And so ends the best Batman run of the decade.

I skimmed through this, it's not bad, but I lost interest in Tom King's Batman a long time ago, and there's nothing here you won't see coming from a mile away, this last book basically writes itself.

Remarkable. A fascinating and poignant conclusion to King's Batman run. Emotional and satisfying.

I’ll say this for Tom King: he’s one ambitious mofo.While not every arc of his epic Batman run is executed to the level of that ambition, it’s an often thrilling, consistently entertaining, and sometimes profound collection of stories. And, it looks spectacular—almost every artist who put pencil to page throughout this run is perfect for Batman, drawing the kind of gorgeous, lushly detailed “pitchers” (as, no joke, our wedding photographer called them—upstate New York, am I right?) that the stor...

Well I've finally finished King's Batman run. What I liked. The art style was always spectacular and greatly portrayed the world of the Dark Knight. I liked that King established a strong relationship for Selina and Bruce and that he pushed the Bat further into being a healthier person. I liked the issue with Batman awaking to Alfred. It was very appropriate; minus the drolling poetry.But what I hated. WHAT WAS BANE'S PLAN?!? He breaks the Bat and... Takes over the city and replaces the police w...

Bait and switch job when the main villain of a book titled City of BANE isn't, you know, Bane.

FINALLY FUCKING FREE. Read as singles. Agonizingly. Bad. Singles. I almost want to drop batman books for the rest of forever now. At least Janin made it pretty.

I have made it no secret that I have not cared for Tom King’s Batman, but this was just terrible. I am glad that he is moving on. I like his other work but he got himself into a trajectory that he could not recover from. I wanted to like it but just couldn’t.

Bane and Flashpoint Batman head up the villains who have taken over Gotham. But the Bat and the Cat have returned to overthrow the City of Bane in one final battle - though at a terrible personal cost to Bruce… So here it is: the last book in Tom King’s celebrated Batman run. And it’s… fine. There’s nothing here that’ll surprise you. Bat and Cat beat Bane and Flashpoint Batman - we knew that was going to happen because that was the only thing that could’ve happened. There’s a lot of monologuing

And so comes the end to King's Batman. This run seems to be either "love" or "hate" but I personally think it has a lot of ups (and a few big downs). While not every arc worked for me, I enjoyed the majority of them. I think King writes a broken man trying to find peace with who he is. And by the end he gets that, even if it feels a little forced. Batman is going against bane here for the final time and he's not about to let himself down. You get a huge showdown between the two but with a specia...

Tom King went a little too Tom King here and gave us an introspective but anti-climactic ending to his uneven Batman run.

You can find my review on my blog by clicking here.This is the final story-arc by writer Tom King for the canonical Batman comic book run before passing on the torch to writer James Tynion IV. When I picked up the first issues of this series, I was truly disappointed by his writing style, his ideas, and the direction he wanted to go. It didn't help that he introduced two strange characters (Gotham and Gotham Girl) and had a huge fascination with Bane that translated into overly-stretched out sto...

Thank you, Tom King. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. After more than 80 issues spanning 13 volumes, you ended on a note that has finally helped me make an important decision: this Batman fan and collector is going to save almost $200 by not collecting the run in trades!There’s no doubt this run has incredible moments. It would be a lie to say otherwise. And it routinely featured some of the best art comics has to offer. I also sincerely appreciate the entire run staying away from the cos...

I kind of loved it and kind of hated it.I know a lot of you dislike the Bat/Cat thing but I'm a hopeless romantic, so I was digging it. However, I found most of the story anticlimactic. To me, the vast majority of this read like the proverbial queef after an awkward sexual encounter with someone you're hoping you never have to see again.Warning: may be spoilers below.City of Bane!The buildup for this showdown was intense. I mean, poor Dick got shot in the head to kick this fucker off, right?So f...

Brooding Bat gets his battle with Bane, as expected. And Bat gets Cat!! Nothing all that surprising in this final volume (exceptions noted, below), but it’s still a crowd-pleaser, and you have to acknowledge, nitpicking aside, that this is one of the greatest Batman runs in the history of Batman. Tom King is an amazing writer and knowing this, DC gives him some of the best Batman world artists, with folks like Mikel Janin taking the lead. Notable moments (but spoilers!!): *The Bane-Bat showdown

Wow...that was something.So Batman returns to Gotham for the fight and he takes on Bane and well its one note and the big fight never happens and the build up of 80 issues for a fight with boring climax because the main villain is Thomas and then we see his origin and how he came to this timeline and his twisted logic of doing what he did and well the final fight between father and son and him realizing who Bruce is and then the wrapping up of stories which is done in such an unlinear fashion an...

I've been pretty critical of Tom King's run on Batman as a whole but you know what? This was a good ending. Sure Bane is in it but the end result being more about Bruce Wayne, Thomas Wayne, and Bruce's ties to his family is a hell of a lot more interesting than Bane himself. Bane is just the big monster who does whatever he does and has his schemes but the way it's set up is that Batman's greatest challenge is and will always be his vow. His promise to his parents that he would avenger them, tha...

Whew! A fitting end to an epic run. Some of these moments I just loved. Batman and Catwoman's fight with Bane was fun as hell. The issue where Bruce finds out about Alfred was tragic and gut-wrenching. I loved the issue where Thomas Wayne's history is told in reverse. It was quite clever. The art was typically great, with long term artists Mikel Janin and Jorge Fornes getting a bit of assistance from John Romita Jr. who stepped in for the first two issues.Now that it's over, I'm looking forward

The end is here – I mean, technically Tom King’s run on the main Batman title concluded last December – but the final volume has arrived. After being broken by Bane, who has taken over Gotham along with the rest of the rogues gallery, Batman is trained under by Catwoman whilst the two re-acquaint their romance. Together, the Bat and the Cat return to reclaim their city.The first two issues are essentially infiltration as the two lovers in black take down the various villains to reach Bane at Ark...

Author Tom King does as much as he can to salvage his prematurely shortened epic, and he hits a lot of the right notes with callbacks and challenging storytelling sequences, but as many Batman stories do, it comes down to our hero running a gauntlet of his rogues gallery until he comes to the ultimate showdown. That this involves the alternate reality Flashpoint Batman is unfortunate for me since I hate the character and the importance of Flashpoint to the DC Universe in recent years.I also wasn...