Batman: Dark Patterns #6

This arc hasn't been as horrific as the first, which introduced us to the horrific Wound Man, but it's subtly terrifying with some amazing visuals as this tower comes to life and casts a nightmarish spectre over all of Gotham City. Read Full Review

Scarfaces influence on Gotham residents pushes Batman into a dangerous corner with this chapter. Watters pens a very layered conclusion. Sherman and the art team construct impressive images to guide readers through this twisted tale. Its another fantastic look at the Dark Knights early days that readers wont want to miss. Read Full Review

There's a strong character arc centered on the main antagonist running through these past few issues that feels personal and a little tragic. Combined with the beautiful art and moments that spotlight Batman's detective skills, there's more than enough to recommend the final installment of this current story arc. Read Full Review

There's a strong character arc centered on the main antagonist running through these past few issues that feels personal and a little tragic. Combined with the beautiful art and moments that spotlight Batman's detective skills, there's more than enough to recommend the final installment of this current story arc. Read Full Review

This is a surprisingly moving and compelling last installment of what I had previously called a weaker chapter of this title. The artwork remains stellar, and the script delivers perfectly paced thrills without sacrificing character moments. "Dark Patterns is a title firing on all cylinders. Read Full Review

"The Voice of the Tower" has been an ambitious story by Watters & co. Maybe too ambitious because it took me a couple of reads to follow everything. There are some really good ideas in here, but it feels like they rushed the ending and so didn't stick the landing in a satisfying way. It all looks very good though, so credit to the art team. Read Full Review

super_rex

Jun 28, 2025

The surprise at the end, such a chef's kiss

daspidaboy

May 14, 2025

Probably one of my favorite modern Batman detective stories. Which isn't saying much, but I plan to buy the complete edition. Also, I love Hayden Sherman's art, and how Batman has to use his detective brain to piece together the clues instead of fighting outrageous crazy building busters.

motorik

May 13, 2025

Classic old school Batman. No reinvention of wheels.

George

May 14, 2025

Not my favorite issue of the run so far but it’s still my favorite current Batman comic.

DDJamesB

May 20, 2025

The art is still top notch. The story was good. It just didn't live up the previous issues.

K-23

Jun 11, 2025

I'm a sucker for Scarface so I've been optimistically hoping Waters would have a satisfying ending but this issue was very clunky and didn't deliver just like the end of the last arc.

myconius

May 14, 2025

This arc was ok, but not great. I did like how the problem Wesker faced from last issue was resolved, even if it seemed a bit forced. The revelations of this new character getting the upper hand on Wesker felt pretty forced as well. Overall, the first arc of this series was way better! Both in story as well as art/page layout. Plus Batman spent this entire arc always one to two steps behind. He was pretty much just "there". Hopefully the next arc will be better than this one. This one really ended on a thud.