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Batman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition
Batman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition, Book 6
The ultimate fight for the cape and cowl! Batman: The Deluxe Edition Book 6 collects Tom King's thrilling tales of the battle between father-and-son, Batman calling out Bane, and a desperate race to save humanity!
Now that Batman has escaped the “Knightmares,” he’s starting to see the forces rallying against him-and that his father from another universe has joined the other side. The Caped Crusader finally digs into the mystery of how Thomas Wayne, a.k.a. the Flashpoint Batman, escaped the collapse of his dimension and ended up in this part of the Multiverse. In the quest to get Bruce Wayne to hang up the cape and cowl, Thomas Wayne is going to have to use a little tough love. Only, not all the muscle behind it will be his own. It’s Bruce Wayne versus Thomas Wayne, and all of Gotham City hangs in the balance!
Discover the "City of Bane" as Batman is nowhere to be found...or at least not a Batman anyone recognizes. It'll take a familiar face to bring the Dark Knight back to Gotham—and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. Will Batman be able to take down Bane's army and reclaim his city? How will Flashpoint Batman be vanquished from this dimension?
Read these tales and more in Batman: The Deluxe Edition Book 6 collects Batman #70-71, 73-85, Batman Annual #4, and Batman Secret Files #2.
Now that Batman has escaped the “Knightmares,” he’s starting to see the forces rallying against him-and that his father from another universe has joined the other side. The Caped Crusader finally digs into the mystery of how Thomas Wayne, a.k.a. the Flashpoint Batman, escaped the collapse of his dimension and ended up in this part of the Multiverse. In the quest to get Bruce Wayne to hang up the cape and cowl, Thomas Wayne is going to have to use a little tough love. Only, not all the muscle behind it will be his own. It’s Bruce Wayne versus Thomas Wayne, and all of Gotham City hangs in the balance!
Discover the "City of Bane" as Batman is nowhere to be found...or at least not a Batman anyone recognizes. It'll take a familiar face to bring the Dark Knight back to Gotham—and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. Will Batman be able to take down Bane's army and reclaim his city? How will Flashpoint Batman be vanquished from this dimension?
Read these tales and more in Batman: The Deluxe Edition Book 6 collects Batman #70-71, 73-85, Batman Annual #4, and Batman Secret Files #2.
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Published July 26, 2022
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December 13, 2023
Unfortunately, I've fallen heavily out of love with Tom King's Batman run. I was tentatively digging it early on, but the more it wore on, the more it started to feel like he didn't really have any idea where he was going with it, only that he had some ideas for short premises and lots of dialogue that is somehow both flowery and flat. Now that I've read this finale, I can say all of my fears were right.
This run's biggest sin is its insistence that everything was all part of some grand plan, like a typical Jonathan Hickman storyline, where every element we encountered along the way was an important piece of a larger puzzle. These puzzle pieces do not fit together in the slightest. In this volume alone, there are THREE instances of someone revealing that all the terrible things we just watched were actually all part of the plan. "I actually wanted you to kick my ass and throw me out a window." OK, sure, Mr. Batman. Throw in the fact that the Bruce/Thomas relationship is built on nothing (Thomas is not in any way Bruce's actual father, a very obvious, important, character-driving detail that is not mentioned until the FINAL ISSUE of this extremely long storyline), and also that we get more Bat/Cat stuff that does absolutely no work to earn its long-awaited-reunion vibes, and you've got an extremely forced, tiresome, and frustrating final chapter in what has been a whole journey of those exact feelings.
This run has really made me question whether or not I'm a King fan. I thought I was. His tone and style are distinct and different from a lot of other comics writers (though I would argue the tone and style often get in the way of the storytelling). But the substance behind each story is of hugely wavering quality. His Vision run is amazing, as is Omega Men and Sheriff of Babylon, but I'm still waiting to really be wowed by another of his stories. Here I was hoping for a new writer to look forward to all the time, but I think he's probably best when he sticks to small, self-contained, heavily emotional stories, rather than this epic stuff.
