A very good review, please continue to add your reviews here, we could use people who actually put some input here and don't just blindly accept a writers' self-insert because they're fanboys.

Thanks for saying it, there is too much hypocrisy in this book and, as you say, xenophobia. I feel that in a need to make their comic book heroes look good, more now with all the terrible situation in Afghanistan they hang up this little act when they have left a lot of Cubans to drown. I'm not saying that a country has to take all responsibility for the citizens of other countries if it is not in their hands. The issue of refugees and the undocumented is very complicated.

Now we are talking that Clark is a citizen raised, nationalized and educated in the USA and it is not his land? !!! Sounds like an ungrateful bastard, to me.

Star lord isn't bisexual, he wasn't on the pride book listing Al gays of Marvel universe. Writes have to stop writing bad ganfic

No one is interesd in Usurper Batmans war on privilege or Ridleys hamfisted racial politics. No one reads Batman for that. If Tim Fox poor sales hold up he won't be around "for a while" in the books. I'm still thinking the end game is a CW show for Tim Fox while feature films remain Bruce. I never watch the CW shows so as long as Usurper is not in the main books I'm fine.

Jace Fox and Ridley share a common theme of self-loathing in this series. Jace has self-loathing knowing that he is an unpunished hit-and-run killer, and wants to take his self-hate out on others. Ridley knows that he has been unable to come up with his own original character with a comics marketplace (not since New American in "The American Way" comics for WildStorm), and he writes "Batman" with the self-loathing that he has had to sink to being an usurper of someone else's character.

Jesus Christ you weird reactionaries

Great observations Bats. Nothing about the character feels earned. He stumbles onto a satellite Batmab base coopts the fear and claims th is mantle for his war on privilege. His father has effectively stolen the Wayne fortune and company which the character also insinuates himself into while decrying the wealth. Funnily enough he speaks like this is the or 6 years in the future approaching Future State yet hes slated to again walk into the title after Bruce self exiles put of Gothsm next year.

Sorry for the typos. Tim Fox just feels entitled to usurp whatever he wants from Batworld and I think that's why most fans haven't embraced the idea of him as Batman. Theres no nobility or compelling force to him. Hes just a knob that thinks he can take whatever he wants for his less than compelling war on privilege. This is what third series for him? Hes still not resonating with fans and I think that's why DC is keeping him with one foot in the elseworldy Future State.

I dont know Merlyn...could DC be blinking with this character and keeping him in Future State for now? Perhaps they hope sales improve this series? Tamiki will be continuing the move towards Future State with Shadows of the Bat but Williamson seems to be working on a Batman Inc status when he takes over in 118.

reactionary= "I hate that you don't like what I like and even have the guts to critique it". @Ming: Neah, he'll be the Batman in the main DCU and for some time.

Right, how dare we point out the King has no clothes. I mean, isn't it every day that costumed comic writers take a hit-and-run murderer and make him into a costumed hero? Clearly it must be something wrong with those of us who find that obscene.

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I'm starting to have my doubts Merlyn. It's entirely likely but the whole "Batman hasn't been seen in years thing is a status from Future State. Granted Ridleys writing has been pedestrian at best but that's quite a whopper DC editorial let go. Tamakis next arc pushes Tec towards future state but that would take it out of continuity by 5 or 6 years. I'm hoping you're wrong on this but you do tend to be right.

Agreed Bats. Theres a lack of nobility to what's behind Tim Foxs war on privilege and how hes chosen to go about it. It speaks to Ridleys values too. I think most fans cant find a way to resonate with that and so after a few issues Tim Fox books fall out of the top 50 sellers.

The sequence where Tim Fox uses urban hipster vernacular is just laughable. Yeah sure the kids will ask permission next time they spray paint a wall.

"Urban hipster vernacular"? Uhhh no its a dialect my guy. No different than Remy Lebeau incorporating French or rogue calling people "sugah".

No its urban hipster vernacular. For real...LOL.

Please... don't embarrass yourself. Its called AAVE and trust me this comic is using a pacified version of it

@Mingthemerciless It certainly is! somebody pass the patchouli

@fenixalasnegras oh lookie here, a racial dogwhistle. Really classy. About what I'd expect from you honestly.

Where the hell did you see a racial dogwhistle? Are you out of your mind? Or is that just your modus operandi? Whenever you run out of arguments, you're like "Ha! Gotcha, you racist"? You did the same with me, so it's not looking to be a coincidence. Please reasess your methods or I'm going to have to ask you to stop commenting on my reviews if your only objective is to make people racists when they're not.

