Pick of the F'n Week!
I've always thought of Neil Gaiman as a great writer, but never paid too much attention to his comic book work. Sorry, I know I offended you already. I read Batman & Detective on a regular basis and wasn't too excited for the Gaiman run, I was more excited for Kubert than anything. I read through the book and was immediately sucked in. I'm not sure if what happened in the book is mainstream continuity, but I kind of hope it was. Gaiman brings up some really interesting issues in this first part, none of which I'll say here, just read the damn thing. The issue addresses "what is sanity" quite a bit, but in a way I've never thought of. It's the first time, in a while, where I paid $3.99 for a book, and I'd gladly pay $3.99 more. I didn't think anyone, in my eyes, could topple some of the Batman storylines that Morrison came up with (Three Batmen and Batman and Son are phenomenal stories). This, unless the second part sucks, is right up there with the others. Plus, you're getting 40 pages. You pay a dollar more, and you get more pages, take that Marvel.
Buy it now, or you have brought shame upon your family.