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jmart81's review
4.0
I liked the ending to this storyline. I felt that it had too many filler issues but overall a good story.
rashthedoctor's review
3.0
BATMAN - THE WAR OF JOKES AND RIDDLES : 3.5 OUT OF 5 STARS
I'm not a fan of Tom King . I am one of those person who is still clueless as to why Tom King is so highly regarded . I have read nearly all his works and I still can't come around to liking those works to such high regards. Heck I can count on my fingers the total number of books that I have actually read of King .
That said King has already made some major changes to the Batman lore before coming to this story arc , and I was excited to see what this storyarc had in store for us . Sure enough the depiction of Kite man and elevation of his status , along with the finale that showed a new character of Bruce was fantastic . But that's about all I actually liked in this story arc . Okay wait , correction I also did love the art and the chapter on the 9 course french meal , that was fun to read.
But in the end the absurd story telling of King absolutely killed this story arc . We never did figure out what happened to Joker , in fact Joker as a whole felt very wrongly depicted here , we never saw how the alliances were formed or any battles between characters such as Deadshot and Deathstroke panned out . It was like someone reading a mock draft to an actual story.
There is no doubt the idea behind the story was brilliant , with additions of depth to characters like Kite man and some awesome dialogue and the fantastic art work , this had a lot of potential , but Tom King ruined it for me.
I'm not a fan of Tom King . I am one of those person who is still clueless as to why Tom King is so highly regarded . I have read nearly all his works and I still can't come around to liking those works to such high regards. Heck I can count on my fingers the total number of books that I have actually read of King .
That said King has already made some major changes to the Batman lore before coming to this story arc , and I was excited to see what this storyarc had in store for us . Sure enough the depiction of Kite man and elevation of his status , along with the finale that showed a new character of Bruce was fantastic . But that's about all I actually liked in this story arc . Okay wait , correction I also did love the art and the chapter on the 9 course french meal , that was fun to read.
But in the end the absurd story telling of King absolutely killed this story arc . We never did figure out what happened to Joker , in fact Joker as a whole felt very wrongly depicted here , we never saw how the alliances were formed or any battles between characters such as Deadshot and Deathstroke panned out . It was like someone reading a mock draft to an actual story.
There is no doubt the idea behind the story was brilliant , with additions of depth to characters like Kite man and some awesome dialogue and the fantastic art work , this had a lot of potential , but Tom King ruined it for me.
anthroxagorus's review
5.0
Due to the delay at my comic shop, I'm late to the party. I knew what would kinda happen.
But man some things went down.
So... *rubs neck* yeah...
But man some things went down.
So... *rubs neck* yeah...
francisjamesx's review
3.0
Batman is my favorite superhero of all time and I'm trying to devour as many issues as possible :)
marisacarpico's review
2.0
Despite a decent ending, this arc has been an underwritten waste of time. King needs to get kicked off this book asap.
Full thoughts here: https://t.co/ZHhHwzr4Cz
Full thoughts here: https://t.co/ZHhHwzr4Cz
samhain's review
5.0
was foreshadowing the actual canon :DLet's just hope older!Brulina has better tastes in clothing than they did in this cartoon xD Now, can we have Selina sending him postcards featuring silly kittens whenever she has to left Gotham and wants to let him know where she's headed to? Pretty please? The games killed me with that scene, I need one in the comics. Oh, and I need Alfred panicking because there's a million stuff to do for the ceremony and he wants it to be perfect aaaaand... Bruce&Selina elopes, get married in their spantex costumes, and Alfred only knows that because they kidnapped him to serve as the witness to the union. Imagine poor Alf's face when he's back to Gotham and has to tell the BatFamily that "it appears Master Bruce wasn't... classically trained in wedding organizations..."