Meanwhile, Dick Grayson stays on Gotham City and he is The Batman there. This story is about Batman, BUT it’s Dick Grayson under the mantle.īruce Wayne is back, but he’s busy off shores establishing his idea of “Batman Incorporated”, a global force of Batmen, financed by Wayne Enterprises to help local police departments around the world. You have to judge the situation early, clearly.judge it from the diving board, high above, before you’re falling… before you’re in danger.

Illustrators: Jock & Francesco Francavilla Still very compelling though.This collected edition contains a storyline originally published on “Detective Comics” #871-881. Overall: The brilliant moments are kind of trashed by endings that flounder. WHAT? GO DRAG THAT TREACHEROUS HUMAN INTO THE GCPD AND DO THE WORLD A FAVOR! WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?Ī totally awesome storyline killed by a stupid ending. Don’t trust her, Dick!īatman gets ambushed by an Energizer Bunny villain, nearly dies in a flood of sportscars, and survivesīatman gets kidnapped by the yakuza, they explain a lot of pirate history and Bats fights off a killer whaleīatman shows up in a badass way at the real mastermind’s house and all is revealed This Sonia person seems shady, outstanding citizen or no. OMG THERES A DEAD WOMAN IN THE WHALE IS THIS THE MYTH OF JONAH THE COOLNESS JUST WENT UP A NOTCH OMG THERE’S A WHOLE FREAKING KILLER WHALE IN HERE THIS IS SO AWESOME I was liking the guessing game and then the fool started monologuing. OH CRAP, HE’S GOING AFTER HER WITH A KNIFE IN HIS EYE! RUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNN! That wasn’t a go-ahead for you to attack Babs… Inventive.Īlso, the Joker is on the loose, is anyone going to bring him back to daycare? Hey, Gordon has a son! Did not know that. WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS? THE VILLAIN IS PART DINOSAUR? I didn’t mean dive from an airplane though… Ha! See, I knew he’d survi- OMG, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS LEGS ASDFGHKL?! That cliff-hanger don’t fool me, I know he’ll be alive. Haha, Gordon isn’t used to Bats being so friendly.Īnother of those shady organisations, I see… I seem to be incapable of writing coherently today. There are three stories in this one, and I’m not sure which one I liked the best, since they all had their pros and cons.

Maybe it’s less impressive because I read Court of Owls first? I feel like there’s a theme in Snyder’s books about secret underground organisations existing for ages in Gotham, which just shock the hell out of whoever is Batman at the moment.

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