Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong, The General, releases the entire might of Brother Eye and the Omacs against the recently shattered Batfamily.  Will they be able to put their past behind them and band together to save Gotham from this staggering threat, or will the citizens of Gotham City once again be collateral damage as the villain…

I have a lot to discuss here, and I have mixed emotions about many elements within this story… So, let’s just jump into it! Fair warning though, there are spoilers aplenty after the credits page! This issue picks up two hours after the events of the previous chapter. If you remember, Batman and Red Robin…

James Tynion has a tendency to overwrite, filling his pages with an abundance of exposition and fluff… This isn’t one of those instances. First off, I have to give Tynion credit for winning my attention immediately on the first page. I opened the book and felt like I had been sucked into a time-warp that…

When James Tynion IV was first announced as the new writer for Detective Comics, he made the statement that he wanted to be on the title till issue #1000.  Having said such a thing, it led me to believe that he had already mapped out a story that would take us to that point.  Now,…

Detective Comics #975 continues to deal with the fallout resulting from Batwoman killing Clayface.  But whereas #974 contained extremely volatile reactions from some of the cast, this issue has given the characters time for their immediate emotional responses to recede and allowed them to have some much more constructive and analytical assessments of the situation…

Detective Comics #974 is mainly about the fallout of Batwoman's actions from the previous issue.  3 weeks ago, we saw Kate Kane take Clayface's life by shooting him through the head with an experimental gun developed by The Colony.  Ever since then, I've been pondering what would happen next. My primary feeling was that there…

Detective Comics Annual #1 is another new origin story for Clayface.  When I first read the solicit, I thought to myself, haven't I already read this?  And I'm not even talking within Tynion's own run, but didn't we have a revamped Clayface origin back in 2013?  So, I pulled out Batman: The Dark Knight 23.3…

First Victim's dastardly plan unfolds as a gigantic rage induced Clayface goes on a rampage through Gotham City that will undoubtedly turn many more citizens against the Dark Knight over his  willingness to utilize a super villain on his new task force.  Will the Gotham Knights be able to stop Clayface in time, or is…

For one reason or another, I went into Detective Comics #972 expecting it to be somewhat substandard.  But the fact of the matter is, I actually enjoyed most of it.  Maybe it's the fact that my expectations were set low going into this.  Since I was expecting something inferior and got more than a halfway…

This is chapter 3 of Fall of the Batmen, the current arc running through Detective Comics. In previous chapters we saw Gotham’s mayor interfering with Batman’s business, with the intent of shutting down his team. Additionally, the Victim Syndicate is back as the opposing force, and Stephanie has rejoined the Gotham Knights. In this week’s…

Detective Comics #970 primarily focuses on Tim Drake overcompensating for his prolonged absence, Clayface trying to cure his "condition", and...a truckload of Cyber Assassins?!? Tim's story revolves around him basically trying to do everything.  Almost as if his most recent ordeal has turned him into an obsessive-compulsive mirco-manager.  While it's nice to see Tim happy…

Stephanie is back on the team, politics once again put Gotham against Batman, and the villains are amassing to counter Batman's Gotham Knights.  All this and more in this week's chapter of Detective Comics. As our story opens, we learn that Gotham has a new mayor.  And, naturally, the first thing the press wants to…

This week, James Tynion’s love letter to Tim Drake fans wraps up in “A Lonely Place of Living.” I feel this story is a success for many reasons, predominately because of the return of Tim Drake! After being egregiously mishandled during the New 52, James Tynion created a large sigh of relief when he corrected…

You want an emotional feel good hug-fest?  Well, look no further.  Detective Comics #967 delivers the goods in some major ways. But nothing is ever perfect, so I'm just going to put my biggest gripes up front and center before we move on to the positives. During the course of this story; Future Tim has…

Tim Drake, meet Tim Drake. Over the past year, Tim Drake's absence has loomed large since being abducted way back in Detective Comics #940.  Thinking their ally dead, Batman and his extended family have had to work through the grief felt after losing a loved one.  In his absence, Tim has played a part in the…

Detective Comics #965 is essentially a love letter to Tim Drake and I'm completely, absolutely, and utterly on board with that. I sat down and opened this issue to the very first page, and going no further than that, I already felt in my gut that I was holding something special.  Something that hand been…

Detective Comics #964 is the second and last part of the Anarky story which serves as a brief interlude between the Azrael arc and the return of TIM DRAKE!  (Tim Drake, Tim Drake, Tim Drake Tim Drake Tim Drake. *does a happy little jig*)  Sorry there, got a little overzealous.  Really, I'd just like to…

Lonnie Machin, how I've missed you. During the course of TheNew52, we have actually seen three Anarkys.  The first was in a ZeroYear tie-in that featured one of the Green Lanterns and had something to do with people hiding in a football stadium to escape the hurricane about to hit Gotham.  When I was told…

Unrelenting action, check.  Witty humor, check.  Amazing visuals, check.  Unexpected twists and turns, check.  AzBats, check.  And an ending that boils down to more than simply who can hit the hardest, check.  This sounds awesome!  I'm guessing right about now you're probably waiting for the other shoe to drop.  Well, fear not!  I wasn't just…