Brian Azzarello is always a gamble for me. I didn't love his Joker, Enjoyed his Luthor, liked half of his superman, and now we get to Batman. Is it worth checking out?

So Batman Broken City is taking bruce, putting him in a batsuit, and making him be a detective. But it's more like "hard-boil" type detective. It feels really out of character. However, I always let myself try new takes so I thought of this as a elseworld. A different Batman. And I was seeing if that would work. After a kid witness the death of his parents, similar to our hero, Batman goes around the city finding out what happened. You run through various villains but none are really memorable. By the very end we get the truth about what went down but did it nail it? Did it work?

Good: I like some of the art. Especially the sewer scene or the scene with the flashbacks. I also thought some of the dialog was good. Batman speaks the entire thing, and while it's out of place, works. It does start to wear thin at the end but for the start it's interesting.

Bad: I really didn't like the overall story. The plot was kind of boring, the villains not scary, the end result kind of messy, and Batman being so different didn't click with me. The also "edgyness" of it kind of made me roll my eyes, reminding me of"Joker".

Overall this was a okay batman story but I'll probably forget all about it. It tried to be something different, and for that I'll give it credit, but for me it just didn't cut it. A 2/5.