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Batman: War Games #3
Batman: War Games, Act 3: Endgame
The conclusion of a Gotham-wide gang war that threatens to destroy the city. Ending this will cost Batman the life of one of his allies and the allegiance of the Gotham PD.
Collects: BATMAN #633, BATGIRL #57, CATWOMAN #36, ROBIN #131, BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #58
Collects: BATMAN #633, BATGIRL #57, CATWOMAN #36, ROBIN #131, BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #58
200 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2005
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Andersen Gabrych
70 books14 followersAndersen Gabrych is a Northern California native. He’s written Detective Comics, Batman, Batgirl, Catwoman, and Omega Men for DC Comics, and is the author of the original graphic novel, Fog Town.
As an actor he appeared most notably in the award-winning Edge of Seventeen and at HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival. He currently lives in L.A. with his cat, Moses, and is the co-creator of Pyrasphere, “Hollywood’s fastest growing new religion,” and the subsequent documentary Bright Day! about this fictitious spiritual movement.
As an actor he appeared most notably in the award-winning Edge of Seventeen and at HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival. He currently lives in L.A. with his cat, Moses, and is the co-creator of Pyrasphere, “Hollywood’s fastest growing new religion,” and the subsequent documentary Bright Day! about this fictitious spiritual movement.
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May 26, 2022
"Alone at last. I'll bet I know what you're thinking - you're hoping we've reached the romantic interlude in our little drama." -- Black Mask, the deranged villain
"No, I'm hoping that when I vomit, I get most of it on you." -- Barbara 'Oracle' Gordon, the heroine coolly keeping her wits while trapped with the psycho
The War Games series satisfactorily concludes with this volume . . . and it sort of falls prey to the (sometimes disputed) axiom that the third part of a trilogy is the weakest. While I like a good Batman story-line, and I have no issue with an epic or saga-like crime narrative, I also had to wonder if an editorial tightening up to just two books would've been more effective. (To cop a succinct opinion from another GR reviewer, "This started off amazing and was just okay by the time it ended.") Still, this volume features various scenes of Batman and his assembled proteges kicking ass and saving the day during the seemingly never-ending gang war in Gotham City, and even Spoiler gets to administer some rough justice to the creep who nearly tortured her to death in the prior installment.
"No, I'm hoping that when I vomit, I get most of it on you." -- Barbara 'Oracle' Gordon, the heroine coolly keeping her wits while trapped with the psycho
The War Games series satisfactorily concludes with this volume . . . and it sort of falls prey to the (sometimes disputed) axiom that the third part of a trilogy is the weakest. While I like a good Batman story-line, and I have no issue with an epic or saga-like crime narrative, I also had to wonder if an editorial tightening up to just two books would've been more effective. (To cop a succinct opinion from another GR reviewer, "This started off amazing and was just okay by the time it ended.") Still, this volume features various scenes of Batman and his assembled proteges kicking ass and saving the day during the seemingly never-ending gang war in Gotham City, and even Spoiler gets to administer some rough justice to the creep who nearly tortured her to death in the prior installment.
March 17, 2016
In this conclusion Batman has to save Gotham from complete chaos. There's a lot about the other Bat Family members in this one and even with the conclusion there are other problems that will arise in later graphic novels.
OVERALL GRADE: B to B plus.
OVERALL GRADE: B to B plus.
April 24, 2023
This whole War game story was brilliant , with a lot of it feeling realistic and the story really dealing with many dark tales, including tortures , gang wars and so many deaths . In the end the story puts the question out for the readers to decipher , whether they consider the actions of the Caped vigilantes heroic, or consider them the cause of the destruction.