In any case, this volume unfortunately kind of negates King's entire run, so my opinion is that it's not really worth reading any of it. Too bad!
This run's biggest sin is its insistence that everything was all part of some grand plan, like a typical Jonathan Hickman storyline, where every element we encountered along the way was an important piece of a larger puzzle. These puzzle pieces do not fit together in the slightest. In this volume alone, there are THREE instances of someone revealing that all the terrible things we just watched were actually all part of the plan. "I actually wanted you to kick my ass and throw me out a window." OK, sure, Mr. Batman. Throw in the fact that the Bruce/Thomas relationship is built on nothing (Thomas is not in any way Bruce's actual father, a very obvious, important, character-driving detail that is not mentioned until the FINAL ISSUE of this extremely long storyline), and also that we get more Bat/Cat stuff that does absolutely no work to earn its long-awaited-reunion vibes, and you've got an extremely forced, tiresome, and frustrating final chapter in what has been a whole journey of those exact feelings.
This run has really made me question whether or not I'm a King fan. I thought I was. His tone and style are distinct and different from a lot of other comics writers (though I would argue the tone and style often get in the way of the storytelling). But the substance behind each story is of hugely wavering quality. His Vision run is amazing, as is Omega Men and Sheriff of Babylon, but I'm still waiting to really be wowed by another of his stories. Here I was hoping for a new writer to look forward to all the time, but I think he's probably best when he sticks to small, self-contained, heavily emotional stories, rather than this epic stuff.
In any case, this volume unfortunately kind of negates King's entire run, so my opinion is that it's not really worth reading any of it. Too bad!
September 19, 2023
Hey, wow, I finished Tom King’s Batman!
This run is a lot. It’s a little pretentious. It’s a little hard to follow. It’s a little lacking in the dialogue department. But King makes up for it with the emotional scope of his storytelling. He had ambition for what he wanted to do with this story, and he accomplished something difficult to do in comics: he had an ending.
All of the threads of King’s 85+ issues on Batman came together here. His big themes—the Batman/Catwoman romance, the psychological rationale behind Batman as a man and concept, the idea of being “broken” and rising up again—all summit at the peak of this volume. The last couple issues are pretty phenomenal.
King hasn’t written the best Batman run, by any means. But what he has done is tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end, and by golly, he follows his story all the way through, frustrating idiosyncrasies and labyrinthine plotting be damned.
Thanks for the ride, Tom. It’s been real.
This run is a lot. It’s a little pretentious. It’s a little hard to follow. It’s a little lacking in the dialogue department. But King makes up for it with the emotional scope of his storytelling. He had ambition for what he wanted to do with this story, and he accomplished something difficult to do in comics: he had an ending.
All of the threads of King’s 85+ issues on Batman came together here. His big themes—the Batman/Catwoman romance, the psychological rationale behind Batman as a man and concept, the idea of being “broken” and rising up again—all summit at the peak of this volume. The last couple issues are pretty phenomenal.
King hasn’t written the best Batman run, by any means. But what he has done is tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end, and by golly, he follows his story all the way through, frustrating idiosyncrasies and labyrinthine plotting be damned.
Thanks for the ride, Tom. It’s been real.
September 22, 2023
I am pleasantly surprised by how Tom King tried to write Batman in a more sophisticated level than the book's average adventures. Tom King really tried to write meaningful Batman stories and as a Batman fan, this really meant alot to me for a while.
Who would have guessed, they would see quotations from Sheakspeare to Fitzgerald in Batman stories. It was amazing. I really appreciated Tom King's effort to write more sophisticated Batman stories and they were not pretentious for sure, they worked ! (: I was super happy. Now, i really wish Tom King's run was 100 issues long. Too bad he had to finish his run only at 85 issues but there is Batman & Catwoman mini to look forward to.
