So what would you rate it?

Shit, I forgot to rate it and now I don't know how to edit it.

On the issue page, when you've reviewed the issue, the 'Rate / Write a Review' link turns into an 'Edit Your Review' link. Click on that and you can change your rating.

I think we haven't seen the real meat of the story yet which is probably going to be issues 2 and 3. I need to see some implications of what Superman is doing adressed. But yeah I'm confident this could be a new classic Superman story.

BTW, the low review score from comicbook.com is nuts! If you follow the links and read the full review, it makes zero sense. Was the review written by AI?

Yeah, Comicbook.com reviews are weird af. Sometimes they are good, sometimes they don't make any sense. I guess is a thing of different reviewers

Flashpoint:Beyond didn't get better with Geoff Johns. I know, because I wasted a lot of money, believing that. And it turns out to be directly related to this story as well.

Honestly, I don't think it will sell well enough to continue

Bigot

You didn't like the Kevin Conroy story?

Yet another example of the word "cringe" being used in place of a cogent thought.

This review is cringe.

Look man I rip on the 10/10 reviews for being horseshit. But you gotta let the lgbtq people have their book too. Just don't read it, I just don't wanna see this only be rated 9/10-10/10 and anyone who says otherwise is a bigot or a homophobe etc. etc. But this book was definitely not a 1/10 lol

Crying about "corporate" in a week with "movie synergy before it got delayed" Flashpoint Beyond and "the biggest mega event of the year" Dark Crisis is some real galaxy brain energy

@Fizgoog Since you are going there, statistically speaking, straight white males are SIGNIFICANTLY higher among pedophile numbers than any non-straight person of any other gender or ethnicity. Historically speaking. And that's not conjecture. It's in many texts throughout history.

@Fizgoog. You're just a homophobe and a bigot and something should certainly be done about you on this platform and any others like you that participate in the kind of rhetoric that you all spew.

Promoting conspiracy that's led to a historic government crackdown on a group of people, with the intent to erase their identity, subvert their free will and take away their rights is cringe.

Sounds like the exact thing many countries across the world fought against in the 40s. Actions and events that inspired comic writers and artists to create the very heroes we all read. In fact I remember a young Jewish man who created a teenage web-slinger, a blind Catholic boxer, an African king, and group of mutants. All of whom come from different walks of life and have every right to live as those they are persecuted by.

Looks like the Matt Gaetz account got banned

The guy who gave DC's summer event comic a 9.0 says this book about gay superheroes is corporate cringe.

My brother in Christ, Court of Owls wasn't even that good.

It's also made infinitely worse afterwards as DC has gone on and bastardized what the Court was.

Look you can say what you want but the court of owls is a 9-9.5/10 Batman story. And one of the best stories dc put out since 2000. And people need to stop just rating books, based on the characters sexuality. There is no chance this book deserves a 9.8/10 score lol. It's no long Halloween, it's no the dark knight rises, it's not born again, and it wasn't any other classic that will be remembered forever. It will be forgotten about and replaced by next years pride anthology.

@daredevil....... maybe read the whole story since that character was an awesomely done new villian. Skipping to the last issue of a story and then not caring about who the new villian is. Is fucking stupidity. What are you 12?

The Court of Owls was my favorite Batman book. Before I grew up and read better books. And DC didn't mercilessly push it further than it was meant to. Books like this are for those in the LGBTQ+ community who don't feel heard or represented nearly enough and to say that they can't rate this a 10/10 just because it won't have lasting impact the same way those other stories have is sad. Who are you to say their enjoyment of the book is wrong?

This book is for everyone but if you don't care about Pride, why did you read it? Or... did you not even read it and just mark it as read so you can put in your shitty two cents?

"Skipping to the last issue of a story and then not caring about who the new villian is. Is fucking stupidity. What are you 12?" Are YOU 12? Letting your big boy feelings out. He died after that issue and became obsolete and forgotten. Lincoln March was horrendously under baked. Cool (although unoriginal) idea, poor execution. Unceremoniously killed off because he served no purpose outside of that story.

No one, absolutely no one, including the most die-hard fans of Scott Snyder's Batman, thinks that Lincoln March is anywhere in the stratosphere of a well-written villain. Everyone agrees that the Court of Owls story went downhill once March re-entered the picture. That "maybe I'm Bruce's long lost brother" shit was trite when Bane did it.