I as a reader thoroughly enjoyed the whole saga , with the portrayal of Black Mask really well put , so much so that it does feel that he was a character better than Joker and two face . The only complain i held for the storyline was the way the story finished , it felt out of pace and jarring , with abrupt and somewhat anti climatic ending . Overall it was one of the best written bat stories , if not one fine dark gruesome comic book
I as a reader thoroughly enjoyed the whole saga , with the portrayal of Black Mask really well put , so much so that it does feel that he was a character better than Joker and two face . The only complain i held for the storyline was the way the story finished , it felt out of pace and jarring , with abrupt and somewhat anti climatic ending . Overall it was one of the best written bat stories , if not one fine dark gruesome comic book
November 2, 2025
That finale was so ASS
July 23, 2020
Act 3 is a satisfying ending to War Games, it’s an explosive and shocking finale that ties up the arc nicely.
April 22, 2016
This was absolutely a-ma-zing!
The thrills this book gave me..
For me the Black Mask was one hell of a villian.. The way he took over the orchestrated actions and bent it to his will.. Very nice move.
The heroes had a hard time, seen almost as bad guys themselves..
At a couple of moments I was actually thinking this was going to be the downfall of The Bat and his team.. But of course, who can stop the Bat for real, right? ;)
I have to say I got tears in my eyes at the end.. That sure was a difficult moment right there.
Oh, and that last panel... well, think we've got a lot to look forward too, right?!
And of course, yet again, the artwork was perfect! Dark, gritty,.. just the way I like it!
So allround numbers: 5/5/5 for story/characters/artwork
The thrills this book gave me..
For me the Black Mask was one hell of a villian.. The way he took over the orchestrated actions and bent it to his will.. Very nice move.
The heroes had a hard time, seen almost as bad guys themselves..
At a couple of moments I was actually thinking this was going to be the downfall of The Bat and his team.. But of course, who can stop the Bat for real, right? ;)
I have to say I got tears in my eyes at the end.. That sure was a difficult moment right there.
Oh, and that last panel... well, think we've got a lot to look forward too, right?!
And of course, yet again, the artwork was perfect! Dark, gritty,.. just the way I like it!
So allround numbers: 5/5/5 for story/characters/artwork
May 25, 2020
This series started off amazing and was just okay by the time it ended. The second volume lost most of my interest in this series. It happens a lot in Batman comics where Batman refuses the help from the rest of the Batfamily and wants to finish things on his own and this is another case of that happening here. I feel this trope is mostly a cop out with the authors just not knowing how to involve the rest of the family in the final showdown. Batman is always pretty gruff with his family during major events but in this series he just comes off as a huge asshole and committed actions I think would have pushed some of his allies to the breaking point. Overall in this series it just felt like a lot of out of character actions were committed by Batman.
December 17, 2016
The Batman: War Games series finishes in Act 3: Endgame. It is intense, emotional and suspenseful. The action that is depicted is incredible and the story line is finished in a way that doesn't completely satisfy you, it makes you want more. I really enjoyed reading this series and the conclusion of it makes me sad and yet curious as to what will happen next. I will be highly anticipating the future before reading the sequel, Batman: War Crimes. Overall, just another interesting and wonderful Batman comic that makes you love/hate the main character and his actions (but love always wins).
November 30, 2010
OMG. That's one doozy of an ending. Let's just say I'm glad I don't live in Gotham City.
May 12, 2019
Bueno, en estos días he leído los tres tomos de Batman: Juegos de Guerra, pero en lugar de escribir una reseña por volumen, me reservo el tercero para evaluar la serie completa (y su continuación, Crímenes de Guerra). A ver, la verdad es que guardaba bastante buen recuerdo de esta saga que se extendió durante varios meses por todas las colecciones relacionadas con la franquicia de Batman (o sea, todas las de Batman, Batgirl, Catwoman, Nightwing y Robin) y que narra una guerra de bandas que arrasa Gotham durante tres noches, provocada por un error por parte de uno de los más recientes aliados de Batman. Y es que no hacía mucho que, debido a cuestiones familiares, Tim Drake había decidido dejar de ser Robin, y Bruce Wayne decidió sustituirle por la novia de este, Stephanie Brown, que hasta ese momento había sido la heroína llamada Spoiler. Durante algún tiempo, la nueva Robin colaboró con Batman, pero finalmente él la despidió por falta de confianza. Deseosa de ganarse de nuevo la confianza de Batman, Spoiler quiere llevar a cabo uno de los "Juegos de Guerra" de Batman, planes cuidadosamente detallados para hacer frente a diversas situaciones, y en este caso, Spoiler trata de poner todas las bandas de la ciudad bajo el control de Batman a través de uno de sus aliados, Orfeo. Pero la falta de confianza de Batman en Spoiler hace que la planificación fracase, y pronto la ciudad se convierte en un infierno.
