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Batman Confidencial #5: ¿Conoce Usted Sus Derechos? (2010)

by Andrew Kreisberg(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

8467483864 (ISBN13: 9788467468410)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Planeta DeAgostini Comics (DC Comics)

review 1: the premise was brilliant: batman drags joker into the police station for the first time ever to get processed and taken before the judge ~ and joker still manages to be a complete murdering menace. unfortunately it's all treated so silly it's hard to get the least bit emotionally involved in the story. joker comes off as more goofy than frightening, the police look like idiots, and batman doesn't have a whole lot to do here. worst of all, it's very dated, which, for me, violates really solid comic book writing: references to current media are already lost or clichéd, and even though this isn't that old, it lacks the timelessness of a well-done arc. additionally, there are too many leaps in logic and continuity problems.and lastly the jokes are bad. in adept hands, joker'... mores old-school humor can really work because contextually it can demonstrate, in spite of his insanity, that he's very self-aware. here, he just tells bad jokes. uneven art as well, though serviceable. i really wanted to like this and it does have an amusing moment or two in its silliness, but overall pretty disappointing. would really like to see someone take this idea on and treat it more seriously.
review 2: Batman: Dead to Rights has a lot of things going for it. The tone is probably the one thing I would recommend it for the most. While the story is about the Joker going on a bloody killing spree, the tone remains light and fun. Combined with the art, it has the feeling of a kid's comic book, with definitely adult content. I sometimes pick up children's titles, so this was really a positive in my view.Beyond the tone, the writing is both good and bad. Going in, it is probably better to expect the story to be about the Joker, with Batman more in the background. The Joker gets in some good lines. I actually laughed out loud at a reference to the movie "Ordinary People." There are some holes in the plot, but they are usually were not enough to take me completely out of the story.I liked a lot about the art. The bright colors works well with the kind of story they're telling, and it makes for a nice change from the norm. Their were some elements that bothered me, mostly characters' faces and disappearing eyelids. More time was definitely spent on getting the Joker right, and there are quite a few panels that I really enjoyed. less

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