I must admit i don't know the old dialects of english. They have never thought old dialects of english in school to me in my aducation life. I bearly understand half of what anyone says in bible in that old english dialect lol Same goes for Sheakspeare as well... I owe whatever i understand from Sheakspeare to turkish translations. lol I didn't have much problem about the Sheakspeare poem quotation in Batman though because Penguin explained what the poem meant afterwards, and it was touching. Poor Pengi... It is hard to lose your love of life. Even if i didn't know Penguen had one until The Tyrant Wing adventure in the run. I really liked Batman and Catwoman romance btw, now that was the part for me. Kite Man's origin story was sad, it really touched me. How he spited God with each Hell Yeah was so awesome. Batman's definition as an Ateist in the run was awesome as well.
Even though my entsuaism for some parts of Tom King's Batman Run...as you would have guessed this review was not written in one sit down, i started to write it after i read the 4th deluxe. I had mixed feelings about Tom King's run overall once i finished it. How he cynicaly mocked Batman at some parts as something stupid really got to my nerws. If you think someting is stupid, change that, make Batman a better comics... Just like They did in the Films. What was all these pointing out this and that was so stupid about Batman... So annoying. Satire parts of Tom King's Run were fine for a short while, i really enjoyed Bat-Burger. Jokerized Fries part really cracked me up but later on he kept the satire too long and he mantioned the Bat Cow... I hate Bat Cow...
The Final of The Tom King's Run. The City of Bane part, now that was something that deserved mocking. Bane's plan to take down Batman was really really ridiculously intricit, so perfectly played out part by part by Bane that it was really just RIDICULOUS. It looks like Tom King doesn't have such a genious pen as much as he would like to think.
Who would have guessed, they would see quotations from Sheakspeare to Fitzgerald in Batman stories. It was amazing. I really appreciated Tom King's effort to write more sophisticated Batman stories and they were not pretentious for sure, they worked ! (: I was super happy. Now, i really wish Tom King's run was 100 issues long. Too bad he had to finish his run only at 85 issues but there is Batman & Catwoman mini to look forward to.
I must admit i don't know the old dialects of english. They have never thought old dialects of english in school to me in my aducation life. I bearly understand half of what anyone says in bible in that old english dialect lol Same goes for Sheakspeare as well... I owe whatever i understand from Sheakspeare to turkish translations. lol I didn't have much problem about the Sheakspeare poem quotation in Batman though because Penguin explained what the poem meant afterwards, and it was touching. Poor Pengi... It is hard to lose your love of life. Even if i didn't know Penguen had one until The Tyrant Wing adventure in the run. I really liked Batman and Catwoman romance btw, now that was the part for me. Kite Man's origin story was sad, it really touched me. How he spited God with each Hell Yeah was so awesome. Batman's definition as an Ateist in the run was awesome as well.
Even though my entsuaism for some parts of Tom King's Batman Run...as you would have guessed this review was not written in one sit down, i started to write it after i read the 4th deluxe. I had mixed feelings about Tom King's run overall once i finished it. How he cynicaly mocked Batman at some parts as something stupid really got to my nerws. If you think someting is stupid, change that, make Batman a better comics... Just like They did in the Films. What was all these pointing out this and that was so stupid about Batman... So annoying. Satire parts of Tom King's Run were fine for a short while, i really enjoyed Bat-Burger. Jokerized Fries part really cracked me up but later on he kept the satire too long and he mantioned the Bat Cow... I hate Bat Cow...
The Final of The Tom King's Run. The City of Bane part, now that was something that deserved mocking. Bane's plan to take down Batman was really really ridiculously intricit, so perfectly played out part by part by Bane that it was really just RIDICULOUS. It looks like Tom King doesn't have such a genious pen as much as he would like to think.
January 7, 2023
Tom King's run ends on a strong and emotional note in this much awaited hardcover.
May 29, 2025
“After the alley, the pearls…I…
I was a child.
That…I thought that was the end. I was at the end.
I went to…to kill myself. With a knife.
