But anyway he deserved it. However I hope that this doesn't mean that will be endlessly plagued with hearing Bane brag about having killed him along with his never ending bragging about breaking Batman. His sad and pathetic one claim to fame.

3. The art was good more

I was looking forward to Steve Orlando being back on this book (I love G Willow as a writer, but even she admitted numerous times she never got the voice of WW down), but after an issue that seemed to point to things getting back to a Rucka/Rebirth feel, this is just garbage. Adding Silencer in made no real sense which is bad, but Orlando doesn't even get her powers right! Plus, the whole thing was crushed under awful dialogue and a story that went against the narrative of the last issue and just was there to get to the cliffhanger that should have just happened months ago. There really is nothing worth reading here and the amount of reviews just shows the sorry state that Wonder Woman has found herself in. more

Actually, just commenting on the Crime Syndicate. Since when did Johnny Quick and Power Ring switch voices? Power Ring is always afraid (opposite of willpower) and Johnny is a trash talking jerk. What gives here?

Well. That was bad.

Like actually bad.

Terrible even.

Alfred is dead for no reason. And it just didn't feel like it. No one seems to mourn him. What exactly happened to the batfamily? Are they okay?

So, Selina and Bruce got married. Yay.

But my grodd was this a slow and terrible run. And I'm glad it is over. If 35 issues of this were this slow and bad, I cannot imagine what 20 more issues whit this garbage would've been.

So is Bane an idiot again? Thomas is broken but still alive in the main universe? Or dead. Who knows. Who cares.

And this showcases events in a different order. Again. I don't get it why Tom loves to have flashbacks to the events while having a boring story happening in the present day.

Bruce just lost his father figure and a father from alternate dimension. And seems to be fine. Like nothing happened. Which is why it doesn't feel like Alfred died. BECAUSE NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE.

City of Bane was the worst Batman arc I've read after Knightmares. Absolutely terrible. And boy am I glad it is finally over. more

thank god this pathetic P.O.S. Batman run is finally over!!

leave it to Tom King to riddle his "grand" finale with a juxtaposition of something totally non-consequential to the climax. this comic is ALL over the place! does he think he's being clever?
i can't believe he re-used the Catwoman gag from ‘I am Suicide’. it was dumb the first time, and even more cringe-worthy now that he's forced it in here.

Tom King, take your S***ty Cucumber sandwich eating Batman and Gotham Girl and GTFO you awful HACK!!! more

Tom king is always writing h8mself into multiple corners and this is usually how it all ends... forced conclusions at best, but mostly important things are overlooked to make way for fan service nonsense. He had 15 issues to tie up his run and wound up treating it like a kid who doesn't want to take time to study for a final just thinking they can fake your way through it. Well, he failed. BIG TIME more

Another issue trying to retroactively show that there was always a story here when it is obvious that King was too lazy to do anything of the sort and needed these last dozen or so issues to cover his own tracks. We were supposed to get the answers to Thomas Wayne, but I guess it's the questions that King didn't understand, namely, how was there a Flashpoint timeline for him to come from and why wasn't he dead there? Having the Button story happen isn't the explanation, that is just the first time we asked the same question. Plus, pushing this idea that Batman knew what happened in the Gift with Booster Gold is just wrong and it's the second time it's been brought up as a key point in the story. Batman didn't go with Booster and thus never saw what happened in that alt-Gotham!!! Also, we go through round 3 of "whose plan was it anyway" and I want out! Thank god we have only one issue left because this run is full of lazy, uninspired writing that doesn't hold up under any sort of look and it the fact this HACK has won Eisners just makes that award lesser. In conclusion, Tom King is just an awful writer, an even worse storyteller (which has to be why he keeps putting others' literature and poems in his stories), and a 100% hack who has barely written one story in 84 issues and even stolen one on the way more

100% garbage. There is no reason to buy this. Zoe Quinn is an awful writer and I wonder when this madness will end and they hire someone who can actually write a decent story to replace this crap. Writing lots of words doesn't mean you have anything to say and by the end, we are left with an issue that will be forgotten by this weekend.

