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    Detective Comics #8

    Detective Comics » Detective Comics #8 - Scare Tactics; Welcome to the Dark Side released by DC Comics on June 2012.

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    Batman must save a young boy from a fate worse then death, and to do it he must help one of his greatest foes, Scarecrow. Plus, don't miss the start of a new backup story written by Tony S. Daniel and illustrated by Szymon Kudranski (PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE)!

    Scare Tactics

    Batman is called by Commissioner Gordon about a hostage situation concerning the Scarecrow. The Scarecrow has demanded to speak with the Batman, and is willing to make a deal. If Batman can catch Catwoman whose is stealing a anti-fear toxin, find out who paid her to commit the crime and stop that person, the Scarecrow would tell Batman how to save a boy from a mysterious fate.

    Batman easily stops Catwoman, tracks down her client, Digger Jones, and he uses the information gained from Digger to catch Scarecrow, who still vows that a boys future is at stake if Batman does not stop an illegal operation.

    Batman heads to the old private school on the end of Dearborn street. There he stops a group of Scarecrow impostors from shipping a mast quantities of Fear-toxin. When Batman looks for the boy he finds Eli Strange, Hugo Strange's adopted son. He Eli is taken into police custody for ring leading the fear toxin operation.

    Welcome to the Dark Side

    Two-face wanders the streets of East End, until he finds a door which he knocks on and the man inside takes him in and attempts top heal his physical wounds.

    Thirteen day ago...Harvey Dent has been cleared of all charges and will be reinstated to D.A. of Gotham but first he must meet with Dominic Sterano. Harvey senses a trap but is going to go to the meeting anyway.

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    RegRegular CoverTony S. Daniel1
    ComboCombo CoverTony S. Daniel2
    RI1:25 Retailer Incentive CoverTony S. Daniel3
    DigitalDigital Edition of Combo CoverTony S. Daniel4
    RIDigital Edition of the Retailer Incentive CoverTony S. Daniel5
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    3.4 stars

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    Don't trust your eyes 0

    As i have said before, in my mind Detective Comics is the gritty version of Batman whereas the main Batman title is the more superhero-like title.  Thus far in the new 52 that seems to have been reversed, with two mostly trivial story arcs already having wrapped in this series.  This issue comes out of nowhere though and returns this series to its roots.  The end result is two pretty solidly told stories (there is a backup story here is well) which focus on the darker side of Gotham.  That is no...

    5 out of 6 found this review helpful.

    Wait, what? 0

    Have I missed something? I was thoroughly enjoying the Dollmaker storyline in Detective Comics and thought it was a perfect start to the New 52 run. The short Penguin arc in issues #5 to #7 wasn't terrible but wasn't great and so with that wrapped up I was expecting to get straight back into where we left of with the Dollmaker arc. But now with I've found myself checking back on issue #4 to make sure that the story arc had not ended.Detective Comics #8 seems to be a one off starring Scarecrow, C...

    2 out of 3 found this review helpful.

    It's Scarecrow! 0

    Detective Comics #8 is a standalone story, and a pretty good one if you ask me; not everything has to be a 20-part crossover. Daniel's art is fantastic in this issue; his Catwoman is beautiful, his Batman is awesome, and his Scarecrow is über-creepy. Even his non-Poison Ivy was great.Please check my mini-review here:http://bit.ly/I2K9WqComments and feedback are always welcome!...

    1 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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