You know how every once in a while in Batman Eternal we'll cut away from the gang war or Jim Gordon to see the ghost of Deacon Blackfire or witness Jim Corrigan AKA The Spectre do something mysterious? Well, this is the issue that addresses all of the strangely supernatural aspects and it's surprisingly boring.…

Chapter 5 doesn't really feel like any issue of Batman Eternal before it. There aren't several different subplots to follow, Batman is hardly featured at all, and almost every major storyline running through the first four issues is missing. Instead, we're turning our attention to Tim Drake and an investigation into a mysterious disease plaguing…

Jim Gordon is on trial, Stephanie Brown is on the run, and as Carmine Falcone plots to rebuild Gotham in his image another unseen enemy of The Dark Knight moves to burn everything down, it's Batman Eternal time! There are two things that might be a little misleading about the otherwise awesome cover of Batman Eternal…

All of the clues have made Batman just as angry as the crime itself and you know what that means, it's time to go beat the living hell out of Oswald Cobblepot! Why? Because The Penguin might know something...or not! Even if he doesn't, pummeling Penguin usually clears Batman's head and inspires a brand-new hunch…

Batman Eternal is a year-long event with a new chapter every week, so why is it in such a hurry? Issue #2 is kind of a mess. To me it felt like all five writers (Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV with Ray Fawkes, John Layman, and Tim Seeley) just threw all of their ideas…

One down, fifty-one more to go. The all-new weekly series Batman Eternal by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, John Layman, Tim Seeley, Jason Fabok, and other talented creators begins in big, blockbuster fashion with an action-packed issue that devotes more time toward the GCPD than the titular Dark Knight. Fans of last year's Detective…