Batman: City of Crime Deluxe Edition
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Summary
Failing to recognize a young girl's cry for help， which results in the death of six teenage girls， Batman descends into Gotham's underworld， uncovering the city's long-hidden， dark truths。
The Dark Knight is on a mission to shut down a drug ring ruining the lives of the people of Gotham。 However， following a series of deaths of teenage girls， some pregnant， Batman vows to find the root of this problem。 Believing the culprits to be part of a pregnancy ring， Batman scours the underbelly of Gotham looking for clues。。。leading to something bigger than anticipated。
Pushing the limits， David Lapham drags Bruce Wayne through one of his most controversial plots in Batman: City of Crime。
Collects Detective Comics #800-808 and #811-814。
The Dark Knight is on a mission to shut down a drug ring ruining the lives of the people of Gotham。 However， following a series of deaths of teenage girls， some pregnant， Batman vows to find the root of this problem。 Believing the culprits to be part of a pregnancy ring， Batman scours the underbelly of Gotham looking for clues。。。leading to something bigger than anticipated。
Pushing the limits， David Lapham drags Bruce Wayne through one of his most controversial plots in Batman: City of Crime。
Collects Detective Comics #800-808 and #811-814。
Reviews
Jake Nap
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Started strong and petered off towards the end but overall a solid story。 Worth reading for any Lapham fan that wants his take on a Batman story and any Batman fan looking for some of the darkest Batman material put into panels。
Benjamin R
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Read some Batman hoping to get over the drama of Normal People。 Ended up being a horror and one disturbing take on Gotham City。 Of course， different teams put their marks on the Dark Knight， but none this gruesome and thematically tight。
The Spiritus
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Pros: Nice mystery。 Good insights into Batman's psychology。 Keeps you guessing。 Cons: The ending。 The fact that Batman hoped one of the villains gets "the needle"， which if it means death penalty， I don't think it captures the batman I love so much。。。。 Pros: Nice mystery。 Good insights into Batman's psychology。 Keeps you guessing。 Cons: The ending。 The fact that Batman hoped one of the villains gets "the needle"， which if it means death penalty， I don't think it captures the batman I love so much。。。。 。。。more
Colin Rapp-Ellis
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Obnoxiously long， convoluted， terribly written， boring， overly dramatic
Rob Whaley
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Sweet Jesus。 This arc was so long， depressing， nihilistic， meandering， and cumbersome that I'm surprised Frank Miller didn't write it。 If you want a good dark Batman story， read The Court of Owls。 It does a much better job with the "conspiracy" angle。 （view spoiler）[ The end does nothing to justify reading through the whole thing， as it's revealed the whole thing was based on a lie by the mother。 Hardly anyone is shown being brought to justice， and there's a lot of unnecessary filler pages showi Sweet Jesus。 This arc was so long， depressing， nihilistic， meandering， and cumbersome that I'm surprised Frank Miller didn't write it。 If you want a good dark Batman story， read The Court of Owls。 It does a much better job with the "conspiracy" angle。 （view spoiler）[ The end does nothing to justify reading through the whole thing， as it's revealed the whole thing was based on a lie by the mother。 Hardly anyone is shown being brought to justice， and there's a lot of unnecessary filler pages showing the people who suffer/die because Batman's not there。 （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Rocco Ricca
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Probably the darkest Batman story I've ever read。 Probably the darkest Batman story I've ever read。 。。。more
Nate
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Great art by Lapham and Bachs。 They give Gotham City a gothic yet gritty look， and draw some awesome scenes of Batman doing his thing。 But I have problems with the story。 First， there’s way too much text， especially the awkward third person narration that lapses into noir cliches。 Second， the story is overlong and falls apart in the second half。 A few issues are devoted to people in a Gotham neighborhood and the story doesn’t get proper resolution after that。 Lastly， Tim Drake is way out of char Great art by Lapham and Bachs。 They give Gotham City a gothic yet gritty look， and draw some awesome scenes of Batman doing his thing。 But I have problems with the story。 First， there’s way too much text， especially the awkward third person narration that lapses into noir cliches。 Second， the story is overlong and falls apart in the second half。 A few issues are devoted to people in a Gotham neighborhood and the story doesn’t get proper resolution after that。 Lastly， Tim Drake is way out of character here， acting like goofy Robin from the Silver Age。 Aside from the art and early issues， this didn’t work for me。 。。。more
Larry
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This was the most depressing graphic novel that I have ever read。 If there is a more depressing one I want someone to let me know。
