http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/new-52-batman/
Description: Batman as a character is one of the few title characters in the relaunch who does not need to be explained. The only question some of the more in-the-know interested parties should be asking is who's behind the mask. Dick Grayson's short but loved run as the Dark Knight has ended, and Bruce is once again the only man behind the cowl. But what everyone needs to be asking is, with 4 books staring Batman a month, 2-3 of which have him flying solo, why should I pick up this one? Simple.
The Creative Team: Scott Snyder is about as new as they come. It was only last year that he began writing his first series as a solo writer, playing second listing on a few Marvel books before that. This was, and still is American Vampire, an award-winning book that garnered no negative attention whatsoever, and is already seeing spinoff books from the same talent. It was critically acclaimed enough that DC decided to sign him on to DC proper book shortly after the start of American Vampire's run in Vertigo, another DC line. Near the tail end of last year, Scott Snyder started writing Detective comics, and continued on an 11-issue run that just ended a few weeks ago. It never outsold the Tony Daniel written and drawn Batman series, and compared to many runs on a Batman book was relatively short. Why all this back-story about a still freshly new writer?
Because Scott Snyder's 11-issue DTec run, known as "The Black Mirror", is already being heralded as one of, if not the best Batman story in history.
There is ZERO doubt about the quality of this series. It's really doing it no justice saying "well duh, it's Batman, gotta read Batman." No, even if someone hated Batman, this would still be a must have book. If one book in the relaunch had to be considered "the one to buy if you only buy one", it would very likely be this.
After all of that, it's almost just dull to talk about Greg Capullo on art duties. And that's not to say anything negative about him, he's a talented artist, and sure to do a great job if the released covers are any indication. He just doesn't garner the fanfare of the writer, and honestly, doesn't seem like a perfect fit. The extremely well written detective story that is "The Black Mirror" does not seem like it would line up all too well with "the second most famous Spawn artist". But Capullo's art is very good and I'm sure it'll all work out in the end.
Accessibility: Batman is Batman. There's nobody who doesn't know the basics, and it's unlikely that this title is going to contain a significant enough presence of supporting bat-family to be an issue. The writer is still new and this is the first time Bruce has starred in a regular Batman title since his return. No worries.
Recommendation: This is unskippable. Unlike many of the other titles that are going to be recommended, this one has no room for doubt. It will be great, hell, I doubt they could make it bad if they tried.
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~LtM
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