Everything King does with Batman is so hit or miss. I guess OBD Riddler actually succeeds in what it aims to do, but is that necessarily a good thing?

First, I am huge Alan Moore fan. By far my favorite writer of all time. That said, Killing Joke is one of my least favorites of his works. The whole idea of Killing Joke being the flip-side of Batman's origin sounds poetic but it's really corny and trite. My biggest issue was that it took this maniacal, unreasonable monster and made him sympathetic (like Rob Zombie's Halloween did for Michael Myers). You walk away going, "jeez, no wonder he's so messed up." Plus, there's the sadistic torture porn part with Batgirl.

OBD Riddler was just Tom King emulating Alan Moore at his worst. You have a Riddler who is beaten by his father and later finds out that his mother is a prostitute that his own henchmen are banging. He also kills a completely innocent person as a "warning" to Batman that he can do that anytime he wants if Batman pisses him off. It is also complete with a not-as-vague ending where Batman kills him (similar to the Killing Joke).

It's really amazing that in 2022, writers can still only barely scratch the surface of what an amazing writer Alan Moore was and all his potential. The most they come away with is dark, brooding neurotic heroes/villains. I guess none of them read his America's Best Comics stuff or even Supreme.