From the visionary producers of Batman: The Animated Series comes all-new stories in this seminal animated world. In this opening chapter, S.T.A.R. Labs in Gotham City is attacked by a giant robot that steals an entire room from the laboratory. Who’s controlling the robot? How will Batman stop the mechanized menace? And what does it all have to do with Lex Luthor’s sudden appearance in Gotham?
I was originally not going to read this, but then comics pretty much stopped completely, so I figured why not? I was not a fan of the show growing up, simply because I didn't watch it. I've tried getting into it here and there, but it's truly not a bingeable show, in my opinion, so my speed on that front is glacial. It's just not really my thing. And this comic isn't my thing either. It's fine. Honest. I just don't find myself invested in it, which could just be the format of the comic rearing its ugly head. The biggest complaint for me is the art. Some people will understand this: It reminds me of the Simpsons comics. They were like the show, but a little off model and the coloring was much more flat. Same here for this comic compared to the cartoons. The writing is fine. There are no real complaints but I don't think it's particularly good. It's not even close. It exists. That's the best thing to say about this comic. It exists and you can read it.
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You're reviewing your experience with Batman instead of the comic. I didn't like the book either, but your review offers very little. Find a list of the best Batman Animated Series episodes and watch those first; the show was created before "bingeable" was a thing.
Well, the show doesn't have to be created during a time where "bingeable" is a thing. If it's a show I enjoy, I can binge it regardless. My point is that I wasn't enjoying the show enough to commit to watching multiple episodes at once, therefore making my experience with Batman TAS limited.
And the majority of the review is directed at the comic, where my biggest complaints are the flat art and the completely passable dialogue, which I nicely attributed, at least in part, to the format of the comic. If I were less nice today, this would have faired worse.