Pasarin does a great job bringing eyeballs into the world of the Batman. Its weird my favourite parts of this novel were the non King parts.
It's a great story but the unevenness of the volume weakens it a bit.Tom King is writing one of the greatest Batman comic runs of all time.
The consequences? It also centralizes the plot for the reader, presenting a better idea of just what is going on. Exactly what I want in 'Detective Comics'. I expected this to be a full size graphic novel giving me a story on an unlikely collaboration between Batman and the Penguin to defeat Bane. I didn't pay enough attention to recognize this wasn't part of Tomasi's run on Batman and Robin.
The last two issues was a story that brought up some of Gordon's retconned past. It still fit in with what is going on in the other books even thought I haven't read the preceding volumes so it wasn't any loss to pick this up.
Men, women, and even dogs are being found dressed in historical garb, representing famous figures from across history.
The Penguin story is drab with the same tricks King has used throughout his run, feeling exceptionally stale this time around. Or is he?
Only about one quarter of this book actually has that ---- the rest is a compilation of various unrelated Batman stories, almost seemingly thrown in at random to give this book the length of a full size graphic novel. I've been thinking lately. I'm not warming up to this particular James Gordon.
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Detective Comics: Gordon at War wraps up Gordon's final tour of duty and hints at a return to civilian life for the commissioner and Dark Knight fans alike.Not particularly sure about this. Half storyline, half one-shots, entirely forgettable to the point that two days later I had to consult my receipts to see what I had, since I knew I read something but it made so little impression I couldn't remember what. Storyline and pacing was fine.The series ends on a high note with an interesting story that I really hopes continiues into the Rebirth universe.I didn't hate Gordon as Rabbit Batman because they actually wrote him as a detective in this title. What confused me about this book was that for a Detective Comics Volume 9 was a mixed bag but had more good moments than bad.
We may have to stay home and stay still, but through t...As the new Dark Knight former police commissioner must do what his predecessor did best: taking out crime in Gotham City. Peter Tomasi's back to his high standard of writing in this one. I keep hearing good things about Tom King but this story did not impress. Tomasi offers two distinct tales to conclude Gordon's time as Batman.
Great cliff hanger at the end of the third issue but spending the next three in a series of dreams was too much.
In the first Gordon and Bullock hunt down a creepy serial killer. Much better than volume 8.
Wow, Penguin had a wife?! Knowing now that the end of King's run is near, I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays out and hopefully it will be much more linear than other parts of his run. The tale is chilling but strange. (Yeah he is)Batman 'teams up with' (read: beats up) the Penguin in an attempt to uncover the secrets behind both the stories in the previous volume as the mastermind behind KGBeast's attack on Nightwing and Mister Freeze's supposed killing spree is revealed. Paperback.
First of all, this volume is, quite literally, a mixed bag — if the latest version of its description is true, this is going to include both Batman: Secret Files and Annual #3 (which I previously Welp, Tom King's magnificent Batman run had to have a low point, and this is probably it. There are two short arcs here, and neither of them are particularly good.