Batman: The Detective

Batman: The Detective #1-6

by Tom Taylor, Brad Anderson (Cover Art), Andy Kubert (Cover Art)

A horrific tragedy in the United Kingdom sends a very personal and deadly message to the Dark Knight-one that will draw Batman out of Gotham City to investigate! From the moment he lands in Europe, Batman will face a difficult investigation and unheard-of adversaries and gain the assistance of a partner once more-all in the hunt for the villain known as Equilibrium! New villains! New allies! A thrilling overseas adventure begins for the Dark Knight! Collects Batman: The Detective #1-6.

Genres: Comics, Batman, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

159 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 15, 2022

About the author

Once a professional juggler and fire eater, Tom Taylor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, multi-award-winning comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter.

Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.

He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.

He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.

Reviews

[Sam Quixote · Rating 2 out of 5]

Someone in Europe is offing everyone Batman’s ever saved. Time for Bats to hop over the pond to find out whasgoinonnnnn!

Before James Tynion IV was announced as Tom King’s successor on Batman, I thought Tom Taylor would’ve made a better replacement. Having read his first standalone Batman story now though… eh… not that he wouldn’t have been worse than Tynion, but his hypothetical Batman run also probably wouldn’t have been good either going by how poor Batman: The Detective turned out.

I can’t get past how astoopid the premise is. The villain-of-the-week is killing everyone Batman ever saved and they’re getting this information from Batman’s own database. Why does Batman maintain a database of everyone he’s ever saved - besides the onerous nature of the task, what’s the benefit of having this information?! Also, large numbers of these people are being killed in one go, ie. downing a flight where all the passengers happen to be people Batman has saved. How likely is this, that the entire passenger manifesto of a plane are all people Batman has saved!?? It’s so contrived.

Henri Ducard is the detective in the title and a significant chunk of the book are flashbacks of a young Bruce Wayne in Paris learning how to detect, though we don’t see any good detective work being done in the story. It just feels pointless. The motivation for the main villain is not great, and other features of the story are equally weak - Batman has a gigantic truck on call in mainland Europe, so I guess that whole stealth aspect of his character is something he doesn’t care about outside of Gotham, and the “European Alliance of the Bat” is just naff.

Andy Kubert is one of the best Batman artists ever and I enjoyed seeing his work on this book. He gives Batman a cool coat design (similar to Damian Wayne’s Batman 666, also designed by Kubert) though the designs for the villains was kinda terrible. I get that he has to do something because it’s a superhero comic but having them all wear Batman outfits - except they’re white! - was really dumb. They hate Batman so they dress like him? Still, it’s nice to see Batman in a European setting for a change, and England, France and Belgium all looked great, and it was good to see Knight and Squire cameo too.

Batman: The Detective is a disappointing effort from Tom Taylor - a badly-conceived story whose pretty art can’t save it from being wholly forgettable.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really looking forward to the day Tom Taylor would write Batman after his excellent run on Nightwing. Unfortunately, it's just okay. Maybe it's just the nature of the 6 issue miniseries? It's hard to put a lot of characterization in there.

The story is about a woman who is killing everyone Batman has ever saved. She and her henchmen are doing it in white Batman suits too. Maybe Jaden Smith is one of her henchmen?



Bruce Wayne's mentor, Henri Ducard, returns when Batman heads to Europe to find Equilibrium. There, he also teams up with the new Squire. Andy Kubert is a terrific artist but I thought it was a poor choice to draw Bruce like an old boxer. His hands are all scarred up. Anyone with common sense could figure out he was Batman. Anyway, this was just okay.

[Khurram · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book. I enjoyed the whole Euro trip with Batman. The artwork works well for the story. I like the older, bigger almost stuck in his ways Batman.

What could make Batman leave Gotham? Actually, it does not look like it will take much there does not seem to be much left for him there. Batman is bulkier (almost Dark Knight-ish), lonelier but just as well prepared. Then again plane full of dead people would get his attention anyway. Add to that it was done in his name. Do the victims have a deeper connection?

