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3.0

This was really solid. When you throw in a ton of different writers/art styles into one book you can assure it'll always be mixed results. Some stuff you'll love, some you'll like, and some you'll just wanna skip as soon as possible. No Man's Land is a Batman mega crossover that happened in the 90's and early 2000's where Gotham was hit with a earthquake and left to basically die. So Batman is back in town but now it's all broken into sections where people hold territories from Joker, to GCPD, to Batman turf. It's a all out war!

What I liked: Most of the stories involving Gordan, Batgirl, or Batman are all solid. I also really enjoyed the two face story quite a bit. The art, when good, was really solid for it's time. The concept is great too and keeps things fresh. The Superman issue was way too funny as Superman basically like "Fuck these people" in the end.

What I didn't like: Some of the issues were meh. Especiall Azreal or whatever his name is. This Christian crime fighter is just dull and screams 90's. Also his suit sucks and his art is so bad in comparison to the rest of the artwork in here. Also the penguin story was far too long and found very little interest in that.

Overall it's around a 3.5. It's solid, interesting, and had some great stories. It's the mix of 4-6 issues of blah that bring it down. Still worth checking out for Batman fans for sure! Gotta grab volume 2!