Juegos de Guerra pone sobre la mesa la desconfianza entre Batman y los suyos, y como uno de sus adversarios al que creían muerto, aprovecha cada una de esas grietas para conseguir más poder y convertir lo que había sido en principio una guerra caótica en el alzamiento de un ejército contra las instituciones de la ciudad.
Y bueno, esa es la historia más o menos. Un villano vuelve, un héroe muere, y luego se descubre que el culpable de esa muerte no es sino una de las personas más cercanas al círculo de Batman y sobre todo del propio Bruce Wayne. Pero si bien en su momento me llamó bastante la atención, la verdad es que la relectura ha sido un poco decepcionante. El ritmo es un poco repetitivo, y la verdad es que Batman y todos los suyos parecen un poco chapuceros a nivel de una trama en la que si algo puede salir mal... sale.
Bueno, vamos a por más...
Juegos de Guerra pone sobre la mesa la desconfianza entre Batman y los suyos, y como uno de sus adversarios al que creían muerto, aprovecha cada una de esas grietas para conseguir más poder y convertir lo que había sido en principio una guerra caótica en el alzamiento de un ejército contra las instituciones de la ciudad.
Y bueno, esa es la historia más o menos. Un villano vuelve, un héroe muere, y luego se descubre que el culpable de esa muerte no es sino una de las personas más cercanas al círculo de Batman y sobre todo del propio Bruce Wayne. Pero si bien en su momento me llamó bastante la atención, la verdad es que la relectura ha sido un poco decepcionante. El ritmo es un poco repetitivo, y la verdad es que Batman y todos los suyos parecen un poco chapuceros a nivel de una trama en la que si algo puede salir mal... sale.
Bueno, vamos a por más...
December 21, 2018
War Games is a major storyline comic book story arc published by DC Comics that ran in its Batman family of titles. The plot revolves around a gang war involving all the major criminal groups in Gotham. It starts with one of Batman's most ambitious contingency plans for a possible outbreak of uncontrollable gang violence.
Batman: War Games, Act Three: Endgame collects: Detective Comics #799, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #184, Nightwing #98, Batman: Gotham Knights #58, Robin #131, Batgirl #57, Catwoman #36, and Batman #633.
This trade paperback concludes the story of the battle facing Batman and his allies in the face of gang reprisals following the death of many of the city's key underworld leaders. It takes a drastic toll as Stephanie Brown as Spoiler, formerly Robin, dies from the reprisal.
Bill Willingham, A.J. Lieberman, Dylan Horrocks, and Ed Brubaker are credited for writing the series and for the most part, I rather enjoyed the narrative. Some issues were better than others were, but overall it was somewhat well planned and written. It had a rather tragic conclusion of Stephanie Brown dying, which was handled somewhat well.
Tom Derenick, Al Barrionuevo, Mike Huddleston, Paul Gulacy, and Kinsun Loh are the pencilers for the series. With so many pencilers, it is rather difficult to grade the overall artistic flow. For the most part this hodgepodge of pencilers has similar styles with few exceptions and that the flow of the artistic style flowed rather smoothly with a few sudden jerks.
Overall, Batman: War Games was a rather well planned out event. However, I was not all too thrilled with the red herring of making Stephanie Brown a Robin, just to get her fired and murdered – she deserved better. Her tenure should have been better being the first female Robin in the main continuity.
All in all, Batman: War Games, Act 3: Endgame is a rather good conclusion to an event that was done rather nicely.