How will Batman be able to be as effective outside his usual environment? He is Batman. I also like that the book acknowledges that Batman is older, slower, but craftier. Also, you can teach an old bat new tricks.

The book finishes with a variant cover gallery and a bit of a sketch book. A very good one-off book but I would be happy to see a continuation of this book.

[Vincent Masson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting ideas about the unintended consequences of Batman's actions, but the gadgets were weird, the sidekicks were underwhelming, and the plot was ho hum.

[Subham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so fun!

I loved this one and wow what a fascinating story.

Batman retires from Gotham and goes to europe finding that a plane has crashed and it contained people he saved and then we switch to Ducard and now this person Equilibrium and her people are after Ducard and a flashback story to Bruce and Ducard's history and how Bruce saves him, is interrogated by police later and then coming full circle with him finding more people hurt and then finally we learn who Equilibrium is and her connection with Batman and motivations and all that and also fun to learn about Squire and her history and I loved the way all these events tie together.

And then the ending with what happens and just shows Batman being a hero and coming full circle and asking for help from his family which just made me love this story even more and the resolution to it is awesome and a great ending. Ducard and Bruce, the equilibrium villain and whatever goes with the new Squire!

Its an amazing story and I love the way Tom just fleshes these characters out in a great way and gives each of them a great role in the story and evolves these characters in a fascinating way and the pencils of Kubert just makes this such a worthwhile read. One of the better Books from Tom!

[Molly™☺ · Rating 3 out of 5]

An excellent premise that explores the ricochet effects that every action has. However, it is let down by the motivation of the villain which, when revealed, leaves a rather sour taste of underwhelming disappointment. With a better antagonist and a stronger lean in towards psychological introspection and reflection, it could have been great, but it instead settles for good.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Batman goes to Eurovision, the extra murder-y edition.

[Sean Gibson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this, and Kubert's art is always an absolute delight, even if Bruce Wayne looks like a roided-out J. Jonah Jameson in this story for some reason.

[Oscar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was really good. 3.45 🌟

[Radwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

You really have to suspend belief when you read this, because while I enjoyed it, the details can really make you stop and wonder.

It's an adventure that takes place in Europe, away from Gotham and everything Batman knows, against a villain that's intent on "undoing all that Batman has done to bring justice". It poses the quesstion to Batman to consider the consequences of his actions. and since it's a bit on the shorter side, it didn't have enough time to be elaborate, and that resulted in some hasty decisions.

The art was wonderful, and Bruce/Batman was angsty as usual. I had some questions along the way, but I feel like I've enjoyed it enough and it gave me the feel of the characters, and that's what I look forward to the most when reading comics

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quem acha que Tom Taylor não é sinônimo de boas histórias não entendeu as histórias que ele faz. Ele consegue deixar as histórias de qualquer personagem interessantes e carismáticas, até mesmo as do carrancudo Batman. Ao lado do veteraníssimo das histórias em quadrinhos de super-heróis, Andy Kubert, Taylor desenvolve uma narrativa que explora uma organização de "batmen brancos" que assassina pessoas salvas pelo Batman. Para debelar essa ameaça, Bruce Wayne vai contar com a ajuda de uma nova Escudeira, parceira de Beryl, a nova Cavaleira da Corporação Batman na Inglaterra. Na França, o vigarista Henri Ducard, um dos treinadores do Batman, também se envolve na trama, e tudo se complexifica, com várias reviravoltas. Temos em Batman: O Detetive uma história que se passa em diversos lugares da Europa, trazendo novas dimensões para o que Batman costuma fazer e como as suas ações acabam afetando a vida das pessoas ao seu redor. Gostei bastante, principalmente por não gostar do Batman.

[Chantaal · Rating 2 out of 5]

The whole motivation behind the villain of this story was just. Kinda lame? None of it made any sort of logical sense.