Instead, I took a vow. I killed myself with a vow.
I was on my knees.
“I swear by the spirits of my parents to avenge their deaths.
By spending the rest of my life warring on all criminals.”
I lived by that vow.
I was the vow. I was Batman.
…
I am no longer a child.
Life is not a trap you make when you’re ten and you’re hurting. Life is a choice you make every day.
Every damn day.
I choose her. I choose happiness. I choose family.
And I choose BATMAN.”
I think a lot of people, myself including big time, like to talk about how cynical and cold Tom King is. How maybe he’s more form over function and sometimes casts a weirdly partisan seeming light on some superheroes. I think I’m going to run more into that the further I get down my reading list.
But then now I’ve been sitting with this stuff and it’s totally upending my whole thinking on him! Like sure, the showy, poetic bullshit is definitely there. As is the repetitive motifs and the self-comment.
But I think this batch here really ends things on a high note, both in terms of just fun Batman nonsense and also a pretty open statement on the hows and whys of how Batman works for King that I really responded to. As I did king finally bringing in the rest of the fam and returning Cat to the co-lead position (as well as giving her a bunch of amazing feature spots and dialogue exchanges).
I’ve gotten a better hold on the choices of villains too, as the main antagonists are direct inverses of Bruce in a bunch of different and fun ways and King doesn’t shy away from examining that more in this stretch. I think JRJR still rules and people are shitty about him for some reason. I think the rotation of artists DC editorial found for this makes it seem far more visually compelling and coherent than you usually get from major market comics. I fucking love love love the epilogue issue and could arguably call it my favorite issue of the whole run. I love that it ends with That Character still dead but very much still present in the book.
Idk yall, I very much went into this run thinking I would hate more than I enjoyed and I think I came out the other side with one of my new favorite Bat runs ever? It’s certainly going to be one I want to come back around on and maybe eventually own in it’s entirety because surely repeat readings will reveal just more and more and more.
I said it in the other one, but it’s still true here. If they stand up once (or in a big ass door stopper brick Omni) then they stand up forever. Just like The Bat and The Cat.
Hell yeah.
I was a child.
That…I thought that was the end. I was at the end.
I went to…to kill myself. With a knife.
Instead, I took a vow. I killed myself with a vow.
I was on my knees.
“I swear by the spirits of my parents to avenge their deaths.
By spending the rest of my life warring on all criminals.”
I lived by that vow.
I was the vow. I was Batman.
…
I am no longer a child.
Life is not a trap you make when you’re ten and you’re hurting. Life is a choice you make every day.
Every damn day.
I choose her. I choose happiness. I choose family.
And I choose BATMAN.”
I think a lot of people, myself including big time, like to talk about how cynical and cold Tom King is. How maybe he’s more form over function and sometimes casts a weirdly partisan seeming light on some superheroes. I think I’m going to run more into that the further I get down my reading list.
But then now I’ve been sitting with this stuff and it’s totally upending my whole thinking on him! Like sure, the showy, poetic bullshit is definitely there. As is the repetitive motifs and the self-comment.
But I think this batch here really ends things on a high note, both in terms of just fun Batman nonsense and also a pretty open statement on the hows and whys of how Batman works for King that I really responded to. As I did king finally bringing in the rest of the fam and returning Cat to the co-lead position (as well as giving her a bunch of amazing feature spots and dialogue exchanges).
I’ve gotten a better hold on the choices of villains too, as the main antagonists are direct inverses of Bruce in a bunch of different and fun ways and King doesn’t shy away from examining that more in this stretch. I think JRJR still rules and people are shitty about him for some reason. I think the rotation of artists DC editorial found for this makes it seem far more visually compelling and coherent than you usually get from major market comics. I fucking love love love the epilogue issue and could arguably call it my favorite issue of the whole run. I love that it ends with That Character still dead but very much still present in the book.
