- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd (23 July 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1848567820
- ISBN-13: 978-1848567825
- Product Dimensions: 26.4 x 17.2 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 177,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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With Bruce Wayne gone, Dick Grayson - original Robin, and former Nightwing - becomes the new Batman. And it's not long before the city's criminals put him to the test. With The Penguin intent on becoming Gotham's new crime kingpin and Two-Face waging a war of his own, how can any hero stop them? And a posse of criminals escaping from Arkham Asylum won't make it any easier.
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Judd Winick is one of comics' rapidly-ascending stars, having written for such titles as Detective Comics, Exiles, Green Arrow and Outsiders. Mark Bagley is a hugely popular artist renowned for drawing an unbroken run of over 100 issues of Ultimate Spider-Man, as well as for his work on Amazing Spider-Man.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This story takes place shortly after Battle for the Cowl, and as such stars Dick Grayson as Batman, with Bruce Wayne apparently dead (see Final Crisis).
There's a good deal of pretty well-done emotional stuff in the pages of Long Shadows, with Alfred and Dick Grayson especially, dealing with the loss of Bruce Wayne. The dialogue's well written and compelling in my opinion-- both with the grieving allies and the rogues.
Rogues include Two-Face in a large and quite impressive role (if you're a Harvey Two-Face fan, it's a good one, with some very memorable moments and images involving him). Other big hitters are The Penguin and Black Mask II, both involved in angry, shadowy dealings and backstabbings, as per usual. Minor villains include Doctor Phosphorus and Scarecrow, but they're bit-parts only.
So. It's dramatic. The emotion is moving and well carried out near the beginning, and the plot gets very climactic near the end. That said, it misses out on the five-star rating, because it's not a definitive title. There are greater plotlines out there, with greater drama and greater character development. Not by any means a bad one, though.
There's a good deal of pretty well-done emotional stuff in the pages of Long Shadows, with Alfred and Dick Grayson especially, dealing with the loss of Bruce Wayne. The dialogue's well written and compelling in my opinion-- both with the grieving allies and the rogues.
Rogues include Two-Face in a large and quite impressive role (if you're a Harvey Two-Face fan, it's a good one, with some very memorable moments and images involving him). Other big hitters are The Penguin and Black Mask II, both involved in angry, shadowy dealings and backstabbings, as per usual. Minor villains include Doctor Phosphorus and Scarecrow, but they're bit-parts only.
So. It's dramatic. The emotion is moving and well carried out near the beginning, and the plot gets very climactic near the end. That said, it misses out on the five-star rating, because it's not a definitive title. There are greater plotlines out there, with greater drama and greater character development. Not by any means a bad one, though.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This volume reprints DC Comics' Batman issues #687-691. It is an interesting episode in the latest Batman saga, providing you are following the storyline. Dick Grayson is in the process of becoming the Batman, following the disappearance of Bruce Wayne. The Batman Family are trying to keep the peace in Gotham in Batman's absence, but not doing a great job of it. The Black Mask is reducing Gotham to a state of open warfare, and has got the Penguin and Two-Face at each other's throats.
The story and art are reasonable, though not exceptional, for a Batman volume.
The story and art are reasonable, though not exceptional, for a Batman volume.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
One hundred words on a decent, offbeat Batman adventure
30 Jun 2010
Format:Hardcover
"Batman: Long Shadows" is a handsome hardback collecting five consecutive issues of the Batman comic book from 2009, encompassing the first of many storylines about Dick Grayson, the first Robin, assuming the mantle of Batman following Bruce Wayne's presumed death. This particular storyline centers on Dick's understandable reluctance to fulfill the role of Batman, and his initial "shakedown" adventures once he does. Penguin and Two Face are used well as the villains here, especially the latter, who immediately suspects that it's not the same man under Batman's mask, a fact that Dick wants to hide from the world at large.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Fun With Grayson
27 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
What I really liked about this book was seeing the difference between Bruce and Dick. Dick is flying through the air beating on people with a smile on his face where Bruce would never do that. Dick is having fun. I really like the fun, easy going attitude of Dick. As the other reviewers said this book is about Nightwing taking over as Batman his own way while fighting the bad guys.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Interesting episode in the latest Batman saga
16 Jan 2012
Format:Paperback
This volume reprints DC Comics' Batman issues #687-691. It is an interesting episode in the latest Batman saga, providing you are following the storyline. Dick Grayson is in the process of becoming the Batman, following the disappearance of Bruce Wayne. The Batman Family are trying to keep the peace in Gotham in Batman's absence, but not doing a great job of it. The Black Mask is reducing Gotham to a state of open warfare, and has got the Penguin and Two-Face at each other's throats.
The story and art are reasonable, though not exceptional, for a Batman volume.
The story and art are reasonable, though not exceptional, for a Batman volume.
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