I’ve read everything up to the brave and the mold, but missed out on War of Jokes and Riddles, and rules of engagement. But overall I think it’s a great run, and it’s a much better batman comic than Tynion’s detective, along with being a huge improvement over Snyder’ s run. Tom King is a fantastic writer; he could write any Dc character and I’d be cool with it.
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12-18-2017, 06:34 PM #1Daydreamer
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Rate it: Batman by Tom King
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12-18-2017, 06:49 PM #2BANNED
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My thoughts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHiSQuCAR64
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12-18-2017, 06:51 PM #3Mighty Member
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An outstanding run
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12-18-2017, 07:45 PM #4Ultimate Member
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A solid run.
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12-18-2017, 07:48 PM #5Fantastic Member
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Not the Batman I want.
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12-18-2017, 08:43 PM #6Extraordinary Member
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I think a lot of King's concepts and ideas are pretty good. I think his actual writing style is pretty damn bad; it sets my teeth on edge. I'm also not a big fan of how romanticized (for lack of a better term) a lot of things in it are.
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12-18-2017, 08:51 PM #7D*mned Prince of Gotham
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I've been enjoying his run a lot and think its a pretty solid run overall.
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12-18-2017, 09:04 PM #8Astonishing Member
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The worst run by one of DC's best writers is still better than 90% of everything else on the shelves. It has consistently improved with each arc. It's the most human Batman has been in a good while. Better than any Batman story since the Court of Owls and any other lesser title like Detective Comics since the beginning of the New 52.
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It's the Dynamic Duo! Batman and Robin!... and Red Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing and Batwoman and Batgirl and Orphan and Spoiler and Bluebird and Lark and Gotham Girl and Talon and Batwing and Huntress and Azreal and Flamebird and Batcow?
Since when could just anybody do what we trained to do? It makes it all dumb instead of special. Like it doesn't matter anymore.
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12-18-2017, 09:40 PM #9Death becomes you
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Catwoman is my favorite DC character by a wide margin. Any writer that that includes Catwoman in a story in a meaningful way and in character is A-OK by me. So I love Tom King.
If he ever gets tired of writing Batman my hope is he writes a Catwoman solo series.
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12-18-2017, 10:21 PM #10Mighty Member
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I like it. I think it's good and I think he will get more action focused later on in the run.
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12-19-2017, 12:23 AM #11Astonishing Member
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Hit and miss. Granted I've read a small sample.
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12-19-2017, 08:14 AM #12BANNED
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It's welcoming for people who are new to batman, or haven't read his comics faithfully. But some of the re imaginings of the characters are off the mark (Talia). I've really liked the art (which is part of the script!)
It isn't disappointing, but it isn't quite fulfilling.
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12-19-2017, 08:18 AM #13BANNED
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Year 1 I'd give a 7
Year 2 is a really mixed bag, the things I like I really like but there are tons of problems. Hard to rate imo.
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12-19-2017, 09:36 AM #14The Superior One
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A fantastic run thus far - four out of five stars.
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12-19-2017, 09:46 AM #15Astonishing Member
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Not as good as I expected, anyway Tom finally give us a human Batman and that's a good news for me.
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