Definitely in my Batman Top 10, maybe Top 5. Detective story meets horror, Dick Grayson assumes the role of Batman with great aplomb. Characterization is deep and true, with some sparse comedy to break the palpable tension. My favorite theme is the contrast between Dick and Bruce under the Cowl. Dick prefers to be in the air, like back in Haly's Circus, which serves as a great metaphor for the positivism he brings to his Batman, while Bruce is very much “rooted” in his cynicism and gloom. Intere...

First Scott Snyder helped rescue vampires from the clutches of teen-age girls in his American Vampire series, and now he’s saving Batman from the muddled mess that Grant Morrison and DC had put him in. Snyder may be the biggest super-hero of them all.Bruce Wayne is back from the dead or time travel or whatever the hell was going on, but he’s off recruiting people for his new version of an international army of crime fighters so Dick Grayson is still acting as Gotham’s Caped Crusader. Dick has to...

3.5 starsI think I'm probably going to get lynched for not being as enamored with The Black Mirror as everyone else seems to have been.*Wait! Stop hitting me! I've got small children!*I didn't say it wasn't good. It is. I just didn't...I don't know, lovelove it. I liked it it, just not in that way. It's not you, it's me. I don't know why we didn't connect on a deeper level, but I think it's best if I leave now. I'll call tomorrow, though. Really. *cough, cough*shuffles feetOr something like that...

Gotham's Batman, Dick Grayson, takes on the Dealer, a man selling the weapons of supervillains stolen from the GCPD evidence room, gun runners harassing a mob bosses daughter, and possibly the greatest threat of all, Commissioner Gordon's son...You know, when DC put Dick Grayson in the Bat-costume, we all knew it wouldn't last and while I liked the issues of Batman & Robin I read, I didn't find anything earth-shattering and thought Dick's tenure as the Caped Crusader would be pretty forgettable....

My very first Batman (this October is full of firsts) and what a treat! I might be a Snyder fan as it turns out!Obviously, there is a lot I didn't know - like Barbara Jr. (Gordon's daughter) having been Batgirl until Joker put her in a wheelchair. Only the Joker-and-wheelchair part was addressed here, the Batwoman part I was told by another comicbook reader. Also, I am a bit confused about Gordon's marriages and children and their age difference (Barbara seems to be from his second marriage but

Holy great reading, Batman! This collected edition contains a storyline originally published on “Detective Comics” #871-881.Creative Team:Writer: Scott SnyderIllustrators: Jock & Francesco Francavilla MY WAY You have to judge the situation early, clearly... ...judge it from the diving board, high above, before you’re falling… before you’re in danger. This story is about Batman, BUT it’s Dick Grayson under the mantle. Bruce Wayne is back, but he’s busy off shores establishing his idea of

The Black Mirror was actually all kinds of wonderful, in my opinion. I've been so focused on doing all the others, the alternatives in the DC world, thinking that I knew my Supermans and Batmans from movies and tv, that I just never really considered, you know, READING them.Silly me.This was all sorts of creepy and fun. It's all about Grayson, too.Now, I'll also be honest, I've also been becoming a superfan of James Gordon JR ever since I read about him in Suicide Squad, and seeing him shine in

There are several graphic novelists that I find to be brilliant writers ~~ Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore and Fabian Nicieza; I can now add Scott Snyder to that list. Before he began his critically-acclaimed, fan-favorite run on Batman for DC in the fall of 2011, writer Scott Snyder was ... writing Batman comics for DC. The Batman comics Snyder was writing before Batman were issues of Detective Comics (and the miniseries Batman: The Gates of Gotham, which he co-wrote with Kyle Higgins a...

The Black Mirror collects Scott Snyder's run on Detective Comics 871-881. It is actually a series of stories encapsulating the moral and spiritual toll that Gotham collects from Dick Grayson and Jim Gordon. Gotham City and its inherent corruption is the black mirror to the souls of Dick and Jim. At least that's the underlying theme of Black Mirror.There are several stories in this volume from the title Black Mirror to Skeleton Key and Lost Boys. But at it's heart it is about Dick's time as Batma...

Because my fascination with Dick Grayson hasn't gone down yet, I decided to read another one. Yes, another one. Sue me. After reading Batman: Earth One, I asked recommendations for more Batman stuff, and Black Mirror was one that was recommended by almost everyone I asked. So far, I really liked Scott Snyder's other Batman stories (The Court of Owls and The City of Owls), I was almost 100% sure I was going to like this one. He did not disappoint. I loved this. THINGS I LIKED - I really like...

6 stars! Introduction: Lately, I have been reading many “Batman” comics that came out during the 1980s and the 1990s, so that way I could be caught up with the “Batman” universe. But, after discovering some newer “Batman” comics, I wanted to try out some and one of the “Batman” stories that I had checked out was “Batman: The Black Mirror.” Now, after reading “Batman: Hush,” I said to myself that I wanted to read more “Batman” stories that featured Dick Grayson since I loved his character

I'm going to level with you now: you must pick this up one of these days and read it. You'll be glad you did. I spent about a week reading and reviewing each issue included for this stellar graphic novel written by the current Batman writer for New 52, Scott Snyder, and illustrated by artists Jock and Francesco Francavilla alternatively. Comprised of ten issues from Detective Comics #871-881 from the old DC continuity, The Black Mirror is set right after Bruce Wayne's supposed death and so, in h...

This is the best Batman story I’ve read in a long time. My hat is off to Scott Snyder. The Batman here is Dick Grayson, formerly Robin and Nightwing. Upon taking the Cowl, he already has unique relationships with the members of the Batman family that are different from that of Bruce Wayne. This collection explores how Grayson, who has his own personal issues, finds his own niche in the Batman family dynamic as the new Caped Crusader.Another family relationship that gets explored is the one betwe...

Up until the last 3 issues I was in the 3.5-4 area. It was solid stuff, but then those last 3 issues happened and BOOM it shot up to a 5/5. This is now my favorite Batman story next to Hush and Court of Owls. The story is focused on Dick taking over the Batman cowl. His story is both interesting and fun but not nearly as captivating as Jim's story. His son is back, and let's just say he ain't all that normal. The graphic novel balances the "is James (Jim's son) a killer or not?" and does it so w...