Too many hoods in this book lol. I liked it and that's about all I'll say as it's now cancelled. Normally I'd rather something get cancelled based on poor sales or shitty writing but this dummy just doesn't know how to keep it's mouth shut. Yeah, if you wanna just throw awful insults around you deserve to be called an it.

Tragic

Perfection.

This is one of the best comics I have read.

This should have won the Eisner. Perhaps though, it's too graphic?

I am genuinely blown away by this. This is without question, the best super hero comic book on the shelves today.

Every month is a genuine treat.

Ha. One day, I look forward to owning the Absolute "Absolute Batman."

I'm speechless.

Well … I made it about halfway through Death of the Silver Surfer #2 before putting it down. Pak is being way too heavy handed with his “subtext” - saw it brewing in #1, but hoped for the best … the best is NOT what I got here. I strongly do NOT recommend this comic.

I don’t like the constant renumbering of comics back to issue one … so I was already suspicious of Batman #1 even before I bought it, that being said I liked it. The main drawback is that it fails as a first issue - no explanation as to why Gordon is a 60 year old beat cop, or how Vandal Savage is the new police commissioner. Also it’s clear that Alfred is dead and only appearing in Bruce’s subconscious … so I think some explanation is needed there. They could have dropped the DC KO preview and used those pages to get a lapsed reader up to speed.

I will say Killer Croc was very VERY well done and made for a great one-and-done story. The writing was nice and tight and the art was absolutely beautiful. Outside of the few issues I have already mentioned, this was a solid book and a fun read. While not perfect I will still recommend this new Batman - I am adding it to my pull-list. more

Wish we got more of an ending for the other detectives

Pretty entertaining but no where near the Hickman usual greatness

I wish we got a more definitive answer on if Carmine and Louisa are Selina’s parents or not but I guess that’s a mystery for another time. Great art and a great Riddler comic

The story is still engaging but the constant gratuity is getting to be a little much. I appreciate a gorgeous depiction of the female form which Sale does phenomenally but to constantly harp on it as if that's the only redeeming quality that the men in Catwoman's world appreciate is problematic and reductive. And I'm not even the biggest Catwoman fan. I personally feel like there are better characters to pair with Batman but to subject Selina to a constant of passes and innuendos in her own book is a let down. It's also not like we're getting any closer to solving this "mystery", just opening more doors for more questions. more

The art is the standout. I like the character dynamics between Catwoman, the Blond and The Riddler but there is something a bit surface level and we still haven't really found the reason for being here.

While the story itself has yet to pick up the art is beautiful and Selina’s narration is perfect

This issue takes a very somber tone and slows the world down a little bit. Bruce lamenting not trusting Harvey with his identity sooner, Gordon trying to find companionship as his list of allies has shrunk so far, Bruce still seems dissociative when having Thanksgiving with Selina. The people of Gotham are still reeling.

Issue 0 or the Prologue establishing what we'd be seeing allows this issue to really breathe and not have to dump exposition on the reader. We're quickly captured into the story introducing the previously absent Falcone brother, a classic Italian mob threat to Sofia, a disconnected Batman, Jim Gordon reeling from his obligations with his job and family, a somber and stoic beat cop who meets with a tragic end to round out this new mystery. Where is Harvey Dent? more

I appreciate having this little preview or setup for the tone of the book. Obviously we're going back. Back to Gotham, back to Harvey Dent, back to the Falcones, back to Batman and Jim Gordan but now it's darker. Falcone is Holiday but he might be released from his crimes, Harvey is Two-Face and no longer the DA, while both Batman and Jim have a degree of separation after the events of the Long Halloween. Gotham as ever stands as the sole constant, waiting for the night. more

Gary Frank's art I think is the biggest highlight here. He's kind of hit or miss for me. Superman: Secret Origin for example. The way he drew kids felt very disproportional, faces looked strange but its very clean here. He has some amazing panels like when Batman is standing in front of the Arkham house for the first time. There are other examples but they are subtle, small details that I just found really elevated the experience. Johns' writing is solid. Not really reinventing the wheel here. Things are new but I wouldn't necessarily say they are fresh. Nothing is so drastically different that it feels like a new origin for Batman or even a completely separate universe. I guess tweaked is the best word I could ascribe to it. Not tweaked as much as it really could be to stand out. Everything is pretty much wrapped up with a bow because from what it seems, these Earth One books were a testing ground. Enough of them sold well that a few got sequels and then sales fell off. Kind of sad because I am all for separate universe lines having legs. I don't need mainline DC all the time. The Ultimate/Absolute models can work. I think that Earth One just didn't have the fanfare the previously mentioned initiatives did. more

Leonard Snart supports sex workers ✅

This book was promising and beautiful. DC editorial can go eat worms for cancelling it. Transphobes stay angry, bitter and isolated. You are creatures of hate and cannot win.

