Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #1

Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #1 narrows the cast to expand the crossover. With so many voices within the main book, this issue still captures the same moral struggle on a smaller scale. Read Full Review

A compelling little peek under the Hood. Read Full Review

Batman/Catwoman Gotham War: Red Hood brings us another perspective to this already remarkable storyline. This issue works as a welcome reprieve as the tension between Catwoman and Batman reaches boiling point. Jason has been put through the wringer by bringing in these people to deal with Batman's new direction. I imagine that this lighter issue will have a great many wider implications in the rest of the story. Read Full Review

Artistically speaking, Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #1 is stylistic, gritty, and a treat for the eyes. Unfortunately, its ambitions for story and characterization are focused on a rehash of Red Hood's greatest hits. Read Full Review

Wow, I just realized how little this first issue even impacts the main storyline of The Gotham War. I hope that's just because it's an introduction to the premise of this comic but for a product that makes no sense outside of The Gotham War fanclub members feeling they have to buy it this does kind of irk me. Apart from that the story is just very underwhelming with yet another instance of a story that revolves around a singular character I can't even force myself to care about. At least when Red Hood interacts with Catwoman there's an inkling of intrigue so let's hope we get to see more of that, or, I don't know, a story that involves henchmen with actual personality. Read Full Review

Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War Red Hood #1 is nothing but a pure disappointment. This is by far the worst chapter in the Gotham War crossover event thus far. Which is saying a lot given that Gotham War hasn't gotten off to a good start. If you are reading Batman and Catwoman's Gotham War crossover save yourself the trouble by skipping this Red Hood tie-in mini-series. Read Full Review

Story wise, the plot makes no real sense either, and there's a very juvenile quality to the writing that, when paired with Cizmesija's art, feels so rough you'd guess this was a poorly done draft if you didn't know it was a fully finished piece. This is all just extremely disappointing. Read Full Review

Screaming Enigma

Oct 19, 2023

I don't think this is as bad as some people have been making it out to be. Gotham War hasn't been the greatest event thus far, but it's not absolute garbage. Sure, this may not have necessarily been a must-read or anything, but this is a solid read for Red Hood fans and even for those reading the current Joker series that Rosenberg's been writing (which is another series that falls even more under "not as bad as some people make it out to be). Either way, while not the strongest issue of the Gotham War crossover, I still thought this was an enjoyable issue.

Tempra16v2.0Turbo

Sep 26, 2023

Completely unnecessary.

Afre

Sep 28, 2023

I don't hate it, but it feels unfocused. I wasn't sure what take Rosenberg wanted to have on Jason, and art felt messy too. At times this was great, at times this was perplexing. Both art and writing. It's not god-awful, but I expected more.

ItsJess

Sep 28, 2023

The characters in this event just keep changing with every issue. I'd also just like to point out that Above Ground Pools and DetroitSkyline are the same person (and potentially Matthew Rosenberg's mother).

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Psycamorean - Nov 22, 2023

How do you know they're the same person?

ItsJess - Nov 22, 2023

Compare their reviews, the dates thereof, and their pull list. There are quite a few people on this site who make multiple accounts for some reason and it's typically very obvious.

ResearchReader

Sep 27, 2023

If you are a super-obsessive fan of Red Hood and love anything he is in regardless of quality then sure. For the rest of the comic book community, its a waste of money. This event is a waste of money and this is a non-essential waste of time for a waste of time event. How low can you go? Art is literally why it gets 2.5 and that is in part pity points.