Written by Fabian Nicieza
Art by Frazer Irving
Cover by Guillem

When I first saw all of these "Battle for the Cowl" series, I was dubious. Frankly, I wasn't going to read any of them until I saw that Frazier Irving was drawing this series, which attracted me to it.

Fabian Nicieza is a good professional writer. He doesn't do anything ground-breaking, but he can do a solid story, and he was a smart choice to replace Dixon as DC's go-to Batman writer. Here, however, he proves that when his head is in a project he can soar. Sure, the pace is a little off at...