Idk yall, I very much went into this run thinking I would hate more than I enjoyed and I think I came out the other side with one of my new favorite Bat runs ever? It’s certainly going to be one I want to come back around on and maybe eventually own in it’s entirety because surely repeat readings will reveal just more and more and more.
I said it in the other one, but it’s still true here. If they stand up once (or in a big ass door stopper brick Omni) then they stand up forever. Just like The Bat and The Cat.
Hell yeah.
August 24, 2025
The final volume of Tom King’s excellent Batman run.
It starts with a five-issue arc where Batman finally wakes from the “Knightmares” of the previous volume and fights his way through a gauntlet of villains to escape Arkham Asylum. From there, he faces Bane and Thomas Wayne (Bruce’s father, the Batman from the Flashpoint universe). You can really see how King’s been connecting everything since issue #1, and we get more insight into why Thomas teams up with Bane.
Next comes the epic eleven-issue finale, The City of Bane, where Gotham has been taken over by Bane, Thomas Wayne, Psycho Pirate, Gotham Girl, and a host of other villains. The first half of the story follows Batman and Catwoman as they escape to an island to strategize their comeback and repair their relationship after Bruce’s revelations from the Knightmares arc. The second half sees their return to Gotham and final confrontations with Bane and Thomas Wayne. This arc ties up all of King’s plots and delivers a satisfying ending. I really enjoyed both stories in this volume.
I do have a couple of nitpicks. I’m still unsure about Thomas Wayne as a villain. Since Flashpoint wasn’t an alternate universe but the current reality after Flash changed the past, this Thomas is essentially the “real” Thomas Wayne, just shaped by different circumstances. Seeing Bruce’s father capable of such corruption doesn’t sit right with me. Similarly, I found it hard to buy Thomas single-handedly defeating the Bat-Family, especially Cassandra Cain who is one of the DCU’s best hand-to-hand fighters. It feels like a stretch.
Still, these minor complaints didn’t dampen my enjoyment. Overall, I loved this run. It’s ambitious, emotional, engaging, and rewarding. Easily one of my favorite modern runs of Batman.
It starts with a five-issue arc where Batman finally wakes from the “Knightmares” of the previous volume and fights his way through a gauntlet of villains to escape Arkham Asylum. From there, he faces Bane and Thomas Wayne (Bruce’s father, the Batman from the Flashpoint universe). You can really see how King’s been connecting everything since issue #1, and we get more insight into why Thomas teams up with Bane.
Next comes the epic eleven-issue finale, The City of Bane, where Gotham has been taken over by Bane, Thomas Wayne, Psycho Pirate, Gotham Girl, and a host of other villains. The first half of the story follows Batman and Catwoman as they escape to an island to strategize their comeback and repair their relationship after Bruce’s revelations from the Knightmares arc. The second half sees their return to Gotham and final confrontations with Bane and Thomas Wayne. This arc ties up all of King’s plots and delivers a satisfying ending. I really enjoyed both stories in this volume.
I do have a couple of nitpicks. I’m still unsure about Thomas Wayne as a villain. Since Flashpoint wasn’t an alternate universe but the current reality after Flash changed the past, this Thomas is essentially the “real” Thomas Wayne, just shaped by different circumstances. Seeing Bruce’s father capable of such corruption doesn’t sit right with me. Similarly, I found it hard to buy Thomas single-handedly defeating the Bat-Family, especially Cassandra Cain who is one of the DCU’s best hand-to-hand fighters. It feels like a stretch.
Still, these minor complaints didn’t dampen my enjoyment. Overall, I loved this run. It’s ambitious, emotional, engaging, and rewarding. Easily one of my favorite modern runs of Batman.
January 10, 2023
I mean... it was alright.
In retrospect, I probably should've re-read Batman/Flash: The Button and the last couple of issues of Book 5 to refresh the ol' noggin but hindsight is 20/20...
