Detective Comics #880
Detective Comics » Detective Comics #880 - My Dark Architect released by DC Comics on September 1, 2011.
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5 (5) 4 (2) 3 (0) 2 (1) 1 (0) 4.5 starsAverage score of 8 user reviews
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Wow... Just... Wow 3
Coming into this Wednesday I hadn't been keeping up with Detective Comics, but after hearing my local shop owners rave about it I decided to pick up the latest issues from Hunger City until now. I can definatly see why this is one of the most talked about books out there right now. Scott Snyder is the perfect writer for this and I'm excited to see him write the rebooted Batman. This issue itself is by far the best issue I have read all year. From the first page there is an overwhelming sense...
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Snyder continues to impress. 5
Scott Snyder's run on Detective Comics has, admittedly, been the first time I've ever felt myself seriously drawn in to this particular bat book. His penchant for writing Batman more as a crime drama than a whizz-bang super-hero comic makes his stories both compelling and grounded in what feels like a chillingly real world, and it shows in what is building to be the ultimate culmination of pieces he's been laying down for the past few months. The Good: This is the best Batman storyline out ther...
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The Crown Jewel this Week 1
One of the things I love about Snyder's run is how mounts the horror and tension. Like many issues before it, this comic is spin-chilling and pulse pounding. One of the biggest challenges any writer has is undertaking iconic characters. Snyder really nails Dick Grayson. He's just the "happy" Batman, he can be dark, cynical, and an intelligent detective. I have to say, Snyder's writing (from the Bat-titles and American Vampire) often focuses on history and personifying towns and cities. H...
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Masterful storytelling! 0
No one can deny that Scott Snyder has a pretty good idea of how to write dark, disturbing stories. Snyder has crafted a terrific arc that employs elements from detective dramas as well as creepy, almost macabre, criminal violence. He's taken these classic Batman characters and immersed them into a nightmarish world that's made even more frightening by it's twisted realism. Snyder constructs the issue with the same tension filled cinematic flow of the previous books. There is a genuine feeling ...
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Boogeyman Rising 3
Gordon races to get to Barbara before The Joker can enact his latest atrocity against his family, but is there something more sinister than the mephistophelian mad clown afoot? The Good I can't say anything about this cover that hasn't been said before. It's absolutely stunning and this is easily one of the most depictions of eerie and disturbing depictions of the Joker. Bar none this is the best cover to grace Snyder's Detective run and some of JOCK's finest work on this series. The Joker ...
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Could use some more architecture 0
James Gordon Junior has returned. And with him, the doubt in his family: Is he still a psychopath or is he - as he claims - reformed? And why does the Joker claim to not be behind crimes that fit his modus operandi perfectly? The Good: The Cover. It's spectacular. It's easily the best thing about the issue. It's creative, it's haunting and it really pushes the medium of comic book art. They should make a poster of that cover. Is it me or are the recent Batman stories much more "down to earth"? ...
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The Joker and Hell Break Loose 0
The Joker has broken out of Arkham and Batman (Dick Grayson) is hot on his trail. However, tragedy has already struck Commsissoner Gordon, who finds his ex-wife with a face full of Joker Toxin in the bathtub of her hotel room. As Barbara and Red Robin try to piece together the crime scene, Batman goes after the Joker in the city's sewers. There the Joker asks for the real Batman to come back, knowing that it's one of the former Robins behind the cowl. After a short battle, the Joker reveals some...
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This is just ridiculous. 0
This is just ridiculous. There is no way a single book can be this good. Since Jock came onto Detective Comics at issue 871, this book has been insane. The art has been beautiful, between him and Francesco Francavilla, and the story has been fantastic. But this issue. Wow. First, lets start with the cover. I know last week I talked about how the Daredevil cover was one of the best covers of the year (read more about that here). This cover makes that look amateurish, and bland. The rest of my re...
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