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Batman (2011) (Single Issues)
Batman (2011-2016) #5
Deep beneath Gotham City lies the Court of Owls' deadliest trap – and Batman has fallen right into it! Can he escape, or will he perish in a maze of nightmare? Enter the labyrinth, Batman – if you dare!
25 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 18, 2012
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Scott Snyder
1,794 books5,280 followersScott Snyder is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning writer on DC Comics Batman, Swamp Thing, and his original series for Vertigo, American Vampire. He is also the author of the short story collection, Voodoo Heart, published by the Dial Press in 2006. The paperback version was published in the summer of 2007.
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May 8, 2023
Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad.
Batman is becoming mad is it something in the water he keeps drinking.
He has been missing for 8 days trapped in the labyrinth being tortured mentally.
The court of the owls have the upper hand but for how long?
Batman is becoming mad is it something in the water he keeps drinking.
He has been missing for 8 days trapped in the labyrinth being tortured mentally.
The court of the owls have the upper hand but for how long?
March 18, 2017
They're turning him mad, torturing him.
Is pretty amazing how much you can fall into a story. The art, dialogues, everything makes you fall, want more. Is amazing.
Is pretty amazing how much you can fall into a story. The art, dialogues, everything makes you fall, want more. Is amazing.
November 4, 2017
What a trip
July 20, 2020
هذه أكثر مرة أرى فيها باتمان تائه وحائر ويقترب من الجنون وقليل الحليلة، من بعد تلك المرة التي كان في سجن باين.
October 5, 2016
Gotham is without the Dark Knight while the Owls have him
April 11, 2016
Deeper into the maze...Shocking issue...What will he do now?
August 21, 2025
Episode 9: Face the Court
After 8 days with no sign of Batman, Jim Gordon refuses to turn off the bat signal. Refuses to give up hope - to the heroes and the city.
Bruce has been stuck in the Owls maze for 8 days, and he's slowly going insane. He fears the light, and hides in the dark, becoming paranoid.
Episode 10: Face the Court
Bruce passes framed photos of people. People the Owls killed? Their members? He finds coffins with pictures of children on them. One's open and empty. Bruce finds his parents, theyve been here the whole time. Theyre old and blind. But no, owls grotesquely emerge from them and attack Bruce. Bruce starts transforming into an owl, then a Talon stabs him in the back.
Damian is angered after the bat signal is broken and demands they fix it.
After 8 days with no sign of Batman, Jim Gordon refuses to turn off the bat signal. Refuses to give up hope - to the heroes and the city.
Bruce has been stuck in the Owls maze for 8 days, and he's slowly going insane. He fears the light, and hides in the dark, becoming paranoid.
Episode 10: Face the Court
Bruce passes framed photos of people. People the Owls killed? Their members? He finds coffins with pictures of children on them. One's open and empty. Bruce finds his parents, theyve been here the whole time. Theyre old and blind. But no, owls grotesquely emerge from them and attack Bruce. Bruce starts transforming into an owl, then a Talon stabs him in the back.
Damian is angered after the bat signal is broken and demands they fix it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 3, 2025
such an amazing, amazing issue. filled with psychological dread and confusion, we see batman in a new light. desperate, determined, obsessed. the character work is phenomenal, along with the awesome spin on the art and direction of the issue. it forces the reader into a state not unlike batman’s, with the issue turned sideways and upside down (which, by the way, just completely blew me away). 5/5 stars, so so incredible.
October 7, 2025
Batman #5 – “Face the Court, Part 2”
One of the most visually inventive Batman comics ever. Trapped in the Labyrinth of the Owls, Batman is hunted, drugged, and disoriented. Snyder and Capullo break all visual conventions — the reader literally has to turn the comic as Bruce loses grip on reality.
This issue is pure horror — a descent into insanity. Gotham’s savior becomes Gotham’s prey. Capullo’s distorted panels, oppressive darkness, and surreal imagery make it unforgettable.
One of the most visually inventive Batman comics ever. Trapped in the Labyrinth of the Owls, Batman is hunted, drugged, and disoriented. Snyder and Capullo break all visual conventions — the reader literally has to turn the comic as Bruce loses grip on reality.
This issue is pure horror — a descent into insanity. Gotham’s savior becomes Gotham’s prey. Capullo’s distorted panels, oppressive darkness, and surreal imagery make it unforgettable.
February 7, 2019
I enjoyed the psychological aspects of this issue, but I didn't care for how the panels became sideways and then upside down. Maybe it works when you're reading a physical comic book. But if you're reading it off a laptop screen like me, it doesn't really work.
February 24, 2024
2024 - Year of The Bat (366 Days of Batman)
Day 55: Capullo’s art in this issue is perfect. Just the look of concern captured on Cat Woman’s face on the two page spread shows his skill at capturing emotions. Kudos!
Day 55: Capullo’s art in this issue is perfect. Just the look of concern captured on Cat Woman’s face on the two page spread shows his skill at capturing emotions. Kudos!
July 29, 2025
Bruce, captured by the Court of Owls, is being driven completely insane in the maze he’s being kept in. he talks to himself, sees hallucinations, and ultimately ends up getting stabbed. Meanwhile in Gotham, Damian wants the Bat signal up and so does Gordon.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 28, 2020
Face The Court part-2
April 21, 2012
I get these monthly but I'll review the collections as they come.
I wouldn't say there is anything new, exactly, in this version of Batman, but there is something to be said for focusing in on the things that make Batman great. As the story progresses, however, the bottom falls out for Batman and the reader as we find that something new was coming after all. I'm being vague on purpose to not give anything away--although its daft to think I need to review Batman for anyone out there anyway (you already read this or you never will).
I wouldn't say there is anything new, exactly, in this version of Batman, but there is something to be said for focusing in on the things that make Batman great. As the story progresses, however, the bottom falls out for Batman and the reader as we find that something new was coming after all. I'm being vague on purpose to not give anything away--although its daft to think I need to review Batman for anyone out there anyway (you already read this or you never will).
October 19, 2015
They want me to come out of the dark, but I won't... I won't... I'll stay here. Where it's safe, safe from them... From the Owls
I think I died and screamed a little bit at the end, just a little bit.
April 21, 2016
Batman is trapped in a labyrinth without his belt and gadgets and is almost driven crazy.. I love the sideway and the upside-down pages, it totally confused me :D and their purpose was achieved (communicating Batman's desorientation), getting creepier with every bubble!
March 9, 2015
Snyder is the perfect Batman writer.
November 22, 2015
Въй, че зловещо. Доказателство, че демоните в собствената ни глава са най-страшни.
June 14, 2016
Y CASI QUE LE PONÍA UN 6.
January 27, 2017
4.0 - Batman on an acid trip makes for a sparse issue without much concrete meaning. Despite that, Snyder and Capullo deliver a quality little Rubik's cube of a comic puzzle that is highly enjoyable.
September 12, 2017
Last page hit me in the feels.
July 24, 2020
83/100
August 2, 2015
Crazed episode that has Batman almost breaking and dying.
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