(A-) 83% | Very GoodNotes: A Wagnerian opus of fervor and delusion, weaving amongst all its crash and rumble resonant beats of emotive song.

Mixed feelings about this TPB and "conclussion". This is the second volume of New52's Batman, but it's suggested to read in-between the TPB titled "Night of the Owls"Writers: Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV Illustrators: Greg Capullo & Rafael Albuquerque HOO! HOO! It was an odd way as DC collected this storyarc, since between the Volume 1 Court of Owls and this second volume The City of Owls, is suggested to read the collected TPB Night of the Owls and I agree in the sense that without readi

When someone starts to say, “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and—”, I like to jump in an interrupt them, because even when I have nothing intelligent to say, I like to say it. I have nothing particularly intelligent to say here—this is a fine yarn involving Batman, some owls, some backstory on Alfred’s father, solid art, and some good appearances from the extended bat family, but given my intermittent and sporadic reading of Batman over the years, I c...

I have really enjoyed this story arc about the court of the Owls. It has been fantastic and some of the best story I have read in the new 52 so far. I would love to see this made into a movie. I think it is some great stuff.Batman is back and unstoppable as ever. The owls are still around, but many of them have been gone, but the twist shows up as an Owl. I think it's a well done twist. I hope the owls come back later in the series. This has been a great addition to the Gotham universe. The art

Scott Snyder ends the Court of Owls story arc with precision and excitement. The fight between Batman and the Owls is absolutely epic. And the mystery and conspiracy surrounding them and their link to the Wayne family is so incredibly written. The backup stories are just okay. Capullo and FCO’s artwork is legendary.

Review: Batman, Vol 1: The Court of OwlsBecause I'm currently addicted to Sherlock, and this Batman has Sherlock's sleuthing skills, I'm going to use Sherlock gifs on my review. Yaay! I've always believed the best way to know the city is to stay close to the ground. To fell the cracks in the sidewalk under your shoes. The strange bright silence of the park under snow. The hissing rain of sparks that come down when the elevated train passes overhead on Third Avenue. The late night ticking

wow what a ride, i love batman. so much. like,, a lot. did i mention i love batman? i’d die for himanyways,, fuck this talon ass bitch, die u little fuck. how dare you exist 😤😤😤😤😤

Well that wasn’t bad but disappointing.What’s it about?Pretty much a sequel to Batman Vol 1: Court of Owls.Pros:The story is still interesting. This book is a sequel to one that I gave 5 stars so it pretty much just continues that story.The artwork is very good.The characters are interesting.The action scenes are so damn good. It’s the intense action superhero fans will be looking for.This is a fairly suspenseful comic book. Some surprises in this one.The final issue in this collection is really...

This second volume of Scott Snyder's Batman run concludes the well-conceived clash between Batman and the Court of Owls, a shadowy cabal who have secretly ruled Gotham for centuries. The story was a bit more disjointed in this one (what was up with the intriguing but totally random Mr. Freeze story in the middle?) but the ideas continue to be great as Snyder goes all out with creating his own Batman mythology, as if it might be his last and only time ever writing a character he's always wanted t...

The second volume of Snyder's focus on Gotham's being besieged by a "court of owls" that has always been sort of in control of Gotham but is finally asserting itself for Total Domination. It's really good. We also get some backstory on the Pennyworth family and the secrets they've kept from the Wayne family! I like it more than a lot of other Batman stories. Has depth and some pretty great action, but I know things are just warming up. This arc was great, though.

Pre-review:Since tomorrow is Father's Day, I want to pimp my Batman Father's Day fanart:(Link: https://www.deviantart.com/darkchildr...)More to come

Batman isn’t known for being chatty, so when he runs into a villain who talks and talks and talks, while smacking Bats around it makes for one long monologue. We’re talking pages and pages. We get it, you’re deluded (view spoiler)[He’s convinced he’s Bruce Wayne’s long lost nutty brother (hide spoiler)], and crazy. Just shut up long enough to take a punch or a batarang to the noggin!This is the wrap-up (for now) of the Court of Owls storyline, it’s terrific and one of the few bright spots in DC’...

This made me feel extremely schizophrenic because I’m a big fan of Scott Snyder, and I really like the way that he writes Batman. However, the story engages in something that I despise in comics in that it tries to overlay some kind of secret history onto a well-known character. The set-up here is that an ancient secret society known as the Court of Owls has been lurking in shadows of Gotham City for centuries and that they’ve gone public with a series of attacks against influential citizens lik...

The Court of Owls is striking all over Gotham and their first target is Wayne Manor! Can an injured Bruce Wayne and Alfred fight them off and mobilize the rest of the Bat-Family? And what is Bruce Wayne's connection to the Court?The Court of Owls storyline comes to a conclusion in this volume. Batman dons a suit of armor and kicks some undead ass as he figures out who is leading the Court of Owls in it's assault on Gotham.(view spoiler)[I liked that Lincoln Marsh was revealed as the head of the

The latter half of the Court of Owls story. This collection is a bit scattered with a Mr. Freeze origin story right in the middle of the Court of Owls story. Snyder manages to insert a cool twist in the latter half of the story that references some very old Batman comics. In the end, Snyder and Capullo deliver some great new characters to Batman's mythos and rogues gallery. If I were to read this now, I'd get the whole collection in Batman: The Court of Owls Saga.

There are two ways to read this story. First, as it is presented, the second story of Batman by Snyder and Capullo; or as part of a larger story, the inter-line Batman crossover, The Night of the Owls. The premise is the same; as retaliation for Batman's (and Bruce Wayne's) actions in the first story arc; the Court of Owls summoned the entire force of their Talon army and unleashed them on Gotham. If one reads it as a Batman story, it's a focused story on the Talons invasion of the Batcave and s...