@hwx Lincoln March ..... was in Batman eternal after that bud. Maybe you need to read more Batman comics 🤷‍♂️ And also let's not act line dc does not have a bunch of lgbtq characters. Like to be honest every superhero's kid is lgbtq or atleast one of them is. Let's stop acting like lgbtq don't have representation in the industry it's not 1976.

And no people rating a book perfect, simply because people are gay in it is dumb as shit, and I'll read it tomorrow when I get the rest of my dc pile. I will read this just so I can make fun of how dumb half the stories are. I'm sure there will be 2 great stories 2 mediocre stories and 2 aweful stories like every anthology book ever 🤷‍♂️

Better Batman stories since the court of owls ........ Nothing Tom king did. Nothing tynion did Williamson only got 1 arc And now we get zdarsky. But in the Batman title I would say the court of owls is the best Batman book since the new 52 started. And Lincoln March was a fun villian, who was literally behind everything that goes down in Batman eternal. But please tell me more about how he was never seen again after the city of owls part 2.

I said AFTER that issue he died. Clearly your reading comprehension isn't very strong. Hence why you think Court of Owls is god's gift to Batman. It's not about whether or not there are LGBTQ+ heroes or not. It's whether they get regular recognition and aren't constantly bashed by homophobes and bigots. No one said anything about better Batman stories since Court of Owls. You really don't retain much do you? Makes sense thinking Lincoln March was a well written villain.

if a person feels like a book is 10 out of 10, it's 10 of 10 for him. Maybe he found something, in it, that you could't. What's the biggie? it's his score not yours.

@criminology because I'm tired of bullshit scores and people being award a 10/10 just because book has diversity in it. They are fake ratings, for an anthology book to be a 10/10. That means the story and art in every single story within that anthology was a 10/10. And we all know it wasn't. A 10/10 rating should be reserved for literally the best comics of all time. Like out of the thousands of comics I own. Maybe 15-25 deserve a 10/10. It's extremely tough to be a perfect book.

@hex yes when you imply " after the issue he does " that kinda makes it seem like you didn't read Batman eternal. Since you said he dies after this issue. Not fights Batman again in Batman forever. And yes the court of owls was gods gift to Batman fans. New lasting villains and a great story that hasn't been topped by the next theee writers on the title. A lot of people would call that a classic dipshit. 🤷‍♂️

Batman eternal not forever.

I agree with Criminology. I loved the Kevin Conroy story, but the rest of the book was kinda meh for me; I'm not really into romance stories. I gave it a 9 because the Conroy story makes the book worth $10. (Also, I'm guessing some readers will give it a 1 because they're homophobes.)

Don't take it so personal, It's not in your control and should not really affect you. People use different systems of rating. For example, i'm prone to rate something 10 out of 10, if it's accomplishes everything, it sets up to do. Or maybe i just enjoyed it just that much. Maybe that particular book means something to those people, who rated it 10 out of 10. People have different priorities, like certain books for different reasons, subscribe to different ideas about art etc.

Especially when those 10 out of 10 review, do not have any text with them, i think it's really futile to think anything of them. Whatever you are guessing, it could be wrong. So i don't see a reason to think anything of them, especially them being fake. This site is to express your opinions and feeling on the book and maybe why you don't think it deserves a high rating, not going after the people, who don't share your feelings. IMO at least

Just because something is "classic" doesn't mean it's great. Many of the mini series that have come out since the N52 alone have been better stories than Court of Owls. But none of that has to do with the issue at hand. Read the book before you decide to start a flame war because you are upset that DC released another Pride book. I'm sure for some people, this book means a lot to them. Read the issue, think about it and what is it supposed to represent to those whom it is written about.

Agreed, there is tons of "classic" stuff, i disliked. I think with reviews honesty to your thoughts and feelings is one of the most important things, not necessary how admirable and innovative the work is.

Honestly, who in their right mind would read Batman Eternal?

That Kevin Conroy story is an absolute 10/10.

Very odd to compare an anthology issue to a storyline. They aren't usually comparable, wouldn't you agree? And people rate them differently, because are different? Because they use logic in those review I would say. And my guy, Court of Owls is a great point to start reading Batman. It's not the best Batman storyline released in the past decade or so, but I would say it's the best starting point. But then again, that's just my opinion. As these reviews usually are, eh?

