


The volume closes with two more chapters that are just alright and don’t stand out as seriously positive or negative. This larger arc is decently entertaining but involves themes that are seriously problematic and make Batman seem either careless or completely ignorant of the world around him. Then, the volume tells a longer arc centered around Batman’s fight against a villain named Anarky.

The first is a quick but highly compelling arc that has Batman rushing to solve a mystery before he is killed by a mysterious virus.

7: Anarkycollects several stories of varying levels of quality. Readers who can look past this volume’s problems may be able to enjoy the mysteries and the artwork but those who cannot should consider reading something else. However, the book’s main story arc has a poorly handled theme and some of the smaller stories are just alright. The book’s stories are generally captivating and center around a mystery that is fun to see unfold. Overall: This collection has a few interesting stories to offer but also contains some serious problems. The quality of the artwork is high throughout the volume.Ĭons: The main story arc centers around some seriously problematic themes that make Batman look bad. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Pros: The opening story arc is great and is intense from start to finish. The Dark Knight and Detective Harvey Bullock have the pieces-Anarky, Mad Hatter, a human trafficker and six dead children-but there's little time to connect them all before their city is consumed by total chaos!Ĭollects issues DETECTIVE COMICS #35-40, DETECTIVE COMICS: ENDGAME #1 and DETECTIVE COMICS: FUTURES END #1. Though this new masked menace appears to be launching a revolution against the city authorities, he hides a more personal motive. Whatever caused their demise is now loose in the terminal if Batman can't figure out who's behind this biological attack, the body count will climb even higher.Īnd after the airport is saved, a killer calling himself Anarky wipes the identity of every resident in Gotham clean, giving them a chance to remake themselves into whatever image they see fit. A plane has crash-landed at Gotham International Airport, but the passengers and crew inside appear to have been dead for years, their corpses seemingly decayed.
