This has a great annual issue and a decent enough main story.

The annual, which is super big, focuses on James and Barbara's relationship. It's really weird, really creepy, and really well done. If you didn't know, Black Mirror is my favorite Batman story probably ever. This relies heavily on the fact James is the main villain. He's the villain in this annual and he's still as terrifying. The rest of the volume focuses on Batgirl's villain Grotesque. Who's that? A dude who likes to make art out of his victims.

Overall, the annual is great. I loved almost every moment. The art is pretty solid throughout and Batgirl gets a new costume which is ten times better than the last one which looked awful. So all positives there. The negative? Grotesque is a boring villain. The pacing of the story also gets a bit slow and the idea of Barbara being ashamed of her disability or thinking her father does was...weird.

So it's pretty good. I hope we get more like the annual in the future. A 3 out of 5.