All-Star Batman #5
| Writer | Scott Snyder |
| Artist | John Romita Jr., Declan Shalvey |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
"MY OWN WORST ENEMY" conclusion! Batman, Duke and Two-Face square off in a fight for Harvey Dent's soul. With assassins flooding in from across the countryside, Batman learns that even his most trusted allies might choose evil over good.
CRITIC REVIEWS
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10
Comic Vine - Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero
Dec 28, 2016Looking back at this arc, Snyder and Romita have delivered an over-the-top and action-filled adventure. This isn't your typical Batman story, and that's a good thing. Snyder set up a lot, and Romita cut loose with each scene. I actually found myself going back and looking at each page, panel by panel. People have different opinions on Romita's art, but I find it fascinating looking over the different areas of detail contain within each panel. Read Full Review
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Flickering Myth - Ricky Church
Dec 30, 2016All-Star Batman #5 concludes a great story by placing Batman out of his comfort zone and examining the philosophy of one of his most known enemies. Snyder's handle on the characters is one of the biggest selling points of this series and JRJR's art is great to look at it. If you're a Batman fan, All-Star Batman is a title you have to read. Read Full Review
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9.7
Heroes Direct - Eammon Jacobs
Dec 28, 2016This story doesn't miss a single beat. If we had to recommend one series out of the Rebirth event, it's All-Star Batman. Read Full Review
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9.0
GWW - Casey Walsh
Dec 28, 2016This arc took great risks, like leaving Gotham behind almost completely and having only Duke, a polarizing pet project of the author, tagging along with the titular hero. But they worked. The pulpy feel is punctuated to great effect in issue #5. The action feels epic like any finale should and the character drama has the sort of grand reveal we should've always expected. All-Star Batman was promised as a series of smaller arcs wherein Batman focuses on one enemy at a time. Snyder really delivered a worthwhile Two-Face story in just 110 pages or so and now he's looking ahead to my personal favorite villain, Mr. Freeze, and I can't wait to see what he and Romita Jr. can come up with next. Read Full Review
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9.0
Dark Knight News - Ryan Lower
Dec 28, 2016Overall, All Star Batman #5 brings this exciting journey to a pleasant conclusion. Many questions are answered, leaving relationships open to be revisited in later issues. Multiple readings will only benefit the story, especially once in a collected book. Read Full Review
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9.0
GWW - Mark Delaney
Dec 28, 2016This arc took great risks, like leaving Gotham behind almost completely and having only Duke, a polarizing pet project of the author, tagging along with the titular hero. But they worked. The pulpy feel is punctuated to great effect in issue #5. The action feels epic like any finale should and the character drama has the sort of grand reveal we should've always expected. All-Star Batman was promised as a series of smaller arcs wherein Batman focuses on one enemy at a time. Snyder really delivered a worthwhile Two-Face story in just 110 pages or so and now he's looking ahead to my personal favorite villain, Mr. Freeze, and I can't wait to see what he and Romita Jr. can come up with next. Read Full Review
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9.0
CourtOfNerds - Benjamin Raven
Jan 03, 2017The over-the-top action, video-game Bat-gadgets combined with the most personality from Batman we've ever seen make this a must-grab book. Seriously, you will fall in love with Scott Snyder's version of Batman in All-Star Batman. Read Full Review
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9.0
Newsarama - Lan Pitts
Jan 03, 2017It's gritty, but never dull and meshes perfectly with the over-the-top story Snyder had the chance to tell. Read Full Review
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8.8
Geeked Out Nation - Jess Camacho
Dec 28, 2016"All-Star Batman" #5 is a great, energetic finale for this first arc. The writing is top notch and the art team clicks. I'm excited to see what we get in the next Mr. Freeze centric story. Read Full Review
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8.3
Comicsverse - A. Chowder
Dec 29, 2016While ALL-STAR BATMAN #5 doesn't break any new Bat-ground, it is still one hell of a ride. The arc raises the stake for Batman as he encounters waves of villains while embarking on a trip to save a foe's soul. But with so much build up from previous issues, certain plot fall to the side while other parts leave you wanting for more explanation. The issue otherwise concludes an entertaining arc with gritty art while keeping us in awe of Batman and his foes. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Batman Universe - Corbin Pool
Dec 28, 2016All-in-all, this was a fun comic, and I look forward to more in this series. Read Full Review
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8.0
Nerd Church Radio - Brandon Reid
Dec 28, 2016I have really been enjoying Scott Snyder's All-Star Batman series and even though I was expecting some crazy big twist at the end, I really enjoyed this issue. Plus we did get a little twist when we found out Harvey was behind everything and no Two-Face, I was just expecting a bit more. I liked how this story was in a road trip kind of format, something new from a Batman story. And the art has been fantastic. A lot of people have said they haven't really liked it but I love the watercolor aspect, the slight grittiness to the style and the color scheme. It makes me think that that's how Two-Face must see the world. Everything has a toxic tinge to it. Read Full Review
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8.0
Kabooooom - Brandon Griffin
Dec 29, 2016All-Star Batman #5 stays on course. Both the story and the art continue to make this a must-read for all Bat-fans. Scott Snyder clearly cares about this cast of characters and the legacy they leave behind. Hopefully he'll be working with Batman for a long time to come. Read Full Review
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7.0
DC Comics News - Derek McNeil
Dec 28, 2016It was a hell of a ride, and an interesting examination of the relationship between Batman and Two-Face. It also was interesting to see a Batman road trip story rather than the typical tale set wholly in Gotham. Read Full Review
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7.0
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin
