If Penguin: Pain & Prejudice was an ongoing series, I would read it. And the way that it ends, this 5 part mini definitely feels like it could have just as easily said "To Be Continued" as "The End".

Part 1 was a breathtaking look into Penguin's past as an abused child and his present as a brutal mob boss, part 2 went even deeper into Penguin's psyche and how he grew more cunning and vindictive with age and it was equally as good, and then there was part 3 which I wrote off…

How brilliant is the art by Szymon Kudranski and colorist John Kalisz? Every panel in this series is a triumph. I don't think that any currently running bat-title has bad art, overall everybody is doing a respectable job, but no creative team is using shadow and a limited color pallet to make something as dark…

There's an immense sense of satisfaction after finishing "Penguin: Pain & Prejudice #2" because it is just so very, very good. Everything I said in my review of issue #1 still stands. The pencils and the coloring are all just as richly detailed and cold and brooding as they were last time. Penguin is just…

What is this? Penguin has his own book now?! Not really. Calm down. This is not the ongoing Cobblepot Adventures, but it is a 5 part mini-series exploring Penguin's origin. Wah wah wah. Penguin's always been sort of a joke to mainstream audiences. It wasn't until his dark, mutated portrayal in Batman Returns that the…