Finished reading All Star Batman: Ends of the Earth, continuing writer Scott Snyder's DC Rebirth Batman series as an array of Batman's villains are given their own spotlight as Batman finds himself on a new case. The book opens with Batman finding himself in the Alaska as Mr Freeze is using a facility he found contains multiple people in cryosleep high Freeze has woken up in hope to find safe way to wake up his beloved Nora. However during the fight between Batman and Freeze a deadly contagion is realised into the atmosphere which cases Batman to try and find a cure which leads him to Poison Ivy who is currently doing some research in the Death Vally, Nevada. However Batman soon finds out the he was followed by a group calling themselves the Blackhawks to Batchaloo swap, Mississippi and a final confrontation with the main villain pulling the strings in Washington D.C. The final story of the book sees Batman's most recent protégée Duke continuing his training as the two heroes find themselves dealing with multiple riddles set up by the Riddler and someone from Duke's past return to cause havoc in his life. Overall is was a great as it sends Batman on and interesting adventure that gives some of his villains a great amount of development while not taking time away from the main overarching storyline. The structure of the book's main story is intriguing with how the book takes a more novel like way in the way the dialog of the book is shown and helps to give the book it's own unique feel. The art of the book is amazing as the changing art teams not only gives each villain their own unique art style but also has similar visuals that makes each part feel connected to each other. 8/10.
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