I still feel like this whole story arc was a gross waste of time, and it has definitely tainted my view of the character. In all seriousness, this wasn't an amazing installation that wiped away my distaste for the last few volumes, but I found more to like here than I expected. Sorry, ease don't crucify me for that, Batfans! We all have embarrassing secrets, and mine is that I want Batman to someday skip off into the sunset with a nice girl (or Catwoman!) and get a Happily Ever After. I'm just saying it would be nice to see him happy every now and then. My personal preference isn't universal, and I understand that. I know so many people who love it when the Batman stories lean toward the gritter side, so I'm not trying to say that those people are reading it wrong.

Does every tale of the Dark Knight need to end with feeling that you need to go have a drink somewhere?Īnd that's gonna be a question that each individual reader will have to answer for themselves. I get the point: Bruce must die for Batman to rise! But.oof. Then there's the storyline with Bruce's girlfriend & the return of his memories.Įverything about that was just so friggin depressing. That, coupled with the flower on his face, reminded me of some DIY craft project with the kids that went horribly wrong.

I just.what was the point? Most the time I was confused as to what Bloom was trying to accomplish, and maybe more importantly how he was going to accomplish it.Īre you shitting me with this? He's going to get people angry/scared/disillusioned enough to cut open their skin, insert a seed inside, and then these mutant seeds will help him have a self-sustaining energy source for his own power? Did I understand that right?Īnd as much as I liked Bloom in the beginning for rocking the eerie villain thing, toward the end he kinda had more of a skinny mime vibe going. The actual plot was, um, less than satisfying to me. Yeah, yeah, we've already got a ton of them, but. Now Jim Gordon can retire his Bugs Bunny costume, and go back to being the world's best police commissioner.Īnd you know what? This new Robin really grew on me during this volume. Very horror story esque!Īlso, I'm really glad that Bruce is back as Batman. I thought Bloom was super creepy looking, and I loved the way he sorta stalked around doing. Well, there were several things I really liked about this volume, so let's start with that.

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