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Gotham’s never been so scorching, the Joker’s never been more despicable, and Batman’s never been in such grave danger.
With more than thirty fires raging out of control across the city, Gotham is indeed a hell on earth. But torching the population is small potatoes for the arsonist extraordinaire known as Enfer. The pyromaniac’s mad masterpiece is Arkham Asylum, blazing like a Roman candle and engineered to provide the perfect escape for Arkham’s most infamous inmate, the Joker. But the dire situation goes from bad to beyond monstrous when the archvillain’s path to freedom leads directly to the Dark Knight’s cave.
The Joker believes in striking while the iron is hot . . . and now it’s never been hotter. After all, the diabolical villain has devised the ultimate joke: launch the mother of all crime waves, masquerading as the Caped Crusader himself! With Gotham erupting in flames and its #1 crime fighter fast becoming its #1 enemy, the burning question is: Who’s going to get the last laugh?
With more than thirty fires raging out of control across the city, Gotham is indeed a hell on earth. But torching the population is small potatoes for the arsonist extraordinaire known as Enfer. The pyromaniac’s mad masterpiece is Arkham Asylum, blazing like a Roman candle and engineered to provide the perfect escape for Arkham’s most infamous inmate, the Joker. But the dire situation goes from bad to beyond monstrous when the archvillain’s path to freedom leads directly to the Dark Knight’s cave.
The Joker believes in striking while the iron is hot . . . and now it’s never been hotter. After all, the diabolical villain has devised the ultimate joke: launch the mother of all crime waves, masquerading as the Caped Crusader himself! With Gotham erupting in flames and its #1 crime fighter fast becoming its #1 enemy, the burning question is: Who’s going to get the last laugh?
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I've read a few batman books novels now and I found this the hardest to read. There are a couple of reviews online available and many comment on how he author has made the book hard to read due the tense the author writes in and how it changes. To be honest I didn't really notice this as an issue. I did find it hard to read though but for different reasons, the book focuses much of it's time on the joker and a character called enfer and to be fair little on batman. This caused me frustration for a few reasons, mainly because the enemies aren't all that interesting. Enfer isn't that needed in the story apart from one major event which I won't explain and then the rest of the story I spent wondering what he was going to do and ultimately he did nothing all that much. Too much reading time was on the thoughts and motives of this character which is great when it goes somewhere but it didn't.
Another concern for me was I felt the book didn't balance the two enemies well and consequently took up too much reading time, so reading about batman himself was minimal.
Without being too bad on the book though there were some good bits, especially earlier on with the emergence of enfer and him making his mark. Also the early impacts of the story on batman are interesting but the frustration come from wondering why batman would ever leave some the things happening to go on for as long as they did.
It's unlikely that this will be the best batman novel you'll ever read but that's not to say avoid it. I suppose my frustrations were it started well but never fulfilled what it could have been. It's sits in the storyline after 'dead white' and before 'fear itself' from what I have read online so I'll read 'fear itself' next. So if your reading that line of books I would recommend you read it so you don't miss a chunk of the timeline.
Another concern for me was I felt the book didn't balance the two enemies well and consequently took up too much reading time, so reading about batman himself was minimal.
Without being too bad on the book though there were some good bits, especially earlier on with the emergence of enfer and him making his mark. Also the early impacts of the story on batman are interesting but the frustration come from wondering why batman would ever leave some the things happening to go on for as long as they did.
It's unlikely that this will be the best batman novel you'll ever read but that's not to say avoid it. I suppose my frustrations were it started well but never fulfilled what it could have been. It's sits in the storyline after 'dead white' and before 'fear itself' from what I have read online so I'll read 'fear itself' next. So if your reading that line of books I would recommend you read it so you don't miss a chunk of the timeline.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Best of the new Batman paperbacks
17 Jan 2007
Format:Mass Market Paperback
A good read and highly recommended over John Shirley's Batman: Dead White.
This Batman book actually feels like it belongs - it has all the elements you expect and as with anything the Joker is involved with - a few sick laughs.
Set in what seems 50% post-Batman Begins and 50% post-The Man Who Laughs(from comics continuity) - it includes Lucious Fox in the same capacity Batman Begins does as well as sets a small familiar origin and first caper from the Joker reservoir incident from The Man Who Laughs. Arkham Asylum is seemingly within the city limits as it is in Batman Begins. What I can't place is the use of Jonathan Crane and few references to Falcone. Jonathan Crane works at Arkham Asylum and is a public figure and very much resembles Batman Begins - but no mention of incarceration - just strong pointing to the fact that he, like the people he treats, just isn't right in the head. His dialogue even sounds like the Batman Begins interpretation and the use seems appropriate.
Enfer isn't half bad, he's a little above average for a book original villain - he's well explained and has the kind of Gotham villain flair we've come to love (or hate).
A hefty dose of involvement and mention of Gordon is a welcome addition to the book and would make your mouth water at the possibilities if the new Batman sequel continues to devote some time to the character.
After reading the plot summary for the book I was skeptical - but it is executed quite well and will keep you interested. The Joker's dark humor and his relationship with Enfer is very entertaining. After all the material that's out there on the Joker it really is surprising how well he's represented in the book - so Joker fans will not be disappointed at all.
