I was really what taken aback having a new Batman missed the whole storyline, but then again there are too many comics to keep up with the storyline. Even when he does a jump to save himself from a dangerous situation, he does it in his own style, due his acrobacy background, which is different of how Bruce would do it. However, the story isn’t perfect, while it was good to see how much elements from the past of everyone was resurfacing, I think that if the storyline would have focused on the main element which makes the climax of it, the whole storyline may be shorter but more solid. He draws James as this normal looking kid but the expression on his face is as scary as anyone you'd find in Arkham Asylum.

It clearly shows when Dick Grayson dons the Batman costume as his personality is less menacing than Bruce Wayne’s and he makes a couple of jokes or two towards his enemies.While it was coming out in the monthlies, Black Mirror received such high praise that I knew 1) I would have to read it and 2) there would be something wrong with it. Particularly this version of Batman, which is both a stunning visual work and possesses a strong plot.

Having considered what the “Black Mirror” is itself, I believe the symbol states that good and evil are reflections of one another, rooted in the same pain, intensity, conflict, and chaos. Jim Gordon hunts down a man named Roy Blount he believes to be the Peter Pan Killer, a child murderer he chased in his early days. I really love that, in efforts to truly differentiate his Batman from Bruce's, Dick flies over the city on ziplines similar to a trapeze artist. Dick must battle against several villains, one of whom is selling various super villain weapons and items in an underground black market.

The only disappointing thing was that the Joker story seemed kind of weak and short, but that’s a small complaint. Dark but sharp, as full of details as the story itself and I liked the colours used (not too dark, with brighter panels in between).

And the scene with Joker and Dick where the former immediately knows him not to be "his" Batman (and asking Dick to tell Bruce to come back). His issues follow him in his investigations and findings pertaining to Gotham's usual scum and criminal element yet more often than not he gets caught up in a cycle of deception and greed that forces him to re-examine the way he views Gotham and his role and participation in all of its endless stream of violence and despair. First of all, I'm starting a batman collection and I didn't want to read any batman book with Robin in it or anything like that because I didn't like the idea of robin. The event begins a strange and deadly mystery that will bring Batman face-to-face with the new, terrifying faces of organized crime in Gotham. My friend Hulk-boy wants me to read this so that I will quit giving my boyfriend Batman 2 and 3 stars.

And this novel is the perfect tribute to many years of great (and not so fabulous) Batman storylines. Snyder arbeitet sehr minimalistisch mit der Anzahl seiner Charaktere, dafür sind die aber definierter, sie ergänzen sich gegenseitig und indirekt in die Story sehr organisch. The younger James is popularly suspected of being a criminal, and Barbara "Still Oracle" Gordon suspected him of even being a serial killer, although there was never any proof. Another family relationship that gets explored is the one between Jim Gordon and his psychopathic son, James.