[Trike · Rating 2 out of 5]

Huh, a Tom Taylor book that I didn’t really buy into. I guess it had to happen eventually.

A crazy person is killing all the people Batman has saved, and since this apparently takes place when Bruce is in his 40s, that’s a lot of folks. I don’t know how many universe reboots DC has done now - is it double digits yet? I’d believe that if someone told me that was the case - but even in this timeline, surely Batman has saved the entire world. Which would negate the impetus entirely. I kept expecting Bruce to call in a favor to have news organizations broadcast a story about how Batman saved the planet X-number-of-years ago. But if I’m going to take this as an Elseworlds tale, existing in its own little universe, that aspect is fine.

What I can’t really get past is how derivative this is of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Instead of the new Robin, he teams up with UK’s Squire, but it works out the same. He has a similar bat-tank. The lesson about working together is the same. The bad guys dress up like Batman. Batman has a secret organization. It’s all the same pieces, reshuffled. Setting it in the contemporary world rather than a post-apocalypse dystopia doesn’t really disguise that.

It’s still well-written. I don’t think Taylor can do a badly-constructed plot, and his dialogue is interesting. This is just too much of what we’ve seen before.

At least it’s not as awful as that Court of Owls offal from a few years ago. By comparison this is a masterwork.

[Brandon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Batman saves people, so here is a group of people unsaving them! They're anti-Batmans! They have inverted colours! And they don't agree that Batman should save people because he saves people who do bad things. "Batman should just kill the Joker!!!!" I am begging you Tom Taylor, stop taking your comic plots from Twitter.

[A.J. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this, because Tom Taylor writing an Elseworlds Batman story should be awesome, but this one sadly feels pretty samey and ends on a bit of a whimper. Tom Taylor sends Batman to Europe where he must investigate a series of death that all have one thing in common: Everyone had been saved by Batman. Now Batman must find out a way to stop this new villain that is offing people Batman has saved before they get more. There are some cool moments, and Squire shows up which is cool, but this was pretty weak for a Taylor Elseworld book.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Batman: The Detective is a solid work of standalone Batman fiction, though the "detective" portion of the title might be misplaced. Old Man Batman does very little detective work here as he tracks a murderous band across Europe with the help of a few old friends. The murderous band wear white Batman outfits and focus their killing spree on those that Batman has saved - rude! And also hard to believe sometimes. Like, how did they fill an airplane with only people saved by Batman?

There are some solid twists and excellent action - Tom Taylor and Andy Kubert are very much in their respective wheelhouses. The tangled story can get hard to follow at times, but it never lost my interest.

[Kurt Rocourt · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a new version of the Anti-Batman story which is fine. There are better versions of that kind of story compared to this one. Reading Batman: The Wraith is just as good as reading this book. The only difference is that the Anti-Batman in this book is a woman so it just changes the motivation for that character. The story is silly at many points with Batman apparently knowing every single person he's ever saved. As well as having diplomatic immunity across Europe, there were many points in the story that were just plain silly. It was good to see Andy Kuberts art in a Batman book. I've been reading books with his work since Batman versus Predator so this was a visually appealing book. Overall this is just fine with Kuberts artwork making the story better then if a lesser artist was drawing this story.

I read this book via Netgalley. I thank them for this book.

[Rory Wilding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having proven himself to be one of the best writers currently at DC, not least with his phenomenal run on Nightwing, it was about time that Tom Taylor was given a Batman comic to write. He has written the character on a number of titles, showing sides that are funny, dramatic and a bit off-kilter. Whilst we’ll probably have to wait a bit for Taylor to be given one of the main Bat-titles, he, along with artist Andy Kubert, present an off-canon Batman sprawling through Europe.

