Batman vs. Robin

Batman vs. Robin

by Mark Waid, Mahmud Asrar (Artist), Scott Godlewski (Artist)

It's Father vs. Son—Batman and Robin will both be pushed to their limits when locked in combat with each other!

Spinning out of the events of Batman/Superman: Worlds Finest and Robin, Damian Wayne unearths dark forces which unleash super-charged magic across the globe. Batman must battle his son to save the planet and put a stop to the chaos!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Batman, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

248 pages, Hardcover

First published July 4, 2023

About the author

Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America.

Reviews

[Khurram · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, a lot more than I thought I would. The book is a lot epic than I thought it would be. The book contains the end of Robin #17, Batman/Superman Worlds Finest #5, and Batman vs. Robin #1 - 5.

Since the Tournament of Lazarus Island, Damian is determined to learn its secrets. Unfortunately, he unleashes something long buried with an overwhelming hatred for Batman. Now, a family feud begins with the fate of the physical and magical world at stake.

I am very glad they showed Batman at his brilliant and butt kicking best. There is still one loose end that has not yet been explained, but that I am guessing will happen in the future stories. Each chapter begins with the normal and a couple of varient covers of that issue. The book finishes with a varient cover gallery.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was going SO well, with really nice artwork, until it devolved into a bloated, multi-title crossover ‘event’ that felt like it was never going to end (Lazarus World, in case you’re interested; trust me when I say that you won’t be after you’ve read it).

Once all the crossover stuff was out of the way, it had a really nice ending that almost made me raise my fist and yell ‘I AM BATMAN’ myself, so that made me decide to round up to four stars instead of rounding down to three.

[Shaun Stanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Batman Vs Robin collects issues 1-5 of the DC Comics series written by Mark Waid, illustrated by Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski, and colors by Jordie Bellaire.

Alfred Pennyworth has seemingly returned from the dead with no recollection of what has happened over the last few months. He returns to Wayne Manor to find the mansion a little more deserted than normal as Damian Wayne has blamed himself for Alfred's death and has been traveling the world looking for answers. But everything immediately flips on its head when Damian returns with only one mission, to kill his father - The Batman.

Batman and Robin have to come to blows many times over the years so this doesn't seem to be as big of a deal as DC was trying to make it. It isn't even the first comic called Batman Vs Robin. This series focuses a lot on the magical side of the DC multiverse and the newly launched Monkey Prince. It also heavily relies on the famed Lazarus Pits of Batman lore, but now upgraded to Lazarus Island, Lazarus Resin, and the most unintentionally gross-sounding yet, Lazarus juice. Batman Vs Robin and the Lazarus Panet event (which occurs between BVR issues 4 & 5) could have been combined into one 7-issue event and streamlined and I feel it would have made more sense. This isn't a bad series, but there is a lot going on, and most of it seems pretty pointless - just an excuse to cram as many characters in as possible.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just as Batman and his son Damian, the current Robin, start to think about how to mend their relationship, Damian comes under the spell of the demon Nezha, forcing Batman to face some of his greatest insecurities.

Following up on Josh Williamson's excellent Robin series, and Mark Waid's own fantastic Batman/Superman: World's Finest comic, Waid draws on both for a tale that is full of magic and Damian's legacy as both son of Batman and Talia al Ghul. I thought this story was done very well and Waid brings a lot of DC's forgotten magical characters out for a spin - Black Alice, Klarion, Cain & Abel and their respective Houses, the Witches Three, etc. It was so great to see all of them again, even briefly.

Lots of different artists on this book, but each style complements the overall arc, so can't find any complaints.

[Bill Riggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alfred returns. Robin possessed. Batman in Fate’s helmet. All in all an epic and exciting series in which the events spin off into the greater DC Universe.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good series. Batman and Robin find themselves at odds over the death of Alfred. There's some magic involved which I normally wouldn't care for in a Batman story, but it works here. (Lazarus Planet, however, is a different story, which I'll cover in a different review.)

Overall I think this series would have been stronger without the Lazarus Planet series, but this series was strong on its own anyway.

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This year I'm going to try and include the DC digital floppies I've finished more frequently. Yes, reading them as floppies, aka before the trade, may throw off the dates a little, but especially when I go back to commuting daily my comic reading is on the train, and the audiobook "reading" is on the drive home after the train.

