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BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #1



Price: $3.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 11.3%
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  1. TheNextChampion TheNextChampion says:
    June 15, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    I’m debating on whether to get this or the Captain America 70th Anniversary issue.

    Should I try this? I mean on one hand I stated I want to wait for trade…but the other hand it’s Dini and Nguyen working together again. Gah….I hate these Sophie’s Choice decisions.

  2. Garrett Garrett says:
    June 15, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    It’s $3.99 dude, not one of your kids.

    ;o) 

  3. Ruo21 Ruo21 says:
    June 15, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    Im loving Batman, and this is a fairly light week for me, so I’m checking it out.

  4. jobob247 jobob247 says:
    June 15, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    Well considering while gmo was on Batman , Dini was way better on Detective I’d say this is a must buy…

  5. DarthDuck DarthDuck says:
    June 15, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    I’m with Ruo on this one.

  6. flapjaxx flapjaxx says:
    June 15, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    It’s Dini, so you know it will be consistently fun and well-done…but nothing innovative or too imaginative will be happening, sorry, and for $4…I’m passing. Anyone else feel like they’ve already read this and Dini’s "Sirens" title, even though they haven’t come out yet? I’ve already had my fill of these sort of stories by this author. I’ve read them all before. They’re good, but I don’t need any more of them.

  7. robbydzwonar robbydzwonar says:
    June 15, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    Anybody who could consistently make Morrison’s Batman look half interesting month after month can have my four bucks.

    I don’t know about paying $4 for Punisher though.  

  8. TheNextChampion TheNextChampion says:
    June 15, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    Thats another thing, this is a $3.99 issue but so is the Cap comic I was thinking of getting.

    Okay they’re comics, but it’s just as hard as a decision Sophie had to make.

  9. MrGlass MrGlass says:
    June 15, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    This book has a good shot at keeping the Bat-streak alive, its biggest contest will be Cap.

  10. PraxJarvin PraxJarvin says:
    June 15, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    Liked the preview for this book. We’ll see how it goes. Yay Manhunter!

  11. kwisdumb kwisdumb says:
    June 15, 2009 at 8:26 pm

    An absolute must-buy for me. Can’t wait.

  12. ScorpionMasada ScorpionMasada says:
    June 15, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    I’m buying both of Dini’s books.

  13. MisterJ says:
    June 15, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    Dini and Nguyen haven’t let me down yet.  But I admit, if I wasn’t confident in the creative team this one would pass right by

  14. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:
    June 15, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    @MrGlass: No chance. Ron’s not buying it.

  15. edward edward says:
    June 15, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    i’m loving the bat-book, baby!

  16. Aquaman Aquaman says:
    June 15, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    ….ok! i liked Batman and Robin #1 so ill pick this up. Isent Paul Dini the one who writes an awesome batman?

  17. MrGlass MrGlass says:
    June 15, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    @Conor: Damn! Tell Ron to give up on GA/BC and buy this instead. Come on didn’t he see the magic Dini and Nguyen had going on Detective.

  18. Noto Noto says:
    June 15, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    @Aquaman – Dini writes awesome everything.

  19. WinTheWonderboy WinTheWonderboy says:
    June 15, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    Dini writing batman makes me :)

  20. balsalm balsalm says:
    June 16, 2009 at 1:37 am

    I expect this to be great just like the other recent Bat-books.

  21. TheNextChampion TheNextChampion says:
    June 16, 2009 at 1:50 am

    Oh fine I’ll give this a shot! If it’s anything like Red Robin then it’s right back to trade…

  22. WadeWilson WadeWilson says:
    June 16, 2009 at 5:03 am

    I’ve been working on a scientific comics formula, I will share with you guys:

    Nightwing* + Manhunter = Awesome.

    (*Sorry but I refuse to call anyone but Bruce Wayne, Batman.)

  23. Tex Tex says:
    June 16, 2009 at 8:10 am

    I didn’t even think I was that into batman but I’ve picked up each of the othernew books so I might as well keep going now! :P

  24. drakedangerz drakedangerz says:
    June 16, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Hmm, I don’t think I’ll give this a shot.  In all honesty, Gotham City Sirens sounds more interesting to me.

  25. TheNextChampion TheNextChampion says:
    June 16, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    Well if one Dini book isnt entertaining (which is mathematically impossible) then at least we got another title to try of his.

  26. miyamotofreak miyamotofreak says:
    June 16, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    Liked the preview. I don’t have the budget for all the bat books though. 

  27. robbydzwonar robbydzwonar says:
    June 16, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    I don’t have the budget for anything, but I’m still getting all the Bat-stuff.  I can hear the ice cream man going by outside going unanswered because the kids in this hood wanna buy Streets Of Gotham more then a Choco Taco.

