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Batman (2016) (Single Issues)
Batman (2016-) #155
After the shocking events of the last issue, Batman is reeling! But the investigation isn’t over just yet! The Court of Owls is intent on destroying Bruce Wayne’s life, while Commander Star continues to stoke the ?ames of civil unrest in Gotham City! It all heats up in the unforgettable new chapter of “The Dying City”!
32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 4, 2024
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Chip Zdarsky
874 books861 followersChip Zdarsky is a Canadian comic book artist and journalist. He was born Steve Murray but is known by his fan base as Chip Zdarsky, and occasionally Todd Diamond. He writes and illustrates an advice column called Extremely Bad Advice for the Canadian national newspaper National Post's The Ampersand, their pop culture section's online edition. He is also the creator of Prison Funnies and Monster Cops.
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December 4, 2024
2024 - Year of The Bat (366 Days of Batman)
Day 339: 4.5⭐️, rounded up. Now this is the Batman I love! The Detective trying to help his best friend. Love the reveal/twist. Why couldn’t Zdarsky’s whole run have been as good as this final arc has been?
Day 339: 4.5⭐️, rounded up. Now this is the Batman I love! The Detective trying to help his best friend. Love the reveal/twist. Why couldn’t Zdarsky’s whole run have been as good as this final arc has been?
December 5, 2024
Not as good as the last two issues in this arc. We were away from Batman for so long I forgot I was reading Batman. The one page flashback?/dream? was confusing and came out of nowhere and I still don’t totally understand it. I expected to feel the presence of the Court of Owls more, beyond Bruce literally running into their mysterious new leader.
December 5, 2024
Honestly a 5/5 just for the reveal at the end, the art style change is quaint and good, but leaves me wanting a lot more compared to the artist in the previous 2 issues, especially as Batman looks like he came out of his early days. But the story is still so strong!
This issue starts as we see the relationship between Koyuki and Gordon leading up to the death of her husband. It all started 13 weeks ago at Gordon and Bullock’s PI firm. As they fit a request from her to follow her husband and verify he wasn’t cheating…turns out he is just very dedicated to his job. But this has left Koyuki in a very depressed state with her husband constantly out of her life leaving her alone…but Jim was there to reassure her she wasn’t alone. Weeks go by and Jim is there on a walk when two thugs try and kidnap the mayor’s wife and Jim is the one to stop them. That’s when their relationship truly started. Weeks go by and the mayor is fully aware of the situation, seems he had the court of owls liaison, we keep seeing, have Jim followed. The two lovers decided they were going to start fresh, leave for metropolis. But then the night of the mayor’s murder comes. The two had a fight and she left with her child hours prior, with threats from the mayor that he would get custody if she went with Gordon. And that’s when the fight started, the mayor claimed she was depressed and trying to help, and Jim claimed she was depressed because of him. Mayor threw the first punch, yelling about Hum getting his daughter shot and wife killed all while on the job, and Jim hit back as he knows nothing about him. And then as the mayor grabbed a blunt object and went to attack…Jim pulls out his gun…and everything went black.
In the interrogation room Jim claims he didn’t do it, he didn’t fire the shots and Bullock needs to tell Batman to dig deeper. Batman is fully on Jim’s side, although no one else is, and he is sure he is going to prove it. Meanwhile Bruce is having bad dreams about his family. A nightmare where he walks into his parents room after a bad dream to find his father with another woman, and the thought of Jim being a murderer strikes him even harder. He wakes up slumped over his bat computer listening to an interview with commander star as he starts blaming antifa for the violent riots and how Bruce a Wayne is a communist because of his “wealth redistribution,” and that his mom and dad and the rest of his family would be disappointed…Bruce stops…I think he is starting to figure out the game being played against him.
Rowan is getting pretty gusty and took a meeting with Nygma in his high rise in broad daylight. Nygma’s moving faster now and the new mayor is very business forward. He doesn’t even need Wayne enterprises anymore…but that’s not going to stop him, when the shares go public he is going to scoop them up and take Nygmatech international. Meanwhile, Bruce is standing on the curb outside the building his supposed brother is embejtn held. Leonid Kull and two bodyguards step out and ask him to leave, he can have his family reunion after the shares go through…and if he takes one more step he would be trespassing. He takes the step and is immediately beat to the ground where he gets the opportunity to plant a bug on Kull.
Later that night the Batman returns to the scene of the mayor’s murder to look for any clue that was missed. On the ground he finds a black plastic sliver from a device, maybe a recording device. All the cameras were wiped, and the more Batman looks the more he thinks Gordon could have did it.