Batman: War Games, Act Three: Endgame collects: Detective Comics #799, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #184, Nightwing #98, Batman: Gotham Knights #58, Robin #131, Batgirl #57, Catwoman #36, and Batman #633.
This trade paperback concludes the story of the battle facing Batman and his allies in the face of gang reprisals following the death of many of the city's key underworld leaders. It takes a drastic toll as Stephanie Brown as Spoiler, formerly Robin, dies from the reprisal.
Bill Willingham, A.J. Lieberman, Dylan Horrocks, and Ed Brubaker are credited for writing the series and for the most part, I rather enjoyed the narrative. Some issues were better than others were, but overall it was somewhat well planned and written. It had a rather tragic conclusion of Stephanie Brown dying, which was handled somewhat well.
Tom Derenick, Al Barrionuevo, Mike Huddleston, Paul Gulacy, and Kinsun Loh are the pencilers for the series. With so many pencilers, it is rather difficult to grade the overall artistic flow. For the most part this hodgepodge of pencilers has similar styles with few exceptions and that the flow of the artistic style flowed rather smoothly with a few sudden jerks.
Overall, Batman: War Games was a rather well planned out event. However, I was not all too thrilled with the red herring of making Stephanie Brown a Robin, just to get her fired and murdered – she deserved better. Her tenure should have been better being the first female Robin in the main continuity.
All in all, Batman: War Games, Act 3: Endgame is a rather good conclusion to an event that was done rather nicely.
March 14, 2025
Enfin, c'est terminé.
L'Acte 2 était prometteur, mais finalement, tout est retombé à plat.
On voit bien que tout ce crossover n'était qu'une excuse éditoriale pour revenir à un statu quo différent concernant la Bat-Family.
Batman Begins est passé par là, et avoir un Batman avec une famille complète, ça ne pouvait pas coller. Il fallait revenir à un Batman seul avec Alfred, dans une ville à cran et recherché par la police.
C'est finalement une raison très mercantile qui nous a donné War Games, et on sent que la fin était forcée. Ça se ressent beaucoup trop : les ficelles sont énormes, les effets spéciaux sont visibles à l'écran.
Le départ de Robin est lui aussi forcé par une intrigue qui n'a même pas lieu dans la saga et qui est dévoilée hors série Batman (cf. Identity Crisis). Bref, tout est "de trop" et pas super bien amené.
Au final, on a désormais un Batman qui ressemble à celui du film. Ok. Pourquoi pas.
C'est juste dommage qu'on soit tous passés par tout ça pour ça.
Et oui, "tout" ça, parce que c'était long, mais looonngg…
L'Acte 2 était prometteur, mais finalement, tout est retombé à plat.
On voit bien que tout ce crossover n'était qu'une excuse éditoriale pour revenir à un statu quo différent concernant la Bat-Family.
Batman Begins est passé par là, et avoir un Batman avec une famille complète, ça ne pouvait pas coller. Il fallait revenir à un Batman seul avec Alfred, dans une ville à cran et recherché par la police.
C'est finalement une raison très mercantile qui nous a donné War Games, et on sent que la fin était forcée. Ça se ressent beaucoup trop : les ficelles sont énormes, les effets spéciaux sont visibles à l'écran.
Le départ de Robin est lui aussi forcé par une intrigue qui n'a même pas lieu dans la saga et qui est dévoilée hors série Batman (cf. Identity Crisis). Bref, tout est "de trop" et pas super bien amené.
Au final, on a désormais un Batman qui ressemble à celui du film. Ok. Pourquoi pas.
C'est juste dommage qu'on soit tous passés par tout ça pour ça.
Et oui, "tout" ça, parce que c'était long, mais looonngg…
September 29, 2023
Apesar de não ver tantas menções a jogos de guerra, depois de ler o arco inteiro, o qual ser encerra no ato 3, o classificaria como um arco marcante para Gotham e para a cronologia do Batman.