In all honesty this seems to have been pretty much the setup for the just debuting Lazarus planet story line. Robin's title appears to be cancelled after his fun, and kind of amusing, martial arts tournament story. Now the question is has a demon, and his great grandmother messed with Damian's mind to the point that Damian will go after his father Bruce (aka Batman)?

The short answer is yes, and part of what keeps this from getting a higher score is that the story has a little bit of a Holly wood ending while getting to Lazarus planet.

[James DeSantis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Holy shit usually Waid is a real solid writer, and the middle of this is really solid but then those last two issues...well the last one in particular. Are we seriously doing a fucking spirit bomb revival? Get out of here.

This is not really worth reading other than Damien and Bruce are on talking terms again by the end. Also some real solid art.

[Душкицаа · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5
Ne svidjami se promena stila crtanja pri kraju.
Bilo je zanimljivo, najvise volim delove gde je cela bet porodica na okupu.🦇

[John Blacksad]

Üzülerek yarım bıraktım.

Pek çok marvel, dc işinde yaşadığımı tekrar etmiş olacağım şimdi. Aslında bu gayet akıcı bir cilt. Kafaya takmadan okunup gidebilirdi. Ama benim gibi sadece Türkçe kaynaklardan takip eden, kendini bu evrenlere özel olarak hazırlamayan okur için bodoslama dalmak keyifsiz oluyor. Hiç tanımadığım karakterler var, o karakterlerin birbirleriyle ilişkileri var, evrende cereyan etmiş önemli olaylar/eventler var ve (tahminim) bunlara göndermeler (bunlardan beslenmeler) var. Uzun yıllardır çizgi roman okumama rağmen bu konuda sorun yaşıyorum. İnternetten falan takviyeli gitmek gerek muhtemelen.

Asrar ile tanışma fırsatı olmasa zaten belki eseri almazdım bile. JBC ciltli ve gayet güzel basmış. Şık bir etkinlik ile de Mahmud Asrar’la tanışmamıza vesile olduğu için içeriğinden bağımsız özel bir cilt olacak benim için. Öyle de tezat işte :)

[Fraser Simons · Rating 1 out of 5]

The sequel to Batman and Superman’s World Finest, which was solid enough and had great art. This, though, descends into incredulity further and just has some really tried and failed tropes - including the titular batman vs Robin itself, a rehash. It’s all exposition dumps and the story goes no place interesting whatsoever. Waid often doesn’t know when to put a story down though, so it’s perhaps not that surprising. He tends to run hot and then fizzle out, which is what this does. Nothing compelling about it, unfortunately.

[jana (taylor's version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprisingly good. I really enjoyed the detail of Bruce being confronted with the deepest, darkest feelings of all his Robins as well as his own insecurities.

[Chelsea 🏳️‍🌈 · Rating 2 out of 5]

This feels like a mesh of several old Bruce & Damian stories. The scene where Bruce has imaginary battles with the former Robins (sans Duke) and they all ask why they didn’t matter as much to him is extremely reminiscent of his fight when he wanted to bring Damian back to life in Tomasi’s run.

The characterization in this for Damian was as off as Williamson’s run so I don’t know if Waid was just trying to match that or he also thought Damian was just a kid that uses big words and seems to have no memory of his old character traits. Bruce wasn’t the Bruce I’m used to but the last I read of him, it was Williamson’s take.

The art is fine. I miss Damian’s old Robin suit but this grey sad one seems to be permanent now.

The Alfred part is sad. I still don’t like killing him off for drama. It’s yet another way new writers come in and kill off threads of what made these stories so fun and compelling for shock value. It’s a way to say they “did something” with their runs but it inevitably ruins the chance for better stories.

Wouldn’t it have been cool if this was a story with the real Alfred teaming up with Bruce to go after Damian? Or even better, the real batkids (with Duke) teaming up to save him. Dudebros question why so many people like Wayne Family Adventures but it’s the only official story that gives us content of the family altogether. This could’ve been a cool opp for a family team up but alas…

DC said “Let’s do that complete original, brand new, never done before thing where we have Bruce fight one of his kids!”

[Mia · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5.stars

Chewed over the plot but has great and its solid enough.