Back in the interrogation room, against Vandal’s orders, Batman meets with Jim. Batman throws down security footage from local businesses. They didn’t pick up anything directly…but in the reflection of car mirrors you can see Jim carrying a bag with gun and what he used to wipe down the scene. Jim immediately breaks down and admits he doesn’t even remember it, it’s all a blur and he wanted Batman to look so there would be zero doubt he did it. BUT, just then Batman notice’s Jim’s glasses. The sliver of plastic he found was from the glasses, after the mayor punched Jim, but the glasses are too thick for the plastic. Just as Batman is looking the alarm goes off, vandal has caught wind he is in the building and he orders him to hold the door back while he looks. The cops are busting down the door and even shoot through the one way mirror to get inside, all the while Batman is looking and Gordon is holding them off. Within the glasses is condensed well known technology…the mind control of the mad hatter!! But what would Jervis have to gain?? But then Batman realizes it was laid out in front of him the entire time, nygmatetch has been hidden in plain site on the high rise the entire time!! And one final inspection shows that the riddler left his mark on the circuitry, he could help but sign his work. Batman may be being held down by cops right now…but he’s coming for riddler!!
This issue starts as we see the relationship between Koyuki and Gordon leading up to the death of her husband. It all started 13 weeks ago at Gordon and Bullock’s PI firm. As they fit a request from her to follow her husband and verify he wasn’t cheating…turns out he is just very dedicated to his job. But this has left Koyuki in a very depressed state with her husband constantly out of her life leaving her alone…but Jim was there to reassure her she wasn’t alone. Weeks go by and Jim is there on a walk when two thugs try and kidnap the mayor’s wife and Jim is the one to stop them. That’s when their relationship truly started. Weeks go by and the mayor is fully aware of the situation, seems he had the court of owls liaison, we keep seeing, have Jim followed. The two lovers decided they were going to start fresh, leave for metropolis. But then the night of the mayor’s murder comes. The two had a fight and she left with her child hours prior, with threats from the mayor that he would get custody if she went with Gordon. And that’s when the fight started, the mayor claimed she was depressed and trying to help, and Jim claimed she was depressed because of him. Mayor threw the first punch, yelling about Hum getting his daughter shot and wife killed all while on the job, and Jim hit back as he knows nothing about him. And then as the mayor grabbed a blunt object and went to attack…Jim pulls out his gun…and everything went black.
In the interrogation room Jim claims he didn’t do it, he didn’t fire the shots and Bullock needs to tell Batman to dig deeper. Batman is fully on Jim’s side, although no one else is, and he is sure he is going to prove it. Meanwhile Bruce is having bad dreams about his family. A nightmare where he walks into his parents room after a bad dream to find his father with another woman, and the thought of Jim being a murderer strikes him even harder. He wakes up slumped over his bat computer listening to an interview with commander star as he starts blaming antifa for the violent riots and how Bruce a Wayne is a communist because of his “wealth redistribution,” and that his mom and dad and the rest of his family would be disappointed…Bruce stops…I think he is starting to figure out the game being played against him.
Rowan is getting pretty gusty and took a meeting with Nygma in his high rise in broad daylight. Nygma’s moving faster now and the new mayor is very business forward. He doesn’t even need Wayne enterprises anymore…but that’s not going to stop him, when the shares go public he is going to scoop them up and take Nygmatech international. Meanwhile, Bruce is standing on the curb outside the building his supposed brother is embejtn held. Leonid Kull and two bodyguards step out and ask him to leave, he can have his family reunion after the shares go through…and if he takes one more step he would be trespassing. He takes the step and is immediately beat to the ground where he gets the opportunity to plant a bug on Kull.
Later that night the Batman returns to the scene of the mayor’s murder to look for any clue that was missed. On the ground he finds a black plastic sliver from a device, maybe a recording device. All the cameras were wiped, and the more Batman looks the more he thinks Gordon could have did it.
Back in the interrogation room, against Vandal’s orders, Batman meets with Jim. Batman throws down security footage from local businesses. They didn’t pick up anything directly…but in the reflection of car mirrors you can see Jim carrying a bag with gun and what he used to wipe down the scene. Jim immediately breaks down and admits he doesn’t even remember it, it’s all a blur and he wanted Batman to look so there would be zero doubt he did it. BUT, just then Batman notice’s Jim’s glasses. The sliver of plastic he found was from the glasses, after the mayor punched Jim, but the glasses are too thick for the plastic. Just as Batman is looking the alarm goes off, vandal has caught wind he is in the building and he orders him to hold the door back while he looks. The cops are busting down the door and even shoot through the one way mirror to get inside, all the while Batman is looking and Gordon is holding them off. Within the glasses is condensed well known technology…the mind control of the mad hatter!! But what would Jervis have to gain?? But then Batman realizes it was laid out in front of him the entire time, nygmatetch has been hidden in plain site on the high rise the entire time!! And one final inspection shows that the riddler left his mark on the circuitry, he could help but sign his work. Batman may be being held down by cops right now…but he’s coming for riddler!!
