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Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book collects issues 1-7 of the New 52 Batman series. Batman has heard of the Court of Owls but views them as mere bedtime stories and his attempts to investigate them have always borne that out., But when as Bruce Wayne, he decides to make radical changes to Gotham City, Batman learns they're a deadly reality.

Overall, this book builds a great sense of mystery and danger around the Court of Owls Batman is broken down a bit. At the beginning of the book, he's arrogant about how much he knows about Gotham and how because of that, the Owls couldn't possibly exist. The biggest challenge the book has in many ways is getting us to believe something as big and dangerous as the Court exists with Batman never having discovered it and it pulls that off nicely.

The book also sees the introduction of a nice supporting character in Lincoln, a Gotham Mayoral candidate. The art is good, occasionally going surreal or over the top in the scenes where the court has Batman. Overall, this is a great beginning for one of the most praised series in the New 52.



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