War Crimes is a comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics. The event ran during the month of August 2005 in the Batman and Detective Comics series, and is the sequel to another Batman crossover, War Games.Batman: War Crimes collects: Detective Comics #809–810, Batman #643–644, Batman Allies Secret Files and Origins 2005, and Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins 2005.In the wake of Gotham's recent brutal gang war, Black Mask controls the criminal underworld. Batman patrols the str...

The weakest link in this arc. Throughout the War Games story there have been a number of characters playing against their normal types. This continues with War Crimes. Add to this a hotchpotch of one shot epilogues doesn't make for a great read. Black Mask is still psychotic; however Joker is a bit pathetic in his shadow.

Este tomo es una especie de aftermath de Juegos de guerra, que no leí, pero se entiende a la perfección por sí solo. Lamentablemente, que se entienda no quiere decir que se disfrute, por más bien contada que esté la historia, o más zafable que sea el dibujo.Primero tiene un par de historias cortas autoconclusivas que aportan poco a la trama central pero son de lo más disfrutable del tomo. Después sí, arranca una introducción de cuatro capítulos y medio donde pasa muy poco hasta la infame vuelta

Wasn't a big fan of the illustration of some of the characters. Batman got a little soap boxy at points, I think I skipped a book in the series as well. Not a bad read, just nothing that surprised me.

Leslie would never.

Robin has been murdered by Black Mask! But what the hell really happened?! Batman tries to find out and gets to pummel Black Mask AND the Joker en route. The Joker is upset because Black Mask got to kill a Robin and he didn't, so they're going at it, too, with ol' BM dresed up as Batman in a frame-up attempt. This is dark and weird shit but began a killer run of story arcs which ran right up until the recent DC "reboot".

War Crimes is an epilogue to War Games, it clarifies some parts of the plot and adds a bit more to the overall story. It’s fun but flawed, but still worth checking out after finishing War Games.

THE WORST BATMAN I'VE EVER READ...BY FARFor all reasons: it was like a room of morons tried to do their best to make the dumbest story possible

This comic is the sequel to the Batman: War Games series. At first it is a touch confusing since it jumps right into the story without much of an explanation but as you continue to read the comic, things become clearer. It isn't a very big comic but you feel like it's longer due to the heavier themes. Gotham is still trying to heal from the three-day nightmare it endured. Batman is searching for the truth about Stephanie or "Spoiler" and he does find it. Unfortunately, the truth comes with heart...

I had a hard time with this one - probably my fault, since I read this out of order with war crimes. I don't think it stands on its own, which is not a problem in itself. Loved the art, but the plot didn't follow an arc I could sit with. I know the story of Stephanie Brown, but still, it didn't help me understand. I also found it heavily expository, with a more chatty Batman than I envision. Even Cass Cain is chatty. The Black Mask/Joker take is great. It just didn't fit the mental model I have

Una buena trama en el historial de Batman.

Coming across this on my GR recs today, I realize I might have a personal anecdote to share from the fandom / behind the scenes, concerning this particular storyline from some 12 years ago:This was the storyline to ignite the Girl-Wonder -project to promote betterment of treatment of female characters in mainstream comics, after the unfortunately brutal demise of Batman's third Robin, Stephanie Brown (aka Spoiler, as seen in Robin comics for a decade before her Robin gig).I was involved in the '...

The follow up to War Games, and I just found it to be the most fun Batman ride since I read Frank Miller's 2 Dark Knight books. Stands alone if it must, but better if done on the heels of War Games. (There's a prequel to War Games, War Drums, but not in my opinion it's definitely the weakest of the three...all set up and little action...action comes in spades in War Games and War Crimes, though!)

Batman War Crimes is not the direct follow-up to the War Games event (this story falls in between the “Under the Red Hood” storyline) but ties up some loose ends from the event. The rest of the Batfamily has moved to Bludhaven or is lying low so this story only revolves around Batman. Black Mask is now the Crime Lord of Gotham City. Batman receives some mysterious information that shows Stephanie Brown could have survived the events of War Games and a Gotham talk show also reveals that Stephanie...

WAR GAMES -- a year-plus serialized event in the history of Batman -- was a terrifically compelling yarn. Everything that could've gone wrong WENT wrong: alliances were forged and fell apart, enemies were made that shouldn't have been made, and people died. That's rare in the comic book universe, but it's one of the traits that strongly separates the Batman and his stories from most other DC "superhero" tales ... Batman is human, and, as a result, he's bound to make mistakes, just like any other...

Left me with a bad case of "Meh"... A good example of a great idea backed up by boring writing and art. It was entertaining enough to finish, but not anything I'd go out of my way to recommend to someone. Just an interesting story gone bad, and ends up being the exact opposite of interesting.

This trade paperback prints the issues from Batman and Detective Comics that comprise War Crimes, the epilogue to the lengthy War Games storyline. It wasn't necessary to read those first in order to understand what's happening in War Crimes. As a result of the three-day crime spree/melee in Gotham known as the "War Games", young Stepanie Brown (a.k.a. The Spoiler, a.k.a. a prospective Robin) has been murdered. The common belief is that Batman has become unhinged and crazy and he's indirectly res...

The War Crimes volume attempts to look at the aftermath of Stephanie Brown's death during the multiple gang war. We open with Black Mask opining about the various Bat-rogues and their position with his plans for Gotham. When a mysterious source appears on television claiming to know more about Stephanie than he should, a three-way battle ensues over her legacy as Robin. Black Mask decides to dress up as Batman, murdering anyone who can connect him to Stephanie while pinning the crimes on Batman;...

The following book could be considered as the epilogue for the whole Batman War games series. The final confrontation between Batman and Black-mask is further complicated with the interference of the Joker. This book displays the extraordinary detective abilities of Batman even without the assistance of his associates.

Decent, but really nothing special. I did like the fact it departed from the usual of having every single classic Batman villain in it, but other than that it didn't really have all that much of interest.