[Sem · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm being charitable here, because:
a) like a quarter of the story isn't here. It's in an event called Lazarus Planet, which you happily find out when you reach the end of issue 4 and the book goes "well, hope you bought that one" and then you just sort of skip over a lot of things and issue 5 has a whole new bunch of things happening. Not Waid's fault, of course, that's just what a lot of comics are nowadays.

b) the end of this book features a scene so palpably ridiculous that my first association with it was the damn Pokemon Movie. I love Waid's wide-eyed optimism in comics when it's used well but this took the wind out of the story's sails really quick. It was also a stark contrast to the somber, emotional scenes with Alfred in prior issues.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok, this was going to be 4 stars, but that end made me cry....
A lot of build up and pre-reading to be done before reading this Volume (Batman/Superman: The Devil Nezha; Robin V1 and 2; the whole Shadow War crossover, etc) but the basic gist is this:
Batman and Superman imprisoned the Devil Nezha in the Phantom Zone and buried the door to get him out. Robin found the door on Lazarus Island and let him out. Nezha controls many people, leaches away most of the magic of the world, and pits Robin against Batman for revenge at his imprisonment. Batman does his thing and wins the day by sacrificing himself to stop Nezha. Robin prepares to give his life to save his father, but upon hearing his sacrifice wouldn't be enough, he pleads with Gotham City and all its residents to give a little piece of themselves so the many would make a greater whole and he could be resurrected. This is done amidst chants of "We are Batman!" (Tears.)
Thusly Batman Vs Robin, again becomes Batman AND Robin.

Overall, a really good story and nice wrap up to all the stories Batman and Robin have each been going through. Excited to see what is next.
Recommend.

[Roman Zarichnyi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Після турніру на острові Лазаря у серії коміксів «Робін», Деміан рішуче налаштований розгадати таємниці острова. На жаль, його пошуки призводять до вивільнення давно похованої сили — демона Нежа, який бажає нашкодити Бетмену. Це спричиняє сімейний конфлікт, від якого залежить доля, як фізичного, так і магічного світів. І стосунки між батьком і сином.

Загалом сюжет, який пропонує Марк Вейд, вийшов досить хорошим і було цікаво читати. Але, як же я не люблю, коли серію переривають якоюсь глобальнішою подією. А коли переривають лімітку на 5 випусків на подію «Планета Лазаря» з певною к-тю тайінів — це особисто мені дуже не подобається. І цей факт зіпсував усе враження.

Малюнок Махмуда Асрара — єдине, на що варто звернути увагу тут. І ще, якщо подобаються стосунки батько/син, то це може стати другою причиною.

[Alex Sarll · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's bad enough that the best comics coming out of core DC lately have been written by Mark Waid; even in the nineties he was a safe, classicist pair of hands, rather than their most shining talent, and that was thirty years ago. Horrifying as it is to contemplate, his current pre-eminence is the same as if the company's big nineties books had been coming from someone who'd been there on and off since before DC were fending off the onslaught of those punk kids Stan and Jack over at Marvel. How much worse, though, when his name is on crap like this, which sees him dragged down to the level of the incoherent, events treading on the heels of events gibberish that represents so much of the rest of the line. Supposedly spinning out of the first arc of Waid's World's Finest, whose ending is reprinted here for emphasis, this at once undermines it while failing even to line up with it; I thought Robin was lost in time, but no, apparently he's around now, just possessed? And so are all the other former Robins, for some reason, and Alfred's back from the dead, except he's not, but he sort of is, and it's something to do with R'as al Ghul's mum, because heavens know nothing helps cement the rep of an undying master villain like having mummy turn up to help. All of this in service of a plot about the DC universe's magic being subverted, which has nothing naturally to do with Batman, but Batman sells comics, so it does now! Playing up the incongruity of the Dark Knight in this sort of story can bear fruit (Batman opening the sci-fi closet in JLA Classified, or in the back of Chas' cab with Detective Chimp in Injustice), but there's precious little of that here, just smashing through the Houses of Mystery and Secrets as charmlessly as he would yet another Gotham warehouse. As for the appearance of Pigsy from Monkey: how does that manage to be wholly wearying? Surely it should carry at least an iota or two of pleasing surprise? Apparently not. As if to prove the extent to which DC is now taking the piss with allegedly world-shattering crossovers, each less convincing than the last, yet another event interposes itself between the final two issues of this, setting up a finale in which - SPOILER in the almost inconceivable event that anyone cares - Batman gets resurrected by crowdsourcing him a new soul from the people of Gotham, each donating a little of their own. Because in a city beset by various ancient strangeness, and where most of the inhabitants already seem to be one bad day away from flipping out and becoming a themed psychopath, that can't possibly backfire, can it?

[Krystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun read, but it serves ultimately as a prequel to DC's Lazarus Planet event.

As a consequence, the first four issues are fantastic, but the fifth jumps to the AFTER, so it's place as the final piece of the story is clunky. If you'd like the whole story, make sure you get the Lazarus Planet story alongside this one, so you can read that between issues 4 and 5.

I loved the way this plays with Batman's history with each Robin. Ultimately, it's about Bruce and Damian, but there are some great moments featuring the other Robins as well.

I do enjoy the magic side of things, though I've found it hit and miss within DC's different stories. Here, I enjoyed it, and I liked how the villains came together. It seemed logical enough for me so I was happy to be along for the ride.

The final issue makes things a bit messy and changes the tone completely, but up until that point it's a great story.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Robin has been possessed by the Devil Nezha and uses his deep knowledge of Batman to bring the Bat nearly to his knees. It's an exciting plot development, even if you know that it'll be reversed by the end of the book.

And yes, it's reversed (in fact, in the last issue it's BATMAN who gets possessed and needs to be defeated). There's an odd break after issue 4 where you have to go read Lazarus Planet - why not just include that here and make a mega-book? (Or skip Lazarus Planet entirely because it's mostly a mediocre introduction to all the characters who will get mini-series in the next year?)

Anyway, Batman vs. Robin on its own is fine - Mark Waid is a skilled writer and the art is great. It's nice to see Batman and Alfred interact again even if Alfred is a Devil Nezha ghost. Goes down smooth, eminently forgettable.

[Frédéric]

I have no idea who the fuck is Nehza, I hate magic in Batman I just don't feel like trying to understand any of this esoteric mumbo jumbo.

Mahmud Asrar's drawing - the reason I wanted to read this book - is obviously superb but not enough.

Ps: Asrar's Batman is sometimes so stocky that he looks like Wolverine in a cosplay. Weird.

[Doesjka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would have been 5 stars if not for the horrible spirit bomb ending.

[Highland G · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story was a bit forced but the ending was worth the read.

[⋆ asya˚｡⋆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

QUEEN ZATANNA AND HER 4 PAGES TOTAL OF SCREENTIME 🤩🤩🤩

[Abigail · Rating 2 out of 5]

That was… not great

[Samuel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Uhhh, idk this just felt super convoluted and a bit bland to me. I guess the art was okay, though?

[Paulo Vinicius Figueiredo dos Santos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Para entender essa HQ, é necessário ter lido as cinco primeiras edições de Batman/Superman - Os Melhores do Mundo. É uma continuação direta de lá. No final desse arco os dois heróis trancam o demônio Nezha na ilha de Lázaro. Alguns anos mais tarde, nos deparamos com Damian que vive um momento emocional ruim. A morte de Alfred durante a luta contra o Bane, fez com que ele se recriminasse pelo ocorrido. Bruce não foi capaz de consolá-lo e o jovem parte em uma viagem de penitência. Ao chegar na ilha de Lázaro, ele participa de um torneio onde acaba libertando Nezha que o possui imediatamente. Nezha liberta todos os sentimentos reprimidos do garoto que o incendeiam e o colocam contra seu pai. A partir daí, o demônio coloca seus planos em ação junto com a Mãe Alma, a mãe de Ra's al-Ghul. Todos os seres com poderes mágicos começam a ser capturados e tem seus poderes retirados para alimentarem um artefato mágico poderoso e dar a Nezha poderes inacreditáveis. Caberá ao Homem-Morcego deter seus planos.


Antes de mais nada, quero explicar porque o número 5 da série (o final) não está aí. Ele precisa ser lido após o one-shot Planeta de Lázaro que irei comentar em outra postagem. Então o epílogo dessa série irei comentar junto com o one-shot.