Just a total mess of an issue. The Legion of Doom shows up and makes no sense in what is going on right now on so many levels, the dialogue is awful, the story seems thrown together and the art is terrible!!!! Get Bendis away from DC please!!!!

Time for the truth, but you have to wait until next month! Seriously, the gall Bendis and Dc have to end Event Leviathan with a non ending and on the same day try to trick people into buyong this garbage, nothing of an issue? Besides awful dialogue not following any continuity, what goes on in a Bendis book????? I'd usually wait for the trade but 6 issues is not enough time for him to start a story. I wish writers got paid an amount equal to their story progression because that might light a fire under their asses! DC commited a classic blundet by hiring a name without looking at recent output. That gets sports GMs fired, but DC must think nothing is wrong. SPOILER ALERT - ALMOST EVERYTHING IS WRONG!!!!!! START ACTING NOT REACTING BECAUSE YOU ARE ALWAYS BEHIND THE CURVE ON THESE THINGS AND YOU ARE FAILING!!!!! more

Seriously???? There was no reason for this "Event" except for Brian Michael Bendis to force a character nobody cares back and into his Super books and use this bullshit of a story to make Superman want to reveal his identity! We were told that the two greatest Detective Squads were on the case, but there never was a case and thus nothing for them to do but stand around and talk in out of character ways! Brian Michael Bendis sucks and he is sucking the life out of DC Comics!!!! Actually, Tom King is his partner in crime - Batman, Superman, Action Comics, Heroes in Crisis and now this. I am ashamed to be a DC Comics fan. more

Utter Crap!!! This book will be one of the worst sellers within 3 issues. Those reviewers giving this an 8 are hacks and just trying to suck up to Marvel!!!

You know the archetype of an empty blockbuster action movie? It's shallow, so shallow in fact, you have to completely turn your brain off while watching it, to enjoy anything. People like Michael Bay and to a degree Zack Snyder built their careers on this. Oh, here's an explosion, and there's fire, and a car crashing, oh, oh, and some CGI monstrosity, you have fun already, have you forgot there should be some, any, story, dialogues, character development? Apparently many people have forgotten, because trash like Transformers, Justice League or Black Panther have been making decent profits for last 20 years, becoming more and more common each season.

King's Batman has become pretty similar to them in it literary shape and form. It's empty, lacking any real plot, so much so, there probably are some porn movies with more... depth... and... character exploration.
Damage was heavily criticized for putting mindless action over anything else, but Batman puts him to shame these days. So Batman and Bane finally fight, and not counting the small twist at the very end, nothing more happens in this issue.

Once more King wasted good art on non-existent story and pathetically weak dialogues, without adding anything to the character's mythos. What did we, Batman fans, do to deserve this atrocity of a run? more

Well, I'm glad Bane went out like the chump he truly is. I would probably be less enthused if I cared about Bane as a character, or... maybe that would depend on how far down the Tom King rabbithole I was. I prefer what happens at the end of this issue to, like, 90% of the book previous to this. It doesn't really fit narratively, but I guess if you want to subvert expectations, that's one way of doing it. I mean, it quite literally is spending years building up a villain (Bane/Snoke), only to have him be taken out by the... other villain (Flashpoint Batman/Kylo Ren). Yeah... that's the best descriptor for Thomas Wayne at this point. I will laugh and laugh if this next issue is yet another issue of exposition and reveals. Somehow, rectifying the inconsistent characterization of Flashpoint Batman, while also making him the smartest guy in the room. Or, getting shot in the gut was Batman's plan all along. Either one is possible and likely. I went into this thinking Catwoman was going to break Bane's damn back, and bless her, she got close. But damn bullets are damning. I'm kind of apathetic towards this whole run. Which is why I don't care that the story is all over the place, or that things are going sideways for these characters. Like Alfred, Bane is someone I'll promptly forget to cry over. more