Go look up what he referred to in context, and come back. Just because you tend to miss details and minutia in writing doesnt mean its not there. He made a deliberately obscure reference to a racial stereotype, because that's the kinds person he is. Isnt the first time either. Also I didn't do the same thing with you. Ive made implications that maybe your view on race issues is skewed but I've never called you a racist.. you've called plenty of books racist though, without merit.

No, there's a pattern here. You lose the argument (or don't actually have one in the first place) and then you jump right to "you're racist". You have to do better than that, sorry. Otherwise I don't really see the need to entertain conversations that don't actually go nowhere beyond flimsy accusations.

What argument did I lose? I wasn't even initially talking to him, nor did he even respond to what I said. Neither party did. Twice now in this very comment thread I've advised folks go do some actual research and both times they dodge. Ironically you are choosing to make a simply accusation instead of seeing for yourself why his comment is a dogwhistle. The pattern you SHOULD be seeing is from his own past comments, which lend even more credence to my statement.

So you want to keep going this way. Ok, it's your choice. When the consequences come, it should be noted that I have warned you.

You're literally not even attempting to respond to what I'm saying at this point lol. I might as well be posting anything else with how you are just flinging non sequiturs. Christ....

You're sensitive little thing arent you Toony?

And for real its urban hipster vernacular.

Merlyn I think toony came looking for attention because his gushing review didnt get much love. Honestly I think Ridley could publish a mac n cheese recipe and toony would sing hosannas to it.

By the way no one was putting any racial complexion on this awful book until Toonys senditivies were offended. Bless his heart.

Fenix apparently patchouli is racist "dog whistle" now. So says racist dog whistle policeperson toony. N' est pas?

No, its a dialect ming. Just because you weren't educated on that doesn't mean your word is law. I see you've been reduced to ad hominem and have no actual argument. Im more than willing to leave you to continue fellating yourself but I was hoping for more from someone who claims to know things. How many more individual thoughts did you come up with after these 5 barely coherent ones?

You don't have arguments toony...you have hysterics. No one with a modicum of intelligence takes an individual like you seriously. Please let me know if I posted any dog whistle there. Oh and for real its urban hipster vernacular.

My argument is that it isnt hipster anything because it isn't. Facts aren't hysterics. Any academia or institution that claims any modicum of intellect will tell you exactly what I'm telling you. The fact you cite intellect while disregarding this is proof of my claims, which by th way you still have failed to argue against. You are trying to avoid it and its so obvious. Please... stop embarrassing yourself. And I never accused you of dog whistling. Just felix who has scurried to his cave

@Mingthemerciless What? Hahaha! How do he get to that definition?This happens when the person has not traveled and believes that the world is limited to five blocks from his house. And worst of all, he doesn't even investigate, he just spews whatever comes to mind in his haunting mind. Such incoherence made me laugh a lot, that is appreciated.

Oh I investigated lmao. You aren't fooling anyone. Well... you're fooling some folks clearly. Haunting mind... I like the sound of that. I'll be stealing jt

And on a note ,Toonstrack , there are people who have occupations, maybe you don't understand that the world revolves beyond comics. You know, school, work, friends. If you look out the window, you will see a real world outside, where normal people live and engage in various activities.

He saw the hieroglyphics during his vision of the Necropolis. Assuming that Superman has witnessed and studied a myriad of interstellar dialects (he even has his own xeno-sanctuary in the fortress) it doesn't seem as unrealistic for him to understand the orientation/format of the genesis fragment hieroglyphs without knowing the language yet. Also, is it really lazy writing to have alien species communicating in their own respective language?

I know that he saw them during his vision, I remember that. It does seem unrealistically when he says he has no idea what that he means but that he's SURE the writing runs upward. Like, I don't know arabic but I only know the writing goes from right to left only because it's a verified knowledge, otherwise I'd have no fucking clue. Same goes about Mandarin. I just find that bit very convenient.

It's lazy because we don't have any translation, we have no idea what they're talking about and that was my point, PKJ just fills some pages with "dialogue" that doesn't actually mean anything. Of couse alien species communicate in their own language and we always see that across comics but usually it comes with a translation. Here it just seems like PKJ needs to fill up the number of pages with something and he chooses that gibberish. I'd be much more content with letting Federici's art shine.

I liked that for once you quit the uncertainty and this time you definitely admitted you're not wrong.

