If you're going to do exposition, this is how you do it. The full background that we don't often get in new characters. Also, Walker's rendering of Batman is really unique and I respect it - it looks almost like a different series from some of the other characters in a Neal Adam-ish way.

The artwork worth the issue. Is the classic villain origins tale but I like what Tomasi did with this Arkham Knight character, clearly the timeline and ages of the Batman characters has some issues but I don´t have a big problem with that. On the other hand, the Arham Knight's motives for attacking Batman were developed in an acceptable way, so a good issue.

Now that's what I call a hell of a good origin story. For the most part, because there's few elements of it I don't necesarily enjoy.

It was a great idea to humanize Arkham prisoners. I'm really tired of the "good versus evil" war, with one side not having and flaws and the other not having any redeeming qualities. Let the DCU be more grey where it can be, because the constant pursuit of darkness by writers such as Tom King or even Scott Snyder, makes it less appealing, less diverse, and less realistic. It's little things like what we see in this issue that make us emphatize with these characters, otherwise serving as antagonists. Even Joker, albeit whether or not Tomasi made him too sane and compassionate, I'll leave to you to decide.

What I didn't like, however, is Astrid's motivation. It's rather shallow and despite being personal, it falls flat compared even to one of Batman's newest enemies, Karma, who also has a grudge against Bats himself.
I certainly hope she'll develop as a character, because so far her connection to other baddies has plenty of potential which could be utilized. We'll see. more

Another very enjoyable issue.

Just as I expected, this issue was an origin story for Arkham Knight and it was pretty cool. I find it interesting to see someone raised by villains, It makes sense that she hates Batman. I also really enjoyed seeing the more human side of Joker and the others. I think it was a good origin story that made me like Arkham Knight a bit more as a villain.

Oh, and her father is pretty terrible at being a father and a dick by not letting her know the real reason for her mother's death.

Art as usual for this arc was pretty good. more

Spidey makes a decision, and it did not go as expected -- we've seen this one plenty of times. But it's executed really well here, and with the next issue being a conclusion of Hunted, I am really excited to read it.

Really good issue. I feel like Spencer is really hammering home the Peter/MJ relationship and all that *should* have been. I don't know, maybe I was just reading too much into the part about responsibility and children. But Peter's last thoughts being about MJ were a nice touch.

Decent.

We get to see Batman gather up the Bat-family and preparing to fight Bane, and we also get to see him finally face Bane again. I really enjoyed the mood of this issue, feels like something really big is about to happen. The narrative was a bit confusing at times but I liked the non-linear approach. There's also a hint about how Batman might just be going mad and I'm really interested to see how King will develop this, though it could end up being a big mess if it turned out that he's just making things up because he's still in pain because of what happened at the wedding (I don't really think this will happen). Still, the ending has me excited for what's coming next and I'm hoping for the best. Oh, and I didn't really like how Gordon was written in this issue, I don't think his reasons to be against Batman are justified.

Janin and Fornes's art is fantastic as usual and I can't praise it enough. more

The artwork is 10/10 but I have some issues with this one, Wasn't the bat-signal broken? and what's wrong with bat-family, Bruce is the greatest detective or at least he used to be and just because what he said to them seems wrong they belive he's crazy, instead to say, we need to find what's happen here. I feel Gordon was a little out of a place. I don't think this was already planed, I mean, they changed the whole issue 70 and the cover for this one (Batman in a fight with tigers) hasn't any relation with the story until they show the Kubert cover, so the story changed too, and only God knows if issue 72 suffered some changes until issue 73 that suposed to be issue 70, anyway, at this point I don't see any great revelation. I remember Janín was the only artist for this story arc.

It will be interesting what will happen after the punch. I don't why but I enjoyed that "Yes, master Bane" line. more

Not the best issue by any means, but it's getting better. I am enjoying the story, especially now that the members of the Bat-family are included as well. Bruce seems to be going mad, and it shows. Of course, due to this, the issue was a bit confusing at some parts, as it seems to be following a non-linear plot. Some of the characterisation was a bit off, which is quite a common thing in this book these days. Artwork, however, has been fantastic. more

No nursery rhymes. No repetition. No nightmares.
Yes Bat-family. Yes moody shadows. Yes emotional turmoil.
Biggest minus? The last line was a little on-the-nose.
My favorite issue of this run in a while.

It's those small things that make Spider-Man such a good super-hero and one of my favorites.

An amazing and emotional issue, a must read!

THE GOOD:

-What happened here?! Oh, I think I figured it out. Tom Taylor must have written last issue's back up story, planning for it to be the main comic, and what was the main issue last time was supposed to be the backup. That's definitely it. I definitely didn't misjudge the quality of this series. Not at all.

-The art was a vast improvement. While I don't like the way Mr. Cabal draws the Human Torch, his Spidey is growing on me.

-Where was this humor last issue? I think I must have been in a bad mood when I read the last one. I guess I was happy when I read this one.

-I thought the kids would be stupid. Instead, they were really interesting.

-That splash page was pretty awesome. If you read the issue, you know what I'm talking about.

-The Rumor looks to be a weird but potentially interesting character. We'll have to wait until next issue.

THE BAD:

-The story still doesn't interest me as much. Aspects of it do, but not as a whole. There are a few too many subplots if you ask me.

-I wasn't a fan of the Detective. She didn't interest me.