  28. robbydzwonar robbydzwonar says:
    June 16, 2009 at 10:56 pm

    12 hours and five minutes until my shop opens

  29. twooldridge twooldridge says:
    June 17, 2009 at 9:51 am

    I dont know!  I told myself that I wouldnt buy all of the new bat books.  They are all so tempting!  Should I do it????

  30. cromulent cromulent says:
    June 17, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    Yeah I was the same way. I was gonna to just buy Detective Comics because of the awesome looking art, but so far everything’s been pretty stellar.

  31. ScorpionMasada ScorpionMasada says:
    June 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    Hold to your guns. Don’t be compulsive. Let some comics go by. There is always the hardcover if you hear great things about it.

    I was tempted but I let Batman & Robin and Red Robin go unbought. Even with the pick of the week honors going to both books . . .

    This book was a planned buy for me. Can’t wait to read it.

  32. TheNextChampion TheNextChampion says:
    June 17, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    This was a pretty good comic. It’s basically Detective Comics but with a different name. Plus I like it how it’s gonna deal with more of the stuff in the city then just another Batman adventure. What sold me in this was the horrifying murders Firefly did in this issue.

    That sold me for this comic at least for the first arc. Oh and the Manhunter part…..meh it was nothing special. Wish it was someone else involved then her.

  33. magnum240 magnum240 says:
    June 17, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    For anyone on the fence, this was definately worth it.

  34. Crippler Crippler says:
    June 17, 2009 at 10:22 pm

    Wow, this was really good.  It felt like the spiritual succesor of Gotham Central (notice that they even mentioned GC?).  I’m onboard for this series now.. and wow, suddenly I’m picking up 4 batbooks??? 

  35. aliensurfer aliensurfer says:
    June 17, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    Never Really folowed any in Continuity Batman, I thought this might be  a good jump on point. I enjoyed it but I need some filling in though, who is Thomas Elliot? and why did try to look like bruce? What did he mean "time with your old man or as close as you can get to him"?

  36. southbymidwest says:
    June 18, 2009 at 1:50 am

    This book was 5 stars for the Manhunter story alone.

  37. magnum240 magnum240 says:
    June 18, 2009 at 9:12 am

    @aliensurfer  Thomas Elliot is also Hush, and i’d check Wikipedia for the answer to your first two questions to get all the details.  As to your last question, Damian is Bruce’s son.

  38. AquaPimp82 AquaPimp82 says:
    June 18, 2009 at 10:52 am

    It was nice getting the manhunter back-up story. This is my first real exposure to the character and I can’t wait until next month.

  39. JesTr JesTr says:
    June 18, 2009 at 11:08 am

    I t almost felt like this was a story before BFTC. It almost read like any other Batman story except Batman was Dick.

  40. ScorpionMasada ScorpionMasada says:
    June 18, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    I thought Manhunters were Martians

  41. robbydzwonar robbydzwonar says:
    June 18, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    @aliensurfer: check out Dini’s run of Detective, there is a very good story called Heart Of Hush where he takes Catwoman’s heat out and puts it on ice via Mister Freeze.  That’s the story where Hush makes himself look like Bruce Wayne so he can kill all the Robins.

  42. PraxJarvin PraxJarvin says:
    June 18, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    @scorpionmasade Xenoist! ;-)

    @aliensurfer I agree with Robbydzwonar, "Heart of Hush" is a good introduction to Hush without having to trapise through a lot of background material. (He first appeared in the Jeph Loed/Jim Lee 12-issue Hush story line which was a hit at the time.)

    Great issue. 5/5 for me. Great writing, lovely art and a real sense of being something a little different than a standard bat book. They’re really pushing Firefly here. I wonder if this has anything with him being a slightly plausible villain for use in a movie? (If I recall correctly he was in the Gotham Knight film).  I really enjoyed the Manhunter back up, too. Glad to see the character back in action. I have a feeling next issue will be just as good. Close to being my POTW, but just missed it.

  43. kwisdumb kwisdumb says:
    June 19, 2009 at 5:58 am

    Paul Dini at his best. Enjoyed the back-up a lot more than I thought I would, as well. 5/5.

  44. Jim Jim says:
    June 19, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    Wow, Kate Spencer: worst comic book parent ever. That was the most selfish personal behavior I’ve seen in a comic since Peter Parker threw his wife under the bus to relieve his own guilt that someone shot his always-close-to-death-anyway Aunt.

  45. skeets skeets says:
    June 21, 2009 at 3:12 am

    This was so god damned good!

  46. EAGLEBAUER EAGLEBAUER says:
    June 21, 2009 at 9:16 am

    My POTW for sure. It is weird that this is a whole new title considering it picks up a lot of the threads from Dini and Nguyen’s last arc on Detective, but other than that it’s perfect. Nguyen’s pencils are gorgeous as always; I just love the moody, stylized feel he gives to Batman. I even dug the Manhunter feature even though I know almost nothing about that character. Well worth my $4.

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