Detective Comics #1050

This was a terrific milestone issue with three strong stories and dazzling artwork all around. If you've missed the first three installments of Shadows of the Bat, it's worth picking up the earlier issues and catching up to one of the best stretches in Detective Comics since Peter J. Tomasi and Brad Walker's recent run. Read Full Review

This issue is great for its character portrayal of Huntress and every aspect of the story. Jump in if you haven't yet. Read Full Review

A terrific triple threat of great stories that are fun, engaging, well drawn... well, what more could you ask for? Read Full Review

This was a terrific milestone issue with three strong stories and dazzling artwork all around. If you've missed the first three installments of Shadows of the Bat, it's worth picking up the earlier issues and catching up to one of the best stretches in Detective Comics since Peter J. Tomasi and Brad Walker's recent run. Read Full Review

Four Chapters in and this is easily the best issue of an already great story arc. The cover advertises this as the "Landmark 1050th issue" and the story inside Detective Comics #1050 delivers, and it's especially satisfying for Dick Grayson and Huntress fans and those who see this assemblage of heroes as a family as Dick indicates in the opening panels of the issue. Read Full Review

This did just what a preview should do, set the stage and whet the appetite. I can't wait for this title to hit the racks. Read Full Review

Fernando Blanco's art does a great job of building tension, especially when a young Robin enters the fray and quickly finds himself overwhelmed by one of Batman's deadliest rogues. But the ending has a great twist that reveals just how far Scarecrow will go to preserve his "investment," even if the larger relevance of this story is still a mystery. Read Full Review

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Ivan Reis delivers some stellar art in this issue. The action is beautifully detailed and lively and the character moments are filled with visual emotion. Read Full Review

Detective Comics #1050 is a jam-packed celebration of not only the legacy and history of the generally-Batman-centric series but of a number of other characters that are part of Batman's world. Shadows of the Bat continues to present a character-driven gorgeous but terrifying story full of twists and turns while the two backups showcase far different but tied-together takes on Batman and his presence in the world. Read Full Review

A great callback to Batman history, as well as an unexpected reveal, highlights why Detective Comics continues to be the best Bat-book on the stands. Mariko Tamaki's writing is a gift. Read Full Review

All three are perfectly fine stories that showcase the odd family Batman has built up around him without necessarily focusing too much on Batman himself. Read Full Review

Detective Comics #1050 continues the downward spiral of this weekly "event" book.  There isn't enough story going on here to warrant it coming out every week and what we do get isn't that good.   Read Full Review

The main story is moving too slowly for me because I need more plot progression. The "House of Wayne" backup is pretty entertaining, but I'm not quite sold on this story just yet. The "World's Finest" backup is well-written and well-drawn, but ultimately it's just a setup for a different series, and I don't think this setup is going to be essential at all. Taking into account the price point"as this issue will be a dollar extra due to increased page count"I advice you to skip this issue in favor of a different comic. I wish I could start recommending Detective Comics again, but for now I can't do that in good conscience. Read Full Review

cincyfan

Feb 04, 2022

Detective comics continues its' fantastic run of late as the main story and backup story are both stellar. The world's finest preview at the end was a fantastic treat for me as I was really considering picking up at least issue 1 when it comes out. It was great to get an idea of the feel of the book I'm definitely going to add it to my pull list.

TheObserver

Jan 26, 2022

I loved ! the main plot slows down the pace for the time needed to focus on Huntress, a character that I adore and who deserves a bit of pause on her story. She is suspicious, surly, angry, solitary but also fearless, intelligent, determined and capable. I like the reference to No man's land. Great '90s narrative making a return to the timeline. (I don't believe that since era 52 it had been done). I love that it's Nightwing telling Huntress through his eyes because his bond with her is unique and very powerful. I always thought so. He and Huntress are meant to be together. They are very different but complement each other perfectly. I love the build-up of the narrative in the tower and finding out the face behind it all is a real surprise. Long live the sequel. Last point, I carefully follow the backup, which is really surprisingly deep. It is very well done and very sad too alas. Well as I adore Dan Mora, obviously I can't wait to see his future work on Superman and Batman. more

Skywolf

Jan 25, 2022

Getting better.

deen

Jan 27, 2022

Between the excellent art all over this issue, and the return of Mark Waid in the third story, plus I gotta admit the Shadows storyline is keeping me hooked so far, I'm a pretty happy camper. The reveal at the end of the main story is for one of my favorite DC villains, so now we're cooking with gas. There's a hint dropped early in the issue that I guessed correctly, but I was still pleasantly surprised during the reveal.

