Batman Vol. 6: Bride or Burglar

Tom Kings' Batman stories are my favorite books to read right now. No teenage angst story or dark brooding love of the villain story like other comics. This is a well written story with characters we care about. I look forward to reading more of his books.

I hate that there is so much media coverage around this storyline and that the trades are coming out late, but none of that is the fault of the writer and artists. King keeps churning out one excellent story after another. I absolutely love every page from the beautiful art to the fantastic lettering.

Yes, time to address the elephant in the room. Even with the (in my opinion) reveal of the twist ending of the wedding themed Batman #50 issue casting a shadow over this volume, Tom King's Batman run remains one of the best interpretations of the Dark Knight in recent memory. Starting with a dark one shot about a trust fund kid who wants to emulate Bruce Wayne in all the worst ways, then an inter dimensional story co starring Wonder Woman, next a solid story starring Poison Ivy, and finally a charming one shot about Catwoman's search for a wedding dress. The writing is top notch all the way through, though the weaker story arc for me was the one starring Wonder Woman. In this arc Diana and Bruce are sent to another dimension to fight an unending horde usually held at bay by a lone warrior (they decide to literally give him a break) only for it to turn out that time passes slowly there and one of our hours is almost a decade for them. The entire arc is seemingly meant to tease a will they won't they between Diana and Batman that doesn't go anywhere. The Poison Ivy story is stronger thanks to the great exploration of Batman's crazy ability to plan his way out of anything; Ivy manages to take over the entire world with mind controlling spores in the world's food supply only to have Batman and Catwoman hold out against her. The story also seeks to answer the recent conundrum of whether Ivy is more of an anti-hero than an outright villain. The artwork is solid throughout, but the standout issues are those drawn by Joelle Jones (who provided the cover art to the volume and the one shot about Selina "shopping" for her dress). Spoilers, but yes, even knowing that for now the Cat and Bat won't tie the knot the book remains a great read.

A strong build up to the wedding. The art is among the best that’s come out from DC. If you know what happens in 50, don’t let the result curve your opinion. 50 was just one issue. Everything before and after are more important. This builds to Catwoman in ways no other writer has done before

I'm in the minority in that - while I love Court of Owls - I find Scott Snyder's previous Batman comics to be too pretentiously wordy, gross, bleak, and macho. Consequently, this Tom King storyline is the perfect course correction. Emotional, character-driven, less relebtlessly grimdark, with a more sympathetic Batman and well-written women characters. Fantastic.

Wonderfully wrapped and protected. Came in perfect condition.

Again another great read,loved the stories for the most part, not the biggest Ivy fan but thought this was fun and her and Harley Quinn having that bond, but also just the things this volume sets up, I cam kinda see where it's going and to set up the next title this was the perfect series of stories I thought. Great art, great coloring. 👍 all of it.

really good art with an okey story

This and vol 5 are like the best things Tom King wrote for Bat/Cat.

Todo bien

Bruce Wayne hat Selina Kyle endlich die Frage gestellt und nun befinden sich die beiden in den Hochzeitsvorbereitungen. Da werden Batman und Wonder Woman an ein altes Versprechen erinnert und tauschen mit einem Kämpfer in einer anderen Dimension für einige Zeit den Platz um an seiner Stelle gegen eine unendliche Schar von Dämonen zu kämpfen - was Batman in eine richtige Ritterrüstung mit Schwert verfrachtet, die Wonder Woman zu einigen bissigen Kommentaren hinreißt. Doch ihr Aufenthalt in der anderen Dimension dauert länger als erwartet und stellt das neue Glück auf eine Zerreißprobe. Danach schafft es Ivy die beiden Verlobten arg in die Enge zu treiben, als sie versucht, die Welt zu einem besseren Platz zu machen. Und dabei eigentich die ganze Menschheit und ausgesuchte außerirdische in ihren Bann schlägt. Und dann gibt es noch eine etwas ruhigere Geschichte mit ein paar Erinenrungen an die Entwicklung der Beziehung zwischen Katze und Fledermaus über die Jahre. Sicherlich so gefangen nehmend, wie eine Hochzeit im Britischen Königshaus. Und graphisch mal wieder fabelhaft umgesetzt.

Vale a pena a leitura.

I am on a marathon bing reading of the Batman Graphic Novel books. I have already read these comics over five years ago, and it was fun to reread these fine comics once again. I just simply love the plot, drawings and dialogue and can never be bored of them. Best wishes Sean