David Thomas
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A decent dark gritty detective Batman story， that in the end is overly long and a bit too disjointed and confusing。 Not a bad read， but not a Batman classic。 Two mostly unexplained plots seem to be going on independently。 If one plot and half the length was removed it would have been a better story。
Craig
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Pretty grim and miserable picture of Gotham City。 Why would anyone want to live there？ This is a good Batman story， though we never really get an explanation of what was going on。 Who or what was The Body？ Why was a homeless man spreading fear vibes throughout the hospital？ Good， moody art， but ultimately， the storyline was something of a failure。。。
Munawar Mobin
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Lapham kills it here。 I havnt read a batman story this good since long halloweendetective batman > any other batman。 Very entertaining， definitely will be buying the deluxe edition
Jefferson
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Eu queria ter gostado disso。O que mais pesou é que a história é meio longa， podia ser contada com menos capítulos e isso cansou。 Histórias que nos agradam， podem ter 30 capítulos que a leitura flui muito bem， mas esta aqui mesmo com 12 capítulos se tornou grande e cansativo。 O ponto positivo é que a história é bem obscura e a arte é muito bonita， tem parte que o leitor se sente em Gotham。 Outro ponto positivo é que tem algumas cenas fortes e não há tantas histórias do Batman com uma violência se Eu queria ter gostado disso。O que mais pesou é que a história é meio longa， podia ser contada com menos capítulos e isso cansou。 Histórias que nos agradam， podem ter 30 capítulos que a leitura flui muito bem， mas esta aqui mesmo com 12 capítulos se tornou grande e cansativo。 O ponto positivo é que a história é bem obscura e a arte é muito bonita， tem parte que o leitor se sente em Gotham。 Outro ponto positivo é que tem algumas cenas fortes e não há tantas histórias do Batman com uma violência sendo mostrada。 。。。more
Kevin
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Really dug this even if it seemed to lessen Robin （Tim Drake）’s abilities。 It certainly makes him feel his age， but I’m used to him being more competent。 Also it’s dark and dreary。 Lots of people due。 Gotham is a hellhole and Batman can barely make a difference。 The villain is foiled but many die in the process。 That’s Lapham though。 He’s not going to write a light romp。 Fun and stand alone。
SebastianDangerfield
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One incredibly poorly written Batman tale。Yeeesh。
Chad
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Started off pretty great， very dark and moody， with the disappearance of a pregnant girl and a bunch of other pregnant girls found dead in an apartment fire。 And it looks like half of Batman's Rogues are somehow involved with some grand conspiracy called The Body。 But it all just fizzles out in the second half。 It's overly long， there are whole issues devoted to the people in a neighborhood。 We never get any pay off with The Body or even find out what's actually going on。 It all just gets wiped Started off pretty great， very dark and moody， with the disappearance of a pregnant girl and a bunch of other pregnant girls found dead in an apartment fire。 And it looks like half of Batman's Rogues are somehow involved with some grand conspiracy called The Body。 But it all just fizzles out in the second half。 It's overly long， there are whole issues devoted to the people in a neighborhood。 We never get any pay off with The Body or even find out what's actually going on。 It all just gets wiped away without an explanation。 It's a frustrating read。 Lapham tends to fail any time he deviates from Stray Bullets。 That trend continues。 。。。more
Ming
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It's decidedly odd， and dour and depressing， to boot。 It's decidedly odd， and dour and depressing， to boot。 。。。more
Shaun Stanley
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Batman City of Crime collects Detective Comics issues 800-808 and 811-814。 It is written and drawn by David Lapham with assistance by Ramon Bachs and Nathan Massengill。 A Gotham skyscraper apartment complex catches fire killing a group of teenager girls who were pregnant and part of a baby black market。 In Batman's investigation， he discovers a mysterious group called The Body who has long controlled the secret underbelly of Gotham's seedy history。 This was a very confusing book that seemed like Batman City of Crime collects Detective Comics issues 800-808 and 811-814。 It is written and drawn by David Lapham with assistance by Ramon Bachs and Nathan Massengill。 A Gotham skyscraper apartment complex catches fire killing a group of teenager girls who were pregnant and part of a baby black market。 In Batman's investigation， he discovers a mysterious group called The Body who has long controlled the secret underbelly of Gotham's seedy history。 This was a very confusing book that seemed like it was leading up to a huge ending but then just fizzles out。 It is a very gritty and dark story and it is written largely in third person which I didn't like。 The art style is good， but there are many characters who look alike and it was hard to figure out who was who。 One of my favorite Batman villains， Ventriloquist and Scarface， are featured which is one of the story's saving graces。 The Body gave me vibes of Scott Snyder's Court of Owls， just not as interesting。 I think it was weird DC put out such a nice collected edition of this book because it doesn't seem to be a particularly well liked arc。 。。。more
