Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 5: The Joker War
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- Author：Peter J. Tomasi
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Summary
As Batman attempts to recover from the devastating loss of his friend and ally Alfred， Two-Face returns--can Batman cure Harvey Dent once and for all， as The Joker begins his ultimate attack on Gotham？
Alfred Pennyworth was Batman's oldest friend and most trusted ally--and the greatest casualty of Bane's assault on Gotham City。
Now， as Batman attempts to move past this tragedy and continue his war on crime， Two-Face returns， looking for a power play in the wake of "City of Bane。" But is redemption possible for Bruce Wayne's old friend Harvey Dent？ And what role has The Joker been playing behind the scenes this whole time？
As "The Joker War" begins， Batman's nemesis launches an attack on Wayne Enterprises--using Bruce Wayne's own technology！ Batwoman joins the fight， but the threats keep escalating， as Joker toxin has been pumped into Gotham's tunnels--luring out Killer Croc！
This collection also includes the Batman: Pennyworth R。I。P。 one-shot， featuring an ensemble of all-star creators paying tribute to Alfred， with each story told from the perspective of a different member of the Bat-Family。
This volume collects Batman: Pennyworth RIP， Detective Comics #1020-1026， an 8-page story from Detective Comics #1027 and Detective Comics Annual #3。
Alfred Pennyworth was Batman's oldest friend and most trusted ally--and the greatest casualty of Bane's assault on Gotham City。
Now， as Batman attempts to move past this tragedy and continue his war on crime， Two-Face returns， looking for a power play in the wake of "City of Bane。" But is redemption possible for Bruce Wayne's old friend Harvey Dent？ And what role has The Joker been playing behind the scenes this whole time？
As "The Joker War" begins， Batman's nemesis launches an attack on Wayne Enterprises--using Bruce Wayne's own technology！ Batwoman joins the fight， but the threats keep escalating， as Joker toxin has been pumped into Gotham's tunnels--luring out Killer Croc！
This collection also includes the Batman: Pennyworth R。I。P。 one-shot， featuring an ensemble of all-star creators paying tribute to Alfred， with each story told from the perspective of a different member of the Bat-Family。
This volume collects Batman: Pennyworth RIP， Detective Comics #1020-1026， an 8-page story from Detective Comics #1027 and Detective Comics Annual #3。
Reviews
Chris Lemmerman
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3。5， rounded up。The loss of Alfred during Bane's conquering of Gotham hits the Bat Family hard in two over-sized stories， and then the Joker War strikes， and no one is safe！ This volume's a bit of a combination of aftermath （from City Of Bane） and tie-in stuff （for Joker War）， so it's kind of pulled in two directions。 On the one hand， I'm glad the Annual and the Pennyworth RIP issues are collected， since they'll likely have been forgotten otherwise， but they do stick out as more sombre than the 3。5， rounded up。The loss of Alfred during Bane's conquering of Gotham hits the Bat Family hard in two over-sized stories， and then the Joker War strikes， and no one is safe！ This volume's a bit of a combination of aftermath （from City Of Bane） and tie-in stuff （for Joker War）， so it's kind of pulled in two directions。 On the one hand， I'm glad the Annual and the Pennyworth RIP issues are collected， since they'll likely have been forgotten otherwise， but they do stick out as more sombre than the rest of the book。 They're very good - the RIP issue which focuses on each Bat Family member individually （except Dick I believe， since he was busy having brain damage at the time）， especially shows why Tomasi and Tynion IV are the current Bat writers; they just get these characters。The Joker War tie-ins are kind of a mess though。 The first three issues are supposed to be a Two Face story （which Tomasi has historically not had much luck with， and this one's no exception since it involves a weird Two Face cult for some reason） before it dovetails into the Joker War and we get the return of Lincoln March and the Joker。 Once the Joker actually shows up， the story improves a lot， but it does feel like Two-Face's story just gets thrown aside as a result， like it changed gear midway through and forgot what it was supposed to be doing。There's also two one-and-dones， one featuring Batwoman and the other featuring Killer Croc which are solid， although I feel like the Croc story has been told many times before。The art's not to be sniffed at however; Brad Walker handles five of the seven Detective Comics issues， while Kenneth Rocafort takes the remaining two at the end。 Sumit Kumar shows up for a rare DC appears on the annual， alongside superstar Eduardo Risso， while the RIP issue is split between （deep breath） Chris Burnham， David Lafuente， Diogenes Neves， Eddy Barrows， Marcio Takara， and Kumar as well （exhales）。Of all the Joker War tie-in books， Detective is probably the most uneven since it does two other things as well as tying into the Joker War。 It's solid Batman stuff despite the Two-Face hiccup， but I expect people showing up specifically for the Joker War stuff will be surprised to find so much other stuff in here。 。。。more
Kyle Berk
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