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Absolute Batman: Dark Victory - Community Reviews back

by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale
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CDRBill
CDRBill rated it 6 years ago
Again a great story with great art work!
Archer's Asylum
Archer's Asylum rated it 12 years ago
What can I say...Loeb and Sale are masters of their craft
Sesana
Sesana rated it 13 years ago
The Long Halloween is a great book, but it did leave some loose threads hanging. It was probably inevitable that a sequel could come along, so here we have Dark Victory. The writing is pretty solid, but it's a little derivative of Long Halloween at times. The stories mirror each other too much for m...
sixthreezy readsies
sixthreezy readsies rated it 13 years ago
Loved it Justyn. There's just something about the writing even more so than the story, both of which were amazing. But I really love how neatly and concisely the thoughts of Batman are kept on the sides of the frames all the way throughout the story. Is there a follow-up to this novel?
brandonsears
brandonsears rated it 15 years ago
A decent follow-up to Loeb's "Long Halloween", Dark Victory re-tells Robin's origin story.
The Cranky Old Reader
The Cranky Old Reader rated it 16 years ago
I thought long and hard before giving two stars to this one. It's possible that I should have given it three.It was long, and a decent enough read. In many ways it resembles Frank Miller's acclaimed Batman: Year One miniseries. Much of the art closely resembles David Mazzucchelli's subdued, semi-rea...
The Cranky Old Reader
The Cranky Old Reader rated it 16 years ago
I thought long and hard before giving two stars to this one. It's possible that I should have given it three.It was long, and a decent enough read. In many ways it resembles Frank Miller's acclaimed Batman: Year One miniseries. Much of the art closely resembles David Mazzucchelli's subdued, semi-rea...
Booklog
Booklog rated it 16 years ago
Much better than Haunted Knight as a follow-up and conclusion to the year one cycle begun by Miller and continued by Loeb. This, like The Long Halloween is a brilliantly complex story about organized crime and a follow-up to the fall of Harvey Dent. Dent defies moral categorization and at times yo...
Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous
Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous rated it 17 years ago
All told, even better than The Long Halloween, in my opinion. It builds on what was the most interesting theme of that book (crazy Batman style villains supplanting the old school mob villains) and provides a mystery with a more satisfying conclusion to boot.
Itinerant Librarian on Books
Itinerant Librarian on Books rated it 18 years ago
Borrowed from the local public library. See my short note on the book: [http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/12/short-notes-on-graphic-novels-8.html]
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