It’s a great read and most importantly, a lot of fun. Dini’s story follows the career of the worst henchman in the history of Gotham City. The two best stories were by Paul Dini (not that you’d expect anything less from the guy who wrote Arkham Asylum and City) and Brian Michael Bendis. This whole story should’ve been cut from the issue, and I would’ve expected better from a guy like Denny O’Neil, who has had some great Batman stories in the past. She’s been trying to guilt him about his choices. Naturally, Batman lays the hammer down and Thompkins goes all bleeding heart about the situation and yells at Batman. The issue hit a serious low in the story “Return to Crime Alley” by Denny O’Neil and Steve Epting, where Batman and Doctor Leslie Thompkins are in Crime Alley and a bunch of thugs try to mug them. The Geoff Johns story (penciled by Kelley Jones) was fun and futuristic.
Daniel also had stories in the book, and they were all right but your life won’t change after reading them. Warren Ellis and Christopher Priest throw in a couple of stories as well, and Neil Adams contributed some amazing pencil work. I like Smith’s work (and am still waiting for him to finish up his Batman trilogy) but this story seemed a bit corny and Jim Lee’s art felt sort of either rushed or his heart wasn’t really in it. Then we get a Jim Lee drawn, Kevin Smith scripted story that I could’ve taken or left. I enjoyed it more for the guest stars than anything else. It’s pretty good, and plays with the whole “Batman doesn’t know everything” angle that Snyder loves so much. Naturally, there’s a story by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo which is what we all wanted after such a legendary run on the New 52 Batman. I’ll save my two favorites for last though. I’m not going to get in depth about every story, as the issue is almost one hundred pages long and I’ll show my hand now, worth the price of admission. Much like a party, there’s a lot of different things going on in the issue, some of it great (the area around the grill) some of it ok (the kitchen) some of it pretty weak (the crying guest who threw up and has locked themselves in the bathroom). I’ll say this, if there were ever a hero who deserves a party, it’s Batman and Detective Comics certainly throws him one with this week’s issue. Where has the time gone? That’s right, Batman is turning 80 this month and Detective Comics is hitting issue number 1,000. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window).Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window).
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