Muitas sagas e arcos do passado, por alterarem muito o ambiente e características de personagens, logo vão sendo esquecidas. Nesse caso, por ser mais um arco que desenvolve uma destruição de Gotham + a morte de uma personagem da Batfamily (atualmente), acredito que esses sejam os motivos de serem pouco mencionados.
Se tratando desse último ato, temos Gotham chegando ao seu limite. A polícia não aguenta mais o caos instaurado pelas gangues, a imprensa está colocando em dúvida a credibilidade e atuação dos vigilantes em Gotham, e ainda temos o Batman sem plano de contingência, pois o mesmo demora a perceber o que realmente está ocorrendo na cidade.
Essa edição é bem violenta, mostra batalhas intensas entre a Batfamily e os vilões, e ainda mostra todo o motivo de estar ocorrendo essa guerra em Gotham.
No geral, é um bom ato, vale a pena ser lido pelo desenvolvimento do vilão mafioso que surpreende ao ser revelado, a morte de uma personagem de cronologia do Batman, e por ser uma história interessante do Batman no que tange ele "perdido", no sentido de não ter um plano de contingência diante o que está ocorrendo.
Muitas sagas e arcos do passado, por alterarem muito o ambiente e características de personagens, logo vão sendo esquecidas. Nesse caso, por ser mais um arco que desenvolve uma destruição de Gotham + a morte de uma personagem da Batfamily (atualmente), acredito que esses sejam os motivos de serem pouco mencionados.
Se tratando desse último ato, temos Gotham chegando ao seu limite. A polícia não aguenta mais o caos instaurado pelas gangues, a imprensa está colocando em dúvida a credibilidade e atuação dos vigilantes em Gotham, e ainda temos o Batman sem plano de contingência, pois o mesmo demora a perceber o que realmente está ocorrendo na cidade.
Essa edição é bem violenta, mostra batalhas intensas entre a Batfamily e os vilões, e ainda mostra todo o motivo de estar ocorrendo essa guerra em Gotham.
No geral, é um bom ato, vale a pena ser lido pelo desenvolvimento do vilão mafioso que surpreende ao ser revelado, a morte de uma personagem de cronologia do Batman, e por ser uma história interessante do Batman no que tange ele "perdido", no sentido de não ter um plano de contingência diante o que está ocorrendo.
November 2, 2025
Volume 3 was a bit easier to get through than the previous two and had much more focused plotting. No major complaints here but there were also no real stand out moments. I like that everyone has gone in their own direction and the police are hostile to vigilantes again after this event, it almost feels like a minor reset that is actually justified by the events of the comic.
3.5 stars.
3.5 stars.
May 25, 2022
Crossover entretenido de Batman, en el que surge una guerra entre familias criminales por un plan llevado a cabo por Stephanie Brown. Recomendable exclusivamente a seguidores fanáticos de Batman (como es mi caso). Argumento: "Stephanie Brown, también conocida como Spoiler, ha dejado de ser Robin contra su voluntad y piensa demostrarle a Batman que se equivocó al destituirla. Por eso pone en marcha un plan del propio Hombre Murciélago que podría destrozar los bajos fondos de Gotham. Cuando el caos se desate y los conflictos broten por la ciudad entera, el Caballero Oscuro necesitará la ayuda de todos los aliados posibles... ¡aunque parece seguro que alguien de la batfamilia va a morir!"
October 3, 2025
I’m a Batgirls fan and it’s important context in their stories, so I had to read the infamous “Stephanie Brown gets tortured to death with power tools” story.
Honestly, not bad! I was expecting it to be less enjoyable and more misogynistic, so I was pleasantly surprised with a pretty good Batman event.
Stephanie Brown gets fired from her brief stint as Robin and kinda accidentally starts a citywide gang war that gets hundreds of people killed. The whole Batfam has to run around putting out fires. It ends with a Batman back to basics, a dark avenging angel hated by the cops and the public, on his own in Gotham. 🙄
Honestly, not bad! I was expecting it to be less enjoyable and more misogynistic, so I was pleasantly surprised with a pretty good Batman event.
