Joker War is the dumbest title in a long line of dumb titles. Did they only have 2 minutes of coming up with it? Maybe it was the working title and they just kept using it... that's DC's Batcorner in a nutshell. Just keep using stuff. Doesn't have to make sense or be well-written. Enough idi... fans will buy it.
This is why I have fallen out of love with comics like fool me once etc. All nonsense nowadays events and a tie ins seem to happen all the time. What also is this Death Metal crap, like I still haven't finished Metal. Does anyone seriously buy this is the "final battle"... like come on.
Snyder's clayface mini story is still imo the best thing out of the main Batbook since N52 begun. (Snyder's run in general I didn't realise how boring it actually was!)
"Yes...Mondo Cool"- Vegeta.
I'm not finding anything original in this guy's run. Everything is so generic.
Last time I saw Grifter he was in DCU him and all other spy agents are fighting Dick, Tiger and Helena Bertinelli to take down Spyral in Spy War led by Max Lord and got beat up Midnighter who's on Dick's speed dial.
I think.
I don't remember if he's one of the people who got beat up by Midnighter or not.
Though the Spy War was over once Dick defeated Spyral founder Dr. Dedalus and Tiger King betrayed Max Lord to lead Spyral after Helena became Huntress. All the different spy agencies are allies again in Nightwing Rebirth while Max moved on to target Amanda Waller in JL vs Suicide Squad.
Joker thinks that Batman is only as good as his fortune. That he wins only because he has advantages they don't. The guy is sowing the seeds of his own demise. You take everything away from Bruce, he has nothing left to lose. At the end Joker will realise it isn't the money that makes Batman, it is the man.
I have a feeling that the 5G transition was going to come about because Bruce crosses the line and finally kills someone (likely the Joker) and retires. Not sure it will happen that way now, but this can't end with yet another "Batman beats Joker and sends him to Arkham" outcome.
Tynion's short run so far has been better than King's entire agonising run. Batman is actually the focus and is being portrayed as competent and effective. Not some sad sack pouty guy bemoaning the fact his girl left him. I think King's Batman was the worst version of his character ever, and King seemed more interested in pushing Selena than anything else. I can only hope that King's Bat/Cat maxi series is out of continuity and has no bearing on Batman going forward.
I agree that Kings Batman was bad, but "the worst" not at all ! Snyder was even lower ! Batman/Catwoman has already been seen many times with always the same ending. A real evolution in Batman's realationship would have really evolved the character and been a good daring touch.