Batman #77

Yes shit describes this comic the best.

Do you really have to troll every review I post here? Seriously, it's every single issue.

And shit wasn't what I was going for.

I rarely comment your reviews...

It is shit though.

Good old Talon1load. Thanks for your comment!

Lol

Lol. Anytime

hahahaha

How's it doing? Still pretty shitty if you care about a coherent story. For those who don't? Seems to be going along pretty well.

Tom King also likes to "stretch the truth" (read "lie") to his readers. So there's that...

People who rate it a run possibly just hate King and hate how poorly this comic is written and executed. People who automatically give this a 10 probably deserve just as much of your derision as the others.

Sure, they have every right to hate it. My point is it’s literally impossible to say that this is one of the worst comics ever written. The art is phenomenal, I think we’re all in agreement there. That alone warrants at least a 1.5. If people were giving it straight 1.5s or 2s I’d have no quarrel. But to say it’s absolute trash 1/10 is, in my opinion, just people being fed up with a book and bashing it. Everyone here has undoubtedly read something worse, it’s not an honest score.

It’s harder to argue against the people who put a 10 on it, they could honestly have loved the book. I would recommend some other stories to them to read widen their horizons. But it really is not a perfect book, by any means. Again, my opinion, everyone has a right to their own. I’m just asking people score it fairly and not just burn it to the ground. But if you honestly think it’s a 1 (or 10) I would question you but respect it

I've never hardly seen better art, but it's hard to argue that I've read worse. I always give fair credit to the good art.

apparently enough people hated this run to get Tom King fired off Batman before his 100th issue.

@ Birdman G07 It’s definetly one of the worse I have ever read& I‘ve read many. I always try to be fair, but this week it was really disappointing & bad.

@Darkseid24 if that’s your honest opinion I can respect that. @myconius it’s been very controversial. I don’t love it but I think it’s better than what people are saying. I think they gave him too many issues to tell his story. If it was shorter with less filler I think we’d be looking at this differently. Potentially, who knows.

@BirdmanG07 - I think the problem is definitely that King got too many issues to tell 1 story. I really liked maybe 2/3 of the first 50 in the run. That's because there was real plot progression for most of it, an arc for Batman and his supporting cast, and a rotating cast of villains. Then with issue 50, I wasn't even upset as much about the abandoned wedding.

What really outraged me was that Tom King and DC said with issue 50 that I'd completely wasted my time and money on 50 issues that were ALL part of one big story arc that was only half over. In my judgement, any payoff after 100 issues of Bat-Cat-Bane was 50 issues too late. It all boils down to Tom King saying Batman can't be happy, Bane will make his life hell, and Batman will save the day by punching people. That's 1 to 6 issues of story spread to 100.

@Superheroes for Hire I was talking about it with my buddy, too. We looked back at the books and said, that could’ve been shorter, this wasn’t really needed. That dragged out a little long. Etc. I agree with you. I think he bit off a little more than he could chew. I’ve loved stuff by King but for his style I don’t know if the 100 issue route can work, regardless of the character. Not saying it’s a bad thing, just his style.

I gave very good reasons in my own review, why it is so bad& why it only deserves 1 star. I also don’t always give King such a low rating, only if he deserves it. So stop acting like these problems with his run wouldnt exist& that fans are just senselessly hating on him. I could say the same about people giving him a 10 every time without giving any reasons& ignoring every problem.

