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Batman: Streets of Gotham - Leviathan by Dustin Nguyen, Paul Dini, Derek Fridolfs, Christopher Yost, Mike Benson
4.0

So I didn't love the first book but this one was a lot better.

These are basically side stories, or gotham stories, so it's not always staring the Batman. I kind of love that. Because when the hero comes in, more of a impact. So we have one with Huntress and Manbat, one with Damien and Dick hunting down a killer who forces children to fight to the death, and also introduces Abuse who's a kid who was infected with venom and can become huge and fights for Justice like Batman.

Good: Both storylines are really good. The twist at the end of the man-bat one works really well and the build up is solid. I freaking loved the storyline of Damien and Abuse teaming up together to take down a serial killer murdering children. It felt like it had stakes which is really nice.

Bad: I thought could have been a issue or two more squeezed in.

Overall very exciting, fun, and dark. This is what a side batman story should read like. A 4 out of 5.