@hex I've read every single Batman story since court of owls, and most of the greats that came before it. Other then the bigby one, and no I disagree with that. And look, the only point I was really trying to make. Was that if people rate books 10/10 that are not 10/10 then a 10/10 becomes a worthless number that doesn't mean anything. And no offence but I can guarantee dc pride is not a perfect comic book. And I hate bullshit reviews without reason 🤷‍♂️

Also amazing whatever the fuck your name is, Batman eternal was better overall then Tom kings Batman run, and the new 52 detective comics run, and has a fairly well done twist at the end 🤷‍♂️ I've read a lot worse from Tom king and Mariko Tamaki since.

My guy, why doesn't that apply to 1/10 reviews too? With that logic, those are as much of bullshit reviews as 10/10? And I don't think people think 10/10 means perfect. For me for example means "it does everything it's supposed to do and it does it almost perfectly".

@afre it does buddy. People who review bomb a 1.0/10 are just as bad, unless they give a an good reason why the comic isn't worth the paper it's printed on. Most comics are in 4/10-8/10 range. And doing everything your supposed to and doing it almost perfect is a 8.5/10 to me. You already stated it's not perfect. There is nothing wrong with a 8.5/10 rating that's fucking amazing. And that's a book I'll buy a hardcover of for the shelf!

So yes we need to get rid of the 1.0/10 reviews with no text, and we need to get rid of the 10/10 rating without an explanation into why this is a perfect comic book. Because 10/10 doesn't mean really good. It means perfection. And should not be given out a lot. Let alone multiple times a week by some reviewers just trying to get there name on the back cover of a graphic novel.

My boy, Batman Eternal had about six issues of story stretched into a 52-issue along with a "twist" that everyone predicted two issues in.

I think the weirdness of this whole thread is that you chose to put your foot down on these 1/10 and 10/10 ratings over a Pride special rather than the multitude of other series where people do this same thing.

@ the brave and bold And it's still better then the other series I've listed, and better then anything tom kind write after I am bane.

@amazing And this was jsut the most egregious of the week and it was the straw that broke the camels back. About bullshit fake 10/10 reviews. 🤷‍♂️

My guy, I don't think anyone is saying King's run was better than Eternal. They are just saying it wasn't that good (and it really wasn't, like why did Croc beat Bane and speak Spanish suddenly???) And I think we can all agree that White Knight is the peak Batman. And my guy, maybe next time if you want to ask people to add context to their reviews and not give plain 10/10 or 1/10, maybe don't start with complaining about just the 10s in DC's Pride Anthology? And maybe word it better?

Peak Batman is Moon Knight.

The new show was such a disappointment and I really hoped it would be like Lemire's run. Now it's Jeds job to carry Moon Knight on his back since Disney couldn't be bothered to do so.

Agree with Afre on Moon Knight show

I liked the new show. For a character that gets consistently revamped every run or so, it's actually baffling to me how many Moon Knight fans couldn't stand something different. We all like the Lemire run. And hot take: That run is not a beginner's run. That story should not be someone's first Moon Knight story. And it sure as shit shouldn't have been the show's story.

I didn't dislike it because it was different. I just hoped it would've taken more risks. It had a solid start, very boring second and third episode, mediocre fourth one with an interesting ending, amazing fifth one and just boring finale. Maybe I just hoped it would be more like Daredevil in a way. It had great additions and changes too and Layla was one of them, but mostly it was just meh for me.

I think Ellis's run is the perfect starting point, but how can that be adapted

Moon knight was fun untill it skipped over the best part of the fight scenes in the last episode.

My man, I hope your charging Tom King rent to live in your head so much

I think everyone in this comment section, needs to go read the Batman news review of this comic...... from a gay man, who's honestly rating each story in this book. It proved everything I said 100% true lol 🤣🤣🤣

True, gays are never wrong. That's why you guys need to read my objectively correct review from a bisexual, coming soon.

Well, if there's any trustworthy reviewer out there, it's certainly Batman News, the site that produced inane fanboy rants over Batman eating unhealthy burgers.

I'm sorry to tell you this my man, but if the guy from Batman News didn't like this, it doesn't make the Court of Owls peak Batman or best written Batman story in the last decade.

Afre technically it's no longer from the past decade, and what is to you? What is the best Batman story since 2012? Let's hear it? Also I meant the over rating of this book just because it says pride on the cover.

Batman: Imposter, Batman: The Knight, some of Kings' stories (like War of Riddles and Jokes and I am Bane), Endgame and The Button are better stories than Court of Owls. Three Jokers up there too. Best story that is peak Batman? Easily White Knight and it's sequels.

