Batman: Detective Comics: Fall of the Batmen Review

Finished reading Batman: Detective Comics: Fall of the Batmen, continuing the series as writer James Tynion IV brings the Victim Syndicate back into the mix as they try to begin to make a public movement against Batman while also focusing their attention on Clayface. The book opens with Spoiler meeting with Anarky in Arkham as they discuss on recent events while Anarky try's to get Stephanie to join his and the Victim Syndicate's own movement. Later that night Tim visits Stephanie leading to her to rejoin Batman's team as the group of heroes being to make so head way in bringing down the crime levels within the city. However things being to take a turn as news of Clayface's involvement reaches the new mayor of Gotham as he begins to question Batman's motives as thing increasingly become worse when Basil is captures by the Victim Syndicate while visiting an old friend in Arkham as the group begins to torture Basil leading to him losing control of himself as he beings to attack his teammates. The second story of the book retells the origins of Clayface as years ago as actor Basil Karlo finds himself in a car accident which left horrifically scared which leads to him using the chemicals his father had used during his time within the film industry. This leads to Basil relying on the chemicals to make a replica of his face as he hopes to continue working on a film he was cast in which puts him on road to becoming Clayface. Overall this was a great book as it brings back the Victim Syndicate to the series as but their focuses into putting the Gotham against the Batfamily by getting people to side with their views on Batman, along with releasing photos of the team's most recent fights against crime within Clayface being a vocal point against Batman's current tactics. The book does an amazing job in bringing Clayface to the forefront by showing how much development he's had since the beginning of the series from his relationships with the team to his combat skills that helps to inform some of the most visually stunning action scenes which also has some some great horror elements as well. Along with the amazing Clayface parts the rest of the book's art work does a great job in bring to life the emotional moments and the interactions between characters especially within the parts where Tim and Stephanie reunite along with the moments that Bazil has with Cassandra really drives the more character driven parts of the book that the art is able to elevate. 8.5/10.