Latest Comic Book Reviews (07.08.2011) - Fear Itself #4 and Flashpoint #3

Its been quite a while since I have read any comic books.

Time to weigh in some thoughts on the continuation of the mini-events from Marvel and DC Comics and see who made some impact this week.

All my reviews after the jump.

Latest Comic Book Reviews (06.03.2011) - Flashpoint #2 | Moon Knight #2 | Fear Itself #3

I would say this is a pretty nice week for superhero comics.

Issues from the biggest comic book "Houses" going at it for crossover and storytelling supremacy with the 2nd installment of DC's universe-altering "Flashpoint" up against the third part of Marvel's mega-event "Fear Itself", while Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev tries to improve on their work on Moon Knight.

Do they all manage to impress?

All my reviews after the cut.

**MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!!**

Comic Book Review: Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?

Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?
Written by Neil Gaiman
Art/Pencils by Andy Kubert
Published by DC Comics

In 2009, DC had to come up with a "final" Batman story in the wake of the mental and emotional struggles that the hero endured in the comic book  Batman RIP then following his ultimate fate in the last pages of the crossover series, Final Crisis. Killing Batman in the comic books for the first time caused quite a  stir and thus the need to follow it up with a story that would show the legacy of the Dark Knight over his 70-year existence.

And what better way to do it than to convince one of the most prolific writers of our time to cook up something good for the fans... which he agreed to almost immediately. The guy assigned for the task: Neil Gaiman. It doesn't get any bigger than that. Why? Because anyone who has read his novels or comic books (such as the critically-acclaimed Sandman) knows that every time his name is on that book/graphic novel's cover, they know that what they are about to read is special.

Then you add in one of the top 10 artists in the comic book world in Andy Kubert and now you got a blockbuster of a tandem that looks to bring a special kind of story featuring one of DC's top heroes.

With that said, I really expected this 2-part tale to be something really fantastic story wise, but I feel like I didn't get the kind of satisfaction that I was looking for after reading it twice. Though its not a garbage of a book, it fails to completely amaze me, save for a few good parts. It was just "OK" with me. Maybe I just expected too much mainly because of Gaiman, I don't know.