All reviews for Detective Comics tom 1. Oblicza śmierci (2013)
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Honestly, I wasn't very impressed with this book. There are basically two 3-issue arcs loosely tied together. The first, dealing with Dollmaker, is the better of the two, although that's not saying much. Batman gets beaten up a lot, Joker gets victimized (albeit willingly?), and a little girl becomes a vicious pawn in the game. It works, but it's not particularly strong. The second arc, dealing with Wayne's girlfriend and a break-in of Penguin's new Iceberg Lounge just feels scattered. The 'why' behind the story doesn't ever seem explained, and, while some family details of the characters make it a little more relevant, even at the end it just feels like an action scene in need of a reason. The story and the art feel very loose and unrestrained, and it just didn't connect with me at all.
This started out strong then commenced to jumping all over the place. I was more than enjoying the Dollmaker arc and then I felt as if I was missing pages. Maybe it was my fault but I wasn't familiar with some characters and I felt like the writing suggested that I was suppose to be fully aware of who they were. Can't believe I just rated any thing Batman below a 4/5... but my expectations were high for this and it just didn't deliver.Not really in a rush for vol 2 any time soon.
Meh. It was just "okay". Again, sketches at the back were my favorite.
I'm not in for the long haul on this one.