Kudos to John Layman for not taking the easy route with his Death of the Family tie-in. Instead of finding another character for Joker to torture and monologue at the author opted to not use the Joker at all. Rather than give into the allure of writing for one of, if not the greatest villains…

Right off the bat let me say that as a Death of the Family tie-in, this issue was a complete failure. But as a fun Batman story in its own right it's a success. This really didn't need to feature the Joker at all...and really, it doesn't. He's in the book for 3 panels total…

Probably the best depiction of Poison Ivy I've seen in some time. Yeah, that's right. It seemed from the last issue of Detective Comics like this one would be all about Penguin again, but Layman's Batman is always busy. Every night another rogue and while last night might have included a bit of a Penguin…

Change is good. The first week of the month has been one of my favorite weeks for comics but one of my least favorite for Batman comics, however I think all of that is about to change. Anytime new talent comes to a title you should almost always give that book a chance but few comics…

Finally an issue of Detective Comics that I thoroughly enjoyed! I even thought this comic could've been longer. The backup by James Tynion IV and Henrik Jonsson could most definitely have been stretched into its own full length issue. Let me break it all down for you. First off there's the main event, The Final…

I won't spend too much time writing this article because I already feel like I've wasted enough of my life on this issue just by reading it. It sucked. The first half is unbearably boring and the second half is just plain stupid. Now I'm out five bucks amd I'm not happy. The annual is…

Here's a pleasant surprise: Ya know how the solicits for this issue said that the backup would be a continuation of Two-Face's story, the terrible one Tony Daniel wrote in which Two Face wants to hold public office again, he's kidnapped by ninjas, and he fights a gangster with a conjoined twin on his stomach?…

Starting October 3rd with issue #13, "Chew" author John Layman will be taking over writing duties on "Detective Comics" and Jason Fabok, who recently did pencils for the "Batman Annual", will handle the art.

If you want to make a physicist laugh, show them Tony Daniel's idea of a Hadron Collider which was built in under 6 months and put at the, lets say 40th floor of Wayne Tower. I don't have a degree in physics, but the whole thing seems awfully ludicrous to me, especially when "Detective Comics" …

Issue #10 is one of the more readable installments in some time, but for a series called "Detective" where you'd think logic would prevail, very few events in this book makes sense. There's more action and detective work here than I've seen from this series since the Dollmaker storyline making it a real page turner…

There are two comics taking part in the "Night of the Owls" event this week, but "Detective Comics" is the runt. An overpriced runt. Before taking my review to heart, however, let's make sure we agree on some things: Do you feel that Roman Sionis should be the Black Mask, a character that embodies the…

I've found "Detective Comics" to be pretty terrible since the 2nd issue. The last arc was a definite low point in which nothing made any sense or had any real impact, and Penguin (who was shown on 3 covers in a row) never actively participated in the story until the final issue and even that…

2 pages. The Penguin vs. Batman showdown advertised on every cover of this series for the past 3 issues lasted 2 pages. This is a book that wants to be priced a dollar higher next month. No. No, I don't think so. Look, I'd love to buy a comic featuring the caped crusader drawn by…

What the heck did I just read? This is one of the most convoluted issues of any Batman title so far in the New 52 and has the 2nd worst line uttered by a character. The very worst line in any Batman book still belongs to…

There is NO reason for you to spend $2.99 on this comic. Why? For starters the first 5 pages of this comic are online as a free preview. 5 pages. Free. Not out of the ordinary, previews are quite common. Well, in the case of "Detective Comics" #5, those 5 pages make up 41.67% of…

Tony S. Daniel again draws the best Batman and delivers some finely paced action, but falls short in the story department. Meet Raju First off, this issue doesn't even get started without Daniel backtracking as if he forgot to introduce an important character, Raju the police informant, in the previous issue. For some reason Batman…