I agree with others that this is a total DC money grab, but I also think the "letters" let the collected art tell the story - essentially something we all know. I looked up the answer to who wrote the poem online and it makes total sense and even elevates the message of the poem for me. What happens when a comics art powerhouse meets one of the greatest, most exciting heroes of all time? Upon reconciling this reveal with these interlocking images, the book reminds Bruce that despite the fight against his villains, Bruce won't ever be able to heal Gotham, or himself.

Graphic Novels Batgirl (comic) Batgirl and the Birds of Prey: Rebirth (comic) Batman (comic) Batman ’66 (comic) Batman ’66 Meets the Man From U.This big twist shows how Bermejo gave crime a personality and made it an immortal, never-ending foe. Batman: Dear Detective" is a short one-shot tale of a mysterious stranger writing a "love letter" to Batman. This isn't a comic, it's a collection of Bermejo's cover art stuck together in a book, which is fine if that's what they were saying it is. Crime damaged him in the alley with his parents, and even outside the rogues, petty crime and that sinful mentality won't change due to humanity's selfish nature, making this quite a nihilistic read. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Batman: Dear Detective ist sicher nicht für jeden, da es weder ein richtiger Comic, noch ein Artbook ist, aber ich bin begeistert und würde es jedem Fan von Lee Bermejo ans Herz legen, schaut euch nur mal diese Bilder an, ein Traum von mir, die volle Punktzahl ☆☆☆☆☆. It feels like the perfect blend of real world aesthetics and comic book fantasy without sacrificing a single inch of what makes the comics fun.

Batman: Dear Detective is going to be a divisive comic book because it's neither a true comic book nor an art book, exactly, but tries to land somewhere between the two concepts. Batman: Dear Detective is for any fan of the comic book medium as it relies on the art telling the story with some incredibly detailed and beautiful images from Lee Bermejo.

Lee Bermejo has collected some of his most stunning Batman covers and woven them together to tell a story that strikes right at the heart of the Dark Knight’s never-ending crusade. I’m a big fan of Batman - my favorite DC character - and I’ve only gotten into the world of comic/illustrated reading so I hadn’t seen any of the art before.comic) Batman and Robin (comic) Batman and Robin Eternal (comic) Batman/Superman (comic) Batman v Superman (General Mills) Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (comic) Batman: Arkham Unhinged Batwing (comic) Catwoman (comic) Detective Comics (comic) Earth 2 (comic) Earth 2: Society (comic) Gotham Academy (comic) Gotham Academy: Second Semester (comic) Gotham by Midnight (comic) Grayson (comic) Harley Quinn (comic) Injustice: Gods Among Us (comic) Injustice: Gods Among Us: Ground Zero (comic) Justice League (comic) Justice League/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (comic) Justice League of America (Rebirth) Mother Panic (comic) New Suicide Squad (comic) Nightwing (comic) Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death (comic) Red Hood/Arsenal (comic) Red Hood and the Outlaws (comic) Robin: Son of Batman (comic) Teen Titans Go! I’ve included my favorites in a gallery down below, but I cannot stress how good this all looks full size and in person.

This issue is primarily a showcase of the art of Lee Bermejo and every page of art is brilliantly designed and filled with bold, beautiful detail. All the intentions and emotions are amplified by large prints of some of Lee Bermejo's finest work of cover art. Lee Bermejo is one of my favorite Batman artists, and certainly one of the most prolific ever to touch the character. So I bought this explicitly for the art, but I vaguely flipped through it so I didn’t really get a good look at anything (intentionally). Only pick this up if you’re a massive fan of Lee Bermejo like I am, because there really isn’t that much to it.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Lee Bermejo is an American comic book artist whose published work includes interior illustrations and cover art. Also, his realistic style suits a character without superpowers dressed in a uniform slugging it out with grotesque versions of psychopathy – a fact he clearly understands in the way he's written the letter in Dear Detective.