Having spent a lifetime fighting crime, Bruce Wayne questions what difference he has made as Batman. With Alfred gone and his family is no longer, Bruce leaves the comfort of Wayne Manor to journey to the United Kingdom, where he teams up with the new Knight and Squire to fight a terrorist group, who dress up as Batman and assassinate those who have been saved by the Caped Crusader.

Originally titled Batman: The Dark Knight – but was changed to avoid confusion with titles that have used “The Dark Knight” – The Detective does suggest that it takes place in Frank Miller’s Dark Knight universe, with Kubert had previously drawn Dark Knight III: The Master Race, but also the first issue has a page that Gotham’s twin towers from The Dark Knight Returns. However, Taylor seems to be picking and choosing aspects from various periods of Batman’s history, such as Batman reuniting with his old mentor Henri Ducard, whilst his main team-up with Knight and Squire evokes Grant Morrison’s Batman Incorporated. Batman is even wearing his Knightmare get-up from the Zack Snyder-directed movies.

With the Europe setting, which somewhat evokes Batman: Europa, written by Brian Azzarello, there is an element of the globe-trotting adventurer that Batman has been and although there is a bit of detective work from our hero, it ends up not really a big deal, much like really the overall narrative. There is some good character work from a lot of the players and although you can understand the motivations of the villain named Equilibrium, the storytelling itself doesn’t have much thematic heft, despite the potential of such, and thus the book feels like a string of set-pieces.

Having drawn Batman on-and-off over the years, presenting different takes on the character, whether it is the early issues of Grant Morrison’s Bat-run, or Neil Gaiman’s Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?. After working on The Master Race, that has cemented Kubert’s art-style of bulky-muscled characters and typically-squared panel layouts. His Batman here is drawn great with his new suit, though his aging Bruce Wayne looks too gruff, and whilst his action sequences can be sketchy, it does help that inker Sandra Hope and colourist Brad Anderson help refine the look.

A lot of the elements are good, even if the narrative doesn’t carry much dramatic weight, Batman: The Detective is a serviceable piece from Taylor and Kubert, both of which have done much better work.

[Alek Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I liked: good at by the talented Andy Kubert. The character Henri Ducard! I've always seen him mentioned as a mentor of Batman. The one that made him a crimefighting detective! So to actually get to see him and their origin together was fantastic!

What I slightly disliked: the story starts with a monologue of Bruce claiming he's all alone and no longer has ties to Gotham or his "family". There is even an over arching theme from other characters that Bruce thinks the best way to be Batman is alone. And yet that's not really the truth. As soon as he starts this case and until he finishes it, he enlists the help of others. So I found that weird.

[Will Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun fact: this book was originally called Batman: The Dark Knight, a name which makes *way* more sense because there's hardly any detective work in this story!

The villain isn't that great, and Batman's initial reason to leave Gotham feels pretty out of character (I don't think Bruce would *ever* not be obsessed with fixing Gotham), but those are my only real complaints. Taylor makes up for those shortcomings by channeling Frank Miller with an older Batman who has plenty great dialogue and charming, intimate moments. I also really enjoyed Henry Ducard. I think Taylor found just the right voice for him and his snarky back-and-forth with Bruce was always entertaining.

There are better Batman stories out there, but do any of those stories feature Batman punching a ghost and using a double-decker Batmobile? No they don't.

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Big comic fun. There’s nothing unique happening here, but it’s a lot of fun!

[Clint · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can imagine this limited series satisfying a particular type of 90s comic nostalgia in the way I assume some of Rob Liefield’s recent comics must, but it’s deeply not for me. This is a comic that leans into the least thoughtful “looked cool to me” visuals imaginable, but then refuses to have fun with that goofy bombast and instead wallows around in a dour, self-serious tone; truly the worst of both worlds.

