Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Batman: Dark Victory
Book Review: The long awaited, (perhaps ^^;;) post crisis origin of the original Robin.
Summary: 4 Stars
Dark Victory is a direct sequel to The Long Halloween, picking up on many of the story elements laid down in that amazingh book, as well as giving us a post crisis origin story of Robin. While this story is great, and it, along with Long Halloween, establish the brillaince of the creative force that is Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, it does lack a bit in one area; Robins role seems almost superfluous in the story. It's only tenuously connected to the larger narrative, and it seems almost as if he was only put in as an afterthought. They were working on a Long Halloween sequel, and people wanted a post-crisis origin for the original Robin, so he was thrown in to the mix because it was conveinient.
I also found it questionable that the Gotham Sewers would elad directly in to the Batcave, but thats just fanboyish nitpicking. ^_~
Book Review: One of the best!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best Batman story ever told. Great plot, solid dialoge and beautifull art.
Worth every cent.
EDUARDO ESCOVAR CUERVO
Book Review: a good follow-up to "The Long Halloween"
Summary: 5 Stars
To fully understand this storyline, you need to read "The Long Halloween." "Dark Victory" picks up where the former left off. In "Dark Victory," Gotham is once again plagued by a serial killer, named "The Hangman," whose method of murder is exactly what you'd think. Only this murderer is more deplorable, because the victims are cops.
Batman begins to investigate while trying to keep a full-blown war from escalating between the organized crime succeeding Falcone and the super-villains (Joker, Freeze, and perhaps my favorite, Two-Face).
In the first novel, a more in-depth origin of Two-Face enthralls the reader. In the second, Dick Grayson is introduced into the life of Bruce Wayne and it is interesting to watch how Grayson slowly gains the respect of Batman through aiding him in his detective work. While I don't necessarily agree that "Batman needs a Robin," I think Loeb and crew put an interesting spin on the "Dynamic Duo."
"Dark Victory" is a good followup to "The Long Halloween." I recommend both as a package deal.
Book Review: Best Graphic Novel!
Summary: 5 Stars
This has to be the best graphic novel I ever read. In this graphic novel Two Face finally gets the spotlight he deserves. In this book there are actually three mysteries. The first mystery is who is "hang man", the secound is who is trying to make Alberto go insane, and third wich isn't a very big one is where is Carmine Falcone's body.Book Review: Has action, has mystery, has flaws!
Summary: 3 Stars
I think this goes for Long Halloween and Dark Victory: Cool, but characters not well enough developed. The whole mystery thing is cool because that is what Batman is really about, man. It would have been nice to not see the mob families again, though. After like 300 pages of them in the last book, I got bored with them. They're not even likeable! I mean, they're bad guys, I get it, but Joker could be even cooler than Batman himself. Plus, Robin sucks plenty in this book. He's on the cover and junk but he's only in the last two issues. Loeb tries to reinvent the Robin story, but fails miserably. He tried to make Robin mad about his parents but I just don't feel bad for Dick Grayson like I should. Someone in the reviews said that this was better than anything Frank Miller has done. Don't believe it! Batman Dark Victory: Don't believe the hype. It is page turning, hence at least three stars, but that could just be denial from paying 20 bucks talking.