Detective Comics #865

The story  

The story in this issue is a lot better than in the previous numbers, it deals with some parts of the origin of Jeremiah Arkham and Black Mask. We get to see a guest appearance of a character in direct continuity with another bat-tittle.   

 

The Good   

The cover, love it, there is not much to it to the story but there is something in the cover I loved.
We get to see some kind of "origin" to Jeremiah's Black Mask identity and some pieces of the puzzle are placed together. The guest appearance is not unexpected but I really liked how they treated it and how they have hinted it since last issues, it may seem a plot exaggeration for making a point to see in what situation is Arkham mentally but let us remember that after all he was, after Batman, the person who best knew the Arkham Assylum's patients. 
If you like the kind of art that is being managed, you will probably like this issue. 
We also get to see a Huntress/Question story at the end which is following on last issue, extra stories are always welcomed.   
By the way, love the Jester character.

The Bad  

 The whole story behind the whole Black mask identity with Arkham is expected but there is something on the fact that it is happening now and how they have handled it that is not thrilling me. I mean, what happened may take years but seems a poor editorial choice of recently introducing characters just to fit in the story as they did, seems to forced. Word of advise is I would think ahead and introduce the characters a lot earlier so when you get to the ending it is nos so expected.
 

The Veredict  

It is really a good story, the fact that some of the characters are obviously introduced to be a port of this is seems to forced. But the issue alone is good and this may start some changes. Overall I would go with a 3.5 something in it prevents the 4.