tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post2639631765517239752..comments2024-03-15T07:12:40.918-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: The Victim Syndicate (Rebirth) trade paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-29927227664471409252017-08-02T22:33:20.208-05:002017-08-02T22:33:20.208-05:00Yeah, not especially keen on Tynion making Stephan...Yeah, not especially keen on Tynion making Stephanie the unreasonable one again, but I'm hopeful it'll all shake out in his next couple of arcs.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-75103507066217212242017-07-07T07:55:46.436-05:002017-07-07T07:55:46.436-05:00I've only just got this, but this was just the...I've only just got this, but this was just the best series of Rebirth.<br /><br />I don't agree with the other 2 comments at all and some seem a bit strange to me. So most of what I write next is directed there.<br /><br />The victim syndicate aren't mentally stable people, they're people who need to blame someone. And they do what most people do, blame the biggest name around. They're not sane at all and thus can't be expected to make obvious connections, if you didn't get this from the story, you can clearly get this from the fact that they went to Arkham Asylum and not Blackgate prison.<br /><br />About not all of them being memorable, not all of them were meant to be mayor villains for years to be. They were there to make that current ark interesting and enhance the main villains.<br /><br />On Stephanie Brown, it baffles me how you can say she is written badly here. It baffles me more that you say she's only written as "Tim's girlfriend". This whole arc is about her taking control of her own life on not depending on others on her not compromising to fit in. She actually sees the good in the world above Dick Grayson levels, this is amazing.<br /><br />On Batman having multiple teams... I'm just going to make 2 points. All besides Clayface were established Batman family characters and Batmam always had multiple teams, remember the Outsiders?<br /><br /><br />Back to the book:<br />This book is the best Rebirth has to offer (well from the 7 titles that I've read so far), it actually gives dept to characters, it gives them personality and grows them while having a great story. And it doesn't do this by taking people out of their comfort zone and placing them in an unknown setting, but simply by combining great writing with great art.PeterBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-33378211629164093502017-06-07T05:53:26.280-05:002017-06-07T05:53:26.280-05:00I am in agreement when it comes to Stephanie. She ...I am in agreement when it comes to Stephanie. She was a strong character before flash point. Ever since she came back, it feels like dc our doing everything in their power to make her look bad. <br /><br />I did consider buying this series, but it's just retreating old ground, like an evil organisation trying to destroy gotham and batman being at odds with a member of his team. Why does he even need another team? He already has Nightwing and batgirl. And he is part of the justice league. It feels redundant to put him on every single team in the dc universe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006143142504553836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-29847230511608884032017-06-06T19:12:52.339-05:002017-06-06T19:12:52.339-05:00Hmmm... I think this is going to be a really polar...Hmmm... I think this is going to be a really polarizing run. While I thought that the first arc showed potential despite some setbacks, this arc really rubbed me the wrong way. A lot of the problems I've had with Tynion's work on the Eternal books are cropping up again, where he tries to push a theme without laying down the proper foundations. For example, the Victim Syndicate is supposed to represent ordinary people who were harmed in the crossfire between Batman and his rogues, but the most of them were victimized before those villains ever encountered Batman. And they feel wasted, too. They show up for about three issues, have their backstories rattled off with a few exposition dumps, and then promptly defeated one-by-one. With one exception, none of them were really memorable to me.<br /><br />I'm also not a fan of how Steph was written. It seems that her entire arc centers on being Tim's girlfriend. The First Victim very clearly singles her out to be targeted, and yet later on, she tries to convince Batman that her being attacked was only an accident. And then there's the contrived manner in which she takes down the Batfamily by hacking their equipment. Why does Batwoman even have a remotely hackable Batarang? I remember this sort of silliness happened in Batman Eternal as well. And to top it off, she gives all the credit to Tim for being good with computers. It seems that Tynion just really likes using technology as a means of plot-induced magic.<br /><br />The one thing I do enjoy is Clayface's development. Mudface, even moreso than the First Victim, was the one member of the VS that was memorable. Her story presented an obstacle to Clayface's redemption journey, and I can't deny that him reaching out to her and trying to make amends really resonated.HelloTherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602812462354227620noreply@blogger.com