Why does the Batmobile have the sleek fragile silhouette of a Lamborghini that should do 200+ mph, but then also have tank treads on the back that would hard limit it to ~50 mph? There’s a million goofy decisions like that, and they might be tolerable if this was willing to have any fun otherwise, but it’s about someone killing all the people Batman has previously saved because they were affected by the butterfly wing flap of him changing fates, and god, it’s so tedious and dumb. Kubert’s art is distinct I guess, but his art is the epitome of that 90s style that looks like it was drawn by a very skilled teenager who nonetheless has never opened an anatomy book to see how a skeleton or muscles actually work.

European Bat franchises are mentioned (I’m guessing from Morrison’s Batman Inc. comics, but I haven’t read those) and they seem like a neat idea I’d like to read more about elsewhere, but they’re basically just an easter egg name drop and not explored or explained in any satisfying way if you aren’t already reacting like “Oh awesome, Knight and Squire!”

[Shaun Stanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Batman: The Detective collects issues 1-6 of the DC Comics series written by Tom Taylor and art by Andy Kubert.

An older Bruce Wayne decides to retire from Gotham City and take up fighting crime in Europe. While there, he discovers that someone is murdering people he has previously saved as Batman.

This is a pretty fun story, but there is either some lazy writing or plot holes throughout. There is really no reason given why he will leave Gotham for Europe. Doesn't really feel in character with Batman abandoning Gotham, especially without setting up someone to protect Gotham in his absence. The story of someone killing people Batnan has saved is a little goofy as well. Especially considering they are somehow killing people in chunks (Like how are we to believe a whole plane full of people happened to be saved by Batman?). I did like seeing Batman with Henri Ducard and exploring some of their past and it's always fun to see Knight & Squire. The art is pretty good throughout other than Bruce Wayne is drawn like a retired MMA fighter (who wouldn't think Bruce is Batman after seeing him?) While this isn't a bad book, I was expecting more from Tom Taylor who usually really delivers. I feel like this book will be pretty forgettable down the line.

[Chalupa Batman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this story in which Equliibrium (and her cohorts) are killing people who were rescued at one time by Batman. Highlight of the storyline is the mobile Batcave. Story takes place after the death of Alfred.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

A slow start but a roaring finish, with complex characters of a type seen far to infrequently in todays comics - shaded grey in every way.

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have not read much of Batman comics from DC Comics that was published since 2020 since like many things with post 2020 things have gotten weird but I made an exception with this comic book and I’m glad I did read this one on Batman the detective with the story by Tom Taylor. I enjoyed it since many Batman comics is heavily about fighting action rather than a “mystery” story, which is interesting since Batman is supposed to be a detective of sorts. But this story here is a detective story where Batman is trying to solve a mystery of whose behind a certain rampage of crime and murder.
A brief synopsis: There was a plane crash in Europe. Batman leaves Gotham to go find out what happen. Now Batman is usually fighting crime in the United States, in his city of Gotham. But we see in this story an older Bruce Wayne who is now living after the passing away of his butler Alfred Pennyworth. So there’s not much reason to be staying and tied to Gotham on top of Batman’s existential question with all that he have done in fighting crime whether it is meaningful or worth it. As the story progresses readers also find out why he��s drawn to this plane crash event since its tied to other crimes that’s tied to people that Batman has once saved. There’s a network behind these crimes and Batman as the detective is not only trying to find out why but also stop it from happening to more people he’s saved. Along the way as usual Batman wants to work alone but he’s forced to have friends and others to help him along the way including a young aspiring hero and someone who trained Batman before when Bruce was younger. That’s a great foil with these two characters! Batman finds out that the villain is a person name Equilibrium and finds out more about this person but as he does there’s more questions that’s raised about all that Batman has done, is it worth it and also there’s the lingering question if Batman’s help of people might have unintended consequences that no one can see. Beautifully raises a philosophical question but it ends on a happy note one that is meaningful.
I loved this story in so many ways. For starters I like seeing Batman operating outside the format of what’s expected in Gotham. The artwork and colors are well done and enjoyable to see scenes from Europe including in France and the UK. Plus we also see Batman being resourceful even outside his native Gotham! Furthermore I thought one see in this story the vast amount of people Batman has saved over the years; but it also brought up the question of what does those people whom Batman saved will do with their life, whether for good or for bad, whether intentional or unintentional. It gets philosophical but without overdoing it or being too dark. Yet there’s a ray of hope. The new characters here were also refreshing. Everything about this comic book was excellent and I think if DC Comics can deliver more stories and artwork like these, the more people might want to read some of the new stuff they put out.

