I've actually liked both Daredevil and Green Arrow under Kevin Smith so I'd figure I give his Batman a try. How was it? Well...

There's a new villain in town. If you want to make a impact on the Batman lore you wanna throw a new villain into the mix. It's a way people would remember you. Say "That's the batman villain from so and so's run!" and that's what Smith did here. On top of that though we have the waging war between Batman and his favorite clown, the Joker. After our new villain frees the Joker, the clown begins to wreck havoc. In doing so it brings out Batman to hunt him but it's all a plot. This leads to the Joker and Batman getting some time with each other.

Good: I like the atmosphere built here. Feels like Gotham is a really shitty place to live and scary. I also thought the new villain was pretty fun, if not silly. Oh and there's some funny dialogue, some I actually liked a lot with Bruce and Alfred.

Bad: Some of the dialogue felt long and drawn out though. The art, while I thought was solid, sometimes lacked emotion on their face or strange faces in general. Also, it ended really quick and didn't feel like a actual ending.

Overall it was a fun story. A bit short for my taste, and the villain didn't get to be flushed out, but not horrible. You'd think from some reviews this is the worst Batman story ever. It's just decent-good. A 3 out of 5.