Stephanie Brown gets fired from her brief stint as Robin and kinda accidentally starts a citywide gang war that gets hundreds of people killed. The whole Batfam has to run around putting out fires. It ends with a Batman back to basics, a dark avenging angel hated by the cops and the public, on his own in Gotham. 🙄
September 13, 2021
Maybe I need to give Batman a little break. I just couldn't get invested in this and it took me way too long to read 8 modern comics. It felt like it wanted to end too quickly and I bet it was tough to bring that many creative teams together to tell a cohesive story. 24 issues for something like this was just too long. Yeah, I know. I said it felt rushed and it was too long. It just somehow was both.
February 11, 2022
There's a lot in this book that didn't interest me. I really only liked the last issue, and then it was over. This whole series seemed to be leading up to a big culmination, and it fell flat for me. The artwork varies.
May 13, 2022
No me gusta mucho el villano, pero de nuevo es aceptable. El final es muy triste y me gustó lo que pasó en la torre del reloj. Se podría decir que es odioso el cuerpo de policía, pero nos recuerda la importancia del código moral de Batman.
May 6, 2025
Bien content d’avoir lu la conclusion!
Je pense que l’overall, ce n’était mon histoire préf’!
Il y a eu des moments très très violents. Je pense que l’altercation entre Black Mask et Spoiler dépasse la mort de Jason Toad!!
Je pense que c’est ce que je retiendrai de cette aventure!
Je pense que l’overall, ce n’était mon histoire préf’!
Il y a eu des moments très très violents. Je pense que l’altercation entre Black Mask et Spoiler dépasse la mort de Jason Toad!!
Je pense que c’est ce que je retiendrai de cette aventure!
August 4, 2018
Everything happening to Stephanie was completely unnecessary and gratuitous violence. Change my mind.
January 3, 2022
Spoiler is such a badass. I take no criticism.
October 7, 2023
good story and great ending.
April 8, 2024
⭐️3.5
August 23, 2025
Brutal! And only a few years after No Man's Land?!
Great tension. Get Tarantula out of here tho
Great tension. Get Tarantula out of here tho
August 28, 2025
Bangers and Mash: The Ventriloquist (3/3)
April 12, 2025
it's nice a nice ark really interesting but I'll be honest i just read this cause i was reading batgirl (2000)
March 11, 2017
Orpheus, the vigilante hero that Batman handpicked to be his proxy in a war game scenario to control the gangs of Gotham, has been murdered. Without him, Batman's mission to restore order to his city, just got even more harder to accomplish. It's even more taxing as a long thought dead enemy of the Dark Knight has knows of Batman's plans and is impersonating Orpheus in order to put Gotham under their control Adding to the problem, the new Police Commissioner just ordered the GCPD to shoot any and all citizens of the city wearing a mask with extreme prejudice.
Batman: War Games comes to an explosive end. It's refreshing to have such a massive scale Batman story to NOT involve the Joker. The artwork chapters involving Catwoman and Batgirl continues to look ridiculous. But the overall story is top notch and is one of the best I've read this side of No Man's Land.
Batman: War Games comes to an explosive end. It's refreshing to have such a massive scale Batman story to NOT involve the Joker. The artwork chapters involving Catwoman and Batgirl continues to look ridiculous. But the overall story is top notch and is one of the best I've read this side of No Man's Land.