[April Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't read a lot of DC stuff, and felt woefully out of the loop at the beginning of this story, but that feeling did go away the further in I got. I mean, there is a lot I've missed, but things were explained well enough in the story that I could follow along without problems, and without anything feeling info-dumpy. We have an older, tired Batman, feeling his age, feeling lonely (he doesn't have a Robin, and Alfred has passed away) and restless. When an airplane goes down in the U.K. and a message to Batman is found at the crash, he goes to investigate. Someone is targeting people whose lives had been saved by Batman, which sounds like a revenge thing, amiright? The action and story play out at a fair pace as Bruce travels around Europe on the heels of Equilibrium, the Villain of the Day. Bruce/Batman has to learn how to ask for help instead of trying to do everything alone to keep more people from dying and save the day. The ending, though...it gives me a little trouble, feels like justice wasn't really served. I think the point was about Bruce/Batman accepting that his actions have consequences he doesn't realize maybe? But this wasn't the time for him to learn that, or the way for him to learn it. Idk, it's hard to explain what I mean without spoilers. The art was good, but did get confusing at times. Still, this was a decent side story, self-contained and fairly accessible to a reader like myself who is not that familiar with the world

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[Julio RGuez · Rating 2 out of 5]

No voy a negar que entre aquí por el equipo creativo y que al final ha sido un bajón de cuidao. Tienes sus cosas interesantes, como ir dentro de continuidad, la vuelta de Ducard o a la caballera y la Escudería. También sus cosas malas como que todos los personajes sean unos vigardos o algunos aspectos de la trama que se quedan corto, aún por otro lado que sea corta me parece bien.

Al final de lo que trata es de Batman en Europa luchando contra el Equilibrio (que son gente que se disfrazan de Batman en blanco) donde vamos a viajar por Francia e Inglaterra principalmente. Aunque haya dicho que vaya en continuidad, hay cosas que chocan como que Batman tenga tantas cosas disponibles cuando a día de hoy está "arruinado".

[Lucille · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5/5
Plutôt mitigée sur cette lecture.
J'ai aimé les paysages et certaines constructions de pages ou cases mais sinon je n'aime pas le style de dessin des personnages, j'ai eu l'impression de lire un comics vieux de plus de 20 ans. Bruce wayne ressemble presque à wolverine ou même hulk parfois, je n'aime pas vraiment ce style trapu et lourd pour lui.
C'était sympa de le voir en Europe et j'ai aimé la thématique de ne pas pouvoir faire les choses seuls et être bien entouré, ainsi que celles des conséquences que peuvent avoir même les bonnes actions, mais l'histoire était un peu tirée par les cheveux et oubliable.

[drown_like_its_1999 · Rating 3 out of 5]

People who have previously been saved by Batman keep getting murdered and the caped crusader travels to England to pursue the villains responsible.

This book is a confusing mix of contrived plotting and compelling dialogue & narration. Many of the plot points feel absurd or vapid (how likely is it that every passenger on a commercial plane has been saved by Batman?) but the interaction between characters and the narrative voice of Batman are really damn good. This work probably has the best use of Knight and Squire I've read and Batman's interaction with them is a pleasure to read. This is my first exposure to Tom Taylor and I can't tell if I really like him or find him frustrating (both perhaps?)

The art is good ol' reliable Kubert excellence with clean line work, effective compositions, and extensive detail. It's probably my second favorite bat-work of Kubert's next to his art on Batman & Son by Morrison. 7.25/10