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Batman: Shaman by Denny O'Neil
5.0

If you haven't noticed from my reading tendencies as of late, I'm on a bit of a Batman kick.

I read ALOT of late 90's, 2000's, and current Batman stories. But I missed a lot of the late 80's, early 90's, besides Knightfall. So I'm glad to finally read some of these on my Infinite app and man oh man, Batman Shaman is a great one to land on.

After reading The Question Omnibus it is NO question that Dennis O'Neil was a DAMN fine writer. He had a way with giving us realistic dialogue in a time where that wasn't always the case. A deep look into Batman's view points and why he does what he does in the early years. A Almost year one story but I think the cult like villains, more detective feel than expected, and a inexperience Batman really helped this title out. It's also the artist, who fucking NAILED Batman's feel and look. Some amazing shots in here that I want as posters.

Overall, besides a a little bit of a weaker ending than I wanted, this is a DAMN fine Batman story. A 4.5 out of 5.