Campy and overrated. It seems unfair to give Loeb credit for all of this. Emperor Joker is a nine issue arc written by many different people. The Loeb parts live up to expectation and he writes some pretty good Joker dialogue as well as funnily and eerily re-imagines a world fashioned by the king of...
Maybe Gotham Central really was too good to last. Luckily, the series seems to have gone out on the intended note. Which is, of course, not exactly a cheery one. The first storyline, which gives the collection its title, continues the series' exploration of the GCPD's relationship with Batman. That ...
Pure crap. Confusing, terribly written, and incomplete - the plot does NOT wrap up at the end. Avoid.
My review:http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/down-down-and-near/
I was pleasantly surprised that both parts of this series were available in my public library. I was able to read these back to back. See my note on it over in my blog: [http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/05/short-booknotes-on-graphic-novels-12.html]
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