"He Tried to use Gotham's legends against me. But I'm the Only Legend this city needs." Bruce Wayne has faced many enemies in his time as The Dark Knight but this enemy The secret society known as the Court of Owls thought to once be just a nursery rhyme has come back to take Gotham an Destroy its legendary Guardian Batman.
When The new 52 was introduced in 2009 I was a huge skeptic about it. I went to Forbidden Planet looking to get back into reading an collecting so I went to pick up this story.
Writer Scott Snyder words go for your soul he makes you feel like you are batman that you are behind the cowl.
Looking at Greg Capullo's art just wraps up the whole story you are brought to the Dark rotting world of Gotham an you don't want to leave. Dealing with a Centuries old assassin who can regenerate an be brought back from the dead can be a problem even for the Dark Knight but we know he has help "The Family" plays a part in this story as well not only is batman and the Wayne legacy attacked but his allies are as well.
I have to say this story has made me into a believer of the New 52 at least when it comes to the Batman I feel like I'm five years old again waiting for the next episode of the Animated series to air.
In my 25 years of reading playing an breathing comics I have never been this excited to read the next story or even go an collect other stories.
It leaves you craving more and I can say because of this story I have gone back to building an pre-52 and new 52 collection of trade collected editions when the last time I read a comic or even have a collection was in 2009.
I fully recommend this story whether you are a old time reader or part of the new generation of reader The Batman is Back an he is ready to protect an serve an revive Gotham city.
