(A-) 82% | Very GoodNotes: A meaty and tender lasagna of inner emotions: noodling in layers of gladness and grief, it’s sentiment served al dente.

The treasure hunting early on was nice but the Joker stuff felt off in plotting. Great artwork, though, and I do like to see the Joker in Batman tales. OVERALL GRADE: B

I would probably lean towards 3.5 stars on this, but not quite 4.Of course, with "Death of the Family" you know it's going to include BATMAN #17, which I've now read...5+ different times in different TPBs? It's a damn good book, one of the best individual Batman/Joker issues of all time...BUT, I've read it a ton in the last year.I really enjoyed the first story arc, where Damian sends Bruce on a round the world wild-goose chase after some family memories, which seems very sweet, and it actually

Tomasi and company just keep getting it right. In volume three, we pick up where volume two left off by further exploring Damian's growing relationship with his father. At the beginning of this series, Bruce was concerned that Damian was too violent, too uncut, but really the heart of their problems wasn't Damian's violence, it was a failure for the two of them to communicate, and especially a failure of understanding and trust. Damian doesn't want to change who is to meet Bruce's standards, and...

I think this should've been called Volume 3: Nightmare!!!. While the opening 'Batman Impossible' is a pleasant scavenger hunt-themed short story courtesy of Damian, the three remaining sections are kind of brutishly dark. The two-part 'Death of a Family' alternated between too talky - Joker sure likes to hear himself pontificate to his captives - and too familiar (as many of us have already read 'The Punchline' more than once in other collections). The coda 'Life is But a Dream' examines the aft...

This volume is basically chopped into 4 parts.Part OneDamien sends Batman on a heartwarming scavenger hunt, while taking out bad guys on his own in Gotham.It's sweet, and I'll admit I got sucked into the sappy storyline.Part TwoThis is what happens when the Joker gets hold of Damien.It's ok, but nothing awesome. I wasn't buying the Batman on Joker toxin, and I had a hard time believing Damien would either. I mean, he's a scary-smart little kid...Part ThreeThe same friggin' story I've already rea...

Oh man!!! I promised I wouldn't let myself get suckered into loving Damian Wayne as Robin.... but after a collection like this one, it is seriously difficult not to love that kid!! Dang!The scavenger hunt that Damian sends Bruce on is killing my frozen heart! Such sweetness! Such adorability! And the father/son relationship is really showing playboy Bruce Wayne in a different, more likeable light (I was getting so tired of that playboy schtick).Robin vs. Joker (the bulk of this short collection)...

Well, that was a bit disjointed. While I enjoyed DOTF more in the Batman series, it felt really off kilter here. The first story is tender, then there's DOTF that crushes like a bulldozer of overwriting, and the third story is just a series of interesting but pointless dreams. The first story features Damian sending Bruce on a scavenger hunt across Europe while he goes out on patrol by himself and wearing, interestingly, a crude version of his future costume. It's a short tale, but it's cute an

This is the shortest collection in Peter J. Tomasi’s Batman and Robin run - two standalone issues bookend it with a three-issue Death of the Family arc in the middle (one of which is Batman #17 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo which I’m almost certain anyone picking up this volume will have read at least once already); essentially it’s four B&R issues long. But it’s also surprisingly good and one of my favourites in the series so far! Ironically the Death of the Family arc is the weakest part so...

This was really short. Ties in with the batman series. Told in a few parts. Im not sure why this didnt grab me. Maybe because Im jetlagged and a little tired. Still a good series. Ill give another volume a go. This was mainly Robins story again

I love the New 52 run on the Batman title so far, including the iconic "Death of the Family" run, but the accompanying Batman & Robin title does not quite scale the same heights for me. Damian Wayne is an interesting juvenile Robin with an edge, but ultimately his time playing "Home Alone" in the Batcave while Bruce and Alfred are jetting around Europe (this really happens) and even his disturbing confrontation with the Joker left me feeling that this was good, but not great, stuff.

Man this series remains one of the best New52 comics that I completely missed years ago. So this volume ties in with Death of the Family, which is one of my favorite Batman arcs ever. So I was excited to get Damien's story on it. We also get a two part arc at the start of Damien setting up little reminders for his father so his dad has to go on a hunt. It's cute, adorable, and real father and son loving. The last issue deals with the fallout of death of the family and you get to see Bruce/Damien...

This week with the Shallow Comic Readers Buddy read: Batman!Seriously, I'm kinda tired of the New 52 Joker. Blah-blah-blah, blah blah-blah-blah.Has there ever been a more chatty villain? Seriously, Joker, STFU. Like NOW.The first story in this collection was cute and gave me what I was wanting: some more father/son dialog between Bruce and Damian. It made me smile, all was well, then that dastardly tie-in to the Death of the Family story from Batman.Joker was such a chatty Cathy that I ended up

I was hoping with this Death in the Family volume to figure out how Damien died, but that was not to be. I did get a very good Joker story though. I am a big fan of the Joker, and if he is done well- there are few characters who can match his dark, diabolical and utterly insane ways of mayhem. Batman goes on a trip and Robin takes the time to wear an outfit that makes him look like Bat-mite. But all is not well, the Joker somehow (it never says HOW exactly) manages to capture anyone and everyone...

Death of the family tie ins. Some repeat material from the Snyder run to make the story make sense, which means if you bought the Snyder volume with Death of the Family you have some of this material already. The only really original work was the opening story where Damian sends Bruce and Alfred on a scavenger hunt into their past.

I enjoyed the Damian & Bruce bits of this a bit more than in the last one but, the Death of the Family arc was never one that I loved. We get it: the Joker’s soooo scary and obsessed with Batsy. There was way too much monologue-Ing in this book. We didn’t need it. He’s doing evil things for evil reasons. Got it. We didn’t need like 20 pages when his entire plan could have been condensed into like 3. It made for boring reading and it was also in a font that wasn’t great to read as an ebook. Anywa...

Hmm, well, too bad this awkward volume exists... Very strange volume picking up on too many different angles:Okay, since it's called "Death of the family", I knew this was coming, the same story from Batman, Volume 3: Death of the Family.. Good story of course, but it felt like a repeat..Secondly we had the dream issue.... Nope, sorry, that didn't cut it for me (except for Alfred's dream, and definitely the last frame ;))And to save the best for last, we had a very special treat: Batman Damian!

Man, this title is awesome! I hate to admit it being a Superman guy but this title and Snyder's main Batman title are the 2 best in all of the New 52. I do have to say however this 'Death in the family' stuff is some twisted stuff. Good, twisted stuff.

This was quite fun!Damian sets up clues for Bruce to travel around the world and find and it connects to his parents like his others painting or his parents "ask me out" thing and pics and other memorablia but the other thing is him patrolling the streets and keeping a curb on crime but what happens when Joker targets him in "death of the family" event as he thinks that bat-family is making Bruce weaker and well the targets starts there and the battle is insanely good and then him fighting and t...

Another nice, solid entry into this series.The first couple issues feature a story where Damian wants to play Batman while Bruce is away, yet gave some heartfelt reasons to lure Bruce away. It really helps to win you over to Damian, a son trying to win his father's (the reader's) approval.There's a crossover issue with the Death of the Family story, followed by the final issue of that crossover. It serves to show you just how Damian does in a one-on-one with the Joker and further cements the rel...