Hey, when people ask if I agree that water is wet, I have to say yes, no doubt about it.

Please don't use disparaging remarks about creators or insult them. It's a request from the site owner, Dan, not from me. Otherwise, yeah, I don't like Taylor's recent work either. Fortunately I think Superman Son of Kal-El will get cancelled pretty soon, the sales are not good.

As you know I have stopped reading DC comics with the exception of two or three books. But I read a Russian acquaintance furious at the way Selina is personified here.

Yeah, I've cut down on a lot of DC and Marvel books too, the quality is waning lately.

It could be just a kid named Elliot. There's no reason to assume he's Hush.

He looks very much like Bruce Wayne as a kid, I thought that was on purpose.

Tamaki wrote 'I am not Starfire". That's all you need to know about what to expect in her Detective Comics run.

So I just want to understand this clearly. You dont like this issue because it is very similar to Fraction's Hawkeye, Tom Taylor's dialogue, and how DC Comics wished everyone Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas right?

I think I was clear enough but whatever, I'll indulge you. I don't like this issue because it's childish and immature and the dialogue is cringe. And yes, I don't appreciate Taylor's obvious plagiarizing with the puppy. The "Happy holidays" thing had nothing to do with the rating, it was just something I've noticed and something that happens a lot lately in the comic industry and the world at large. And it is rather insane, but again, it didn't affect in any way the rating.

What do I tell you @Merlyn they do not want to offend the small offended. I'm an atheist, heretic and blasphemous for many and yet I don't dislike when some said me Merry Christmas. My stylist who is my friend apart, he is American, in the same way I celebrate with Thanksgiving. I have another Muslim friend who tells me "Hazak Allah Khair" I don't understand what the problem is by the way Merry Christmas @Merlyn I send you a big hug and as always I enjoy your Reviews.

Thanks, dude, Merry Christmas to you too! I don't get how you can hate Christmas, it's one of the purest holidays ever. Not just from a religious point of view, from a social one, it's always the period when most people try to be as good as they can be. Honestly, you can't hate Christmas unless you're a very, very shitty person. And this position from DC is just disgusting, they really pander to all these far-left loonies.

And if I don't get a chance to say it...Merry Christmas fenix and Merlyn. Heres to DC wiping the sleep from its eyes in 2022.

MARRY CHRISMAS @Mingthemerciless !!! I don't know where DC is going to end up afraid of doing good things to please some people who don't buy them and that in the long run they will do something that will make them cry.

sorry merry christmas jejeje

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you, too, Ming!

Cheers Merlyn. And heres to you cleaning out some of the trash here.

Yes, the "the Batwoman who laughs" was a BAD idea. I also don't know how much of this is written by Williamson vs. Dennis Culver. Following just for Thomas Wayne.

I'm also following this just for Thomas Wayne, I really like what Williamson is doing with him. Merry Christmas!

Yeah this one sounded like fun so I'll the book a shot. It's kind of a riff on Mile 22 or The Gauntlet. I don't need a Tom King-esque exploration of Batmans psyche. Funnily enough DC has given him another mini that hes calling a heist story. The only ones that will be robbed are the ones that but a Tom King Batman book.

I know. I thought he had enough of Batman, but I guess not. I don't know, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to you. I felt it was pretty weird, you could tell this was an inexperienced writer (who actually isn't a writer). All I can tell is there's a big difference between The Imposter and this one. Maybe bigger than my ratings would suggest, I was pretty generous with this one.

It's a bit like when Daniels took on a Bat title where he wrote and illustrated it. If it's fun I'm willing to accept it as long as the art is good the story is entertaining and it's written decently. Its like McDonalds sometimes you just want to have it even though you know theres better out there. Imposter was the cerebral exercise Tom King wanted to write but didnt have the chops.

I haven't read this one yet, but I completely agree the imposter did a better job exploring the " mentality of Batman " better then Tom king did in 87 issues lol.

I actually enjoyed this one Merlyn. A new villian that actually works in the rogues gallery-unlike the budget priced creations Tynion threw at us in the main book. It's not a bloated pretentious vat of mucus like King offers. It's just a "get EMP to his cell" romp and after Tynion and King for years I'm cool with that. It has its shortfalls but the fun factor is working for me so far.

Yeah, it's not bad, but I couldn't get over the "logic" of Vasquez actually having a point about crime on the streets only to somehow being made the villain and guilty of the fact that Gordon sucks at his job.