{"id":1816,"date":"2008-02-08T06:49:21","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T06:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2009-01-14T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T16:02:11","slug":"batman-death-and-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2008\/02\/08\/batman-death-and-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman: Death and the City"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Batman:
Batman: Death and the City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Paul Dini<\/strong> & various (DC Comics)
\nISBN13: 978-1-84576-673-3<\/p>\n

The second collection of post-Infinite Crisis<\/strong> Batman adventures from Detective Comics<\/strong> (issues #827-834) presents another fine crop of tales of the Not-Quite-So Dark Knight righting wrongs in the urban sewer of Gotham City, courtesy of Paul Dini and a stalwart team of associates.<\/p>\n

‘Double Talk’<\/em>, illustrated by Don Kramer and Wayne Faucher, introduces a new and nasty Ventriloquist as the mouthpiece of the murderous Scarface, whilst ‘Sharkbite’ is an old-fashioned murder \u00e2\u20ac\u0153whodunit\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with reformed villain-turned-consulting-detective The Riddler racing Batman to the killer’s identity.<\/p>\n

Stuart Moore and artist Andy Clarke combine for the excellent two-parter ‘Siege’<\/em> as a human bomb captures the entire Wayne Tower skyscraper during a peace conference, and Dini, Kramer and Faucher return for ‘Kind of Like Family’<\/em> wherein Harley Quinn struggles with her decision to go straight when Scarface and the new Ventriloquist make her an offer she just can’t refuse.<\/p>\n

‘Triage’<\/em>, by Royal McGraw and Andy Clarke brings back Silver Age villains Fox, Shark and Vulture in a chilling psycho-drama before the volume concludes with the superb ‘Trust’ <\/em>as warped stage magician Ivar Loxias returns in a chilling tale of slaughter and trickery guest-starring the bewitching Zatanna by the first team of Dini, Kramer and Faucher. And wait ’til you see the twist\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

These tales of a renewed and determined crime-fighter look well set to overturn the Grim Sociopath image that has dogged Batman for too long. They are fresh, thrilling and powerfully compelling adventures that will astonish long-time fans and casual browsers equally. This is the best Batman in years.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a9 2007 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Paul Dini & various (DC Comics) ISBN13: 978-1-84576-673-3 The second collection of post-Infinite Crisis Batman adventures from Detective Comics (issues #827-834) presents another fine crop of tales of the Not-Quite-So Dark Knight righting wrongs in the urban sewer of Gotham City, courtesy of Paul Dini and a stalwart team of associates. ‘Double Talk’, illustrated … <\/p>\n

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