I thought I would like this one. The setup sounded interesting but it’s becoming more clearer to me that most of the Batman stories involving the occult or anything supernatural doesn’t really seem to work. That’s a bummer because I always wish they do. This one in particular was just silly. It started off mildly interesting but got boring pretty fast. It was all very predictable and I feel the writers knew this and ended everything really abruptly, making the read feel like an absolute waste of...

I'll probably sound like many other reviewers, but some great artwork make Golden Dawn seem better than it actually was most of the time. (The back cover of the deluxe edition pretty much sells the book.) The main story-line, though appropriately dark at times - a damsel in distress mixed with supernatural forces active in Gotham - is sort of thin and does not have a particularly strong ending. Still, even an average Batman book is paired well with a morning coffee break.

A grim, mystical Batman story. The artwork is wonderful; Finch gives us one of the best interpretations of The Penguin in years. The storytelling is clear and coherent with smooth dialogue and straightforward plot. Unfortunately the conflict feels small and the urgency in the storytelling is stuck in first gear. Also, Dawn Golden is irrational and annoying.... Just blurt out your whole past to a stranger in one breath, Dawn. I'm sure Batman won't mind.3.5/5

SPOILERSA girl from Bruce’s childhood – Dawn Golden – has grown up to become a socialite who is now missing, presumed dead. Bruce turns away from Batman Inc. to focus on finding Dawn but becomes embroiled in a supernatural battle between demons involving Lady Blaze and Etrigan (who has temporarily lost his powers). First off, I’m a big fan of David Finch’s art – he’s done amazing work for X-Men, Moon Knight (one of the demons in the book – Ragman - looks like a green Moon Knight), Batman, Superm...

The drawing from Finch is a stunning, brilliant & allows the Bat to be a winner in every panel that he is in. For the artwork alone, this deserves a 5. But for writing it didn't have the ending I was hoping for. It kinda left me with more questions than answers. Still kudos to Finch on undertaking both drawing and writing duties. And hopefully his next Dark Knight outing will be the perfect combination of awesome drawing and well and depth-crafted writing.

3.5 starsI'm not usually a fan of Batman and the supernatural, but this story was entertaining. For some reason Batman/Etrigan team-ups don't bother me.It's not a great story, and Bruce's obsession with his childhood friend seemed just a teeny bit melodramatic.There were other problems with the story, but overall it was ok. Brain candy with nice art.There are three shorts at the end of this volume, but I didn't like any of them very much. They were all pretty dorky.

It's amazing how much art can add to a comic. I've read a lot of comics with great writing and mediocre art, and I'll just fly right past the panels, just getting enough info to move on. But fantastic art, like David Finch's, can hold up an otherwise bland storyline solely by making you want to take it all in and admire every tiny detail.I guess I had this thought reading this book, because David Finch stops drawing it a little over halfway through and, even though they got a "lookalike" artist

(B-) 70% | SatisfactoryNotes: Great art, but what story there is feels unfinished, ungainly, unpolished, unsubstantial, unresolved, and unsatisfying.

The art is damned good, I especially liked the David Finch cover reproductions.As far as the story is concerned... well I'm still left here wondering wether there was an actual story told. The story is so intersperced and told in chunky "chapters", that I was often going back a page or two to see if I had skipped anything... nope, no skipping involved, just big chunks of the story the reader has to sort of "make up" for himself.Very nice art, very sloppy story. That's OK though, it just means I

Batman has always been my favorite hero. (Well, second favorite but I can't really say Aquaman and be taken seriously). He is the embodiment of the aristotelian ideal, perfection of both body and mind. When the Nu 52 was announced, I wondered what sorts of catastrophes we could expect in the fallout. Other than this weird obsession with globalzing his efforts, I've been pleasantly surprised. Note: this book is pre-New 52 and I was getting things a bit mixed up, but my original ratng still stands...

Once again it's proven that being able to draw a story doesn't mean you can tell one.David Finch plots and draws (3 issues out of 5) of this one and the sad truth is that it sucks. Big time.To say the plot is corny and confused is an understatement. Two main cardboard cutouts pop out of nowhere: Dawn Golden, an empty poor lost girl suffering from an evil cultist (caricatural) father and Jack Forbes a so obviously corrupt cop it's laughable.Etrigan walks by for some reason, bereft of his powers f...

(Edited Review)David Finch on Batman. Not to mention the Dark Knight series. I had heard that this story was okay. I put it off for a while, but I came back to it and found it to be...okay. The art is pretty awesome, I will say that. The art explodes off the page in a similar way to Jim Lee's work. I use to hate Batman and the supernatural in a story together, but I have moved on from that now. Batman and Etrigan is actually a fun idea and I liked that element of this story. In fact, 3/4s of thi...

Mostly boring title with not much worth reading. The art was good atleast. I really can't remember much from this so not even a full review for it, sorry. A 2 out of 5.

I like it when Batman stories have an element of horror, and this series definitely had that. A childhood girlfriend of Bruce Wayne's goes missing, and as he tracks her down he runs into Killer Croc, The Penguin, The Demon Etrigan, and a bunch of demons and devil worshippers. Ragman shows up too...sort of. The story did get a little murky at times, and there's a strange subplot involving the theft of the Batmobile that I don't think was ever followed up on. I've always liked Dave Finch's art, an...

Typical Batman story that really just goes through the motions.

I love the art in this book, David Finch with Jim Lee’s faithful duo of Scott Williams & Alex Sinclair. Which is the main reason I’m giving this book 3 stars. Unfortunately the writing left somethings by to be desired, the whole story felt disjointed & ending felt rushed with no real resolution. Characters were introduced without any clear explanation of why.

It's kind of dismaying to see Aliester Crowley and the Golden Dawn reduced to the status of an inside joke. Yes, some of the mood comes from that tradition, but the names are basically there so Finch can wink at the reader and say, "See? I've done my homework. " Just how many women from Bruce's past are there, anyway? I've lost count, and I rather suspect he has as well. This is basically a pretty decent story. A rich socialite has gone missing and James Gordon's job is on the line as he and Bat...

The Dark Knight (Golden Dawn) is well timed to an audience which has been experiencing a darker, grittier version of Gotham and Batman himself through movies and video games. The story tells more of the trauma and daily pain that is life in Gotham as a citizen, a villian or a superhero. It is well told in a realistic, particularly for a superhero/supernatural setting where Batman's walking the line between good and evil definitely blurs. The book includes the beginning of another storyline as a

This was kind of a hot mess. I'm not a big fan of stuffing Batman into mystical stories. He's not a mystical character, almost anti-mystical at times, so it's usually a poor fit. But it can be done, carefully. Finch wasn't careful. Instead, he seemed to get enamored with the idea of an evil cult. So we have that, plus a friend from Bruce's childhood we'd never heard of before, and an oddly obsessed Batman, and a smarmy new cop, and political intrigues... And it never comes together as a cohesive...

I've never given a Batman book lower than a 3, but this one is an exception. The story was really thin and boring, and is full of holes and overused plot devices. These are some of the things I didn't like about it (besides Damien and the whole Batman Inc thing which is not the fault of this author):1) There's a standard brainless "hot-looking" girl that needs rescuing and Batman is obsessed with this case to an unhealthy degree, more than he has been with any other! Yeah, another one. So Alfred...