Writer:

Scott Snyder

Artist:

Becky Cloonan & Andy Clarke

Review:

This is the first issue after the end of “The Court of Owls” story- arc. It is an awesome issue. We meet Harper Row, who had previously helped Batman in the sewers in Issue #3. We get to see an outsiders view in to Gotham. We also get an outsiders view of Bruce and Batman. Harper’s Point of view was interesting. She is smart and it won’t take her long before she figures out the Bruce and Batman are the same person.

It was interesting to see that Batman is so committed to fighting crime. Harper reminds me of Lisbeth Salander minus the tattoos. We know that this takes place during the events of the court of owls. This is like an interlude to fill us on the details of what else happened during the Court Of Owls time. This just makes us ready for Jokers’ return in Issue #13.  I believe that this is the first issue featuring the artist Becky Cloonan. She has done an awesome job with drawing the characters. It was wonderful to see such a clean image yet showing us the grime of Gotham

All in all this was a very good issue, though not completely Batman oriented..

Final Verdict:

8.5/10