I agree with the 10 part. But a 1 overall? lol theres a lot more than just Tom King in the comic, there's art, there's ink, there's color, etc... A 1 would imply every single thing is bad about this comic

Yes the art is great, but I mostly concentrate on the story & character portrayal. The nicest art doesnt help much, if the story is just badly written& characters are out of character. I wouldnt know anything good about this issue& if I could I gave it 0 points. I defended King in the past, but there is nothing I can defend about his writing anymore. He constantly creates new problems without solving the old ones ( like awful dialogue).

to each their own i guess. i know theres a lot that goes into each and every book, so i cant rlly get how this would get a 3 or below. The frank miller superman is a series that id give a 3 rn, art and story are both bad. but agree to disagree i guess

But what is good about it? There are so many plotholes, bad dialogue, inconsistent storyrelling, characters are out of character, I really don’t know how it could get a mediocre or good rating. At least the dialogue isnt so bad in Millers Superman, but if you like Kings Comics go ahead.

i said it was average lol like a lot in the original review. I never said it was good. Average is a C in normal grades. everything in the issue was pretty set up, except for the twist which i said was a little sudden, but it could possibly be a scarecrow fear toxin situation, so who knows. This arc definitely isn't as bad as his knightmares arc which was pretty bad, that i would give a 5 or below. Frank Millers superman just doesnt hit any of the right notes for me at all.

Oh, Knightmares was unbearable, I want to forget that filth. This, though... only few more issues to go, breath in, breath out, calm down... With all seriousness, though, did DC announce who's going to take over the series after King is finally out?

Nah, it starts in January, and solicitations for January don't come out until october/november at least. So maybe next month we'll get an announcement as a lead in, or we will get one at nycc

i will just say this- Tom King didn't get fired off Batman before his 100th issue just for the hell of it. there are a lot of damn good reasons. the guy had no business ever writing Batman. DiDio is a moron for sticking King on their biggest seller.

Idk if that's true lol his first 30 issues were pretty good

You can’t solve everything with Scarecrow’s fear gas lol But yes it could be. Honestly I think this is even worse than the Knightmare arc. At last nobody was killed/ wounded there. His first issues were mediocre to me, it turned really bad during Knightmare, then to total trash during the desert & City of Bane storyline. I hope there will be a better writer.

the first 30 issues are wildly overrated. didn't Batman get his throat slashed by a crackhead in issue 15? and he was crying like a Baby in issue #1. Nightwing, Red Hood and Damian all got hung by their necks in the bat-cave, but weren't dead. no. this run was never good.

I'm a sucker for his 3 first arcs, honestly. I liked them, they've set up some solid plot elements. Too bad it was now all wasted, practically. Think of a J.J. Abrams movie - starts out great, you have million questions, and then it ends and it sucks, because Abrams wrote the questions, but never bothered to answer half of them.

if i were to compare Tom King to a film maker, i'd say he's Zack Snyder meets Michael Bay meets Joel Schumacher. ...when Batman was crying as he was about to crash that airplane in issue 1, you just KNOW he had rubber nipples on his bat-suit!!! ...he was probably squeezing them while he was crying.

@Nihlist which is why I'm saying the run is just average, not like the worst shit I've ever read, it's just hit and miss.

@ myconius Nah that is an insult for them. Michael Bay‘s Texas Chainsaw Massacre was great, I love BvS& Watchmen by Snyder& Schumacher did Phantom of The Opera & I love that movie as well. I think Kings Penguin story wasnt that bad (apart from Penguin having sex with an animal)

BvS was good?...

i enjoyed the hell out of BvS.

I think King's run is one of the worst I've ever read. I think it is FAR below average. He's been paired with great artists but that's literally the only thing he's had going for him. I tried to like this run. I really did but issue one was terrible and it just never got better. He just kept writing terrible dialogue and missing or dropping plots left and right. I can't stand how inept and constantly depressed Batman has become. It is ridiculous.

Hell, he's had his back broken multiple times in this run and it NEVER has any sort of affect outside of the issue. In Knightfall he took about a year to recover. Here, he's good in the next panel. King is the, IMO, worst and most overrated writer at DC.

I wouldn't have a problem with him being depressed, personally. I have a problem with him not seeming to have any emotions but anger whatsoever, though. He's become a one dimensional cliche. Notice how Bruce Wayne almost doesn't exist in his comics, and Batman is always grumpy, rarely speaks anything, and there's no chemistry between him and any other character. Not the villains, not the allies, not his family and loved ones. This run feels so emotionless these days.