Marking the conclusion to King's Batman run, Book 6 picks up right where 5 ended with Batman breaking free of the "knightmare" and continuing his crusade to stop Bane. As expected with the finale, King brings back the full Bat-Family and then some for a truly action-packed and gut-wrenching end to his Rebirth run. While I do feel that there was some lost potential in terms of plot direction, the arc did a fairly decent job tying everything together.
As with the entire run, the artwork has been a testament to the varied and spectacular talent within DC (although, I do question the creative choice to put Catwoman in needle-thin fetish heels but hey, who am I to kink shame). Overall, the art for Rebirth has been consistently well done throughout the series showcasing both DC veterans and new blood. Just *chef's kiss*.
In retrospect, I probably should've re-read Batman/Flash: The Button and the last couple of issues of Book 5 to refresh the ol' noggin but hindsight is 20/20...
Marking the conclusion to King's Batman run, Book 6 picks up right where 5 ended with Batman breaking free of the "knightmare" and continuing his crusade to stop Bane. As expected with the finale, King brings back the full Bat-Family and then some for a truly action-packed and gut-wrenching end to his Rebirth run. While I do feel that there was some lost potential in terms of plot direction, the arc did a fairly decent job tying everything together.
As with the entire run, the artwork has been a testament to the varied and spectacular talent within DC (although, I do question the creative choice to put Catwoman in needle-thin fetish heels but hey, who am I to kink shame). Overall, the art for Rebirth has been consistently well done throughout the series showcasing both DC veterans and new blood. Just *chef's kiss*.
February 4, 2024
Well, it was a long and arduous journey, but I’m finally done with Tom King’s Batman run. If I had to sum up this run in just a couple words, I’d call it “consistently inconsistent.” “City of Bane” was an okay finale, and I liked the twist of ultimately making Flashpoint Batman the final boss, but Alfred’s death leaves a black cloud that’s still hanging over Batman to this day. Overall, I did find things to enjoy in this run, but with how decompressed it all is, I can see why fans hated it as it was coming out. Tom King’s work definitely works better in a binge, which is probably why his miniseries are so much more well regarded. Let me be clear, this is not a great interpretation of Batman, but King took a swing, and it wasn’t a total disaster in my eyes.
February 23, 2023
A perfect, fitting end to Tom King’s Bat/Cat romantic saga. There are huge consequences in this arc that left my jaw hanging on the floor. Like, I’m still in shock. All I’ll say is that Flashpoint Thomas Wayne is an incredible villain (his origin issue is a particular highlight) and I really hope King or future Batman writers find a way to keep using him as both a foil and a weak spot for Bruce. Happily, almost every plot thread that began in volume one is nicely tied up and it’s nice to see that all of this appears to have been carefully laid out and executed. A gripping finale that pays off what came before and sets the stage for what comes next.
September 3, 2023
This volume closes Tom King's run on the Batman regular series (continues on the Batman/Catwoman and Killing Time miniseries). Batman has been defeated psychologically and physically as Bane and Thomas Wayne take control of Gotham creating a deviated police state where criminals are the guardians of the law. The dynamic between Bruce and Thomas Wayne is very interesting and Tom King works some magic here. In all this Batman story this isn’t really anything new, but if you like Tom King’s run as much as I did then it is a must have.
Note: The paper quality of the deluxe edition is poor compared to the previous solicitations.
Note: The paper quality of the deluxe edition is poor compared to the previous solicitations.
May 20, 2024
The End
God I think out of all of them this was my favorite. I think that although it increased my anxiety having the prior knowledge of the major plot points, I bleive it mad them land easier. I actually Believe quite a bit that Tom King is a very good Batman writer. There are decisions he makes that are questionable, and he does have some problems with messing continuity up. But I don’t really care about that, I keep what I like and disregard what I don’t. In general I think as a lifelong Batman fan its a must read, and now Im excited to actually know what Im talking about when I mention Tom King’s Run.