Lashaan Balasingam （Bookidote）
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You can find my review on my blog by clicking here。There are underworlds that naturally breed evil。 At every juncture， there’s something terrifying ready to crawl out of the darkness， spring upon you， and claw at your innocence。 Striving for eternal servitude towards the vices that pervades the universe， the people in these worlds remain stuck in a cycle of violence and vengeance。 Sometimes， you just can’t help but wonder if the environment isn’t more than a terrain for criminality but a root ca You can find my review on my blog by clicking here。There are underworlds that naturally breed evil。 At every juncture， there’s something terrifying ready to crawl out of the darkness， spring upon you， and claw at your innocence。 Striving for eternal servitude towards the vices that pervades the universe， the people in these worlds remain stuck in a cycle of violence and vengeance。 Sometimes， you just can’t help but wonder if the environment isn’t more than a terrain for criminality but a root cause for the immortality of evil。 For Batman， it’s his doorway towards the dark truths and terrifying secrets that his city withholds from him。 Collecting issues #801-808 and #811-814 of Detective Comics as well as David Lapham’s prologue issue #800 entitled “In the Dark“， this special deluxe edition presents the Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist’s vision of a Batman noir fiction brimming with grit and grim。What is Batman: City of Crime about？ A young girl’s cry for help is dismissed by Bruce Wayne， oblivious to the consequences that it will have as it escalates to the death of several teenage girls in a wild and deadly event in Crime Alley。 It is then the desperate desire of a mother for the safe return of her missing daughter that gnaws at Bruce Wayne’s conscious。 Consumed by the guilt of his recent inaction， he vows to find the child but his journey leads him into the dark corners of Gotham City， where evil proliferates between the cracks of the underworld and danger is nothing more than an omnipresent companion to all those who lurk in the darkness。 However， this descent to the criminal world of Gotham doesn’t come without a cost。 The truths he learns from the people and the city he protects will be a burden， unlike anything he’s had to face so far。Writer David Lapham （Age of Apocalypse， Stray Bullets， Deadpool MAX） brings forth a suffocating and grim story with terrifying events that quickly evokes the darkness of Gotham City。 This hard-boiled tale of redemption explores a bleak whodunit that keeps its revelations for its final acts as it allows various sets of characters， from Bruce Wayne to detectives within the Gotham City Police Department， to plunge deep into the thick and deadly layers of its underworld for answers。 Despite several plot holes veering the narrative towards unrealistic grounds， it is the writer’s narration that captivated me the most through this graphic novel。 The personification of Gotham City as she continuously unveils tragedies after tragedies make for a fascinating exploration of the environment’s own essence， one that is inscribed in crime and death。Leave it to penciller Ramon Bachs， inker Nathan Massengil， and colourist Jason Wright to illustrate this ghastly story。 From the eerie character designs and the creepy smiles to the smothering details of Gotham’s architecture， you would have a tough time seeing any source of hope。 The overall tone also captures the city’s much more grisly nature。 There’s no telling what she hides from you or when it will decide to regurgitate the gloomier menaces from its underworld。 The mysterious new threat introduced in this story is also brilliantly illustrated through shady characters who seem lifeless and programmed for one thing and one thing only: evil。 Suffice to say that this creative team did a phenomenal job in depicting various sectors of Gotham throughout the story and there’s nothing more intriguing than to watch Bruce Wayne become part of it if he is to understand criminals and uncover the truth。Batman: City of Crime is a harsh and enthralling noir whodunit portraying and unveiling the darkness of Gotham City。Yours truly，Lashaan | Blogger and Book ReviewerOfficial blog: https://bookidote。com/ 。。。more
Comics Instrucciones de uso