BvS sucks.

Also, Tom King is leaving Batman early to have more time to work on DC movies. Which shows how invested he is in this sprawling epic of his.

@YourGreenMuse finally someone who says BvS sucks lol felt like i was living on bizarro world for a second

What does him leaving Batman and going to movies have to do with this “sprawling epic” you speak of? He’s a shitty comic writer. Maybe he’ll do better at comics. Especially since he won’t be writing that alone. It still has nothing to do with them pulling him early. He wouldn’t or couldn’t align his story with what DC wanted so they pulled him. Pretty simple.

I mean mister miracle, vision, Omega men,and sherriff are all really well done. Grayson was good. Ppl seem to only remember heroes in crisis and Batman here lol... Of course I know ppl will respond rn with all of these are overrated. But you know there's something called opinions, and that's just one I have and I'm sure most people have cuz they're both highly rated on this site and on most sites.

Omega Men was complete shit. I tried Grayson but just couldn't get into it. Mister Miracle was just stupid. I never tried Vision but Sherriff was okay. Sherriff played to his strengths. It was a subject he actually understood and characters that he created. He does a really bad job of writing characters with previously established histories. He's just not a good writer. IMO

Tom King was "let go" after a reportedly good meeting with WB and AT&T. He wasn't let go. He's still going to get to tell his vision. Tom King pursued the movies and took a Batman/Catwoman miniseries to finish out his run to keep from overworking himself. I was saying that that shows how much he cares about his Batman run, that he accepts a truncated version in a B-title because he can make more money writing a movie. This was wholly his decision.

He got Batman/Catwoman because they threw him a bone. It was most definitely not “wholly his decision “. That’s a stupid statement to even make.

People liking Mister Miracle mostly has to do with the fact, that not many people have read The New Gods. If you have read all New Gods Comics you realize how awful Kings story was. He wrote Darkseid as a total idiot& The end made zero sense. How can people defend that? Kings dialogue is the worse I have ever read in a Comic.It sounds like a 4 year old has written it.

@Talon1load Tom King tells a different story in his interviews.

Lol. I’m sure he does.

So much misinformation. The only people who believe Tom King is fired are the ones who want to. It was revealed by several people at DC that something big is happening in 2021 (Jim Lee, Tom King, Bendis, Williamson have all mentioned it) and Tom says his Batman run was supposed to sync up with that at issue 100, but it was getting there too quickly. So DC and Tom had a mutual agreement to give him a monthly title since it would sync things up more and also give Tom more time with his movie work.

He got the mini because DC hopes Tom King Batman fans will follow them there and they also hope to sell just as many Batman comics as the bi-weekly format. So there are two monthly titles.

Sales dropped and more people criticized King, so DC pulled the plug. He got extra series with Bats and Catwoman afterwards, because it won't be risky to them. Its sales won't be comparable to regular series, otherwords Detective Comics would be a top seller every month. It's a safe choice for DC.

That was the speculation aka misinformation that spread from Comicsgate and other YouTubers who want that to be the case, but I am using interviews and not speculation. DC also would have known sales would pick up after City of Bane (and they have so far, #77 had a second printing before it even hit shelves)

There was an unconfirmed rumour that Bob Harras hates Tom King's run though. He is the top of the pecking order at DC if I understand their job titles correctly, which I don't since Dan and Jim seem to do his job for him.

if Tom King wanted to pursue a movie career you'd think that would have been announced BEFORE him getting let go from Batman. ...the Batman/Catwoman mini-series would have been announced simultaneously when it was said he was leaving the Batman title. ...he was fired due to dropping sales. DC comics is downsizing. they know they can't have this idiot writing what should be their best selling title anymore. they screwed up royally. now they have to fix the problem.