Mark Waid conseguiu criar o seu próprio puxadinho na DC. O trabalho que ele tem feito ao lado do Dan Mora em Os Melhores do Mundo tem sido fabuloso e a editora percebeu que o autor tem produzido ouro. Então, a DC fez o certo e deixou Waid fazer o que quisesse. Batman vs Robin surge como um spin off do que ele vem fazendo. E está na cara que Waid entende muito bem a mecânica de ser super-herói. Seus roteiros são leves e fáceis de entender, apesar de possuírem múltiplas camadas. Waid é um daqueles autores que bebem da Era de Prata na sua forma de escrita. Ele se adequa bem aos parâmetros atuais, mas possui vários pés nesse formato mais clássico. Por mais que Batman vs Robin seja uma HQ que é derivada de outra coisa, é possível lê-la sozinha. Por incrível que pareça. Claro que quem leu Os Melhores do Mundo e conhece o que aconteceu na fase do Tom King no Batman ou acompanha o Damian em sua HQ vai ser recompensado com easter eggs e informações extras. Mas, a obrigatoriedade acaba aí. É extra. Não é essencial. É possível se divertir se focando apenas na minissérie. O roteiro tem algumas conveniências básicas, mas não é nada que afronte a minha inteligência. Apesar de eu achar Os Melhores do Mundo com um roteiro mais inspirado. Só percebi aquela pegada do Waid de Os Melhores do Mundo nas edições 3 e 4. As duas primeiras são bem desinteressantes, mas talvez seja porque o autor acabou precisando explicar demais as coisas.



A arte do Mahmud Asrar é interessante e combina com o clima obscuro e mágico dessa minissérie. Não chega a ser uma arte que me encante os olhos, mas gosto da sua composição de quadros. Asrar entrega detalhes bem bacanas, principalmente quando ele se vê precisando desenhar interiores. Estes são bem detalhados, onde o artista integra os personagens à cena. Há um emprego forte de sombras e silhuetas nas duas primeiras edições de forma a dar esse ar sombrio e melancólico ao quadrinho. Tem uma cena legal onde Asrar desenha a mansão Wayne à noite e embaixo ele desenha a mesma coisa, mas com trovões estourando atrás dela. Dá um ar agourento ao que vai acontecer. É uma cena clássica de terror que funciona até hoje. Cria antecipação no leitor. Nas duas últimas edições o elemento mágico está mais presente então as cenas precisam ser mais insanas. Acho que é aí que o artista se perde um pouco. Sem falar em que temos Scott Godlewski precisando complementar. Não sei se foram os prazos apertados ou se Godlewski pegou apenas algumas páginas por fazer. Fato é que dá uma certa diferenciação entre as duas artes, mesmo com Godlewski tentando emular razoavelmente a arte de Asrar. A quadrinização é bem padrão, com o uso de quatro a sete quadros por páginas. Temos algumas splash pages espalhadas, mas Asrar não costuma empregá-las com frequência.


No fundo esta série é sobre o Bruce e o Damian. Os acontecimentos do final de Cidade do Bane foram traumáticas para ambos. Alfred era uma figura importante na Bat-família e servia como o contraponto humano nesse mundo estranho de capa e bugigangas. A maneira como a tragédia aconteceu ressoa diferente para pai e filho. Bane quebra o pescoço de Alfred na frente de Damian enquanto Bruce estava longe lidando com outra situação. Para Damian, a sensação foi a de impotência diante de um inimigo poderoso demais e ele nada pôde fazer para impedir. Para Bruce, a sensação foi a de ter chegado tarde demais para salvar a vida daquele que funcionou como um segundo pai para ele. No meio dessa tristeza toda, Bruce, que é um cara que não sabe lidar bem com seus sentimentos, não oferece o carinho e o conforto que seu filho precisava naquele momento. Ambos viveram uma perda e precisavam ter passado por aquilo juntos. Mas, não foi isso o que aconteceu. As feridas se abriram mais e o abismo entre ambos só cresceu.


