Isn't she the clever little bird?
This is a strange issue which compounds the problem of this being a strange series thus far. Detective Comics is of course too big to fail for DC, as the company derives its name from the original series, but the series seems almost content knowing that and putting out almost zero effort. The cover here gave me some hope that the relatively weak first story arc was going to be left behind and maybe that a decent Penguin story would get told. There have been a few great ones over the years, so the ground is definitely fertile for such a venture, but what unfolds is exactly not what the reader needs. Instead of a clean break from the previous story arc, the story trudges through some of the remnants of it as Batman is forced to oppose a mob sympathetic to the Joker (which was pretty ridiculous to be honest.) There are some interesting things here. The design of the Iceberg Casino is impressive, and using Charlotte as more than eye candy as she tries to infiltrate the Penguin's operation is a step in the right direction (though her infiltrating in a French maid's costume was not) but overall I am not sure where this series is going.
