Action Comics 1000 set an expectation for what the millennium issue could represent. It was a celebration of the character traits and eras of Superman. Detective Comics 1000 is a ten dollar Batman anthology comic. The art was all great (4.5 of 5), but the stories were mostly either forgettable or written confusingly. Even stellar writers like Geoff Johns could not properly structure their stories into a short story format. Panels and story beats were omitted to shorten otherwise longer stories. Even Tom King who wrote an ingesting Superman story in AC 1000, took another dump on Batman with a jumbled mess of immature dialogue passed off as a short story here in Detective 1000. And as far as celebrating the 80 year history of Batman, maybe 2 of the stories paid any tribute to the history of Batman. I most appreciated the Longest Case and Precedent stories in this regard. Again looking back to AC 1000, we got a Luthor story, a story about the mobster from issue 1, and a classic Kent/Superman time crunch dilemma story that reminded me of Superman's long history and varied types of stories. Here in Detective 1000, it all just feels like a random excuse to pair headlining creators together. So I give the mostly mediocre writing a 3 of 5. Lastly, this issue gets a -1 overall for being $10. A fantastic AC 1000 could be put together for 80 pages at $8, but DC used Batman as an excuse to get a little extra cash from its readers this go around. If you have the cash for a $10 Batman anthology, you might find some value for your dollar in this issue. Otherwise, look for the couple of free excerpts released to online news sites and skip to issue 1001 for the next regular installment of Detective Comics.

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myconius - Apr 19, 2019

this is an excellent review for DC 1000.

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