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Gran historia， aparecida en Detective Comics entre el 2005 y el 2006。 Escrita y dibujada por David Lapham， aborda una serie de desapariciones a mujeres adolescentes， una de las cuales azota particularmente la culpa de Batman。En esta historia el tono lo es todo。 Lapham， sigue al Frank Miller de Year One （1986）， y entrega una historia noir， de detectives al margen de la ley y una policía corrupta hasta los dientes。 La descripción de Batman es justa: torturado， impulsivo。 Muy distinto， eso sí， a ot Gran historia， aparecida en Detective Comics entre el 2005 y el 2006。 Escrita y dibujada por David Lapham， aborda una serie de desapariciones a mujeres adolescentes， una de las cuales azota particularmente la culpa de Batman。En esta historia el tono lo es todo。 Lapham， sigue al Frank Miller de Year One （1986）， y entrega una historia noir， de detectives al margen de la ley y una policía corrupta hasta los dientes。 La descripción de Batman es justa: torturado， impulsivo。 Muy distinto， eso sí， a otros retratos que lo muestran como un tipo perfecto。 El Batman de Letham （como el de Miller）， se equivoca， intenta， y vuelve a equivocarse。 Es una mejor historia de detectives que， por ejemplo， el clásico， "Hush" （Loeb/Lee）， ya que es más adulta， más oscura。 Pero por eso mismo， porque se toma muy en serio， deja ver sus costuras。 Hay actitudes de Batman un poco inexplicables （¿por qué no interrogó al Pingüino primero？ ¿Por qué pasó tanto tiempo usando otra identidad？）， que en un comic ágil como "Hush"， uno deja pasar， pero aquí -por el tono-， uno no puede no reparar。 Apariciones del ya mencionado Pinguino， Gordon， un entrañable Robin， y un villano extraño y temible que no sé por qué no lo han vuelto a tratar。 El dibujo de Laphan recuerda un poco al de otro grande: Matt Wagner。 Ignoro por qué este comic no es más leído， por qué no aparece en las listas de los mejores de Batman。 Debería。 Gran comic。 。。。more
Relstuart
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Depressing story with a disappointing ending。
HowardtheDuck95
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I’m gonna preface this by saying this really isn’t a book for everyone。 It’s dark。 And I mean it。 This is a story about a city that chews people up and spits them out， and violence percolating around every corner。 It’s *that* kind of Batman story。 But it’s the good kind of dark。 Well written， well paced， and smooth。 But it is a not nice story filled with not nice things happening。I have not read Lapham’s other work， Stray Bullets， but I might check it out。 I bet people who liked that will like t I’m gonna preface this by saying this really isn’t a book for everyone。 It’s dark。 And I mean it。 This is a story about a city that chews people up and spits them out， and violence percolating around every corner。 It’s *that* kind of Batman story。 But it’s the good kind of dark。 Well written， well paced， and smooth。 But it is a not nice story filled with not nice things happening。I have not read Lapham’s other work， Stray Bullets， but I might check it out。 I bet people who liked that will like this。 He really has a solid narration style， which isn’t quite as prominent in comics as I’d like。 But it also doesn’t suck， like some folks who wanted to be Frank Miller in the 90’s did。 The themes on display here are harsh， but considering what has happened in the comics industry as I read this （I picked it up the week before a whole slew of allegations against men being creepy and predatory towards women broke out。 One even writing a Bat book as of this review） it feels more relevant than ever。 That ending is gonna stick with me for a while。 The art from Ramon Bachs is moody， and compliments the writing well。 Same with the colors from Jason Wright。 They’re grounded， but can really pop when they need to。 Honestly the only knock against them is in the bonus materials it said Bill Sienkiewicz almost did the art。 I think if that happened， this honestly would be considered an all time great Bat-story。One last thing to add: if you’re looking for a good long Bat-book without an appearance from the Clown Prince of Crime， this is one。 Quite refreshing， actually。 。。。more
Jason Tanner
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Batman: City of Crime is about as dark and joyless as anything I've read， but it is fascinating and gripping at the same time。 The story was built to make you uncomfortable。 It is about as close to film noir is Batman gets。3。5 stars， rounded up to 4。 Batman: City of Crime is about as dark and joyless as anything I've read， but it is fascinating and gripping at the same time。 The story was built to make you uncomfortable。 It is about as close to film noir is Batman gets。3。5 stars， rounded up to 4。 。。。more
Connor
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I'm not a big Batman fan。。。 I've read and enjoyed Dark Knight Returns and Year Zero （hated D。K。 Strikes Back and Master Race）， Long Halloween and Court of Owls， but I like these stories despite the Superheroes， not because of them。 I'm a massive fan of Ed Brubaker， and would say he is one of my favorite writers period， not just comics but in literature as well。 So it shouldn't be surprising that I love dark crime stories， which in turn means I love David Lapham。 The Uber Alles edition of Stray B I'm not a big Batman fan。。。 I've read and enjoyed Dark Knight Returns and Year Zero （hated D。K。 Strikes Back and Master Race）， Long Halloween and Court of Owls， but I like these stories despite the Superheroes， not because of them。 I'm a massive fan of Ed Brubaker， and would say he is one of my favorite writers period， not just comics but in literature as well。 So it shouldn't be surprising that I love dark crime stories， which in turn means I love David Lapham。 