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2.0

I figured it out! Tom King is writing Batman like he's Grant Morrison. Now I know why I'm not liking it as much.

Okay maybe a 2.5...but that's mostly because of Cat Women arc which was entertaining if not a bit repetitive. However let's discuss "I Am Suicide"

The first few pages start out real interesting. Bane is scary as fuck, get a little history, get to know the man. Then we switch to Batman assembling a team of misfits to take down Bane. Cool huh? intriguing huh? Exciting huh? Well then it just takes a weird turn to dialog being repeated 5-6 times a issue, everyone acting out of character, and Godawful ending to the arc. I hated this arc after the first issue. Also I believe Batman might be kind of...stupid? What the fuck.

The Roofs arc, with Catwoman is pretty good. It shows their relationship and changes a history of the characters a bit. The dialog felt much more natural between the two than the previous 4 issues and I enjoyed the art of both issues a lot. It didn't amaze me but it was satisfying and would give it about a 3. However since I am Suicide is one of the worst batman arcs I read since RIP or Black Glove this sadly doesn't go higher than a 2 or 2.5.