(B-) 70% | SatisfactoryNotes: The last slow drips and dregs from a stale bottle of weak sauce. Lacking vigor, it confuses convolution for cleverness.

This is what Detective Comics should be. Dark Batman stories but just one or two issue clips.

An okay collection, but not as good as the Batman (2011) collections that I have read so far: Vols I, II, III, and IV. More stories that tie into the Court of Owls and a few other good stories. Next up is a Joker collection (Endgame).

Detective Comics, Volume 2: Scare Tactics is an assortment of bad Batman short stories, mostly written by Tony S. Daniel, a guy who can draw right good but cannot write right at all! Catwoman steals something for Scarecrow or something – Batman stops her. There’s a Night of the Owls crossover where chaos erupts inside Arkham Asylum after the Talons target Dr. Arkham – Batman stop them. This is followed by a tedious three-part story involving a mad scientist cloning himself – Batman stops him. Bl...

I am not really sure what I should tell you. This did not really work. Utterly confusing. Too much that does not really mash together was forced together. You have Catwoman, Scarecrow, Owls (which really shocked me cause I had no idea why those were there), Mad Hatter, Two-face, Black Mask, Mr. Toxic... That was simply too much. Tony Daniel should focus more on his artwork which is excellent. Unfortunately, I find his writing/story-telling somewhat lacking.

Visually, this is nice, and the story didn't stink...but it's not going to knock you socks off.I'm not sure how to classify this one, other than to say that it's a decent piece of Batman filler. Nothing about the story pissed me off, and nothing made me go Wow!.And maybe that's not entirely Daniel's fault.I mean, this title is competing with Snyder's excellent run on Batman, so most anything is going to seem meh compared to it, right?There's a small portion of the Owls crossover, where they atta...

Breaking the tried and true concept of the New 52 books being subpar is this volume from Detective Comics. Scare Tactics is pretty decent.It shows Batman being more of a Detective (considering the name of the comic-no surprise). There is someone who is manipulating people by mind control. Batman suspects it is the Black mask, but events show that it isn't. Who is behind this? There is also another story about someone named Mr. Toxic and his plan to destroy Gotham.Tony Daniel manages to focus on

To any Batman fan who wishes to read him in the comics medium for the first time ever: Please don't bother with this and avoid it at all cost. You are not missing out on anything. I want you to enjoy your precious reading experiences when it comes to Batman, and Tony S. Daniel's two collected volumes entitled Faces of Death and Scare Tactics will never be a good place for you start. I would only recommend you to check out the first issue which included some information about the Joker. That was

Just disappointing. Stupid as hell. Tony S. Daniel can draw, but he sure can't write.

This was classic Batman all the way ---- Batman using quick thinking and intelligence as well as superb hand to hand combat skills to thwart and beat up the bad guys. So this was a fun one to read!

It is OK. Maybe 2.5 stars. Yet again, Daniel shows he's got the artistic skills to draw Batman and co., but shouldn't be doing the story to match his visuals.I read this a couple hours ago and I'm already straining to recall it...Scarecrow puts Batman on the trail of Eli Strange (Hugo's 'son') and the book opens with Catwoman falling...she was in a trance? Whatever. Captures them all.Then there's Mr. Toxic...ya. Looks like the Red Hood of old crossed with Crossbones from Captain America world. H...

Detective Comics: Scare Tactics picks up where the previous volume left off, collecting the next five issues (Detective Comics #8–12) of the 2016 on-going series with Detective Comics #0 and Detective Comics Annual #1 and covers seven interconnecting one-issue stories.This trade paperback has Bruce Wayne as Batman taking on various villains: Jonathan Crane as Scarecrow, Hugo Strange (Detective Comics #8), Mr. Toxic (Detective Comics #10–12), and the False Face Society (Detective Comics Annual #1...

So many different things going on in just one volume. Crazy, crazy volume. Mr. Toxic was an interesting storyline, but I expected more out of it; maybe the arrival of some speedsters, if you know what I mean. The origin story (issue #0) was quite original to my eyes, I was pretty satisfied by it and it would probably be the highlight of the volume (even if you can argue its clicheness). The artwork is beyond reproach. Pretty everywhere, even has 2-page-long panels here and then to showcase a fur...

Issue #0 was pretty good, but I'm getting a little tired of the Batman-in-Training stories. They're all the same. Spoon-fed, "art-of-war" spiritualism whilst Bruce must accept one of his repressed, all-to-common, human emotions. This particular issue has a dynamite ending, so it is worth the read.Everything else in this volume is painfully average. Let's hope Mr. Toxic never comes back.I particularly disliked the Two-Face mini stories. I mean, I get that they were trying to go for a noir look to...

5 starsVery good comic book. Nice to see my favorite DC superhero, Batman. It is also my birthday today. Turned 22 this year. Can't wait to read more comics with Batman!!!!

Once again, I find myself not actively hating Tony Daniel's Detective Comics unlike quite a lot of the reviews I've seen. And once again, like volume 1, this is solid, if unspectacular - at least for the most part.Issue 8 is a done-in-one Scarecrow tale which is decent enough, and picks up on that Eli Strange story from back in volume 1 that I thought wouldn't be revisited, so kudos to Daniel for surprising me. Issue 9 is the Court of Owls crossover issue, and whilst it's a basic 'Talon-Attacks-...

The story really bounced around from several story lines, so it was a little frustrating trying to bounce between them all.

I like trying to find the good in books, even when I don't like them. Focusing on the ideas or the interesting moments that are on the right track, or something. Unfortunately, this book is simply unreadable. Tony Daniel, who I believe got this Batman writing job based solely on his ability to draw Batman in Grant Morrison's Batman: R.I.P. (two skills that are absolutely not the same), just cannot string a story together. His structure is borderline unfollowable, his "mysteries" proceed with no

This read like early Kirby. And not in a good way.

This collection of the New 52 Detective Comics is not terrible, but uninspired. While not a huge fan of Scott Snyder's concurrent run over on Batman, he was able to form a fairly cohesive book. Writer Daniels is unable to do this here. Other than most of the stories here are mysteries, there's not a true theme to this book, and each issue seems isolated not only from the ones that came before and those that came after, but from the larger DCU as a whole.Apropos the New 52, we get reminded that B...