It was different enough to keep me interested, though. The story set in Arkham with the character Anchoress was a bit of an iffy one for me. Snyder played up how dangerous a villain he could be if he totally went off the rails. Always nice to see those two together!Ĭlayface shows up in this sucker and makes quite an impression. In the issue called Ghost Lights, Superman pops in to check on Bruce, and they end up taking on an evil spirit who has been summoned by some stupid kids. I believe the writers are trying to convey Bruce's deep emotions, but (to me) it feels hollow and cheap.Īnd the longer it drags out, the more annoyed I get. My point is, I just don't enjoy the dead kid angle. If there was ever one excuse to be a crackhead, that's the one. Now, I don't think smoking crack is a good idea under any circumstances, but she gets a pass in my book. Turns out, her kid had died a few years beforehand. There was this story on the news the other day about this woman who lost everything because she started smoking crack.

It's a personal preference, but I just don't like watching the writers try to decide how Batman should act while in the throes of grief over his dead child. It rankles my nerves a bit, and I wish they'd just dip his ass in a Lazarus pit already and be done with it. I'm not sure how much I'm actually enjoying this Death of Damien storyline. The first time Harper is determined to help Batman deal with his rage after Damien's death. Harper (Bluebird) and her brother Cullen feature in this one twice. It showed Bruce trying to clean up the city before he put on the mask.Īlso included was a look at Tim, Jason, Dick, & Barbara's first peek at the Batsymbol in the sky, which coincided with (varying degrees of) turning points in their lives. It starts off with a prequel to Zero Year that was maybe not necessary, but interesting anyway. I will say that they were all consistently good, even if the timelines were all over the map. This is a bunch of leftover stories from random times and places. I would have preferred a long story arc, but dreams don't always come true.

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