Tom King is a goner, so I'm presuming that this arc is toast within 12 months of his departure. That makes reviewing this little escapade as anything more than the oddity that it is...well, kinda pointless. I don't mind the "City of Bane" arc itself, but the "how we got here" part with Thomas Wayne was dreadful. But I digress, and I don't want to continue beating up on the soon-departed.

It was an decent story for what it was...A sexy little rehab of body and mind on the French Riviera or wherever. Perhaps the most intelligible story I've read by King, and that counts for a lot with him.

My complaints are cosmetic:

1. The Cat/Bat dialogue is annoying. I know King is wed to that terminology, but he leans on it way too hard.

2. Training in spandex suits is a little more than silly when you're in some tropical paradise.

3. Practicality aside, they must have zero issues about personal privacy. Never mind that BRUCE WAYNE is vacationing with some knockout babe...and OH WAIT ITS BATMAN.

King hits the relationship notes in a stunted way, and the big pages of working out suggest he's healing. That counts for plot progress, I hope.

The art was great. I bet the artist had a blast not drawing sewage infested streets and chemical warehouses. He draws pretty women in paradise quite well.

Not much more to say about it. Except that GOTHAM IS BURNING AND ALFRED IS DEAD.

Can you rub a little more suntan lotion on my back?