This is what King's run has been building up to and it doesn't disappoint. The scene in Batburger may have been the best scene in the entire book. Dick, Jason, and Damien sitting down for a fast food meal is comedy gold. I burst out laughing when Bruce took a knife and fork to his hamburger. After that, we get a nice parallel to Knightfall. Bane's coming for the Psycho Pirate and Batman needs 5 days to cure Gotham Girl. I liked that King brought back Bane's henchmen. I don't think we've seen Bir...

Honestly, I think this is my favorite rebirth storyline. Also I love Alfreds sassiness

Following his daring raid on Bane’s island home of Santa Prisca, Batman has taken the Psycho Pirate back to restore Gotham Girl’s shattered mind. But with Bane hot on his heels, will Batman be able to keep him occupied for five days - or will Bane break the Bat once and for all? After two solid Batman books, I was worried that this would be the one where Tom King drops the ball (it happens to everyone eventually); thankfully, I worried in vain as I Am Bane is yet another brilliant Batman volume!...

I am Bane, the third volume of Tom King;s Batman run (which almost all of my Goodreads comics readers read when it came out 14 months ago), contains two main stories; one is a confrontation between Batman with Bane, who we learn (from him) is not just one of your typical cartoony Batman nemeses, such as jokers, riddlers, two-faces, cats, penguins and so on, but the Real Deal monster, though we know how it this confrontation will ultimately turn out, of course. That’s the thing about the Batman-v...

** received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review ** 2.5 stars So, I had hopes for this one. Not particularly high hopes but hopes all the same. I enjoyed the first volume well enough but the second one was a travesty. So, when I started this one, I thought my opinion on this series can only go up. And… it stagnated. The Good:- The Batburger scene was glorious! Duke was back! The Batboys were back! It was a cute little scene with Duke meeting up with the Batfamily as Bruce warns them a...

Rebirth Batman (or “Afterbirth Batman” as I unfortunately continue to think of him, which makes for a mental picture that involves one slimy caped crusader) has been…okay? (Note to self: when you need to insert a question mark after asserting an opinion, it’s never a good sign.)On the one hand, we’ve gotten to see a murderer’s row (literally) of great Batman villains (this volume alone features a cavalcade of cameos from a clutch of killers; it’s like walking in a secret meeting of Bathater’s An...

Edit - So Issue 23-24 came in here. At the time of reading single issues it did not say that. So now it does let's rate those! Issue 23 - 5/5 - It's one of the best stories I've read from King. Like ever. It shows off Bruce and Swamp Thing teaming up. Let's just say things get emotional, the art is wonderful, the ending is heartbreaking, and it makes me want a Swamp Thing solo story again. This was very very very well done. Issue 24 - 4/5 - I really love the way he writes Catwomen. Her and Bruce...

You can find my review on my blog by clicking here.I really wanted to love this volume. I thought this would be the moment where Tom King finally has a decent grasp on how to write a Batman story arc through a bi-weekly 25-page-long comic issue business structure. With the way things have been getting better (yet always flawed), I thought volume 3, I Am Bane, would be a game-changer. In fact, the way Bane was introduced in volume 2, I Am Suicide, I could only imagine that the Bane-centric story

Review to be published on the release date, 9.5.17, at the request of the publisher.

I Am Bane is the finale of Tom King’s I Am... trilogy of Batman books. Just like with the first two, I initially read it in single issues and didn’t like it very much, but then re-read and enjoyed it a lot more. That said, out of the three, this is probably my least favourite — though still not bad by any means.Like I mentioned before, I'm really not too familiar with Bane as a character. I remember starting one of Chuck Dixon's painfully overwritten Bane comics before quickly abandoning it in f...

Bane... 'nough said, right? ;)but perhaps this.... : Bat on his knees.... loved it!! :D

Bane is badass in this. Batman barricades himself in Arkham so bane has to fight everyone in Arkham and does it with ease. Does batman save the day? Obvs!

It’s been over a year since DC relaunched all of their titles with Rebirth and much like The New 52 from a few years ago, it is a mixed bag. Both its strength and weakness are that the books are evoking the publisher’s glorious past, but feel unable to craft new stories. However, when it comes to a certain Dark Knight Detective, he remains unbreakable, even though his back was indeed broken and speaking of which, this third volume presents a literally smashing climax for the first year of Tom Ki...

Tom King writes an excellent Batman. The main story in this volume builds upon events from the previous two volumes. Bane arrives in Gotham City, itching for a fight after Batman snatched the Psycho Pirate from his clutches last volume. Alfred serves tea as the two discuss their differences in a calm, civilized fashion …No. I'm just kidding. They fight. It's epic. One of my favorite sequences was Bane following Batman into Arkham Asylum. Naturally, all sorts of familiar faces are encountered. My...

that issue 24 straight up attacked my batcat feelings (in the best way ofc) and now i have. well. a lot of feelings.

70% | B | Great"I'm sorry, sir, my ears are not what they once were. It seems I heard you ask for...help?"The epic showdown between Batman and Bane. Who will prevail in the fight for Psycho Pirate? After the let down I felt for volumes 1 & 2, I was unsure if I should continue with King's run. Well, let me say that I'm glad that I decided to give it one more chance. This volume is miles better than the previous instalments. Both Batman and Bane get some great moments, and the parallels between th...

I received this from Edelweiss and DC Comics in exchange for an honest review. I also received a copy from Netgalley.I was just a little slow in picking this one up, since I received my copy last July... I'm sorry I waited so long! I was really disappointed in the first two volumes of the Rebirth Batman, and decided to take a break, but didn't really plan on waiting 10 months. This was really good, all around. While the battle between Bane and Batman was intense (how could it be otherwise?), I r...

This volume contains the historic Batman proposal to someone close to him, which means that this story is one that will be remembered for a long time, so this volume is worth picking up just for that. In addition, there is a really good Bane story, which makes Bane a much more sympathetic character. Thanks to this story, I'm now much more interested in reading Bane stories. Finally, one of the bonus stories in the back is an Ace the Bathound origin story. That one was very touching, because it i...

Tom King concludes here the whole "I am..." storyline he's developed since issue one. Bane being the centrepiece of this third arc it is somewhat... brutal. But King being the writer it is somehow intellectually brutal. After taking the psycho-pirate away from Santa Prisca Batman has 5 days to use him to save Gotham Girl's mind-and we happen to understand why it was so important to him btw. But Bane is intent on taking the pirate back with a vengeance. Then the fun really starts with a traumatic...

This was another great volume and we see Bane invading Gotham and well Batman is preparing everyone for his coming and we see him take the robins out but man the scene that happens and the carnage and then the flashback to their secret origins and how both Bats and Bane are connected by targedies and its like one of the best issues easily and then the face off at Arkham which was so cool and the inner monologue of Bruce about why he is doing this and then the face off which is like one of the be...