Lal

Jan 25, 2022

The two backup stories were pretty good, and the main story finally progressed. The twist at the end was a nice addition. Seeing Nightwing actually do something was pretty great, but in this book it seems like he and Helena are incredibly close, something that wasn't even hinted at for years. The pacing is still a bit problematic, and way too much of the plot was spent on prepping Helena, but overall it was still pretty good.

daspidaboy

Jan 25, 2022

Not bad finally the plot progresses but we will see how it goes

Comics Code Authorities

Feb 13, 2022

This is a rarity. 3 stories ALL good. I'm lucky if one even rates a thumbs up these days. The main story started out with a nice tribute to No Man's Land's climax (Though they accidentally drew the Bat symbol without the yellow circle: those were the last days before he removed it again). Psycho Pirate returns, eh? While not a very impressive villain, I do expect him to play a big role in the rest of this story. The House of Wayne saga just gets more and more thrilling. Scarecrow bringing a horde of maddened kids to ransack Wayne manor and the original Robin comes to the rescue. Pretty clever plot. The preview for the new World's finest shows we may have some good Superman and Batman adventures ahead. At this rate DC's present will be shu nned by the readers in favor of tales from the better times. more

ICC

Sep 07, 2022

Only bought it for the Worlds Finest set up but ending up reading the whole issue. Really liked the art in the first story and even though I had no idea what was going on I enjoyed it. Second story was ok didn’t impress me in any way but I also had no idea what was going on. The Worlds Finest story was great of course. Mark Waid and Dan Mora can do no wrong when it comes to Batman and Superman.

PalancasLocas

Jan 25, 2022

Mucho mejor que con solo Tamaki en el barco, pero aun no logran tener la gran calidad, solo espero que no hundan el barco con la decisión de sacar a Batman por completo durante sabe cuantos meses para meternos personajes que a nadie interesa.

UxasIs

Jan 28, 2022

Detective Comics - 8/10 House of Wayne - 7/10 World's Finest - 7.5/10

Reaper74

Aug 06, 2022

Again a nice build up of plot but due to already knowing where we are going it kinda loses its point and overall impact. The first backup story is decent enough. The third was an interesting intro to a new Worlds Finest. Overall an ok but engaging read.

pterodactyl

Jan 25, 2022

I think Rosenberg is improving this series. There is finally a little progress

Psycamorean

Jan 30, 2022

The main story lost me this week. It wasn't very entertaining. The first backup didn't really work as well as it had before either. And the final backup was kind of a letdown after all the hype built up for Mark Waid's Batman/Superman.

Merlyn

Jan 25, 2022

I wasn't a huge fan of this issue. The first story is mediocre at best, I still don't get what's Tamaki idea of dealing with mental illness. She seems to think locking violent criminals up is bad, but so is treating them. That only leaves as a solution... them roaming free? That wouldn' work, to say the least. Unless this arc returns to the status quo with Arkam Asylum rebuilt on its proper place, this is a stupid event from DC. I did like Rosenberg's story, it was decent. And even though I saw a lot of people excited for Waid's return to DC, sorry to say, I'm not one of them. The man has lost the plot for a long time now and I have little faith in him these days. He's definitely a legend as a comic writer, no doubt about that, but so a re Miller, Bendis and Claremont and whenever they get into writing these days I kind of want them not to. more

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Mingthemerciless - Jan 26, 2022

These covers are just abysmal. Batman looks like a kid in a mask.