This is competentent, but to me it feels somewhat creatively bankrupt. From what the city is, to the whole thing Jason is going through. It feels like Nightwing in the 90s and even some more recent red hood comics and maybe it is an effect that the writer wants to achieve, that wants to honor, but for me this comics has a hard time justifying its existance.

There is things to like. For example Jeff Spokes art is spectacular and the visial direction that he decied to follow also. The colors create this heavy hot ambience, that weights on every page. It has this roughness, brutish and again weight, that fits jason really well and the action scenes feel more intese and unpredicable because of it. It feels like not only it has a good idea of atonomy, but also of weight distribution. The visual depiction of the mood of the characters with colors and position is very very nice. the place feel hot, but also frozen in its hotness and dryness. A minor complain would be some page compositon and paneling decision, which ended up maybe a little bit confusing or just were not at the height of some of the others, bacause of which some moments felt blander.

As for the writing, i see a lot of people disliking how jason was written and helena also for that matter. I agree in the sense, that honestly, if we exclude the visuals, both of them do not really show much of a character in the way they speak or think. It could be made the case that it fits the atmosphere of the surronding and the mood, but where the mood of the surrondings feels opressed in heat and almost sureal in its proto rinascimento alla commedia divina glory, the words do not feel as stilled. This is an issue for both the dialogue and the naration, both lack this sense of not only urgency, but realistic intesity.

The plot also fails to grab me too much. I like some of the things that it leaves open, but for some of the other stuff i feel like it rushes and at the same time, does not manage to provide a good enough hook for the next issues. I would have loved to see a more interesting approach to the whole thing, to exploring jason's situation or even developing the current plot, because now both look like half measures and the development we got do not interest me much.

I honestly with the recent news do not know if this would be the last issue of the series. i could see the other issue being better, i could see how it is maybe planned to be better but as i said i truly don't know. I dont know if what Dc decided to do is right or wrong. As a non american is not truly my place to think anything about it, but a person who liked watching debates, i personally did not respect Charlie Kirk, not even because i do not agree with him,there are plenty of people i do not agree with but i do respect, but because of the tactics he used in those debates,the attitude he had in them, the missinformation he spread and the way he presented mostly the debates he felt confident in ''winning''. more

It seems that ever since Grant Morrison and Scott Snyder finished their Batman runs, every writer starts off strong but in the end falls flat. Tom King's run started off strong with his first arcs (The I am Trilogy) but then falls flat at City of Bane. I am one of the minority who personally enjoys James Tynion IV's Batman run, but I think it is very shallow. Joshua Williamson's filler run was not that bad, but it was forgettable. Chip Zdarsky starts off really strong with Failsafe, and while I did enjoy Dark Prisons ending (as that was Chip Zdarsky's true resolution), DC forced him to pad out and it ended flat post Absolute Power. I can tell that Zdarsky told everything he wanted about Zur-En-Arrh and wrapped up everything, but didn't know what to do with Vandal Savage.

My point being is that I was nervous coming into this run, but now I'm excited, and I pray that Matt Fraction run stays consistent. Jorge Jiminez is the definitive Batman artist of the 2020s, and it's like his work keeps on getting better and better. I Love how vibrant and pop this initial issue looks compared to James Tynion IV and Chip Zdarsky. It's very bright and colorful, I like Batman's new suit, and it is so nice to have a blue and gray suit instead of the black and gray suit. This is the exception where the trunks works.

I love AI Alfred, I like how this run really emphasizes Bruce's technology. I like how Matt Fraction doesn't want to deconstruct or break down Batman, but just make him have fun adventures. I like how Bruce talks to Killer Croc and opens up his trauma. I even like how Batman uses technology to solve mystery, similar to Christian Bale's Batman. Overall, while this debut issue isn't as action packed compared to Scott Snyder, Tom King, Joshua Williamson, and Chip Zdarsky. But after seeing Batman getting beat down and question his motivations..... it's nice to see Batman be hopeful for once. more