This is just fun. Art is amazing and I like how Otto is written. All around good stuff!

Chip channeling his Daredevil run energy over his Batman run.

Damn it, I'm in.

Damn

This was insane

The story is perfect, as usual.

I don't love the art. Some of the character designs pale in comparison to previous issues but the story is so compelling, it elevates the art.

Next issue please!

Kevin Lainez is gunning for the Gabe Hernandez head bawbag critic on here.
Bloody hell Kev, the f*** were you reading!?

Sure, the art dips but the story quality is no less consistent than the previous 3 issues.

I feel compelled to ask, who hurt you?
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Wally and Grodd. Grodd and Wally.

Christ... that was intense.

For a two issue arc, this was really good. I loved how much Snyder is putting into this Batman's supporting cast. We only met matches for a few panels but we really feel the weight of his actions and legacy both past and present. Fries was terrifying, excited to see him come back.

Utterly bone chilling. An utterly wild ride with exciting reveals and crucial/consequential character moments. The most important Matches Mallone ever, I love this.

Batman vs Fries is tantamount to an exhilarating old school manga battle. The character Waylon is set to become is utterly (and absolutely) insane. The wait until the next issue is going to be hell. Comfortably my favourite Absolute comic is Absolute Batman. I relish being this into comics again. Thank you Scott Snyder. This has been the shot in the arm Batman has needed since Synders last run.

King was not great, James Tynion was terrible, Joshua Williams wasn't good and the return of Jeph Loeb hasn't been brilliant. But...maybe the writers weren't the issue? Maybe our rigid expectations of mainline Batman are impossible to appease. Maybe a reboot was the answer all along. It's not something I'd really pondered until now. I love the non Batman works of all those writers. So much blame was flung at all these writers, perhaps the parameters were more challenging than we knew. Snyder had a clean slate and now Batman is the most vital he's been in comics in years. more

The best Absolute comic there is. The most compelling new Batman in decades.

I created an account just to write this review. I'm so tired of John Romita Jr. ruining my favorite characters. It's like he's drawing with a rule, every lines are straight, these square face are so ugly and it's not like he was putting details, it looks cheap. I was enjoying the arts of Pepe Larraz and guess who's back to ruin everything again, John Romita Jr. I don't understand why Marvel doesn't put their best writers and artists on the main serie of Spider-man. To have decent spiderman's story we need special projects like the ongoing Ultimate Spider-man or Dark Ages. It's time to shake things up. more

DWJ is on a generational streak with this series. I've not seen a book this consistently good in a long long time and I can't believe we're already 18 months into this. The epic visuals; the pitch perfect characterization and the ambitious storytelling do not tke breaks. There are no filler issues, no padding. All of it is in your face and relevant to the ongoing story and this issue culminates everything that has happened so far into the return of a character just as iconic to this brand and to pop culture as Optimus himself.

Its been building for a while but the moments of gravitas interspersed throughout the chaotic action still feel fresh and poignant. My anticipation for what's to come cannot be higher. more

Another great issue. So much stuff going on, but they keep it grounded.

The new introduction to the series looks great.

This series is pure joy, the art is amazing, the stakes feel relevant and the characters feel right.

I was really worried about a drop-off with the change in artists. I was worried that Joe Kelly was being elevated by the incredible art of Pepe Larraz. However, I can say now that I think Kelly is a good fit on this title. He's writing a Peter Parker that is maturing. The supporting cast is being used. It all feels purposeful. I'm not a huge fan of JRJR's art, but nothing here stood out as incredibly poorly rendered or sloppy. The drop-off did not occur. That being said, this whole issue is written to set up Spidey to fall hard in the next few. And we know something crazy is going to happen because of the recent solicitation news. It kinda puts a damper on this issue. I wish they hadn't announced what was coming until later. But it is what it is. We'll see how it plays out. I'm trying to keep that out of my mind and focus on this issue by itself. It's really, really good. more

I really liked this issue. Wells run didn't have these interlude issues that focused on all different parts of Peter's life and they were sorely needed. I like most of the developments, the relationship part I am confused by. Not by the status of the relationship, more that spidey office is actually going there. Interesting choice to say the least.

JRJR was okay. I think I will always love his style, he was the artist on second ever spidey issue I bought, so nostalgia will always keep me on his side. more