Batman: Dark Detective
by Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers
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Read in April, 2008
This read as a Batman story for people who only have heard of Batman but don't really know anything about him. Even though this was the first Batman comic I have ever read, there was far too much explanation and trying to fit every aspect of Batman, including 4 villains, into one story. Just having watched 'Batman: The Animated Series', I felt that I knew more than what the author expected.
While I guess the idea is that in "real life" Batman doesn't deal with one bad guy at a tim...more
While I guess the idea is that in "real life" Batman doesn't deal with one bad guy at a tim...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommends it for:
anyone who cares about comics and wants to learn how to make them better
Easily the worst comic book I have read in recent memory. From the stilted dialog ("I'm stronger than you expect!" "Careful Scarecrow! Steroids make you paranoid! Oh, wait! You already are--") and poor paneling (if you need to put in guide arrows, maybe you should rethink the page layout) to the torture porn ending (that is not a joke), the book gets so many things wrong it should serve as an introductory guide to everything not ...more
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Read in March, 2008
Mmm, yeah, it’s okay. Some of the dialogue is very soap opera like, very cheesy. The story is lacking in a forward momentum and The Joker does some things that seem out of character for him, like sexual violation. The Joker is a lot of things but has never ventured into sexual torture during his crimes, it’s simply not his m.o.
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Read in December, 2006
Another one I got from the local public library.
See my short note on it:
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See my short note on it:
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