Batman 2: I Am Suicide: (2024 Edition)

I am on a Batman Graphic Novel spree and just finished reading volume two. As always I love the story line, the art work and the script. I can't get enough and now on volume three. Best wishes Sean

Every panel is a piece of art: stylish, like film stills. Hugely entertaining ride. Catwoman steals the show here, but the tension between the two is very strong writing.

Great value for money and arrived on time.

Excellent story that didn't disappoint.

Brilliant condition, well worth buying!

The overall story is very good and the art is great. Basically batman has to break into santa prisca prison and confront bane because bane has something that can help gotham girl, batman gets a team together and set's out to do exactly that. This story gives us a closer look at the relationship between batman and catwoman which is great and goes a little deeper than expected however it is also the cause of my only problem with the story, the more time spent focusing on that particular relationship the more you forget why he is doing what he is doing in the first place. For me there was very little pay off in regards to gotham girl at the end of the story. Still an entertaining read and has fantastic art.

As the headline said they continued the good start from volume one, it clearly sets up some big things to come and who doesn't love an appearance of the ventriloquist. I don't currently understand why folk hate kings batman yet

DC have been pumping out reliably excellent batman comics for a few years now, and this is no different. The 2nd volume of re-birth's batman series, it follows on (and in my opinion improves) from volume 1. In particular, if you are a big fan of catwoman, you'll enjoy this as it explores their relationship well. So, the story then - its good. It's not mind blowing and it isn't going to set the DC world on fire, but it's a nice story using characters (some I hadn't heard of before) well. The artwork. It's a mixed bag... It's never poor, but sometimes it is just okay. But there are some panels where it is FANTASTIC. It's hard to rate because of that, mixing some slightly underwhelming bits with some absolutely magnificent bits. Overall, I'm going to give this 4 stars. A good batman comic, but really seems to have potential to be even better.

Bruce gathers his own little Suicide Squad to infiltrate Pena Dura prison and retrieve the Psycho Pirate from Bane, but that's not why this book is called "I Am Suicide". Story: Batman accepts Waller's proposal and goes to Arkham to retrieve a team of handpicked villains to help him get the Psycho Pirate from Bane, who views him as his "cure". It's mostly C list villains, and Catwoman. They come up with a very intricate plan to get in the prison. It's almost like Ocean's Eleven, but they're trying to get a person, not a thing. One of the main aspects of this book is that it's really a character study of Batman and Catwoman, told through letters they write each other. We learn a good bit about Selina's past and how she viewed Bruce while in the orphanage. We also get a great view into why they kiss, what it means to them, and how they feel about each other. Tom King gives us a great view into the souls of these two (almost) star crossed lovers that can never truly be together. All the while, they are running the gauntlet of Bane's prison trying to accomplish their goal. The ending to me was pretty satisfactory and I was surprised by how it ended. One thing that King did well in this book is completely throw off the reader. I thought certain things were going a specific direction, and by the time you see the conclusion and the plan come to fruition, you realize only then just how intricate and deep the plan was! I was shocked, though I shouldn't have been, to see the depth of Batman's plan to get to Bane. There's so much suspense here as one wonders how Batman and his team can outwit Bane when he is lord over this island prison. The last two issues of this book is a Catwoman story, taking place immediately after their prison escapade. Batman knows Selina didn't kill 237 people and is determined to clear her name so she won't be put to death. Catwoman knows Bats will take her in in the morning, but she wants to have the night to be with him. They go out and beat up some D list villains including the ever comical Condiment King! They recall their first meeting which makes a callback to the Golden Age of comics as well as Frank Miller's Year One. Bruce and Selina then get quite intimate on the rooftop. Bruce eventually finds out the truth about Selina and the 237 murders that occurred out of vengeance for the orphanage burning down. This book was exciting, suspenseful, and gave us a good look into the psyche of Bruce and Selina. It also sets up nicely for volume 3. I'm seriously looking forward to that! Art: Wow! Mikael Janin's art is just wonderful! I wasn't super impressed by his work on "Grayson". I only read the first volume. But, when I saw his work on the Rebirth #1 one shot for this title, I was SUPER impressed, and I knew he'd be a great rotating artist. His work here is some of the best work I've seen on any Rebirth title so far! I can't imagine how long it took him to draw a lot of the images he drew for this book. Two double page spreads in a row! Batman fighting a LOT of Bane minions. There was a lot of detail and a lot of action in some of these scenes. My hat's off to Janin for being able to deliver with the sheer scale of work he must've had to put in to bring us this masterful work of art. I loved so much about his art, like the spread of the bird's eye view of the prison with Batman scaling the outside of the prison. Janin's art was consistent, panel to panel, and didn't really diminish with even the small and numerous panels. Consistency is one of the things that I think make a great comic artist. When the quality of the art is vastly different from the splash pages and the small panels, I think that's a sign of a bad artist or one that has to rush. But, it's amazing that Janin could pull it all off, pretty much flawlessly. Due to his work on the Rebirth one shot, and this book, Janin might end up becoming one of my favorite artists. I loved the covers, especially how Janin draws Bane in full costume! I didn't care for Gerad's art on the final two issues. Just not a fan of that style. Overall: Tom King delivers a very different tale here from volume 1, and what we get is ultimately a character study of Bruce, Selina, and even Bane. It's wonderfully written, surprising as hell if you can't predict the ending, and King certainly tries to make sure you can't. It's beautifully drawn, inked, and colored! I am seriously looking forward to volume 3!

Auf Grund der Ereignisse in Vol. 1 sieht sich Batman gezwungen,seine eigenen Suicide Squad zusammen zus tellen um den Psycho-Piraten aus den Fängen von Bane zu befreien, der diesen sehr mächtigen Manipulator nach Santa Prisca geholt hat. Und so zieht er mit der Katze, dem Bauchredner und noch einigen anderen seltsamen Gestalten los, um den Psycho-Piraten zurückzuholen - und zur Not Banes Rückgrat zu brechen. Die Story-Prämisse und durchgänigge Erzähllogik lässt hier ein wenig zu wünschen übrig - und das gilt auch für die Anschlussgeschichte, in der es um die Beziehung zwischen der Fledermaus und der Katze geht. Ich muss gestehen, dass mich diese - genauso wenig, wie die adaptierte Geschcihte Banes - nicht besonders zusagen. Man muss nicht wirklich alles ständig verändern (besonders, da die Frequenz der Veränderungen jetzt so ist, dass man beim Herauskommen solcher Sammlung schon damit rechnen muss, dass die neuesten Origin-Stories bereits wieder veraltet sind. LAngsam wird mir das zu frustierend. Aber künstlerisch ist dieses Comic schon sehr überzeugend geworden.

Price very good compared to other retailers. Great reading if you're a batman fan.

Secondo volume che raccoglie gli albi della serie Batman Rebirth. Alcune scene e dialoghi sono a dir poco memorabili e la storia non manca mai di stupire.

Great Catwomen and Batman dynamic throughout the whole story, and a really good introduction to Bane and a great set up for volume .