Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Batman : Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale ISBN: 1-56389-868-3 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Sale and Loeb; another masterpeice
Comment: This book was awesome. I was looking foward to this book after reading "Long Halloween", also by Sale and Loeb, because it had an excellent story line that kept you in suspense the whole time.
In Long Halloween members of the Maroni Crime Family kept getting killed by a mysterious killer dubbed "Holiday". At the end of the book, the police beleive they have caught the true holiday, but evidence builds(to the reader only) that he indeed wasn't.
Dark Victory picks right up where "Halloween" left off. This time, members of the GCPD are being hanged with a clue left pinned to their chest with the children's game "hangman". No doubt, the papers dub him "The Hangman".
Batman must deal with this new murderer while trying to hunt down former DA Harvery Dent, now the crazed lunatic, Two-Face.
A newcomer joins the scene, Dick Grayson, future Robin. His contributions actually help solve the "Hangman" murders.
This, like I said, is among my favorites in comics. I highly reccomend this book to any Batman fan.
I strongly suggest reading "The Long Halloween" first, though.
Rating: 4
Summary: A page turner, a little confusing, but the best Robin story.
Comment: This book, the sequel to The Long Halloween, is yet another winner from Jeph Loeb. All the best from the Batman universe are in here, and his notion of how Robin came to be is the best use of the Boy Wonder I've read yet.
One of the real strength of this one is the use of all the supervillains; every character from The Scarecrow to Mr. Freeze makes an appearance and plays a roll in the story. A part of me wonders if that might not be a continuity error (as Dark Victory is set early on in the Batman universe), but that's certainly a minor quibble. I also really liked the development of Jim Gordon in this book.
The two reasons I knocked this story down: the new ADA, and the confusing elements of the plot. The motives behind the new ADA (the lady who took over Dent's job) aren't really explained that well--more of a backstory would have helped to explain her better. I also thought the book had too many elements at times; three competing crime families, a cast of characters that probably numbers 30+, plus two seperate yet intertwined storylines that both demand a lot of attention. This isn't an inherently bad thing, and the things that I'm still not quite sure of will probably resolve themselves on a second reading.
All in all, a great story. Thumbs up, and highly recommended!
Rating: 3
Summary: Has action, has mystery, has flaws!
Comment: I think this goes for Long Halloween and Dark Victory: Cool, but characters not well enough developed. The whole mystery thing is cool because that is what Batman is really about, man. It would have been nice to not see the mob families again, though. After like 300 pages of them in the last book, I got bored with them. They're not even likeable! I mean, they're bad guys, I get it, but Joker could be even cooler than Batman himself. Plus, Robin sucks plenty in this book. He's on the cover and junk but he's only in the last two issues. Loeb tries to reinvent the Robin story, but fails miserably. He tried to make Robin mad about his parents but I just don't feel bad for Dick Grayson like I should. Someone in the reviews said that this was better than anything Frank Miller has done. Don't believe it! Batman Dark Victory: Don't believe the hype. It is page turning, hence at least three stars, but that could just be denial from paying 20 bucks talking.
 |
Title: Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb ISBN: 1563894696 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Batman : Haunted Knights by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale ISBN: 1563892731 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
 |
Title: Batman: Year One by Frank Miller ISBN: 0930289331 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
 |
Title: Batman: Hush Vol. 2 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams ISBN: 1401200842 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by DC Comics ISBN: 1563893428 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
