A fun little adventure across the pond, with some new tech and new compatriots. Didn’t have much of an English or European flavor, though—it might as well have been set in Gotham. Not a single “bloody hell, Batman!”

The longer this series went on, the more questions piled up. I don’t understand why the villains dressed like a Batman, but in white instead of blue and gray. I was also confused as to why Batman would keep a database of all the people he’d ever saved. What use could that be? He doesn’t send them birthday cards or Christmas gifts. And although the new tech is fun, didn’t Joker drain all his bank accounts recently and force Bats to downsize his operations? It seems like we’re already back to the billionaire status quo.

Oh, and don’t get me started on the person he’s tracking that stays in one spot for twenty minutes. “He could be sleeping,” Batman thinks. Or he could be dead..or he could be reading a book or taking a decent sized number two. Has Batman never had to work one out before?

So many Batman's so little time. I read my fair share of Batman comics. So much done with just one character.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced review copy!

An attempt was made.

I read through Batman: The Detective twice wanting to give it a fair chance but it just falls flat.

The artwork is beautiful and I really enjoy this illustrator's style. The storyline, however, is terrible. The premise sounded so interesting but fails to follow through. I’m not really sure why they decided to go with the “detective” angle because there is very little detective work done.

I love a Batman comic. I appreciate a good detective story. Somehow mixing the two just does not work.

This feels like a perfectly serviceable Batman graphic novel. It's not bad; it's not great. The art works. The story works. Generally, though, it left me with very little to say about it. I'm not a huge fan of this style of art because of the overly muscled characters. I think it just looks silly, but not in an intentional way. I also had trouble tracking the action sequences between panels. I had to reread a few pages to figure out what was actually supposed to be happening. Serviceable is the nicest thing I can say about it. It's just okay, but to be honest. It's forgettable.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher DC Entertainment for an advanced copy of this superhero graphic novel.

Batman, no matter is iteration, Golden, Silver Ages, movie, television, New 52, has always been about saving people. Saving people from danger, harm and even themselves. So that no one could ever feel the way that the young Bruce felt that night that his parents died. More than punching, more than thwarting evil doers, helping others has been his biggest reason to wear the cowl. In Batman: The Detective writer Tom Taylor and artist Andy Kubert give the Dark Knight an evil new adversary, one that targets not the Caped Crusader and his Bat Family, but the people he has saved in the past.

In Europe people who have been saved by the Batman are being murdered by a group called Equilibrium. Leaving his city and the recently lost allies Batman travels overseas to fight this new enemy, one that seems a few steps ahead of the Batman. Bruce Wayne here seems out of step, older a little more alone, even as he deals with old and new allies.

The story is good. I understand getting the Bat out of Gotham, but if you want to kill a large amount of people saved by Batman, Gotham City seems like much better place to start. However the art is really exceptional, and the European locales really stand out. The grittiness of the Batman mixed with the old buildings and architecture really make the pages different to look at. The mobile Batcave idea was interesting, and the Alliance of the Batman was a good idea too. The story just seemed familiar, even though some of the ideas were good. A nice jumping on point for new readers, and it will be interesting to see if there is more to the Bruce Wayne in Europe idea..

Batman: The Detective is a graphic novel by Tom Taylor. It is set in London instead of Gotham City. This Batman character is different from the traditional Batman. Usually Batman operates solo- not this time. The plot of the book was not the best.
Some of the artwork is very nice. The cover is visually appealing.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of Batman: The Detective. All opinions in this reveiw are my own.

This was a new version of the Anti-Batman story which is fine. There are better versions of that kind of story compared to this one. Reading Batman: The Wraith is just as good as reading this book. The only difference is that the Anti-Batman in this book is a woman so it just changes the motivation for that character. The story is silly at many points with Batman apparently knowing every single person he's ever saved. As well as having diplomatic immunity across Europe there were many points in the story that were just plain silly.. It was good to see Andy Kuberts art in a Batman book. I've been reading books with his work since Batman versus Predator so this was a visually appealing book. Overall this is just fine with Kuberts artwork making the story better then if a lesser artist was drawing this story.

Batman: The Detective is an intriguing story that plays with the ethical implications of the Batman character and hero’s code. The art is full-fisted and we see Batman and Ducard work off of each other in interesting ways. Well worth reading for Bat fans.