(And in my defense, you did say "It proved everything I said 100% true" and that included praising Court of Owls and saying it's best Batman. So you can't really fault me for correcting :)

@Afre All of those are really fun. I loved the first 3 arcs of King's run but jumped off after that. Never read Jokes and Riddles.

Don't read it, it's not as funny or clever as the title suggests.

I prefer Zero years over Court of Owls. Supes and bats arc was my fave out of King's run

Ya Tom kings two issue double date with Clark and Lois was probably the best two issues of his run. Which should prove why I make fun of his run the way I do.... And Batman imposter is not better then court of owls, the white knight I might give you on part but not better and the sequel while gorgeous isn't as good as 1, endgame not better then court three jokers was beautiful but a better story... no just no.

I thought Imposter was incredibly middling and was disappointed in hindsight to realize it really was similar to the movie's tone.

Forgot to mention -- this is a 32-page story. For $4. Wow!

Not sure where you're from, Merlyn, but Americans don't use the R word anymore. It's ALWAYS offensive.

Don't care, I'll still use it.

There some kind of manual or list I can reference for this months approved words?

I have heard rumors where DC has realized that neither their FS nor their Batman-Tim Fox has worked. Batman-Bruce Wayne is irreplaceable, they said in the article. Apparently DC is thinking of reversing all this by generating an Elsword, it is no longer working. Maybe they will too with Tim's horrible story.

Something that I give thanks is the output of the Red Hood series, because from being written with my feet to not being written and appearing in some non-canon numbers like UL or TFZ I can accept that all this garbage is canon.

@Meamor: I don't know you and you get block for lying like a bitch.

@Meamor: I see you've done the same with Psycamorean. You truly are a nutty one, aren't you?

And I will always use the "R" word because I'm a free man living in a free country and I don't care for totalitarianism where language is controlled by the main party.

@Fenix: Well, if they realized that, they would be fucking right, FS was a disaster and absolutely no one cares about Tim Fox. Bruce Wayne IS irreplaceable and even if he is to be replaced, there are a lot of better candidates than a nobody like Tim. My dream is to see Jason one day adopt the mantle in a very Superior Spider-Man kind of storyline. They should throw all this shit into an Elseworld.

Fenix the last numbers I saw Tim Fox books were the only batman centric books that consistently fall out of the top 50 both regular and trades. The character isn't resonating with readers. So now DC is sending him to New York where he ll function essentially apart from the main books.

I think uts a matter of time before Lucius Alfred and Gordon are back in familiar roles in the main books along with the Wayne fortune returned to Bruce. Williamson of course will have Bruce out of Gotham for a while. But yeah DC blinkrd..Ridley doesn't get the main book as 5G intended.

Merlyn I've always wanted to see Tim Drake take over as Batman with a brutal Damian contesting it. Todd for me works better as punisher style thorn in Bruce's side.

Personally I don't see the appeal of Tim being Batman, Tim is very "safe" as a character, if someone is to wear that mantle, I'd like to see someone that challenges what Batman should be about, without completely changing or disrespecting the mantle. Jason, for me, falls in that category. He's been close enough to the Batman to know what the rules are but he has a different take on what keeping Gotham safe means. So that would put him in a pretty difficult situation.

And I don't see him as a thorn in Bruce's side, if anything he should be the guy Batman goes to for things that blur the line and Batman can't do. That's how Lobdell initially described their working relationship at the start of Rebirth but he kind of abandoned that along the way. Anyway, I don't think we'll see Jason as that anytime soon, DC will continue letting him and Nightwing strike out on their own and building their own mantles.

Which is fine, my problem is that they've tainted Nightwing with Taylor's stupidity and they've started to change things about Jason to be more politically and ideologically "correct".

@Fenix: I don't know if you've heard this but apparently CW is producing a show called Gotham Knights that might also include Jason. Problem is... it's produced by the same people that directed the Batwoman show and that was a total disaster so in a way I would be grateful if Jason would be kept as far as possible from those guys.

What I think works with Tim Drake as Batman is hes just as good a detective as Bruce Wayne and the mission means the same to him. Damian on the other hand is Bruce's son by birth (albeit a genetically engineered one) and believes the mantle is his. It sets up a great tension.

Jason Todd for me works better as an anti hero that's willing to use lethal methods to do what Bruce wont do to prosecute his mission. I'd like character to return to that rather than the watered down version right now.