September 3, 2008
I read all three volumes of this hulk in one day, which attests to it being a quick read, but mostly to it being a compelling read. I was up until 2:00 AM blowing through the third volume, where the mystery antagonist being outed and becoming visibly active kicks the story up that last notch, especially since he/she is a totally different kind of quirky villain in that darkly understated way. It’s slow to start and has a poor sense of the city really being in chaos since the story is told almost entirely with various police and costumed heroes responding to specific emergencies, but Gotham enflamed in gang war creates a really exciting story as it goes on. Most of the notable Gothamites bring backstory that’s readily understandable and sympathetic: Nightwing is haunted by his complicitness in a murder, Spoiler is trying to prove herself after being ‘fired’ from the position of Robin (and in doing so mistakenly sparks the gang war), the huge gang war plot is something Batman actually devised but never intended to implement, the new commissioner keeps coming in on the wrong end of situations and can’t trust these heroes, and the real Robin struggles with staying out of the business when the city needs every hand it can get. The gang warfare has just enough structure to satisfy while being too chaotic for anyone to pre-empt or stop, leaving the story to define the characters rather than the normal pedantic tales where Batman or one of his arch-villain plans everything. There aren’t so many colorful classic baddies like Poison Ivy or Joker, in place of gang leaders and the few white collar criminals, like Penguin (who makes a killing supplying ammunition) and Deadshot (hired as a bodyguard).
The only substantial weaknesses are a few really unnecessary characters making some really unnecessary appearances (Hush shows up three times just to remind us how tough he is), and that since this story crossed multiple comics the compilation has a different artist for every chapter. These artists aren’t doing anything daring, instead being just similar enough for the changes in body types, facial structures and sometimes what clothing people are wearing to be jarring. It’s got to be some testament to the overall editing and direction of the story that I could bop across every differently drawn chapter so quickly, though.
The only substantial weaknesses are a few really unnecessary characters making some really unnecessary appearances (Hush shows up three times just to remind us how tough he is), and that since this story crossed multiple comics the compilation has a different artist for every chapter. These artists aren’t doing anything daring, instead being just similar enough for the changes in body types, facial structures and sometimes what clothing people are wearing to be jarring. It’s got to be some testament to the overall editing and direction of the story that I could bop across every differently drawn chapter so quickly, though.
September 29, 2014
Holy CRAP that was intense. I screamed at various members of my family to stop talking to me when they came into my room during the reading of the final 2 volumes.
I don't even know how to review this other than: READ IT. Is it perfect? No. Is it the BEST writing? No. Are there some parts I skipped over because it was like "ENOUGH ALREADY, I GET IT, THE NEWS THINKS BATMAN IS EVIL"? HELL yes. However, was this one of the most intense and suspenseful series I have read in a very, very, very, very, very long time? Oooooooh boy, yes.
If nothing else, the suspense factor was ramped up to an 11. It was all out ANARCHY. I think my body was releasing adrenaline at some point during the second half of this. The ending was alright, but it left a LOT left unsaid (and not in a cool ambiguous way, in a "Um, hi... it's me, the reader. Did you forget about the other 3 storylines you forgot to write the ending to?" kinda way.) It kinda felt like they had gotten Gotham into such a bad spot that they didn't completely know how to get them back into a fully good spot. It DID, however, leave the chance for more added to this series. So here's hoping. One other thing for those of you who've finished this, and knows the ENTIRE life of Spoiler AKA Stephanie;
Okay. So overall, not a complete masterpiece, but if you want something that'll get your heart racing, this is it.
I don't even know how to review this other than: READ IT. Is it perfect? No. Is it the BEST writing? No. Are there some parts I skipped over because it was like "ENOUGH ALREADY, I GET IT, THE NEWS THINKS BATMAN IS EVIL"? HELL yes. However, was this one of the most intense and suspenseful series I have read in a very, very, very, very, very long time? Oooooooh boy, yes.
If nothing else, the suspense factor was ramped up to an 11. It was all out ANARCHY. I think my body was releasing adrenaline at some point during the second half of this. The ending was alright, but it left a LOT left unsaid (and not in a cool ambiguous way, in a "Um, hi... it's me, the reader. Did you forget about the other 3 storylines you forgot to write the ending to?" kinda way.) It kinda felt like they had gotten Gotham into such a bad spot that they didn't completely know how to get them back into a fully good spot. It DID, however, leave the chance for more added to this series. So here's hoping. One other thing for those of you who've finished this, and knows the ENTIRE life of Spoiler AKA Stephanie;
Okay. So overall, not a complete masterpiece, but if you want something that'll get your heart racing, this is it.
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