The Owls are coming!
For the past few years, I've dabbled with comics, picking up a graphic novel every now and again. When I saw that the New 52 comics were collected in volumes, I thought it was time to take the plunge. My obvious first choice was this book. I'd heard good things about the Owl arc and Batman had always been a favourite of mine. So the big question is, is this any good? To put it bluntly, yes, it's very good.
Snyder and Capullo are a winning team, complementing each others work and the end result is a promising first part to an arc that retroactively adds the Court of Owls to the Batman mythos. It makes sense that this is the first Batman New 52 arc, if it had come later in the run people would have complained about the lack of presence of the Court in previous titles. Again, this is only part one, the story concludes (sort of) in Volume 2: The City of Owls.
It's a great read if you're trying to get into the New 52 but if you're a hardcore Bat-fan, you might get the sense of retreading old ground (Hush).
PS. If you enjoyed Scarecrows psychedelic level in the Arkham Ayslum game then you will love the Owl Labyrinth in this book!
