Batman Detective Comics Volume 1: Faces Of Death TP (Batman: Detective Comics, 1) Paperback – 16 April 2013

Batman is slowly gaining the trust of the Gotham City Police Department, but Moore's mad rampage puts the Dark Knight at odds with Him Gordon as to how to deal with him. Then the Penguin attempts to use a crazed scheme to eliminate his competition.Dark and moody, the artwork adds depth to the four plot. Daniel's interpretation of the Batman is exciting and feels menacing.

A very good read, I agree that Tony Daniels writing isn't as strong as others but I liked reading the detective side of Batman, loved the artwork. The first issue is a shocking one and the last page leaves a lasting impression. Not as good as Snyder's Batman but worth a read.

The Batman continuity in DC's New Universe is the least changed, certainly on the evidence of Batman and now Detective Comics, which isn't to say that there are no changes. At the very least, especially in Detective Comics, the tone is even grimmer and bleaker than before. At the end of the first issue (minor spoiler warning) we find the Joker's face nailed to the wall of his cell. This leads us into the Dollmaker story arc whereby this psycho villain is surgically creating patchwork people and intends to operate on Batman and James Gordon. Nothing is really resolved by the time we start the Penguin arc whereby Pengy is convincingly transformed from a joke of a character into a genuinely scary villain. Bruce Wayne (as opposed to Batman) has a new girlfriend in the form of crusading journalist Charlotte Rivers, a potentially interesting new character if she survives.Okay, this isn't as good as Court of the Owls in Batman, but it isn't bad either by a long way. True, the art is better than the story but then the art is very good indeed being detailed stylish and graphically gruesome. So: vile villains, attractive women, Batman in full swing, all adds up to another hit for the DC NU.And just what has happened to the Joker?

Intelligent and interesting, I can never understand how most people just pass this off as dull,personally it's a cool read. I also love the fact that there's really only 4 main characters. keeps it nice and close without getting lost by too much going on.

Enjoyed every minute of it, loved the joker in it and plenty more villains to keep you reading on .

Well what can I say about this volume it's not the worst Batman story I've read but it's far from the best as well.This volume is set somewhere in the time between the start of the new 52 and the court of the owls I think fairly early on in the timeline, after a brief Joker moment at the start (in there to set up the second major story ark in the main Batman) we get a new take on the Dollmaker with his extended family are fairly creepy but you don't ever feel they are any real threat to the Bat but the involvement of a young girl and Jim Gordon to the story does elevate it a lot but the story does seem to die with no real conclusion in place.Then we get a story involving Bruce's girlfriend Charlotte Rivers and various criminals set around Penguin's new iceberg casino (with a brief interlude involving the son of a bat villain which was very random and out of place) frankly if you can work out the point of this story your a better person then I the word filler comes to mind when describing it.So a mix of good and bad, it's just a shame the words detective comics on the front cover should be a pointer to quality but unfortunately this is the least of all the new 52 Batman titles not without it's moments but a real must do better all round.

First comic I have read and loved it. More to come I think especially at the price for the digital copy

I ordered this a few days ago, after hearing about the new 52 launch, and as someone who has never really been 'into' comic books, i decided to dive right in, i brought this one as well as Scott Snyders 'court of owls' and everyone i have spoken to have said that they prefer court of owls to this, but weirdly i couldn't get into court of owls, i wasn't a huge fan of the art and it just didn't grab me. However this one grabbed me (what did happen to the joker) and maybe there was a few stale parts but its only the first 7 issues they are setting stuff up, i am greatly looking forward to scare tactics.