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February 5, 2025
So... who's gonna be surprised when Commander Star or whatever is going to be revealed as the guy claiming to be Bruce's brother? (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞ Not I, said the tired little bat.
I'm still digging the story with Detective Batman. The stuff with Savage and Star and the "brother" are distracting from what could be a low-key awesome whodunnit, and, honestly, after epic crisis upon epic crisis in Batman lately, a low-key awesome whodunnit would be perfect. Why muck it up with superfluous characters?
I suppose because it's Batman. He can't *just* solve a murder and clear Ol' Jimbo's name. But at least he worked throughout this issue without a single, "Hn!"
\(๑╹◡╹๑)ﾉ♬ ~yay!
The brother angle is getting into Bruce's head, though. His dream recalled a memory of his father in bed with a woman who was not his mother. Whether the memory is real or not, it means he's entertaining the idea that the claim could be valid. (Personally, I prefer the canon where Bruce's parents were upstanding people and loving parents, rather than these pop ups where they aren't. Except when Martha was the Joker. That was awesome. Flashpoint.)
And Savage. Pfft. Like Gordon would get any kind of fair investigation with Gotham PD now. I'd be interested to know why Savage is doing this. After all he's lived through, why does he want to be commissioner of GCPD? Why isn't he the mayor now? Or running the Court of Owls. It really seems like a job beneath him with little reward. Even if screwing with Bruce is his goal, he could do it far better and with more fun in other ways. But, I suppose we don't have a corrupted GCPD under Renee, so...enter Savage.
I wanted to see more of the Court. They are an impressive and intriguing enemy. It doesn't surprise me at all that they have a hand in the "brother" business, what with trying to manipulate Dick with Talon and all. Rewriting family history in their favor is kind of their thing.
Loved Detective Batman finding that final clue. Ego. Always ego.
I'm still digging the story with Detective Batman. The stuff with Savage and Star and the "brother" are distracting from what could be a low-key awesome whodunnit, and, honestly, after epic crisis upon epic crisis in Batman lately, a low-key awesome whodunnit would be perfect. Why muck it up with superfluous characters?
I suppose because it's Batman. He can't *just* solve a murder and clear Ol' Jimbo's name. But at least he worked throughout this issue without a single, "Hn!"
\(๑╹◡╹๑)ﾉ♬ ~yay!
The brother angle is getting into Bruce's head, though. His dream recalled a memory of his father in bed with a woman who was not his mother. Whether the memory is real or not, it means he's entertaining the idea that the claim could be valid. (Personally, I prefer the canon where Bruce's parents were upstanding people and loving parents, rather than these pop ups where they aren't. Except when Martha was the Joker. That was awesome. Flashpoint.)
And Savage. Pfft. Like Gordon would get any kind of fair investigation with Gotham PD now. I'd be interested to know why Savage is doing this. After all he's lived through, why does he want to be commissioner of GCPD? Why isn't he the mayor now? Or running the Court of Owls. It really seems like a job beneath him with little reward. Even if screwing with Bruce is his goal, he could do it far better and with more fun in other ways. But, I suppose we don't have a corrupted GCPD under Renee, so...enter Savage.
I wanted to see more of the Court. They are an impressive and intriguing enemy. It doesn't surprise me at all that they have a hand in the "brother" business, what with trying to manipulate Dick with Talon and all. Rewriting family history in their favor is kind of their thing.
Loved Detective Batman finding that final clue. Ego. Always ego.
December 6, 2024
Esto de las portadas adelantando cosas que no ocurren en ese número debería dejar de hacerse...
Se recoge algo de cable en todo este asunto del crimen pasional de Gordon. Y es cierto que Jorge Fornes al dibujo es un must. Pero pinta muy zozobrante este arco argumental.
Se recoge algo de cable en todo este asunto del crimen pasional de Gordon. Y es cierto que Jorge Fornes al dibujo es un must. Pero pinta muy zozobrante este arco argumental.
December 28, 2024
This was ok. The story is starting to take shape and the art is terrific. It seems to have taken a shape as a rather classic Batman tale, but I am a little on the fence about the subplot involving Bruce’s dad. Not sure what the goal of it is.
December 18, 2024
The first half didn't even look like a Batman comic and the second half just shoot in every direction to try to make a story worth telling. I didn't like it!
December 18, 2024
My first modern Batman issue. I love the not-so-subtle tease of a new anti-antifa """"hero""""
January 27, 2025
Oh, this story is really ramping up the action!
June 20, 2025
I'm not really sure how I feel about Gordon being taken down this route. It kind of feels like Chip's just trying to figure out what to do with him.
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