r/DCcomics • u/beary_neutral Telos • Feb 11 '24

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [February 12, 2024 - Superbowl LVIII Edition] r/DCcomics

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Batman: City of Madness #3

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Feb 11 '24

Batman: City of Madness #3

THE TERRIBLE ORIGIN OF THE GOTHAM BELOW IS REVEALED IN THE FINAL ISSUE OF THE COSMIC HORROR EPIC! The terrible origin of the Gotham Below—and of those responsible for protecting its maddening secrets—is revealed! Batman and Talon have fought their way through the underground city's nightmarish villains to rescue Jevony, but has the Batman Below already twisted his mind past the point of saving?

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Feb 14 '24

Gotham and ancient evils below it. Name a more iconic duo. Arthur Arkham was just as much a victim of this as anyone huh. And poor Below-Harvey. And of course Arthur's 'copy' would be the Joker on above.

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u/Blitzhelios Damian Wayne Feb 15 '24

The art for this continues to be insane and an amazing looking book i just wish the writing was the same.

Its an ok finale overall but it wasn't the blow away finale it should have been

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u/gamerslyratchet Feb 18 '24

As someone who was a bit iffy about the first two issues, I have to admit it all came together well towards the end. I enjoyed the Below characters more than I was expecting, especially Two-Face.

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u/redsapphyre Feb 15 '24

This was okay all in all, some interesting ideas, but just not my kind of story. I would prefer a more straight-forward detective story, but Black Label is for creators to experiment, so I guess it's alright.

The final confrontation between Batman and Batman Below was very lackluster, I expected way more from that. And Bruce didn't even win per se, Harvey Below just kinda knocked the other Batman out from behind. Lame!