When presented with facing the entire Victim Syndicate, Anarky, and about 100 armed guards…I naturally assumed it was going to end with Batman getting beaten and the team needing to come in to save him. In the last issue, Batman entered Arkham Asylum to deal with the takeover. Kinda makes me wonder if Tynion got word of the gripes that some fans have with his portrayal of Batman and decided to do something to alleviate their concerns. But in this instance, Tynion actually showcases a competent Batman doing what Batman does.
I’m pointing this out because this is a Tynion story and Tynion has a habit of occasionally making Batman look bad in order to make other characters look good. The story starts of with a nice little showdown between Batman and Clayface that ends with Batman not looking like a total punk. The narrative of this particular chapter is pretty simple, it’s Clayface versus everyone! Since I was expecting something inferior and got more than a halfway decent story, I was pleasantly surprised and happy with the overall content of this story. Maybe it’s the fact that my expectations were set low going into this. But the fact of the matter is, I actually enjoyed most of it. For one reason or another, I went into Detective Comics #972 expecting it to be somewhat substandard.
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