Dec 30, 2016A few flaws in the story and some inconsistent artwork keep All-Star Batman #5 from being the home run it could've been. With that said, this was still a great ending to Scott Snyder's first arc in this series. Through all the chaos that happened around Batman there was a lot of strong character development packed into "My Own Worst Enemy." There are also several plot threads that create a lot of intrigue for whatever Snyder has in store for us next. If you have followed any of Snyder's work in past or are looking for one Batman comic to read I highly recommend picking up All-Star Batman. It is only going to get better from here. Read Full Review
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6.5
AIPT - Nick Nafpliotis
Dec 28, 2016If you read all of the issues in this story arc back-to-back, I think you'll agree that the journey was a whole more entertaining/interesting than the destination. Considering the road trip theme running through it, that just might be exactly how Snyder planned it. Read Full Review
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6.5
Weird Science - Eric Shea
Dec 28, 2016We wrap up our "My Own Worst Enemy" story with this issue and while the interactions with Batman and Two-Face are pretty great, I feel like the conclusion was forced a bit, especially with our side stories. Hopefully we'll have a bit of a continuation with our revelations of Alfred's part of this story in the further installments, but for this there just wasn't enough to really get excited over. The biggest problem I have with this issue and really the whole story arc is the art, but even with that this was a decent arc that kept me entertained and intrigued along the way and I can't wait to see what we get next. Read Full Review
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6.0
Batman-News - Jay Yaws
Dec 28, 2016If you read this once, it may be one of your favorite comics of the year. It's fast, exciting, and actually concludes the arc without leaving any loose threads. Think about it too much and read it again, though, and things may fall apart. I like this series as an out-of-continuity, "go big or go home" concept book, and Snyder has certainly delivered that in spades. It's when things slow down and we're supposed to be invested in more intimate moments that things don't work the way they should. Even still, there look to be some exciting stories coming from Scott's pen in the near future, and I'm looking forward to where his ideas take us. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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9.0
Very twisted ending to the My Own Worst Enemy arc, with it not really resolving anything, which leaves an opening for future interactions with Two-Face. Again, I have enjoyed Scott Snyder's storytelling ability mixed with John Romita's very different style of art and look forward to the Mr. Freeze arc.
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8.5
Good conclusion to the first arc. I liked the art from the oft-maligned John Romita Jr. This has been a fun, if not spectacular, series so far.
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8.0
[ART: 9.2 | STORY: 8 | WRITING: 7.5 | TOTAL: 8.2 (~8)] I'm surprised, I actually didn't mind this issue. It was a bit of fun and the story seemed to finally pick up momentum again after slugging through the last couple of issues. It was paced well and had some good art from Romita Jr. One of the biggest pros for this issue was that it got rid of the backup story which always dampened my enjoyment. Snyder's writing continues to lack in some areas for me, but it looks like this series is improving. Mr. Freeze is always an exciting read, so I'm looking forward to the next issue more so than I was a month ago.
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7.5
Comic Book Review (7.5/10) "Good" All-Star Batman #5 "My Own Worst Enemy Finale" Writer: Scott Snyder Penciller: John Romita, Jr. Plot: Batman, Duke, and Harvey Dent have made it to the end of the line of the 498 miles where the location of the cure to cure Harvey Dent of his dual personality disease is. However, is it really a cure or an elaborate ruse set up by Two-Face...? This is the final issue for this particular story arc, and I would say that this was a good story arc. It won't change your ideas about who Batman is, it won't add anything new to the body of Batman stories out there, and it won't even be the best Batman story you will ever read, but I would say that I enjoyed it. I would say this comic would probably read be more
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7.0
I can't say that I enjoy this series. When it was announced I was excited. I'm not a huge fan of Romita Jr.'s art but I enjoyed Snyder's run with Capullo during New 52 and this...is nothing like that... I might stay on a little longer because Mr. Freeze has been absent from a Batman book for too long except for the first Annual of New 52 Batman that was a bit creepy when you found out Nora was Victor's mother instead of wife. Maybe the Batman-centric event this coming summer will make things right. At the very least we'll get Capullo back who can actually draw different faces so it doesn't look like all the characters are the same template just colored differently.
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6.5
Well, what can I say? The ending does at least tie all of the loose ends up with a huge information dump. The problem is, I've read six oversized issues over several months for which the main drive of the story was Batman trying to evade KGBeast. So when all the stuff with the acid rain and Alfred being a dirty, rotten traitor is explained, the effect was me saying "Oh ya... I forgot about that." If you do choose to read this, I'd recommend reading the entire arc in one sitting because that might retain some of the gravity that was intended. For me though, this conclusion was just too convoluted and the rest of the plot was simply uninteresting. I would not recommend it to Batman or Scott Snyder fans and I'm astonished that All-Star Batman more
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6.0
a MESS.. If Snyder wasn't trying so hard, this would've been great.
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5.5
I'm glad that first story arc is over. Romita Jr will finally be replaced by Jock for the next issues. Romita's art style is still weird and unsatisfying but he's not the only one at fault here. Snyder's writing feels uninspired and the conclusion isn't very fulfilling. I became more excited for the last pages' Duke side story than the main thing. I hope the next story arc will redeem the series because, for me, its a total miss.
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2.0
A mess of Deus ex machina and Snyder's patented exposition dumps. This was awful. Personally I'm sticking with Tom King on the main Batman book rather than read any more of this.
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1.0
Nothing redeeming to be found here. Scott Snyder should be banned from Batman and take John Romita Jr. with him.
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