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Batman gets straight into action in the opening scene against the dollmaker. But first he have to survive after getting injection that causes his right side of the body paralyzed. Soon batman have to fend off a few thugs and there's a lot of action as he tries to make a getaway. Batman escaped and takes jack in the box with him for interrogation which reveals nothing. Batman's further digging into dollmaker's origins reveals that his father was a mad serial killer with a penchant for collecting body parts. And the person responsible for stopping and ending this killer's life is Gordon back in the days. So now dollmaker is out for revenge but it seems there are more obscure villains pulling his strings.

The dollmaker has more plans for batman as he held commissioner Gordon and the little girl Olivia as hostages. Batman gets a bat signal from Olivia but unknown to him Olivia is part of dollmaker's plan to lure Batman to a trap. Batman arrives at the abandoned Mercy Hospital knowing well that it is a trap. Batman ended up getting knocked out by bentley and thrust into a dollmaker's deadly game on live broadcast.

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Batman get straight to action facing off against a mega sized joker on a train. As the white rabbit watches the two tangles and the joker turns into another being and reveals himself to be clayface who has been pretending to be joker all along. A head on fight with clayface leaves both batman and clayface knocked out. The mysterious girl in rabbit suit who is behind all this menace slips away just as Flash arrives. Quite surprised to see Flash appearing here.




Batman's continuous investigation leads him to suspect poison ivy is also part of the conspiracy that turn half of arkham asylum residents mad. Batman and Flash went to poison ivy's lair. Flash have to take a leave as he got one of poison ivy's toxin by pricking his thumb. That leaves batman to confront her but all batman found was a plant infested rundown building. The artwork is getting more marvellous as the issue goes. The storyline is as good as the main batman issue storyline.

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The storyline is getting more suspenseful as batman starts digging at the origins of the court of owls. Batman kicks some asses in order to get answers and no gangster goes unpunished. It seems like the person behind the owl mask is untraceable and is like a spook story to scare the children. As the story progresses batman figures out that this owl villain could be hiding all along in the most safest of places, in fact in the buildings built by the Wayne families.

A hunch leads batman to the thirteen floors of buildings built by Wayne's predecessor and the owl's hide out is indeed there. The court of owls have been building the secret hide out at the thirteen floor for generations and unknown to the outside world until now. Before you know it the story ends on a cliffhanger as batman trips a wire while investigating a hide out and the whole place blew up.

More interestingly is who is this owl person that managed to outwit batman in every step and too eager to finish off Bruce Wayne.

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Batman gets pulverized by a very big and mean two face in the opening sequence. Batman is getting his face pounded till all of a sudden two face bleeds through his eyes and slump unconscious. Lucky break for batman. Later its revealed that someone has been doing illegal experiment in arkham asylum causing all the inmates to become extra big and powerful plus more crazier than ever. Meanwhile villains everywhere in gotham turned to be extra huge, mean and crazier. Robin and Nightwing has big problem dealing with the mad ventriloquist and so does Batgirl and Batwoman having mad villains to deal with.

Batman is hot on the case which leads him back to the hospital where two face is having treatment. Batman begins asking about the girl in the rabbit suit but two face just rebuff him and that pisses Batman off. Batman then got news that the probable culprit could be the joker and tracks him down to a train. A scuffle with some joker's henchmen ensues and no problem for our hero, But the girl in the rabbit suit appears again and batman gets after her only to find a big muscle bound joker and the girl together. Looks like batman will have a big mean joker to deal with in the next issue.

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Batman continues to dig into the dead body with multiple stab wounds. The issue mostly delves on the investigation and how nightwing's dna ends up at the dead body's fingertips. It was accidental mostly and nightwing is not the one who killed the dead man. But certainly the main part of the issue is the introduction of a new villains dressed in all black ninja attire claiming to be from the court of Owls. The weapon of choice also resembles the talons of owls and loads of daggers, very similar to ninja style.


The villain interrupts the conversation between Bruce Wayne and another philanthropist named Lincoln. The villain proceed to kill a guard and Lincoln in order to finish of Bruce. Then the fight between the two ensues as the villains prove a very tough nut to crack. All the Bruce's moves are countered by the villain. As the fight drags on Bruce was thrown off the building and a freefall fight continues. But quick thinking by Bruce enable him to escape death plunge while the villain lands on top of the car. Bruce taught the case was all finally over but it has only begun as the villain can't seem to die arising from death in the ambulance and escaped. Another new villain emerges that had an issue with Bruce. Another Red Hood kind off storyline or something more unexpected.

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Batman kicks of the issue spectacularly dropping in from the batman jet to attend a conference. He has everything ready to prepare himself for a speech as Bruce Wayne. After mingling with some ladies and guests, getting threatened by a cop and meeting a hot friend, Batman is back to business. The action truly begins when the prisoners in arkham asylum broke out and started rioting.

Batman arrives just in time as a police assault team is about to engage the prisoners. The worst of Batman's villains have broken out. The artist visualize the villains vividly and the villains two page spread is worth a second look. Batman leads the police assault team to locate Harvey Dent aka Two Face. Some other villain in a rabbit suit has been sneaking around trying to cause a distraction. But wait till you see the last page, a shocking appearance by a hulking Two Face. Looks like some one has been working out!

Overall the rendering of the characters is very engaging and top notch most notably the new look Two Face. Definitely the main attraction is Batman in action against the villains, truly magnificent art it is. 

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New relaunch of batman title  sees batman in the thick of action immediately inside arkham asylum. Batman had to face off against a dozen villains in the asylum to investigate a case. Batman had to tangle with scarecrow, two face and killer croc so its a great introduction to those unfamiliar with batman's foes. Interesting part is batman got help from the joker to subdue the villains. Has joker turned to the good side? Apparently the joker is just Dick Grayson aka Nightwing impersonating as joker.

There's also introduction to Robin past and present and Alfred for those just starting out on Batman. Batman as Bruce Wayne also gave a great speech in a party as Bruce launched a massive project to re-modernize the city of Gotham. Later batman arrives at the scene of a horrific murder with a dead body with multiple stab wounds. Dna analysis on the knifes used in the murder turned out to be someone who is very close to batman. Overall a good enough reboot to batman title and enough of information to pull in the new readers. How the plot of trust between batman and Nightwing will be the focus in the next issue.