Batman Detective Comics # 826 By Paul Dini & Don Kramer

Ok, so it has been way too long since the last review, and to anybody who actually believes in comics…..sorry for the delay. Now, on to the PICK OF THE WEEK!!

Some of you might have seen this coming and if you did, good job. Paul Dini(if you don’t know who this dude is do yourself a favor and look him up on Wikipedia…and be amuthafuckinmazed) has been delivering the goods on detective comics for a few months now with his amazing one-shots. This issue, ”Slayride” was insane. To sum it up, Robin is tied up and riding shotgun with The Joker at the wheel. The action is intense as the Clown Prince of Crime plows down pedestrians left and right with Robin unable to get himself untied. The dialogue moves from hilarious to truly frightening and it sets you on the edge of your seat wondering how it could get any worse, which of course, it does.

This issue, in a mere 22 pages, manages to pull off perfectly what we need to see from a Joker story. The fact that this dude is a THREAT. Over the past I don’t know how many years I’ve seen too many covers with The Joker getting the total shit kicked out of him. Or stories where he is just this parody or a stereotype of himself. Fuck that shit you need to be scared of this motherfucker. Batman knows. Nightwing knows. The Gordons know. Jason Todd really knows. And by Jason Todd I mean the second Robin from the 80’s not this bullshit Red Hood bullshit.

………so yeah, buy this comic. You’ll love it!

Batman: Hush Vol 1 and Vol 2

Let's change the pace here. It's time to review in my opinion one of the greatest Batman stories ever written. Writer Jeph Loeb(Batman: long halloween, Spider-Man Blue) is arguably at his best in this story, teamed up with one of comics greatest artist of all time Jim Lee(X-men, Wildcats). This is definately a force to be reckoned with.

Does Hush have controversy? Yes. Things that will alter Batman's world forever. When you change the continuity of characters there's no telling how the fans will react. They are either going to love it or hate it…The boldness to me is epic.
This book starts off on the up and up, not slowing down, showing Batman's brilliance, dedication, and fighting skills through out the whole story. He is put through a gauntlet of his worst enemies: I mean we have Killer croc, Catwoman(friend or foe?), The Riddler, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn and the Clown prince of crime himself, The Joker, throw in a new villian and you got yourself one incredible story. What's that you say? Superman and Batman fight in this book…What? How? Why? Batman would not stand a chance against Superman…You never know. This story will definately have you trying to get through both these volumes in one night to find out what exactly is going on, and how will it end.

This is for sure a must have for Batman fans everywhere, In fact let me rephrase that…For comic fans everywhere. one of the best looking and best written stories ever. There is just so many great things I could say about these books, but I will stop here cause if not all the text could fill a book, My goal here is to say what I want without revealing too much. I want you to read the book and see for yourself, but I will say this..Hush is definately one of the main reasons I am still reading comics today, and arguably the best story arc in continuity of the Batman series.

I give this 4 thumbs up, because I'm also counting Fabian's thumbs.
Batman and Catwoman talking about Superman.

Batman: He's the best at what he does.

Catwoman: That's open to debat.

Batman: I said he's the best at what he does, not at what I do.

Buy it. Read it. Love it.

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