Ryan reviewed Detective Comics #489 Jan 10, 2026
Only reviewing the 2 Batman stories
“CREATURES OF THE NIGHT!” Batman and a vampire hunter named Moon the Mystic separately stalk a vampire who may be Moon himself.
Ryan rated Batman #320 Jan 10, 2026
Batman heads to Spain to investigate the murder of two priests in a small town.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #487 Jan 9, 2026
“THE PERILS OF SERGIUS.” The Sensei marks a writer named Sergius for death when he thinks Sergius has stumbled onto his plan, and contracts the work out to one Ma Murder. But Batman takes an interest in the writer, and protects him from Ma’s murder attempts.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #486 Jan 9, 2026
“MURDER BY THUNDERBOLT.” Batman tries to stop some old cohorts of Maxie Zeus from dying when they try to take over his mobs, while Zeus himself is in Arkham Asylum.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #485 Jan 9, 2026
“THE VENGEANCE VOW!” Ra’s al Ghul manipulates the Sensei and the League of Assassins into killing Kathy Kane, the Batwoman. Batman seeks revenge, and comes up against the Sensei’s aide, the Bronze Tiger.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #484 Jan 9, 2026
“ASSAULT ON OLYMPUS!” Batman runs a gauntlet of death traps in an effort to capture gang boss Maxie Zeus.
Ryan reviewed Batman #311 Jan 9, 2026
Englehart should’ve written more Batman
Batman teams with Batgirl to take on Dr. Phosphorus, who threatens to “reign over all” in Gotham City.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #483 Jan 8, 2026
“THE CURSE OF CRIME ALLEY.” Batman takes on a new villain by the name of Maxie Zeus!
Ryan reviewed Detective Comics #482 Jan 8, 2026
U know the bad guy is on borrowed time if they find out Batman’s identity
“NIGHT OF THE BODY SNATCHER!” Batman takes on the villainous ape Xavier Simon, whose plan is to place his mind inside Batman’s body!
Ryan reviewed Detective Comics #481 Jan 8, 2026
Marshall Rogers provides tremendous art but O’Neil’s plot is pretty weak
“TICKET TO TRAGEDY.” Batman must race against time to discover the identity of a murderer and capture him in order to convince a disillusioned surgeon not to burn his notes for a new medical technique.
Ryan reviewed Detective Comics #480 Jan 8, 2026
Poor Gork
“THE PERFECT FIGHTING MACHINE.” A criminal employs Dr. Moon to transform a flabby, unloved man into a “perfect fighting machine” called the Gork, and sends him against an ailing Batman.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #479 Jan 8, 2026
“IF A MAN BE MADE OF CLAY...” Preston Payne will go to any lengths to regain his humanity. Can the Dark Knight put a stop to this monster’s reign of terror before more innocent lives are lost or will he too become a victim of the new Clayface? Plus, “TRUE HEROES NEVER SAY DIE!” Hawkman and Hawkwoman return from Thanagar only to find that ...
Ryan rated Detective Comics #478 Jan 8, 2026
“THE COMING OF…CLAYFACE III!” Preston Payne uses blood from Matt Hagen, the second Clayface, to try to change the effects of hypopituitarism on his appearance…but the "cure" causes Payne's flesh to melt like wax. When Batman interferes with Payne's theft of the components necessary to reverse his condition, he may become Clayface's next vic...
Ryan rated Detective Comics #477 Jan 8, 2026
“THE HOUSE THAT HAUNTED BATMAN!” Batman checks up on Rupert Thorne, who now occupies a padded cell at Arkham Asylum. Batman is concerned as to why Thorne gave away all his plans and revealed his information, clearing Batman’s name in the process, and a clearly deranged Thorne explains that he was forced by the ghost of Hugo Strange, a man he ...
Ryan rated Detective Comics #408 Jan 8, 2026
Robin goes missing and Batman finds a house that wasn't there yesterday; strange things happen around Batman until he meets the owner of the house.
Ryan reviewed Detective Comics #476 Jan 8, 2026
Worth the hype
The Joker's big fish story concludes! Batman and Commissioner Gordon race across Gotham City, trying to stay one step of the Joker as his insane scheme to copyright his Joker Fish leads to more mayhem! "The Laughing Fish" part 2.
Ryan reviewed Detective Comics #475 Jan 8, 2026
The amount of story they were able to fit into 16 pages is crazy impressive
"The Laughing Fish" part 1; one of the Clown Prince of Crime's most infamous tales begins here! Across Gotham City, fish begin appearing with the Joker's trademark smile--which the madman literally attempts to trademark!
Ryan reviewed Detective Comics #474 Jan 8, 2026
A part of me wants to say that what Englehart and Rogers did here was more impressive than actually creating Deadshot. Love when creators throw back to some decades old story and it turns out great. Huge W for continuity🙏. Deadshot’s costume seems so ahead of its time. Ive read a decent amount of comics from the 70s and can’t remember off the top of my head something like this. The scenes b more
Deadshot escapes from prison and goes after the Dark Knight!
Ryan rated Detective Comics #473 Jan 8, 2026
Batman and Robin are outlawed by the city council but continue to operate to foil a grand theft by the Penguin.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #472 Jan 8, 2026
Robin manages to rescue Alfred and Bruce Wayne from Hugo Strange's clutches.
Ryan reviewed Detective Comics #471 Jan 8, 2026
Shocking last page. Ive probably read at least 100 instances of Batman getting knocked out or captured and never once do the bad guys ever unmask him, intrigued to what Englehart does with this
Bruce Wayne goes to the "sanitarium" of a Dr. Todhunter to seek treatment for his radiation burns.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #470 Jan 8, 2026
“THE MASTER PLAN OF DR. PHOSPHORUS!” Batman confronts Dr. Phosphorus at the new Gotham City offshore nuclear power plant.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #469 Jan 8, 2026
“…BY DEATH’S EERIE LIGHT!” When Alfred collapses, Batman discovers many more people are mysteriously becoming sick. The Dark Knight realizes that the Gotham City water supply has been contaminated, so he goes to the Gotham Reservoir and finds the person responsible for the contamination: Dr. Phosphorus.
Ryan reviewed Detective Comics #457 Jan 7, 2026
This was incredible. O’Neil delivered such a powerful story and only needed like 10 pages
“THERE IS NO HOPE IN CRIME ALLEY!” Every night on this date, Batman abandons all other crimes and missions and secretly heads to visit Leslie Thompkins. En route, Batman stops a car-radio theft and two muggings. When one of the muggers pulls a gun on him in Crime Alley, Batman loses his temper and knocks the mugger silly while having a flashbac...
Ryan rated Batman #268 Jan 7, 2026
A trio of oil company partners are murdered and it's up to Batman and Robin to stop their killer: Shriek.
Ryan rated Detective Comics #451 Jan 7, 2026
“THE BATMAN’S BURDEN!” Bruce Wayne, Cumming Streeter and Molly Post are at a resort on San Lorenzo island for charity events. Bruce departs shortly before Batman arrives and harasses Baldy Amber. Molly intervenes, disgusted by Batman’s rough manner. Batman pushes her away, angering a table of Navy sailors on leave. After a fight, Batman cha...
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