Batman #124

Batman #124 is a wonderful issue that captures the essence of Batman, and with this, I hope Williamson returns to the title one day. And the added peek into what lies ahead for Poison Ivy is too good to miss. Writing and art are excellent, and you should not pass over this issue. Read Full Review

Doubling as both a one-issue story and a coda for an earlier arc, Batman #124 is a welcome and satisfying breather after a long chain of multipart issues and crossovers. The Poison Ivy backup serves as an enticing appetizer for the new Ivy series. Read Full Review

Batman #124 wraps up the current era in a hugely satisfying fashion. Whilst I would've liked Joshua Williamson's run to have been longer than it was, there's no question that it's been high quality throughout. As he now moves into the much anticipated Dark Crisis crossover, his stock is at an all-time high. If he ever comes back to writing the main Batman title, I for one will be delighted to see him return. Read Full Review

Batman #124 is a solid done-in-one tale wrapping up Abyss in some capacity while setting up Poison Ivy's new series. Porter's excellent rendition of Batman combined with Williamson's reminder of why Batman never kills makes this a winning issue. Read Full Review

Overall, this is more of a quiet epilogue to the explosive events of the recent crossover, but it does a solid job of closing the book on this chapter of Batman's story. Read Full Review

Porter and Fornes deliver some great art throughout the issue. The style is beautiful with great character designs and a gritty, dark feel to the environments. Read Full Review

The title is in a good place for the incoming creative team and this was a solid conclusion to Williamsons tenure. Read Full Review

Joshua Williamson's run on Batman wraps up in Batman #124 and it does so in a satisfying fashion. Read Full Review

Batman #124 works well as a conclusion to Joshua Williamson run on this series. Williamson was able to wrap up all the loose ends with the Abyss storyline in a satisfying way. Along with the back-up story by G. Willow Wilson and Dani that does a great job selling the new Poison Ivy series Batman #124 is a solid read all around. Read Full Review

Batman #124 was a forgettable issue that ends a forgettable run by Joshua Williamson.  Whatever the circumstances surrounding him taking over the book, he barely had a story to tell, and it shows with this weak finale. Read Full Review

This is not a terrible comic, but it is entirely skippable. I don't feel that either the main story or the backup really have that much to say and some parts of the main story are outright boring to me. The art is pretty good throughout, but even the good art doesn't make me recommend this issue. My advice is to just wait a month for Zdarsky's run to start. Keep your money in your pocket and sit this one out. Read Full Review

Batman #124 is yet another tie-in to the upcoming Batman Incorporated series launching this fall. It carries some heart, but it's not enough to give this Abyss-centric follow-up some legs. Read Full Review

JRW7

Nov 11, 2022

The cover looks pretty good with little plot relevance. 1.5/2 The art is really good, even though I normally don't like the dot art style, I thought it was really good in this issue and the Poison ivy backup story looked really good as well. 2/2 The dialogue was really good with Detective Cayha and Batman's relationship still being very interesting. 2/2 The story was really good in the Batman story, even though the Poison Ivy story just felt like filler to explain why Poison Ivy is in Dark Crisis. 1.5/2 The characters were really good with the story being a character study of Batman, using Cayha to be a parallel narrative for Batman. 2/2

Afre

Jun 07, 2022

For someone who skipped Shadow War, this was a nice epilogue to Williamson's Batman story. It was a bit pointless and looking back, just a placeholder for Zdarsky, but I still enjoyed it.

daspidaboy

Jun 07, 2022

Honestly dont know ehy ppl arr so critical about batman these days. This was a fun and enjoyable read. While joshua williamson run on batman wasnt memorable. I am just happy shadow war was good and gotbpositive reviews from critics. Also had nice art and story

retcon_D

Jun 08, 2022

The finale of Williamson's short run on the Batman title was a fun conclusion. But we're onto much better things with Zdarsky.

Comics Code Authorities

Jul 14, 2022

Not too bad, especially for a sign-off issue. It's rare for a writer to end their time with a simple stand-alone story these days, especially on Batman. And I say kudos to Williamson for it. I grow weary of how writers like King and Tynion trying to make a name for themselves by doing something never attempted before. I also have to say I hope this is the last we hear of Batman Inc. for a long time to come. I never was a fan of that concept, and I'm no fan of Captain Dick envy, aka Ghost Maker either. I sure hope Zdarsky takes us back to Bat basics like he did with Spidey basics in Spider-Man. If I ever see any of Tynion's 29th rate characters again it will be too soon for me. I was surprised Williamson signed off in a stand-alone story. Those are rare these days. But it was an interesting single issue story. Plus you never know when the real Abyss may be back. Altogether it was a satisfying, yet brief run. I'm looking forward to what's ahead. more

cincyfan

Jun 11, 2022

The Batman story was decent. I really liked the poison ivy backup story setting up the new poison ivy book that I have been really looking forward to and shall read next. omg I am so excited for the next issue when chip zdarsky takes over!!!!!