It is true they are downsizing, someone anonymous said to be surprised which contracts will expire the next time they run up. That pretty much to me sounds like it must be Tom King, Brian Bendis, or Scott Snyder.

I want King to be fired, but he wasn’t really fired. However I think DC might have realized that many hate his Batman run. A Catwoman/ Batman mini series doesn’t get so much attention like the Batman title. I wish a good writer takes over. Not someone worse than King.

Yeah, lots of people get pulled from the top title because they are doing a good job. Happens all the time. Completely logical.

@Darkseid24- I'm curious to see who you think would be a good writer to take over Batman. I personally have gotten so sick and tired of King, I'd be happy to see anyone take over.

Talon1load - exactly!

I don't think DC actually cares about the quality of the work. That's why they gave Bendis the Superman titles. Or why they drove Rucka away from Wonder Woman.

Nah, I'd like to believe they'll keep Snyder. His post New-52 Batman work has been really celebrated, and he's been consistently good. From Justice League, through Dark Nights Metal, to Last Knight on Earth, he seems to be doing great. I wonder, who could take over King, though... Him? Morrison? Murphy? Very maybe Priest?

I would like a Christopher Priest run on Batman, but like Tom King, I don't think his writing is for everyone. I think people would turn on his run pretty quickly.

Snyder has said he is done with Batman after Last Knight on Earth, but pretty sure there is already another Batman project of his that was previewed lol. I would like Tom Taylor or Jeff Lemire maybe. I don't even know what a Jeff Lemire Batman would be... but he killed it with Green Arrow starting with #17 of New 52.

@Br'er Lapin- A Jeff Lemire Batman would be awesome, especially if Sorrentino illustrates some issues. Tom Taylor certainly proved himself with that annual as well. I agree, Priest is not for everyone, myself included. I've tried reading his work, his style just doesn't click with me. I don't know about Snyder, he's more hit or miss for me, Morrison's always great, I'd love to see him return to the title. I think Murphy works best with out-of-continuity titles.

Tom Taylor would be my number 1 vote but I believe he already said he wasn't the next guy.

I only don't want Tom Taylor on the title because he's doing great stuff with Spider-Man atm and I'd rather not have that be cut short for Batman.

I do love his Spider-Man. I completely agree with you there. I would love for him to get a chance at Batman at some point though.

He would nail it, definitely.

I didn't think of Taylor or Lemire, but yeah, these would be great choices.

@Ohhaimark Doug Moench would be my first Choice, but I doubt DC brings him back, so Manning would be great or Tom Taylor ( but only if he doesnt kill anyone this time). Hopefully not Johns or Morrison.

i'd love to read more Morrison Batman. but he said after GL that he's done with Monthly comics. he'll probably stick with Graphic Novel format books like Arkham Asylum II that's supposed to come out one of these decades.

I think I'm going to miss reading these reviews when King's run is over. I was about to post something to the effect that it's impressive that so many people feel so passionately about the character that an average/flawed run can inspire such a strong negative reaction. But you pretty much said it for me.

@Kreniigh i think it's insane lol, similar to how people lost their minds over the last jedi. If it isn't amazing its awful, it's like a middle ground doesn't exist for popular properties

Neither Last Jedi nor King’s are middle ground though.

It's literally a matter of opinion. That's yours and you can think that, so it's ok, but don't say it like it's a fact lol

Get off your high horse. Did I say it was a fact? Any statement that I make, where I don’t clearly state something is a fact is by default my opinion.

that's pretty hysterical that you would compare Tom King's Batman to the Last Jedi. very very interesting. so does this mean that we'll see Batman milking a sea cow?

I meant figuratively about the reaction to it, not the plot. I'll try to be more specific and detailed, so you can understand next time I comment.

i meant it's interesting that you mention both subject matter. goes a long way in showing that you have very "unique" tastes in entertainment.

and i stand by my statement about Tom King having Bruce milking a sea cow. though with King, Bruce will probably end up milking Naked Bane.

