Quote Originally Posted by thwhtGuardian View Post
I keep seeing that said but it just isn't true. While stories with a lot of exposition at the start or an introspective pace can benefit from being read in a single sitting rather than an episodic release those aren't the problems that plague The Batman's Grave, if anything being collected will only compound the pacing issues we've seen so far, while ten page fight scenes make for poor episodic reading when collected together they'll create a very uneven and unnatural pace that will sure to be maddening.
It should be good in TPB IF the story picks up next issue.
We still have what 9 issues left? Maybe Ellis is adopting a 3-arc structure.
While I really like the general feel of it - detective work, the Bruce-Alfred interaction/banter, Hitch's art etcetera; I do agree it's moving at a snails pace.
He needs to ramp up the momentum asap.