Batmanaholic - Jan 27, 2022

Ming the merciless this book had some amazing variant covers buy them then. We get it you don't like the main covers in this arc. So get the bremejo covers then...... it's the easiest simplest fix in the world. I think you just like to complain some days. And yes if Arkham doesn't end up back on the outskirts of town this arc will have been for nothing. Tamaki really really needs to be removed from this book. She's aweful. And doesn't like Batman it's quite obvious. Get her off the book.

Mingthemerciless - Jan 27, 2022

You and I both agree on how good Bermejo is. But these cosplay level covers are just woeful. Agreed Tamaki needs to be cut loose from Tec. Batman has been more fun to read in just 2 issues with Williamson taking over because he actually gets Batman.

Bats44121

Jan 25, 2022

So the only reason to buy this is the THIRD "preview" story by Mark Waid. If you are buying for the other stories, well, I am sure DC Comics, and especially writer Mariko Tamika appreciates you funding them, especially as she enjoys "torturing" the Batman (so sorry he's not here, Mariko) and Bat-family characters (her words, on September 8 Twitter... before her Twitter history was deleted on anything before November 2021). Gosh that is a really expensive preview, though. Looks like Steppenwolf is using DC villains to stab Big Blue with Red Kryptonite and make Superman totally unpredictable. (Hardly a "Detective Story," but most interesting of the lot.) OK. The Cover. Buy that guy a razor blade, PLEASE. Batman with little tuff threads of a beard looks SO RIDICULOUS. You can just see a hoodlum grabbing this guy in Batman costume by the little hairs on his chin. It is incredible DC Gotham editors cannot see this. And I thought I needed glasses. As to more of Mariko Tamika's random story, more with the sci-fi horror in a "Detective Comics" title. Who did not know who was going to be at the "shock" reveal in the first several pages of the book? (If not, you need to read more comics.) Gotta wonder how he just happens to show up after being with Darkseid (zero sense), or didn't Mariko read other DC comics? Story depends on irrational "plot" continuing about how removing Vile gave Huntress Helena Bertinelli violent visions? And why not Batman or anyone else? Simply just another story line for sci-fi horror and romance. The first several pages were OK, and almost looke like a normal comic book, but of course not for long. So Tec 1052 begins with Nightwing about him "falling" for Huntress Helena Bertinelli. For those of you wondering (WTHeck?), Dick Grayson falling for Helena Bertinelli goes back to being part of the "Rebirth" story lines, and the Birds of Prey storylines. If you didn't read all of those romance stories you might feel a bit behind. Stories that really have nothing to do with being detectives or fighting crime. Because after all, why shouldn't you have a prerequisite of reading DC costumed romance stories to follow a Detective Comics story about crime (eyeroll). But how frequently has Tec even BEEN about crime in the past several decades. This "evolution" has become perfect for some writers whose speciality is about range of romance through horror writing, but concerns for justice are "meh." But Dick Grayson's love life? Well... that's a Detective Comics (or Action Comics or fill in the blank) story! If you can't write for "Sex in the City," write for "Detective Comics." Yes, that makes "sense." Then Dick Grayson gets a job undercover at the con-man Dr. Wear's Arkham tower, and goes to check on Huntress. And some hood gets killed by psycho Ana Vulsion who is next door to Huntress Helena Bertinelli in the next room. Who the heck is Ana Vulsion? Oh she is a knife-wielding pscyho introduced in Ted 1046. Real relatable. This is what the plot comes down to. As to the "big reveal," meh. Send him back to Apokolips where he belongs, destroying the universe. If these are the stories we are going to read in this DC Universe, the sooner he gets over with it, the better, so we can get another REBOOT. To those of you who never saw it, there was a time when DETECTIVE Comics actually had detectives in them. And multiple detective stories sometimes up to 5 detective stories. Before the Caped Crusader Batman, we had the Crimson Avenger and all sorts of detective stories. I know it was quite literally another universe for DC. But there was a history when Detective Comics was actually about detective comics stories. more