Unique? I just like what I like. I've liked Star Wars for a long time and I've liked comics for a long time too. I imagine most of us on the site are like that too.

that's nice.

this arc is Knightfall for Dummies

Have you read last issue? Knig gave us explanation of heroes' absence. Captain Atom have tried to invade, but he was beaten by Ghotam Girl. Ghotam Girl one of the most powerful characters in Dc Universe, her brother could defeat All Justice League.

She suddenly is one of the most powerful characters, but it was stated a few months ago, that she would die, if she used her powers again/ too much. And she would stand no chance against Superman or other JL members. So bad excuse.

Her brother defeat all JL, and she didn't use her abilities very much. And also goverment denied invasion in Gotham, because of this supeheroes dont's take part in this storym

*story.

It indeed is. Justice League must be like "yeah, let them have Gotham since they've beaten up a powerful D lister". It's not like they have sorcerers, a dead guy able to hijack people's bodies, or several telepaths. Not even starting with Waller, who is ten times more ruthless and willing to cross the line. But okay, the story required Bane to control the city, so fine, I won't complain about it, even if it really is nonsensical. It sucks anyways, as most of the run,with or without logic behind.

You said you wnt explanation, here it is, but you undatisfied anyway. You wrote that we don't have explanation, but when you see your mistake tou say, that you don't like explanation. Thus you show, that you just don't like King. And also I want to remind that heroes are busy in their ongoings. But this is stupid anyway. Heroes rarely take part in each other important story arc, becuase this wouldn't make sense. Always, when hero has problem, he can call JL and all wil end.

And heroes can't break the law, or they don't differ from villians.

It was in one of Kings stories where it was stated, that Gotham Girl would die, if she used more of her power. So no it doesnt make any sense. The other super heros stay away from Gotham as long as it is Under Bruces control, but it isnt, so yes Superman would interfere& do something.

Gotham girl didn't use full range of her power, so she doesn't die. And again, super heroes can't break the law.

Super heroes are the definition o breaking the law. They are vigilantes. As for the explanation, you bet I'm unsatisfied, because it's illogical. Even Everyone Loves Ivy made more sense, since at least she had control over every being on the planet. It was stupid, and the arc was trash, but at least it didn't try to pretend there's no other heroes who would do something, especially when Bat's MIA, because the plot demands Gotham to be abandoned by all the good guys.

It was stated, that she would die, if she continued to use her power NOT if she uses her full power. And Superman wouldn’t care, if people’s life are in danger. It’s just illogical.

Yeah, Superman break the law even when people die. He interfere in every civil war in every country and he doesn't care about jurisdiction and that after his leaveing conflict will happen again. Doomsday is raging in desert, or who cares? In Central-City curtain burn and because of this peaple can die.

*or=oh

tom king's writing ability is pretty good evidence that he probably has Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

First, she used her powers to help beat her brother so if he could beat the Justice League, she'd have to tap pretty deep to help beat him. Second, she used them against Batman and Flash recently quite a bit. Now she's using them all the time. Yeah, she should probably be dead by now. King makes little to no sense ever. No one coming to save Gotham from being taken over by villains makes ZERO sense. The government and/or the heroes would not allow an entire city to suffer just because.

Hell, Damian took Gotham Girl down without even breaking a sweat. Do you honestly think the Justice League couldn't do the same thing? People do hate Tom King and it's because he is a shitty, nonsensical writer.

Totally agree with you Talon1load

Same here, fully agree.

Talon1load always spells it out so perfectly!

I am not fond of you Drkseid4 or whatever, but I agree with your view of this thing. It’s bad.

If Gotham Girl uses not full range of her powers, she won't die. Superman can beat Batman and Flash in fair fight, and Gotham Girl have very similar abilities with superman. And also I want to point your attention to the fact that magic was weakness yet in the Silver Age, and maybe even in Golden (I haven't read very much comics about Superman from Earth-Two). And you even didn't tried to argue with my last statement. You just supported each other in your hatred.

