The artwork was okay, but the story was meh. ( )

Still enjoying this Batman run. Although Stephanie annoyed me somewhat. The premise is that perfect quandary, does Batman's presence in Gotham make things worse or better?
Curious what's happening with Tim. Hopefully we'll find out soon.
Not overly fond of the Batwoman two parter at the end. The artwork isn't in a favoured style for me.


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Whoa. This volume tackles the unintended victims of Batman's war on crime in a very personal way, as some of those victims are now going after the Batclan in an effort to stop them from hurting anybody else. Really well done.

I am also chomping at the bit to know just WTF is going on with Tim. Who has him? Why do they have him?

A really compelling volume but I'm a bit annoyed at how slow the overarching plot is moving. Mainly because I want to find out what happens next! ( )

Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: The Victim Syndicate (Rebirth) by James Tynion IV (illustrated by Eddy Barrows and Alvaro Martinez) sees the innocent victims maimed by Batman’s enemies band together to blame the hero for their misfortune. This graphic novel collected the issues of Detective Comics #943-949.

Batman and his villains always created mayhem wherever they fought, this time the innocent victims are fighting back. They blame Batman just as much as they blame the villains. Batman and his new team take on these troubled folks.

The story of Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: The Victim Syndicate (Rebirth) by James Tynion, IV (illustrated by Eddy Barrows and Alvaro Martinez) is very interesting, and to be honest it’s something I have thought about here and there. Heroes who fight, destroy buildings and city streets much have many innocent victims in their wake, even if they try to minimize the damage. In this story the victims, meta-humans now but still troubled souls, fight back blaming Batman for their misfortune.
I think they have a good point.

In this issue Stephanie Brown, A.K.A Spoiler, gets a lot of attention in this graphic novel. We get to understand Spoiler, her motivation and history. Clayface also gets some attention and he is slowly becoming one of my favorite characters.
The best thing is that all this is done within the context of the story and doesn’t feel forced

I thought this graphic novel was well done and very put together, the team’s hard work really bears fruit. The philosophical ideas behind the superhero storyline really come forth instead of being thought upon as an offhand gesture towards the fans.

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Much better than the main Batman title. Nice story line about the people getting hurt in Batman endless fight agaisnt crime. Amazing art, very dynamic. ( )