DETECTIVE COMICS #16
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Art by Jason Fabok & Andy Clarke
Colors by Jeromy Cox
Letters by Jared K. Fletcher
Cover by Jason Fabok & Jeromy Cox
Size: 40 pages
Price: 3.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
And the League of Smiles makes me smile!
After two disappointments this week, Detective Comics #16 bucks the trend and is just plain perfect. Terrific art and terrific story, Layman & Fabok wisely avoid a direct encounter with the Joker in this Death of the Family cross-over – the clown prince’s presence was wearing a little thin as anyone who read the Red Hood cross-over can attest to -- and focus this issue instead on the sideshow of chaos that accompanies the Joker’s presence in Gotham City.
Everything here is what you’d expect from a great Batman comic. The Dark Knight is perfectly characterized -- both smart and determined – and Layman does more with his villains in one issue than most books do in six. The Joker gangs are wonderfully created – each with its own curious identity – and the worst of them – the League of Smiles is downright scary. At the same time, you have in the background, the Emperor Penguin ruthlessly and cleverly consolidating power, the introduction of a new foe named Merrymaker, and a roundtable of a few second-stringers hanging onto the Emperor’s coattails -- of which Mr. Combustible is my hands down favorite.
Layman even tries to tie-up a few loose ends from Tony Daniels’ run on the book, and is conscientious enough to make sure the back-up story is just as worthwhile a read as the main feature of the book.
It’s been a long time since the two premier bat-books – Batman and Detective Comics – have been this good. Both are well worth reading.
Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
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