God I think out of all of them this was my favorite. I think that although it increased my anxiety having the prior knowledge of the major plot points, I bleive it mad them land easier. I actually Believe quite a bit that Tom King is a very good Batman writer. There are decisions he makes that are questionable, and he does have some problems with messing continuity up. But I don’t really care about that, I keep what I like and disregard what I don’t. In general I think as a lifelong Batman fan its a must read, and now Im excited to actually know what Im talking about when I mention Tom King’s Run.
September 19, 2022
Quite better than the last book, but still lacking. Mainly dragged down by poor dialogue and characterization, and a everything-was-planned-all-along plot that feels the need to explain itself to the reader in a way that just reads like: «isn’t this plot/master-plan great? See, it was all planned all along!».
The art is much better than the last book, with Clay Mann being the highlight. Still not a fan of Mikel’s art, but it was a bit better in this book, and there were plenty of other artists that got the spotlight.
The art is much better than the last book, with Clay Mann being the highlight. Still not a fan of Mikel’s art, but it was a bit better in this book, and there were plenty of other artists that got the spotlight.
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October 19, 2023Tom King should be forbidden from quoting ever again. Literature, poetry, scripture, I don’t care if its real or diegetic, he must be stopped, every issue someone is droning on reciting some shit from somewhere else while Batman gets his ass beat or something. I am baffled he wanted to stretch this to 100 issues, as he is incapable of a character just saying like their thoughts in original words, and by now King seems to have exhausted the entire western cannon and the bible.
July 27, 2022
FINALLY.
Great finale. Great closing sentiment. Perplexing conclusion of an issue of Batman Secret Files that totally throws the pace of the proceedings off just entirely, but I finally have Tom King’s complete run on my shelf. Can’t wait to reread the whole run together soon.
Great finale. Great closing sentiment. Perplexing conclusion of an issue of Batman Secret Files that totally throws the pace of the proceedings off just entirely, but I finally have Tom King’s complete run on my shelf. Can’t wait to reread the whole run together soon.
March 12, 2024
Welp, yeah.
Por esto es que odio el run de King en Batman. ¿Qué necesidad había de matar a Alfred? ¿Por qué hacer recaer la culpa en Damian?
Aparte de todo, esta muy mal escrito, con muchas cosas out-of-character.
Ugh. Solo tiene una estrella más porque a veces el arte es muy bueno.
Por esto es que odio el run de King en Batman. ¿Qué necesidad había de matar a Alfred? ¿Por qué hacer recaer la culpa en Damian?
Aparte de todo, esta muy mal escrito, con muchas cosas out-of-character.
Ugh. Solo tiene una estrella más porque a veces el arte es muy bueno.
October 16, 2025
I really liked the City of Bane arc and the Fall and the Fallen arc that led up to it that make up this book.
However, I just wish they didn't change artist seemingly at random throughout.
However, I just wish they didn't change artist seemingly at random throughout.
January 31, 2024
Everything clicked into place this volume. Every plot hole and subtle timeline issue that had grinding my gears for the last 13 volumes was ironed out and I could not be happier. This dynamic and hefty read has so much to be proud of and I always feel like I have so little to say about endings. I will say that Alfred’s reveal/lie and his goodbye was likely the most emotional moment in the entirety of this incredible run, and seeing Batman and Catwoman together, finally, may alter my brain chemistry for the rest of my life.
“You asked me once, as you fell from the sky… would this be a good death? Would your parents be proud? At the time, I gave you the answer you needed. As I did today, I lied. But now, please forgive a man at his end, a touch of truth. There are no good deaths. Not for parents. Not for children. But there are good lives. And you, my son, are living one. Your parents would be so very proud of you. What is more, Master Bruce. I am very proud of you.”
“You asked me once, as you fell from the sky… would this be a good death? Would your parents be proud? At the time, I gave you the answer you needed. As I did today, I lied. But now, please forgive a man at his end, a touch of truth. There are no good deaths. Not for parents. Not for children. But there are good lives. And you, my son, are living one. Your parents would be so very proud of you. What is more, Master Bruce. I am very proud of you.”
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