Batman: Fortress #7

Fortress is firing on all engines with this latest issue and both Whitta and Robertson are as well. Read Full Review

Robertson delivers some great art in the issue. The look of the fortress is beautiful and I love the details sprinkled throughout the issue. Read Full Review

It's an odd story, but its Luthor is perfectly manipulative, fuzzy Lantern D'ayl is a breakout character, and this is the best material we've gotten out of Emiko Queen in years. I definitely won't mind seeing Whitta do more DC work down the line, but first he's got to stick the landing here. Read Full Review

Great artwork and interesting conflict get Batman: Fortress back on track from a bit of a lull in earlier issues. You'll be rewarded for sticking with the title until the end. Excited to see how the series wraps up. Read Full Review

This was a solid penultimate issue with a cliffhanger that sets the stage for a memorable finale. Read Full Review

The pacing in this issue and the dialogue (including the "final words between Batman and Luthor) are very strong as the intensity builds and revelations are discovered. Read Full Review

This isn't the worst comic I've ever read but it's possibly the most "whatever. What little interest I did have at any point has evaporated and I'm left looking forward to the end so I can move on and never think about it again. If I wasn't assigned this book, I would have dropped it after issue one or two and saved myself the frustration. Since that isn't an option, here's my consensus: please read Detective Comics instead. Read Full Review

Bats44121

Dec 01, 2022

Comics creation is really hard, and I truly respect that. This story continues. I am now looking forward to it being over, however. I was really excited with the idea in the beginnning, and it has really meandered. I bet this sounded great in the typed word version. The final version? So there is progress in the story, which is great. I hate to agree with William Martin on this, but his remark "Everything has a sort of 'first draft' feel to it" - is unfortunately spot on point. And let's be clear, it is really hard to come up with a complex first draft for this many moving parts and characters. Where I really disagree with William Martin, is that I believe Gary Whitta has the talent out there. I am hoping this series is just not playing to what Gary Whitta's potential actually is. But on the other hand, this is a massive big break, writing this high-profile "BATMAN"-centric story for DC Comics. This would be the time to really roll up your sleeves and engage the readers. I don't know, "maybe DC Comics would only LET him use some characters and not others." We don't know the entire story. But this story should be better. The team should be better. In Issues #1 and 2, we had JLA-level leaders fighting an alien invasion force and since then, then narrative has gone off the road and pretty significantly down into the ditch. If these issues were to make us "like" these other characters more... HINT: that's not working. [Candidly, from what I have seen over the past two years, I have been giving real thought to apply as a comics writer for DC Comics, as hard as it is, if you really WANT to give the readers a good story - you can.] And the racial remarks were totally unnecessary. They were brief, but disappointing. I know that it is popular these days. Sometimes they really make sense, and help address important social issues and issues in the story. In this case, I don't think it helped social justice, the narrative, or the story. They were just tossed in. We can also choose to respect one another for who we are. I am sure a lot of people will disagree with me on that. I really like Gary Whitta. I really wish the best for him, and hope he gets a different, maybe shorter story opportunity. IMO - this is either too many or too few issues for Gary, and the pacing is really really off. Because I like Gary, I am rating this higher than I would for another writer, and I am being candid about that. But it really needs to improve. more

myconius

Nov 23, 2022

Most current modern comics leave me feeling mostly indifferent. They're so unenjoyable these days, that I don't even bother talking about them online. I'd rather spend any spare time I have enjoying back-issues. This series seemed like it might be intriguing at first, but it quickly soured. It's been a chore reading it the first time. We finally get to TWO big reveals in this issue, and all i can say is - W T F ??? (((SPOILERS for this absolute garbage))) So Superman's family from Krypton were corrupt and power-hungry war-mongers who invaded countless worlds. They made so many enemies who finally retaliated by weaponizing the Kryptonian sun to destroy the planet Krypton. This is the cheapest, laziest, most pretentious cha racter deconstruction I have ever read. OH! and Superman has been asleep in the Fortress of Solitude this entire time. I guess when Batman scanned the entire world to try finding Superman, at no point did he scan the Fortress of Solitude. What a joke this tediously little series has been! Gary Whitta, you should have your crayons taken away! more

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Bats44121 - Dec 1, 2022

This story has a lot of troubles. As to the aliens on Krypton, we really don't know that much about their history. This interpretation may be totally off-base, but the vacuum of the history of Krypton leaves a lot of room for interpretations. It has gotten to be incredibly slow at this point, and the original possibilities for the story have rapidly gone downhill.