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james_desantis 's review for:
All-Star Batman, Volume 2: Ends of the Earth
by Scott Snyder, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Francesco Francavilla, Tula Lotay, Jock
I really want to love this more. I love 90% of Snyder's work. I just didn't love it.
However, I will say I did like a good portion. So let's start with that.
The Good: I really loved Mr. Freeze/Poison ivy issues (6/7) They felt self contained yet bigger in scope. They had heart, they had solid dialog, they had great art. I really dug batman dealing with both of them in different ways than usual. I also did enjoy the final reveal at the end even though it was pretty predictable. The "Oh damn" moment was pretty fun.
The bad: I didn't like issue 8 much. It was a Madhatter issue and I have to be honest. I fucking HATE him lol. In everything I read I just dislike him so much. Crazy physiological trips are always lame to me. This didn't introduced anything new for Bruce. Also I didn't feel the Duke story AT all this volume. I actually thought that side story was decent in volume 1 but not so much here.
So far All-Star Batman isn't my favorite Batman Snyder has done. It's fun at points. Epic even. I really will remember the freeze and ivy issues cause they were enjoyable and memorable. The rest? Not so much. So hopefully the next arc is even better!
However, I will say I did like a good portion. So let's start with that.
The Good: I really loved Mr. Freeze/Poison ivy issues (6/7) They felt self contained yet bigger in scope. They had heart, they had solid dialog, they had great art. I really dug batman dealing with both of them in different ways than usual. I also did enjoy the final reveal at the end even though it was pretty predictable. The "Oh damn" moment was pretty fun.
The bad: I didn't like issue 8 much. It was a Madhatter issue and I have to be honest. I fucking HATE him lol. In everything I read I just dislike him so much. Crazy physiological trips are always lame to me. This didn't introduced anything new for Bruce. Also I didn't feel the Duke story AT all this volume. I actually thought that side story was decent in volume 1 but not so much here.
So far All-Star Batman isn't my favorite Batman Snyder has done. It's fun at points. Epic even. I really will remember the freeze and ivy issues cause they were enjoyable and memorable. The rest? Not so much. So hopefully the next arc is even better!