Batman: City of Bane: the Complete Collection | 
so-soI made my way through a handful of Tom King's Batman run and it was... okay. I tried starting with the “complete“ City of Bane collection, but I had no idea what was going on. Even after going back a bit, it still wasn't super clear until a few issues in. One of my biggest problems with modern comics: I don't want to have to read 74 other issues to enjoy a certain story (thank goodness for the Black Label)... (con't)
TieDyeDude I also just didn't really enjoy his characterization of Bruce/Batman. Even as he tried to portray him as opening up to love, he was still so moody and stand-offish. And everyone had to comment about it. He was constantly whining, “I know being Batman is dumb, but I'm Batman.“ Aside from a couple insightful panels, I feel like King wasn't breaking any new ground, and since it wasn't fun, I just wasn't impressed. 6mo
TieDyeDude It also didn't help that they kept pulling the same twists: you beat x, but y was pulling the strings all along! Catwoman betrayed you, but that was the plan all along! Batman gets beat half to death, but that was the plan, and now the plan is done, one punch win! Vol. 8 Cold Days was actually really good, though; Bruce Wayne is seated in the jury for Mr. Freeze's trial. 6mo
AnnCrystal 👏🦇🪄💫. Glad I'm not the only one who sometimes feels lost in these seemingly endless comics that don't offer a solid storyline in each issue. Grand review 👍. 6mo
TieDyeDude @AnnCrystal Yeah, it's like, if you're not locked in at the start, there's no point bothering until a year or two later when there is a new reboot and the old run is all in TBP. Even this run, where the marriage was a fake out and the Bane storyline wasn't really about Bane, it seems like a waste of time. 6mo
AnnCrystal @TieDyeDude Yikes. 🤔👍. 6mo
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