Stormwrath

Jun 07, 2022

Art is fantastic, but in the end Joshua Williamson's run was just a simple plot until Chip Zdarsky takes over. It was fun, but in the end nothing special...

Psycamorean

Sep 27, 2022

Williamson's run ends on a whimper. I think Shadow War was a huge derailment for a pretty good Batman run, and I just can't help but feel like it's all been a wasted opportunity.

Tempra16v2.0Turbo

Jun 07, 2022

in the end it will be a run just forgotten

K-23

Oct 26, 2022

Howard Porter is a talented artist with a dynamic feel but is just not for me. I could deal with it through Shadow War as the story was entertaining, but when paired with a mediocre story the combination was a disappointing issue.

Loafy Trophy

Jun 10, 2022

Williamson's brief run ends with a whimper as he spends most of his finale setting up the new Batman Inc title and wrapping up a loose end or two. I'm also a huge Jorge Fornes fan, but the juxtaposition between his art and Howard Porter's was just a step too far for me and made for an incredibly jarring read. There's really nothing too terrible here though, just bland, and at least it's cleared the way for Chip to come in and (hopefully) deliver something great. The Poison Ivy backup was honestly really good and has me wanting to check out the #1 next time I'm at the shop.

Federico Liguori

Aug 15, 2023

Terrible. I get the point, but this is horrendous storytelling. Also, did DC literally throw the Abyss storyline in the trash? It's not finished, the guy escaped and this is a filler. Next issue there's a new writer and a new storyline. So? What is this?

Quinn

Jun 07, 2022

This issue represents all that bothers me about modern comics. Nothings happens and characters have no voice of their own. They are pawns in a plot. Basically Bats is in fake country where he was fighting Luthor’s Batman Inc. The character Abyss, about whom we have been told nothing, is scaring villains to get info. It turns out that this Abyss is a fake and is the female cop who was helping Batman in previous issues before the story was interrupted by the big crossover. The cop has parents who were killed and she captures some guy to get him to tell her where the bodies are buried. Abyss has such a rep that she gets the info. It appears that she is going to kill someone and asks Bats if he is going to stop her. He says no, if he s tops her now, she’ll just kill later, she has to stop herself. She does, joins Batman Inc. there will be a series in September. Problems. They go back to Bats reliving the death of his parents. Again. There is a flashback to Bats staring in the cell of his parents’ killer. Spoiler, he realizes killing is wrong and doesn’t do it. I am so sick of visiting the Waynes’ death. While I am ranting at the kids on my lawn, having the movie they see be Zorro is too on the nose. Zorro is fun and having that be an inspiration for Bruce to be dour Batman doesn’t track. It also reminds us that Batman is basically a Zorro ripoff, in part at least. Also we don’t know this female cop. She has no personality, no sense of self. Why should we care about her? Also Bruce is broke, but has the money to fly private jet to another country? He finances Oracle? It’s like when Denny O’Neil halved Superman’s power. It didn’t stick, powers got ramped up anyway. Same with Bruce’s wealth. Batman is rich. That is a fundamental aspect of the character. (Ripped off from Zorro), deal with it DC. This whole Williamson run shows how DC is writing Batman poorly. Prediction rant. Chip Z’s new villain who he says will be a mental and physical challenge to Batman is just Bane redone. I read an interview and Chip said the same things about his villain that was said about Bane - 30 YEARS AGO, STAY OFF MY LAWN YOU DAMN KIDS. Not a good run. Or I could be wrong. more

Robin

Jun 07, 2022

The writing wasn't bad but the story was completely useless, like this cannot be recommended to anyone because its a last issue before the writer changes and it is a one shot about another character going to similar situation as Batman him tell her hay killing isn't the answer. like they just got Batman & Robin together but I guess they could not even spend one issue of them together before separating them again to go on a collision course with each other again in "Batman vs Robin" in September. this was going to come before robin 15 still they kept the story after robin 15 spoiling that batman and robin again go their separate ways.