Batman: Detective Comics: A Lonely Place of Living Review

Finished reading Batman: Detective Comics: A Lonely Place of Living, writer James Tynion IV continues the DC Rebirth series as Tim Drake finds himself trying to find a way back to Gotham which leads to him working with an unlikely person. The book opens with Tim Drake being questioned by a mysterious figure on why he became Robin before leaving when Tim hears a voice over his communicator thinking it to be Batman only to to soon discover that it's him from a future who became Batman. The two soon find themselves reluctantly working together to try and escape the prison back to their own time periods while also trying to avoid a rampaging Doomsday. The next story cowritten by Christopher Sebela sees Spoiler continuing to work with Anarky in the hopes to help the people of Gotham more directly with medical supplies for the less fortunate. Meanwhile in Batman and Clayface are working with Doctor Victoria October in her research into the cleanup of the attack of the Monster Men while the Doctor is also tying to help Basil is finding out why he loses control when he stays in is Clayface form for long periods of time. Overall this was a great book as it gives Tim Drake the spotlight as he finds himself as he escapes the prison he's been from earlier in the series which leads to him meeting a future version of himself which allows for some intriguing interactions with the future Tim and the heroes thanks to how close to home the antagonist is to all of the characters. The use of the books other story does a great job in continuing Stephanie's story after leaving the team with how she's found herself working with Anarky while also give a nice amount of development to Clayface with him still try to control over his Clayface appearance which leads to some get work on the relationship that Basil and Cassandra have formed over the course of the series. The art throughout the book is great as the whole art team doing a great job delivering on some well paced action set pieces while also bring a level of emotion that works amazingly well especially with how each character interact with one another as well as the future Tim Drake. 8/10.