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The series continues with an interesting and promising start: Superman appears! What I thought would end this whole bizarre setup actually doesn't in a strange way. You'd think Superman would help with the infrastructure, gathering the gang leaders in one fell swoop, and putting everything right, but that would be too easy so the writer Kelley Puckett makes the human case instead, emphasising humanity's own backwardness in the face of the clear path forward. It's clever, kind of, but I still fee...
No Man's Land Volume 3 seemed like a step back and was very average.
Batman can be a real dick sometimes.You know that thing he does when he figures something out quite early in a story and then reveals later on that he knew the whole time? He does that here. In the process, he really pisses off a character. In all fairness, Batman is pretty smart so that person probably should've guessed he'd figure it out.Also, Superman shows up in the very beginning. Armed with nothing but good intentions, Supes decides he's going to help out Gotham thus bringing it back to it...
Cassandra Cain is the only good thing about this. I'm getting real bored of No Man's Land
I've read all five volumes, and this one might be the best one. Superman shows up at the beginning, and this should mean the end of misery and fate. But good writing makes or a action-packed tale that sometimes big change cannot be utilized over night. The confusing part was Batman having to fight freeze in the very next issue after Superman beat him.The middle is about Gordon and Two-Face's new alliance, and it goes sour with the introduction of David Cain. Also introduced is Cassandra Cain, wh...
The volume begins with two skippable stories. Innocent, square-jawed Superman thinks he can fix the city on his own, starting with the power plant. Eventually realising the city is broken far beyond his ability to fix it, Superman gives up and leaves. It's all down to Batman now.Next up Batman faces Mr. Freeze in a confrontation featuring both one-liners and phylosophical dialogue. (view spoiler)[Batman destroys Freeze's perfectly functional power plant. (hide spoiler)]The Cain story is longer a...
Despite Batman ostensibly being a hyper stylised variation of pulp characters such as the Shadow and the Spirit, he exists among the world of superheroes and at some point this series had to address that. How it does so is very interesting: Superman turns up and tries to do his stuff but soon realises this Gotham won’t work with his usual approach and departs knowing he has fundamentally failed. Then the book slowly returns to the status quo with a few of the more extreme Batman villains - Clayf...
Years before Hurricane Katrina leveled New Orleans and the government failed to help before and only falteringly afterwards, there was this Batman tale where a mutated Ebola virus decimated Gotham before a huge earthquake destroyed the city. Rather than help, the federal government issued evacuation notices, declared Gotham no longer a part of the U.S., sealed it off from the rest of the world and left those still there to their own fates. What a good set up to tell stories in the Batman milieu
Batman must attempt to protect a destroyed Gotham city which is filled with villains trying to either pick over its bones or finish the job completely. It's a little dark for my tastes, but it's still a good graphic novel.
there is something infinitely rewarding when you get the time and peace to read and get stuck in - I have all 5 of the no mans land series before I started reading (its a personal bug of mine that I get in to a series only to find I have one missing or there is an instalment still to be released at a later date) so yes i have all of them stacked up reading for me to pick up and read. Well Today I managed to world through 2 more of the series and I must admit its great fun. the artwork is clear a...
The narrative as a whole is good, but the politics keep getting weirder. Also, I know DC's eternal problem is figuring out ways to keep Superman on the sidelines, but that was a particularly egregious example.
Dear No Man's Land,I think it's time we break up. It's not you, it's m...no, no--that's not true at all. It's totally you, with your flimsy premise, inconsistent characterization, and disconnected, overly preachy pseudo morality plays. It's not as though I haven't worked on this relationship; I've slogged through three long volumes with you. We went through counseling together (it really hurt when you said that I didn't appreciate your line work, though I'm sure it did't feel very good when I po...
Cassandra Cain centric book as Barbara passes on the legacy of Batgirl to Cass and Cass also meets and helps Batman stop her dad , we learn more of her past and it's a fascinating read .The art was actually acceptable in this one . Btw I did read all this in single issues so I think the Nightwing books also come under vol. 3 for me , and those books were fun as Batman tasks him to retake Black gate prison and Nightwing has to fight and Ally himself with people he has helped put in there .
A dark premise in combination with the Dark Knight makes for an excellent story of struggle against the power of darkness. The premise is that a massive earthquake has struck Gotham City and the federal government has declared the city uninhabitable. The residents were ordered to evacuate and then the city was sealed off from the rest of the country. Those that remained are engaged in a ruthless battle for survival with criminal gangs carving out territory. A few sections are controlled by peop
Batman: No Man's Land is a massive story arc that ran through the various Batman family comic book series that was published by DC Comics. The storyline centers on Gotham City after a massive earthquake, which resulted in the United States government officially evacuating Gotham, then abandoning, and isolating those who chose to remain in the city – A No Man's Land.Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 3 collects: Batman #566–569, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120–121, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88,...
I'm still enjoying this storyarc for the most part, but I've had a few issues with continuity, and in some respects it feels as though the story is being drawn out unnecessarily.
This volume was a bit more uneven that the previous to, but it was still enjoyable. However, it contains something that I think all Batman fans should read, that being one of the worst issues ever to feature Mr. Freeze. Words cannot describe how awful it was. The issue wasn't awful in a 90's image kind of way, but more in a competent writer failing in every possible way - way. The funny thing is, the issue was so bad that it was actually fun to read. It is so hammy and ridiculous you just can't
I managed to tear myself from Batman fanfics long enough to finish reading an actual Batman comic.Huh, it isn't as awesome as the previous volume and the Huntress is probably acting OOC--hell, I don't understand why would she wants the recognition from the Batman so badly anyway. She could have done her own things, ran her own district just fine instead of needing Batman's recognition, Batman seems to respect what she had done in order to keep order in her district, right?Anyway, it's nice that
Mostly builds on what worked in the first two volumes, although the Mr. Freeze section seemed particularly out of place, with banter befitting Adam West's Batman.I liked the opening Superman story, although I'm not entirely sure I buy his willingness to abandoning Gotham. His appearance also highlights the noticeable absence of the remainder of the superhero community. Personally, I'm glad they don't show, as it would ruin the story, but I also don't want to be reminded that, by all DC Universe
Wow, just when I thought No Man's Land could not get any worse, Lara Hama steps in to make sure I'm wrong. But I'll get to that in a minute. No Man's Land may be the worst idea DC ever had for a comic book arc, and I read most of Last Laugh because I had too much disposable income. As we pick this up, Bats has been one-upped by Two Face, but in a truly typical moment, we don't even really ever deal with that, other than "Huntress, you're fired as Batwoman, let's give the suit to an unknown daugh...