Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Batman: Dark Victory
Book Review: A haunting look at the early life of the Batman
Summary: 5 Stars
Dark Victory is set in the not too distant future from where The Long Halloween finished, and continues the story of early life of the Batman, his struggles with himself, and the Gotham City that made him. Weaving a tale around the Falcone crime family, Jeph Loeb sucessfully intertwines the story of the orphaned child that was Bruce Wayne to the avenging angel/demon that is Bruce Wayne, with the simple tie that bound Thomas Wayne with Carmine "the Roman" Falcone in The Long Halloween. In the course of the story Bruce Wayne must confront his past in order to make sense of his future, and it is within the pages of this beautifully illustrated book we see the first glimmer of that future. All the expected cast of "freaks" appear in this story although their own separate nightmares are not revealed here. For any one who likes their Batman stories to be of a dark nature then this book won't disappoint you.Book Review: Good artwork - substandard plot
Summary: 4 Stars
This story takes up where "the Long Halloween" finished. TLH was one of my all time favourites and so I was very excited about this book. I have to say that I was a bit dissapointed. This book is a sequal in the very worst "hollywood" sense of the word. They have taken the seemingly complete story of TLH and streched it out to another book. It's basically more of the same, which is no bad thing, but just a little dissapointing. I wish they'd tried to come up with sometihng new.That said the book has many good points - the artwork is, of course, perfect. The entire book looks ... classy, with loads of nice touches (like the chapter headers etc...). The story line was not all bad either. The re-hashing of the Robin origin is dealt with very smoothly, if a bit briefly, but the scenes comparing Dick Grayson to a young Bruce Wayne are genius.
To sum up: this book is simply not as good as TLH but is still a quality title which fans will lap up. Not a must have, but certainly a good buy.
Book Review: stunning sequel to Long Halloween
Summary: 4 Stars
The Long Halloween was a stunning trade paperback, and this sequel is the same. Unfortunately, a bit too much the same!Basically someone is killing the mob family leaders one by one, on different holidays, leaving a clue each time in the form of a hangman game. Batman tries to unravel
the clues but then the killings start targeting cops too.
The story is very similar to TLH, but that isn't such a bad thing, as it is a great story, with Batman, Catwoman and Gordon all desperately trying to unravel the
mystery of the killer. The artwork is dark and gothic, exactly as Batman should be. Tying in the debut of Dick Grayson as Robin is a great move, especially as he
plays a minor role which proves important without overshadowing the main story. Definitely recommended.
There are rumours that the author and artist will do a follow up to cover Catwoman's journey to Italy.
Book Review: Another great graphic novel
Summary: 5 Stars
In this sequel to Batman: The Long Halloween, a new District Attorney has plans to clean up Gotham, and her plans include cleaning up Batman. But, someone is playing Hangman, and with each new game, someone in the police department gets hanged. As if things aren't bad enough, a mass breakout from Arkham puts a lot of super-villains on the street (including Two-Face, Joker, Solomon Grundy, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, and Penguin). This is another great graphic novel, and a worthy sequel to The Long Halloween. I thought the story was nice and gripping (just like a Batman story should be!), while the illustrations were wonderfully done, making the whole read that much better. I enjoyed the Catwoman character once again, and thought that the author did a great job with the Robin character. I highly recommend this book to any, and every, Batman fan!
Book Review: A real spellbinder
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best suspense stories that you will ever come across! It starts off with a murder that is committed on a holiday. The killer seems to play the "Hangman" game and leaves a clue each time. And just about everybody is a suspect. All the victims seem to have something in common in their past (to say anything more here would be to spoil the fun for prospective readers) The story includes the ganglords ruling Gotham at that time, and also explains the reason that Dick Grayson became Robin. It also draws parallels between the tragedies that struck Bruce Wayne as a child, and the one that took place in the early life of Dick Grayson. The graphics of this book are just great. All these factors make this book a real collector's item.