Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #4

Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #4 was the best issue in the run to date. Silvestri put all the pieces together and readers can tell we've finally made it to what we've signed up for. Read Full Review

Silvestri brings the same intensity to the art that he brings to the story and it shows in some beautifully detailed pages and panels filled with great energy and darkness. Read Full Review

I'll keep it simple. There's no reason any Batman fan should be avoiding this book. It really is worth your time and money. I highly recommend it. Read Full Review

Batman & the Joker: Deadly Duo #4 has shown off just how unlikely a team they can be. Their methods will always contrast, and they're never going to get along. The threads of story context are finally coming together, and we're getting a real sense of the secrets to unlock. All of this is set to immersive and stylish artwork that will draw in anyone. Batman and the Joker Deadly Duo is set to become a definitive Batman story. Read Full Review

Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #4 breaks from the plot progression to fill in Simms's backstory and add more detail to the monster-making process. The details are interesting and give the story texture and death, but the story's forward momentum loses steam. Read Full Review

Things are starting to become clearer in Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #4, but things are certainly getting messier. The bodycount is adding up and Batmans hands aren't clean, but its apparent that hell do whatever he has to in order to save Gordon. The title of the series feels so appropriate because the dynamic between Batman and Joker really is deadly. Read Full Review

The visuals are good, but there is little plot advancement and the overtly bleak tone makes it hard to get invested in what's going on. Read Full Review

Batman & the Joker: Deadly Duo #4 is an interesting book, but I don't mean that in the sense that it is intriguing or fascinating. Instead, I mean that it is interesting in that it should be intriguing and fascinating with Batman and Joker weirdly working together to deal with a dialed-up-to-eleven take on the Trolley Problem and it has good visualsthe Gotham bullet train is absolutely gorgeous and a sight to beholdbut the whole issue feels overly burdened with trying to out-grimdark itself on nearly every page. Read Full Review

randyalpha

Mar 26, 2023

Art is a 10 Writing 10. Got more Superhero vibes this issue than the horror vibes last two issues. Despite the interplay between Batman an Joker...Joker's still the Joker!

Avanvolk

Aug 07, 2024

This was the best issue yet in my opinion. Been very, very impressed with this series so far. Silvestri is proving as capable a writer as he is an artist.

Ryan

Mar 12, 2024

Insanely dark series, but it works

daspidaboy

Feb 08, 2023

arguably top 3 favorite Batman black label books out there.

☭Latverian Embassy☭

Apr 06, 2023

Probably the best issue so far. The opening section was good and the train riddle was the best. The art and those tired Nightwing butt jokes drag this issue down from being truly great.