On the way home from his 18th birthday party, newly minted billionaire Bruce Wayne makes an impulsive choice that puts him in their crosshairs and lands him in Arkham Asylum, the once-infamous mental hospital. There he meets Madeleine Wallace, a brilliant killer...and Bruce's only hope.
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pickThe ‘spirit‘ of Batman observes his own funeral and the stories told by his colleagues and enemies about him. Neil Gaiman writes the final episode to close out decades of Batman and Action Comics. It is a masterful eulogy to the Dark Knight, and a fitting last visit to the years of adventures past, before welcoming future tales and iterations of the beloved character. Essential to any fan of comics!
pickThat. ENDING. 😮 I'll admit, I wasn't totally feeling it for a good portion. Perhaps it's recent American history, or just American history as a whole, or my distance from the Cold War, but my main thought for much of the book was 'it's downright bizarre to see the binary thinking of if Superman were raised in the Soviet Union he would have turned into a despot and of course that would never happen in the U.S.' 1/?
so-soFeel like overall this collection of stories was darker than the first volume. To each their own Batman...
Gotham Spirit - high action, but low on saying anything of interest, when Batman's foes are people knocking over a liquor store, you just start seeing their desperation, and then I'm sympathizing with the 'bad guys', even while I can appreciate the prevalence of 'good' Black character cameos when that's so rarely been the default 1/?
Harvey Bullock asking the important questions: IS the Batmobile a gas guzzler? 🤔😆
Ooooh I've definitely watched action movies that fall into that categorization. Adding “bullet orgy“ to my vocabulary. 📝
HA! New all time high for non fiction established! 🎉 Time to read a bunch of graphic novels and totally muck up my numbers! 💁🏼♂️😁
pickHell, yes. It's such a feeling of relief after a couple meh graphic novels or novels or non-fiction books to read a GOOD one. That being said, this volume comes with two caveats: 1) The nature of The Spectre, as well as the theme of the overarching plot, had some heavy religious overtones. To my atheist ass that just reads as supernatural fiction, but if it's likely to bug you, be warned. 1/?