*was weakness of superman

Citation needed, regarding "she won't die unless she uses full range of her powers", because if memory serves me correct, Claire clearly states her powers drain her life energy. The more she uses them, the sooner she'll die. Unless King contradicted that later on, and you can provide a direct quote. Now, I don't think comparison with Superman is fair. He's a Kryptonian, after all. She may indeed share some powers with him, maybe her powers were created partially from his DNA, that we don't know.

However, we also do not know if she shares any weaknesses with him, in this case magic. If she's vulnerable to it, fine, I don't mind it. I mind, however, a clear deus ex machina Damian's wand was. It was in the comic, because it was convenient. Surprise! It's literally like the infamous shark repellent. That's my problem. I don't hate the comic, and emotions don't blind me. I just see what for what it is.

Captain Atom should have been able to wipe the floor with Gotham Girl easily, she’s human so she’s susceptible to his radioactivity. King clearly stated that if he uses her powers at “Superman-level” she would die within days if not minutes. How much life it drains is directly proportional to how potent the abilities are. She uses the full extent of her powers, she dies. Superman being susceptible to magic is still canon. You’re talking out of your ass holonet.

I don’t think King knows how powerful Captain Atom is. He would let Gotham Girl or Harley beat Dr. Manhatten with one punch, simply because he doesnt care about these things.

If only he had the internet and could research characters.

Nihilist - Yes! you are right. that is how they explained Gotham Girl's powers draining her life force. all the sudden that gets forgotten about. Talon1load - hahahaha! good one! Darkseid24 - good point. wasn't Dr Manhattan an analog created to substitute Captain Atom? so why is one a God and the other Gotham Girl's punching bag?

Yes Captain Atom was, but he doesn’t get any respect, since he wasn’t created by Moore. Imagine King doing a Watchmen comic. That happens in hell lol

@Darkseid24- Oh dear god, no. Just the thought is bad enough.

DC needs to just stick Tom King writing a damn Kite Man title and be done with him already.

Tom King's Watchmen? No, no, oh no, please, not this!

Yeah, Tom King is the worst author. Because of this he won Eisner Award twice. I don't want to argue because it's pointless. If you like Tomasi's Batman, you are lost to this world. If not, you are not so hopeless and maybe one you can understand King's Batman.

You mean the Batman & Robin run that contains a silent issue widely regarded as a masterpiece? Yeah, how dare people like that.

The Eisners are voted on by their people in the industry. Soooo, his friends? I put ZERO credence in those. Maybe if they were voted on by friends. And Tomasi’s Batman was light years ahead of anything King has done.

I‘m not a fan of Everything Tomasi wrote, but he definetly is a better writer than King. Kings run isnt a masterpiece or deep writing, it’s more like fanfiction made canon.

Lol, if your only line of defense is "you like X, therefore you can't comprehend the greatness of Y", then I guess you're the one lost to the world, mate. And Eisners, come on, be better than that! They are industry awards. FFS, Squirrel Girl won one! It's a circlejerk, like Nobels, with Kissinger or Obama, or Oscars with Black Panther and Dances With Wolves. Awards don't have to reflect the quality.

Nihilist -

Nihilist - excellent point about awards and nominations. all the are is an ass kissing contest. as you said "a circlejerk".

Thank you. Also, I forgot to mention another mess that is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which still didn't award Maiden, Priest or Alice in Chains. But hey, N.W.A and Bon Jovi were inducted. Don't ever trust awards, they are as subjectively given out as we write reviews. We do them pro bono, though, so one good thing, nobody bought us.

yes Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is definitely some BULL$#&%!! Bon Jovi isn't even a pimple on Priest, Maiden or AiC's ass! ...and speaking of music, Grammy awards are BS too. i don't know if you recall many years ago Metallica was nominated for their song 'One' off of ...And Justice For All. -and the damn award went to Jethro Tull of all bands!!! they aren't even metal!! - that right there just proves how worthless an award is. it's all corrupt. bunch of sleaze buckets in bed with one another.

