Still Boring.

Story: 2/10
Art: 6/10
Overall: 3/10

Story: I'm going to give this the exact same score as last time, because... I don't know what else to do!

I read the issue, okay, interesting enough, sort of... but nothing really happens.
This would be great if I knew this was going to play out for 10 or 12 issues, but isn't this only 3 issues long?
Does anyone really care about Joe Chill anymore?

Art: It's great, if it's your style. It's not mine, and I've been over that. I can appreciate the effort.


Overall: a dull 3. It's not worth the money if comics aren't free. I don't know. I just... struggle getting excited.

I will say, I was not impressed by issue 1, so issue 2 had more to live up to, and to me, meh... didn't do it
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My review is only about the Ashes Of Eden story by Sam Johns and Laura Braga. A horrible story that erases all character progress of Poison Ivy and pretty much turns her into a Nazi planning to murder the entire Gotham City as a response to her garden getting burned. Laura Bragas art is buried underneath 90s edginess and what pretty much is a copy paste of Carnage USA only with Ivy in the place of Carnage. The premise of the story with Ivy getting confused between Punchline and Harley is also not only weak but unbelievable even for a superhero comic. Sad to see that this story was written by a queer woman, I expected something more and better than 90's edginess written for horny middle aged white men. 0/10 more

In love with the smell of its own farts.

Hmm this was just fine. I didn't like it as much as the first issue. This issue was semi-predictable. Exploring the idea of Jason becoming the next Joker was an idea that's been floated around even since before this series was a thing. The mystery surrounding the three Jokers also took a backseat, which I didn't like. I went into this series expecting some kind of explanation or what is going on, but it seems to focus more on Jason and Barbara, which is also fine, it just wasn't what I'm really interested in. It also has a weird moment, which I'm not sure how I feel about it. If you must know, you can google the big spoiler that was leaked before this issue came out. While that leak lacked a lot of context, even after reading this issue, it felt weird and came out of nowhere really. Also, not as much Batman as I was expecting, which is weird because this is a Batman title. Overall, I'd say the story is a big step down from the first issue. The art remains spectacular though, and I hope Fabok gets the recognition he deserves. more

Boring.

Story: 2/10
Art: 6/10
Overall: 3/10

Story: Great, we got the concept a year ago, so the hype wasn't helping this book.
First of all, with Bruce filled with so many scars, maybe he should stop fighting crime in thin cotton material. We wasted another full page on his parents' death... and we got to 10 pages before getting anywhere.
Now that we know there are 3 Jokers? One dies, so what... no weight... nothing happens in this book, and it's 50 pages long.

Art: This part is subjective, of course, but this felt stiff af. Fabok isn't an interiors artist or Johns told him to use the exhausting Doomsday Clock/Watchmen panel layout, which was a horrible decision. I hate to say it, but Fabok really wanted to nail this book and it felt like he tried too hard.

Overall: It's awful, what a waste of time. This could have been written over a weekend, and drawn in a month... not worth the wait. I'll try issue 2 just to give it another shot.

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Never liked the idea of 3 Jokers, but the art is really great. It’s the best thing about this comic. However as for the story I can’t see Barbara ever acting like that& I doubt Batman would leave Jason alone with Joker. It all depends on how the story will go, if the Jokers are the real Joker from 3 different earths or just all from 1 earth, then Joker as a character is ruined. If it turns out that Joker just used some innocent people to pose as Joker, then it can be a fun story. So it’s too early to really judge, but I don’t find the story that intriguing. more

Nothing new or interesting. This shoulld be done years ago.

Another Black Label book that's just a harder PG-13. The book is good, but it's not good enough to justify the four year build up. The book isn't really about Bruce. Batman has nothing to do in this story even tho his name is on the book. He reacts to everything, an arc has sort of been set up. You may argue that the Killing Joke had no arc for Bruce, it actually did but even if it didn't that book was practically a book from Joker's perspective. In this Barbara and Jason, especially Jason seems to have taken the leading role. Since we have a trio against the Joker trio, I assume Babs will carry issue 2, and the third issue will almost certinantly be Bruce's issue. What I hope is that we will really go into Bruce's psyche in the third issue. The art is terrific. Everything looks realistic but stylized at the same time. I am not a big fan of the designs however. The new Batman design is heavily based the 89 suit, w I overall think the new suit is kinda whack compared to other suits like the similar suit from Earth One or Doomsday Clock, The belt is too bright and small to compensate for the lack of trunks (which is a good choice to remove). However that is also my ONLY problem with design, it is a big issue but overall who cares, Batman still looks amazing. Red Hood's design is just bad, they should have gone with the original. Batgirl looks perfect, hella sexy as well but not in an overly sexulized manner. the Jokers look amazing. The story is paced very well. The characters act in character. Overall it's a good read but at least as of yet it hasn't lived up to the massive wait more

A comic that is 2006 in all the worst ways. No imagination or resonance on display here, just the fan-baiting mystery box crap. Great art, though!