-I still have to admit to some corny dialogue and humor that doesn't land. I'm more concerned about the latter, but that's kind of canceled out by the great humor. Still, they could work on making the jokes payoff a bit more often. I don't really care about the second one, because it's a comic, there's supposed to be corny dialogue. None of it was cringe-y or anything. So I won't take points off for it, just acknowledge it. more

This book is great fun. Tom Taylor gets these characters and the dialogue is incredible. The art also seemed better this time, probably because Spider-Man was the focus of the issue.

That's a promising start for sure. Didn't blow me away, but certainly has its fair share of potential. Every main character deals with their own problems that hopefully will be addressed properly in the series, and from the get-go there is a tension in between this unlikely bunch of vigilantes.

One thing I certainly like about this issue is Katana - for once she's more than silent walking weapon. It's great to see her being more humane, having any personality and doing something outside bland and boring Suicide Squad comics (they survived 50 issues somehow, though).

The main plot isn't bad, but I have a feeling it's going to be secondary to character development inside the Outsiders team. It feels this way to me, at least - after all, if someone wants assassin drama, they can pick Silencer's comics. She's great. And if someone wants time traveling drama, well, there's Cable and his adventures.

I look forward to see what the future brings - I'm not disappointed so far, quite contrary, but as I said earlier, I'm not amazed. more

I have enjoyed so much this "Arkham Knight Saga", maybe the story and some concepts aren't original at all but Tomasi plays very good with some elements of Batman's lore and this issue isn't the exception.
Tomasi writes a good Batman and a great Damian, I can't remember when was the last time they had this chemistry between them, the dialogues feels rigth and the story has a good coherence. Batman sounds like Batman and Damian sounds like Damian in a very good way.I tought we would see Arkham Knight's identity in the next issue but I don't feel the revelations out of a place, for me, it seems logical and I never tought in that option. Ther art is just incredible. more

this run continues to be very enjoyable and fun.
i cannot praise it enough.

i am really glad the Arkham Knight wasn’t who i thought it was.
(((SPOILER)))and no, i didn’t think that it was Jason Todd.(((END SPOILER)))

i really loved Damian’s response to learning who the Arkham Knight’s identity was,
as well as his taunts to the Arkham Knight’s zealots.

i really enjoy how Peter Tomasi write’s Batman dialog as he deduces and detects.
his dialog for Bruce & Damian continues to be pitch perfect. i really like how both characters are written to be very cerebral, logical, and of high intelligence. as they should be.
it was excellent to see Tomasi show how gifted and artist Damian Wayne is, as he had previously established in his New52 Batman&Robin run. this definitely feels like a nice continuation of that run. definitely points to Tomasi for keeping continuity and consistency from what he’s written before. i even enjoyed the casual nod to Damian's formal introduction in Grant Morrison's Batman run, to which Tomasi was the editor of.

another thing thing i’m also absolutely loving in this story-arc is the art.
it’s cartoonish, but has a nice rendering and high detail. it also continues to be very dynamic and action packed.

one thing i will say about the Arkham Knight and Zealots, is they are truly NUTS!
i appreciated the reveal to who the Knight's identity is.
((((MINOR SPOILER))))((((MINOR SPOILER))))((((MINOR SPOILER))))
((((MINOR SPOILER))))if you've read Grant Morrison's Arkham Asylum, you get the significance of the Arkham Knight's heritage.((((END MINOR SPOILER))))((((END MINOR SPOILER))))((((END MINOR SPOILER))))

if you haven’t checked out this run yet, you really should. more

Terrific issue.

This is exactly what I wanted when I saw that Damian will play a big part in this arc. Tomasi completely nails the relationship between Batman and Robin and it's so much fun to read. We also discover the Identity of Arkham Knight (*Spoiler Alert*) and get to know her better. The story is going in an interesting way and the art was fantastic. Really, I don't have much to say except that it's really good and you should read this.

All in all, if you are a fan of the relationship between Batman and Damian then this is an issue you'll want to get. more

Wow! From the premise I thought it would be a little more contrived, but it was surprisingly organic and witty. The only points off come from a little bit of "sketchy/cartoony" looking art, but it's a step up from Taylor's Injustice, and the artists did a remarkable job with the "camera" placement to orient to all the different settings/people. Sign me up.

It was really satisfying to see Batman go on a one-man army run through Arkham after all the depressing stories lately.

Y'know, even if it was all a bunch of villains taking the fall.... Fall and Fallen. I get it.

The parallelism between this book and the issue #19 is undeniable, even the story itself lets you see it, as I said before, in this run, at least for me, the art is not a problem, this week Janín and Fornes did a great job, the action panels were good and the story flows pretty well.

There isn't much story developed but I guess the point of this issue it's to show the readers that Batman has some level of madness and his mind has begun to break.

The bad guys don't fight Batman at all because they are only puppets used by Bane.I guess many of them even didn't want to be in front of Batman.

It has some flaws but in general I enjoyed it but the answers need to come. more

The headline says "the end of everything starts here", which would be a perfect catchphrase to summarize the awfulness of Heroes in Crisis, but sarcasm aside, the issue delivers. It's an event that starts with a bang and truly is captivating to read. I'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not social media zombies are an absolutely ludicrous idea, but other than that core idea behind the comic, I think it's a very solid start of something fresh and different. Rarely we have an opportunity to see genuine horror in superhero comics, and as a devoted fan of the genre, both literary and cinematic, I'm definitely going to take this chance. more