Yeah, I've heard about the Jethro Tull fiasco. It's just laughable. And even worse, heavy metal music is still, to this day, either omitted from all these popularity contests, or classified in the same basket as rock. It's all futile and fake.

yeah. sadly merit has nothing to do with the so called awards.

Just more of the same shit ... just more chewed corn and maggots than usual.

Yo they killed Alfred ?

The execution is poor. By keeping Alfred a secret, there is no building of suspense. Instead of intense nervousness, we get a huh? The death won’t stick. Or I could be wrong.

Precisely. As often with King, it's shock for the sake of shock. Hope the next writer will retcon his crap.

don't worry. writers like Peter Tomasi have had to clean up after worse messes than this. Batman will be on another mission to some other supernatural world to resurrect Alfred. ....everything Tom King does just feels like a cheep gag. who the hell actually falls for this crap?

Or it gets ignored. I mean Kings run doesn’t fit at all with Year of the Villains,Alfred is alive in Doomsday Clock& Detective Comics also ignores it. With a better writer it could have been a great story, but King isn’t talented enough.

With a better writer it was a great story. it was called Knightfall by Chuck Dixon. a real comic writer. not this fly-by-night shoemaker.

True.

Gotham Girl was generally wasted in this run. After her initial set-up, the only comic with her, where she was relevant, was the econd Bats/Flash crossover, made literally out of scraps. King should have focused more on her, and show how powerful she is. Instead, we get this anticlimactic mess.

I agree. Maybe making the focus of his run on batman training her, a person with powers, it would be different. But nope. It's almost like he didn't plan this at all...

Yeah, that would have been really nice. Maybe a bit like Terra with the betrayal thing, but I'd dig it, if it was written well. After all, her concept is solid - a superpowered character whose powers drain her life force, so she must not use them, yet she wants to be a heroine. Good inner conflict. This comic, on the other hand... Yeesh, is it bad...

don't worry. if we've learned anything from this dog muck run, it's that spinal injuries are not all that serious. all they'll have to do is rub some bengay on it and he'll be fine.

when reading this garbage for so long, it becomes really hard to judge.

It is, believe me, it is.

It unfortunately is.

It's been worse actually

It’s so awful, that trash describes it best.

bloody maggot infested fecal matter might actually describe it better.

True.

do you ever notice the people giving low score reviews about tom king comics are pretty concise about what they didn't like. ....and on the flip side people that give the high scores give the most vapid reviews ever.

Yeah, I rarely see high score reviews pointing out what is great about his run. King went from mediocre to awful for me. And I actually had some hopes for City of Bane. Villains taking over Gotham normally makes a great story.

eh. the Villains taking over trope has been done so many times over, and by far more competent writers. all tome king ever does is rehash other writers ideas, but very poorly executed. there's better fan fiction out there than what this bozo is churning out.

Exactly. It’s sad DC basically made bad fanfiction canon.

Because Tom King is and always has been a fanboy. Damian knows whatever King knows, because Damian read it in the deep dark secret libraries of the Hall of Justice...

Don't worget about his deus ex wand. He has it, because of course he has it.

Damian is just going to headbutt Bane and yell " I AM BATMAN "

I guess I expect too much logic from King lol

instead of headbutting, maybe he'll slam his butt onto Bane and yell " i have irritable bowel syndrome "

IBS for the win!

"IBS for the win!" ....oh my god! that's what this Batman run needs to be called! :D

I felt like I was reading a FAKE BATMAN! LOL

my suspicion is they are intentionally trying to go bankrupt. ...one rich guy probably bet another rich guy a crisp five dollar bill, and said "i'll bet you can't do it." so the other rich guy said "oh! i bet i can. and i know JUST the guy that'll help me."