Batman #43 review

New villain Mr Bloom is front and centre this month as replacement Batman Jim Gordon investigates the plant patches that have been bringing street thugs super-powers… and death. Their maker meets Gotham gang boss the Penguin to talk about his business, and things don’t go well for either party. Elsewhere, Batman is confronted by local […]

Batman #42 review

Just massively entertaining. That’s what this second outing for Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s new Batman is. It’s hard to remember that I don’t like the idea of a RoBatman when the reality is so much fun. This issue features a new Batmobile, a Bat-app, good advice from Maggie Sawyer and Julia Pennyworth, a fresh […]

Batman #41 review

Robobat-Bunny. Scott Snyder gets that one out of the way pretty quickly as his script sets up Jim Gordon as the new Batman. Jim himself uses the phrase when he first sees the tech-suit built by cuddly corporation Powers International. He’s dubious about taking on the role when there are lots of keen, fit, smart […]