The Uber Alles edition of Stray Bullets is one of my favorite books in my collection。 So Lapham tackling Gotham？ Of course it's great。 People saying it's "too dark" is a little strange to me。 There's only a million other superheroes you could follow if you want happy， bright， positive characters。 He's called the DARK knight for a reason。。。 Gotham is New York in purgatory。 The people giving this story bad reviews are waiting for Dark Knight in Disneyland， I guess。 The mystery is compelling， the art is amazing， Gotham has never looked more real， and I actually like Robin and Mr。 Freeze and other characters I always thought too cheesy。 With Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and now Phillip's take on Joker， I think people are more welcoming of Superhero stories being somewhat grounded in reality， showing us the underworld of struggling city。 Personally， I think Lapham should be lauded for taking some risks and pulling no punches， giving us a Batman story that I could easily see being a great Batman film。P。S。 I've seen a lot of reviews these days for all types of books that just want to find an "ism" in it。 As if instead of critical thinking and original takes， one can just pretend to be offended by a line or a character and feel like they've sufficiently understood the material。 This is extremely lazy and in most cases， wrong。 I'm extremely hard to offend， but I do find it offensive when people slander a writer's name or memory by calling them hateful， closed minded， un-accepting， etc。 simply because of a （usually） misinterpreted slight against whatever group is currently in the social conversation。 I'm a very left-leaning guy but I think it's disrespectful to those who have really suffered to act like a book or a joke hurt you。 。。。more
Scott Firestone
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Holy crap， this was terrible。 If MST3K riffed graphic novels， they would riff this graphic novel。
Fredrik
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Holy hell。 This was an amazing read！ Dark， gritty， mean and evil。 This turned out to be one of my favourite Batman stories of all time！ The artwork was beyond amazing。 🦇
Tony
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A gritty Gotham crime story， Batman isn't overpowered and ahead of everyone's possible moves。 Most of the story he is trying to catch up to what is happening around him。 A lot of really devastating stuff。 A gritty Gotham crime story， Batman isn't overpowered and ahead of everyone's possible moves。 Most of the story he is trying to catch up to what is happening around him。 A lot of really devastating stuff。 。。。more
RG
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Dark and disturbing。 Probably one of the more darker in style that I've read。 The heavy dialogue wasnt for me Dark and disturbing。 Probably one of the more darker in style that I've read。 The heavy dialogue wasnt for me 。。。more
Sian
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Sweet story and quick read。 Loved all the poetry woven throughout。
James DeSantis
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Well that was depressing。。。but I shouldn't expect anything less from the awesome writer of Stray Bullets。 If anything should take a darker turn， go into the worst places， and the worst of humanity， it's Gotham and Batman。 This is the story of Bruce trying to solve a murder。 Well， it starts that way anyway。 It feels more personal this time as Bruce blames himself for the death of a young teenager and then tries to go on a missing girl hunt。 However， as he gets deeper， we learn how twisted the cit Well that was depressing。。。but I shouldn't expect anything less from the awesome writer of Stray Bullets。 If anything should take a darker turn， go into the worst places， and the worst of humanity， it's Gotham and Batman。 This is the story of Bruce trying to solve a murder。 Well， it starts that way anyway。 It feels more personal this time as Bruce blames himself for the death of a young teenager and then tries to go on a missing girl hunt。 However， as he gets deeper， we learn how twisted the city has become。 Someone is hunting people down， killing them， and getting away with it either。 Featuring some big villains， and a new one I've never heard of， this intense story arc is Bruce facing some of his greatest threats and fears。 This is a pretty interesting set up。 Bruce feels vulnerable in here and his guilt mixed with his act of heroism makes this an intense tale。 It's also darker， which is saying a lot for Batman since the majority of his stories are， but this one really is。 A lot of young dead people， which is hard to read， and also a lot of focus on Gotham itself。 Sometimes even more so than Bruce， and that remains interesting。 Gotham is like a even dirtier， more fucked up version， of New York City。 I was eager to find out what would happen next to almost every character， while also having a great supporting cast and voice for people like Robin。 I did think sometimes it was stretched a little long and some plot points weren't as interesting as others。 Overall though， this really impressed me。 While not AS good as Stray Bullets， it's one of the more interesting self contained Batman stories。 A 4 out of 5。 。。。more
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