Waid foi bastante inteligente nessa série. Ele criou o personagem Nezha que na revista de Os Melhores do Mundo era um demônio muito poderoso que possuía uma terrível habilidade de possuir a mente e o corpo das pessoas. Nessa revista, Waid usa uma abordagem quase oriental para contar como Batman e Superman fizeram para deter um inimigo dessa proporção. Nezha é mostrado como um ser mágico, nada mais do que isso. É dado um contexto de que heróis no passado tentaram destruí-lo, mas só conseguiram aprisioná-lo. Em Batman vs Robin, Waid agrega mais à mitologia do personagem associando aos poços de Lázaro. Gostei da ideia, não achei forçada nem nada. Oferece mais camadas ao inimigo e consegue conectá-lo ao universo do Morcego. Alguns detalhes dependem de um pouco de conhecimento prévio para entender a gravidade da coisa, mas nada espetacular. Gostei também do fato de que a minissérie vai ter uma consequência maior para a DC, só não sei se vai ser mais limitado ao que o Waid está criando ou se vai se espalhar mais.



Durante a série Bruce revê bastante sua relação com todos os Robins. Damian é o filho rebelde dele. Tem uma personalidade bem complicada de lidar, mais até do que o Jason Todd. O que acho interessante é que Damian é rebelde no sentido de não aceitar determinadas situações sem questionamento enquanto Todd era apenas insensato mesmo. Mesmo estando possuído por Nezha, o que Damian pontua para o Bruce não deixa de ter lá alguns níveis de verdade. O próprio assume isso. Não sei como isso vai afetar futuramente o personagem, mas é válido pensar que o Morcego, quando começou sua cruzada contra o crime, não se imaginou tendo tantas pessoas as quais cuidar. Sempre pensou em si mesmo como um lobo solitário. Ter um filho como o Damian, que precisa muito ser guiado por ter tido uma criação difícil ao lado da Liga dos Assassinos, impõe novos desafios a ele. E novas reflexões onde ele precisa começar a pensar em si mesmo como um pai e um modelo. Vemos também o quanto ele reluta em seguir em frente após a perda do Alfred. É algo ao qual ele não se perdoou e é algo que fez com que o Damian estivesse nessa situação.


Já o Damian se vê precisando lutar contra seu pai. Me questiono o quanto Nezha teve dificuldades para despertar o lado sombrio do garoto. Porque os sentimentos negativos já estavam ali, quase transbordando para fora dele. A rejeição, a impotência e a culpa criaram raízes em seu coração e o levaram a tomar atitudes imprudentes. No fundo, Damian ama seu pai, mas ele está com raiva de si mesmo e de seu pai por não ter lhe estendido a mão quando precisou. É uma briga simples de pai e filho que leva a duras palavras sendo ditas que machucam um ao outro. Tanto é que quando Porcoso buscou mostrar ao garoto que era possível resistir à possessão e colocou em questão o que aquilo tudo significava para ele, foi o que ele precisava para finalmente chegar às suas próprias conclusões. Outro detalhe é como o Mahmud Asrar desenhou bem a luta dos dois, mostrando detalhe a detalhe quase um balé de golpes e contragolpes. Cena bem feita e bem coreografada, mostrando como o artista entende bem as cenas de ação.


Batman vs Robin é uma boa minissérie, fechada em si. Se o leitor não se interessar em ler Planeta de Lázaro, leia a quinta edição que é totalmente possível. Você pode ignorar o evento (não vai estar perdendo lá muita coisa...) e ver qual foi o impacto emocional para pai e filho. Gostei de como Waid encerrou a série em si mesma, e que deu a possibilidade de que aquele leitor mais conhecedor do universo DC ter algum prêmio por saber mais sobre a mitologia do personagem. Ou seja, é uma HQ que vai agradar aos que estão chegando agora com algo divertido, ou aos mais experientes, com uma mitologia mais profunda e densa. A arte cumpre bem o seu papel e nos entrega alguns bons momentos, apesar de ter aquele estigma de possuir outro artista para precisar fechar a edição. No fim de tudo, curti e recomendo.

[NarraTea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good stuff. Made the whole Lazarus Planet event worth it. WE ARE BATMAN

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Through 4 issues this book is incredibly fun but it being tied in to Lazarus planet really hurts it by the 5th issue because it feels like you've missed so much between 4 and 5. would've given 4/5 if not for the broken story

[TJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was actually really good, but it got derailed by the Lazarus Planet event. Besides that, I think this was really strong. 4/5 stars.