Batman Detective Comics Volume 4: The Wrath TP (The New 52)

A bloodthirsty murderer known as 'The Wrath' has sworn to kill every member of the GCPD, but Batman finds himself distracted by the Man-Bat and an attempted hostile takeover of Wayne Enterprises. A game changing collection, which sees the GCPD soften their approach to Batman. Layman weaves an intricate plot and the artwork allows us to see the toll his mission has on Bruce Wayne.

Can't fault it, great story, fantastic artwork (Fabok really makes Gotham come alive). This is also a bigger volumn than the other issues in this series. Buy it, you won't be disappointed.

This has been one of my favourites from the recent spate of volume 4s that have come out. I thought Clay was good but not great, and i didn't understand why we needed another origin story from Synder. Wrath is a good villain because he was a strong adversary for batman however it was obvious who he was, it was obvious how the story was going to go and it was obvious what parts had interlinked behind the scenes. Sadly that is all I have to write about Wrath because he just wasn't in its enough. The other major story is that of Man-Bat with Langstrom. I felt Langstrom was a heavily sympathetic character and it starts with the outbreak in the 900, then it goes to him running off (not huge spoilers) and his wife does something to help. It then jumps to after that event and keeps flitting a few weeks onwards looking to a crescendo which has been left for volume five. It was disappointing both because of the missing period and the the lack of a real finale for the story which was actually the main meat of this volume since Wrath was so lacking. Four stars. Good volume better than a lot that has come out but lacked a fully developed story.

Very good story and art! excellent!

Perfect condition

Amazing.

It finishes up the up the recent story and starts with the wrath storyline in the new 52. Batman has to stop this anti batman from causing trouble wins while the rivalry between batman and wrath is great it's the art that's truly great. It has moments fans will love and I think you should at least give it a try. It's entertaining.

Die Neuerfindung einiger grundlegender Charaktere und damit verbundener Ursprungsgeschichten im Zuge der New 52 geht munter weiter. So lernen wir in diesem Sammelband die HIntergründe der Feldermaus-Mensch-Hybride kennen, die Thalia gegen die Bat-Familie eingesetzt hat und lernen auch die aktuelle Version von Bane in einer kleinen Geschichte am Ende des Buchs kennen, wo diese auf den Hof der Eulen stößt. Neben diesen klassischen Charakteren treffen wir auch noch auf den Kaiserpinguin, der sich daran macht, seine Vormachtsstellung in Gotham weiter auszubauen, während sein Vorgänger in Blakcgate schmorrt - aber auch schon auf Rache sinnt. Dabei ist dieser spezielle Sohn der Stadt tatsächlich noch für die ein oder andere Überraschung gut. Ein anderer Sohn der Stadt, der sich aus bescheidenen Anfängen in Auslandsreisen bis in den Bereich der Hochfinanz gearbeitet hat, kehrt nach Gotham zurück und wirft karitatives Geld um sich, das zum Beispiel auch die Polizei mit neuer Ausrüstung versehen soll, die sich gerade durch einen immer wieder aus dem Nichts auftauchenden Gegner nach und nach dezimiert wird. Da sind verbesserte Schutzwesten ein großer Grund für Dankbarkeit. Aber der "verlorene" Sohn möchte auch einkaufen - etwa Wayne Industries. Und ist mehr als irritiert, als Bruce Wayne, der ja einige Ähnlichkeiten mit ihm aufweist, dies wiederholt und massiv ablehnt. Die Rückbesinnung auf den zeichnerischen und erzählerischen Stil auf die Achtziger Jahre findet auch in diesen Geschichten ihren Fortgang, auch wenn gerade die um den zurück gekehrten Sohn Gothams eigentlich in erster Linie Teil der Erzähllinien des letzten Jahrzehnts gewesen sind. Im Großen und Ganze eine sehr zufriedenstellende Geschichtensammlung.

Excellent book

All sorts of action involving a new to Gotham Batman and a new breed of "bat-men" from manbat serum. A scientist thinks he got the serum right unlike Talia and Ras have tried to make a super army of manbats. However the serum is much stronger than him or his wife can handle. So now there are blood thirsty manbats all over and a super villain calling himself Wrath who wants to kill all of Gotham PD that B atman must deal with. He is starting to make get Gotham PD to trust him like James Gordon does, but not all do yet. There are small guest spots of Batgirl, Robin, and of course the crazies like Joker and that. Alfred has a kinda big part too. All around great Batman story and drawn awesome.

must read for a new 52 fan.

Easily one of the best reads of New 52 - this book puts an original twist on an underused and very under developed villain, being the Wrath. While there are numerous anti-Batmen like figures in the comic realm (including Prometheus, Owl Man, Lord Batman, etc.), Wrath feels to me like the most appropriate type for his rogue's gallery. Wrath is a serial killer who targets cops, and also utitlizes a massive array of expensive and tactical equipment to take down his foes.