Detective Comics Vol. 3: Greetings From Gotham

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  May 20, 2020

  Since Peter Tomasi took the helm as writer Detective Comics have been better than in years. For the first time in a long time I've found myself eagerly anticipating the next issue of a Batman title. This volume contains 3 adventures, 2 of which became instant favorites for me. First is a story featuring the Spectre and a cult who stole his image. It's alright, but alone I'd rate it a 6.5 at most. Then the single part "Greetings from Gotham" which gave me kind of the Joker story I've missed. It's also full of humor. The Joker offers a kid a cookie; Batman crumbles it. Batman is forced to ride the bumper cars and ferris wheel with the Joker, and something you never expected to see-Batman and the Joker going into the tunnel of love together . It reminds me of the Joker stories from the '70s and '80s that show how one of the Joker's best choices for a battlefield is an amusement park, crowded or abandoned (How many amusement parks does Gotham have anyway?). Finally a 3-parter that pits Batman against Deadshot in the jungle with Lucius Fox and a group of execs held captive. The stranded soldiers who learned to put their differences aside and survive for 3/4 of a century were also an interesting twist. Tomasi gives Lucius Fox a lot of the personality that makes it easy to understand why Bruce trusts him so much. He also shows that ability to wrap up a story and not make it lead to the next bigger one, then the next even bigger one after that. Like how the Mr. Freeze appearances were just a side story having nothing to do with the main ones. All-in-all, This collection alone has some of the best issues in Tomasi's run yet. I hope he stays in Batman books for a long time. more

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  Bropokalypse

  Dec 21, 2020
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  retcon_D

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  Adsun22

  Feb 07, 2021
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  Dan

  Oct 09, 2021
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