The only downside and element that didn't seem to fit was Enfer's use of technology late in the book - seemed more like Lex Luthor than a vengeful pyromaniac.
Satisfying above average book and is definitely worth a read for Batman fans. I hope they keep turning these out.
This Batman book actually feels like it belongs - it has all the elements you expect and as with anything the Joker is involved with - a few sick laughs.
Set in what seems 50% post-Batman Begins and 50% post-The Man Who Laughs(from comics continuity) - it includes Lucious Fox in the same capacity Batman Begins does as well as sets a small familiar origin and first caper from the Joker reservoir incident from The Man Who Laughs. Arkham Asylum is seemingly within the city limits as it is in Batman Begins. What I can't place is the use of Jonathan Crane and few references to Falcone. Jonathan Crane works at Arkham Asylum and is a public figure and very much resembles Batman Begins - but no mention of incarceration - just strong pointing to the fact that he, like the people he treats, just isn't right in the head. His dialogue even sounds like the Batman Begins interpretation and the use seems appropriate.
Enfer isn't half bad, he's a little above average for a book original villain - he's well explained and has the kind of Gotham villain flair we've come to love (or hate).
A hefty dose of involvement and mention of Gordon is a welcome addition to the book and would make your mouth water at the possibilities if the new Batman sequel continues to devote some time to the character.
After reading the plot summary for the book I was skeptical - but it is executed quite well and will keep you interested. The Joker's dark humor and his relationship with Enfer is very entertaining. After all the material that's out there on the Joker it really is surprising how well he's represented in the book - so Joker fans will not be disappointed at all.
The only downside and element that didn't seem to fit was Enfer's use of technology late in the book - seemed more like Lex Luthor than a vengeful pyromaniac.
Satisfying above average book and is definitely worth a read for Batman fans. I hope they keep turning these out.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Super Reader
6 Aug 2007
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Definitely the creepiest cover for a Batman novel.
Another book with some small ties to the Beyond Beyond milieu, as here, Lucius Fox is a technologist at Wayne, not a financier. Gordon is a Captain. Ducard was one of Batman's trainers.
Batman has problems with two supervillains, one an arsonist that was transformed into a metahuman during some mercenary work, and has a grudge against the GCPD, and also the Joker, who, after the firebug Enfer toasts Arkham, stumbles across the Batcave and steals a Batsuit.
Luckily for the Batman, Enfer and the Joker don't get along, and spend some time in opposition.
After every chapter in this book is a press clipping from a Gotham newspaper, which is done quite well.
Batman has two supervillains, one burning down quite a few parts of the city, and one his usual crazy self, as well as a loss of trust from the media, the police, and the general population.
Another book with some small ties to the Beyond Beyond milieu, as here, Lucius Fox is a technologist at Wayne, not a financier. Gordon is a Captain. Ducard was one of Batman's trainers.
Batman has problems with two supervillains, one an arsonist that was transformed into a metahuman during some mercenary work, and has a grudge against the GCPD, and also the Joker, who, after the firebug Enfer toasts Arkham, stumbles across the Batcave and steals a Batsuit.
Luckily for the Batman, Enfer and the Joker don't get along, and spend some time in opposition.
After every chapter in this book is a press clipping from a Gotham newspaper, which is done quite well.
Batman has two supervillains, one burning down quite a few parts of the city, and one his usual crazy self, as well as a loss of trust from the media, the police, and the general population.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A quick glance forward???
23 Nov 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I will have to admit the main reason I picked up this book is the cover picture. I had heard nothing about the story, the author or where in the mythos of the Dark Knight the story fell. All I knew was it had the Joker. Add to my "Cart" and ring me up please.
I have to admit after reading the book I still am a little unclear where it falls in continuity. It appears to take place in the "Batman Begins" world but I was taken aback by the fact that Dr. Crane (Scarecrow) was still heading up Arkham in this story.
Putting that aside the story flows quite well. The new villain, Enfer, is not just a throw away created to die. He has a great back-story that works and I hope we will see him again. The story also mentions a prior encounter between Batman & Joker and, without giving too much away, the Joker is already an inmate at Arkham at the beginning of the book. Could elements from this book be foreshadowing of what's to come in the next movie??? I have to admit I have been a fan boy since the Adam West days and have yet to really hate a portrayal of the Dark Knight.
Ok, maybe I hated Clooney.
I have to admit after reading the book I still am a little unclear where it falls in continuity. It appears to take place in the "Batman Begins" world but I was taken aback by the fact that Dr. Crane (Scarecrow) was still heading up Arkham in this story.
Putting that aside the story flows quite well. The new villain, Enfer, is not just a throw away created to die. He has a great back-story that works and I hope we will see him again. The story also mentions a prior encounter between Batman & Joker and, without giving too much away, the Joker is already an inmate at Arkham at the beginning of the book. Could elements from this book be foreshadowing of what's to come in the next movie??? I have to admit I have been a fan boy since the Adam West days and have yet to really hate a portrayal of the Dark Knight.
Ok, maybe I hated Clooney.
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