Detective Comics » Detective Comics #876 - Hungry City, Pt. 1 of 3 released by DC Comics on June 1, 2011.
It's just not fair to have this follow the previous story. It was just too awesome. But that's life. This is a good story and a good setup for a climax. It's a shame to see Dick getting into Batman's role so well when he's just a few month away from relinquishing the cowl. I enjoyed his time with Gordon in this issue and his reflections on the case. Once again, a good use of Detective Comics for this type of story. Keep the other ones in the other Batman series.
Dick's introduced to the new breed of Gotham criminal when he's called in to help analyze a crime scene that's strange even by Gotham's standards. The Good Really like this issue's cover by JOCK. I'm a big fan of Moby Dick and the biblical tale of Jonah. This cover perfectly alludes to both these tales and just gives off that primal feel. It very much connected to that bit of the universal unconscious in me. I always talk about how Snyder and JOCK's Gotham's a living, breathing beast, ever thre...
Scott Snyder does a great job in his issues of setting up a strange occurence that leaves you wondering what in the world it can mean, then shows it to be even stranger than you thought, then twists the knife by making it very sinister! Spoilers follow... but some you can suss out from the cover... A dead killer whale is found in an independent bank, and the woman who runs the bank Batman learns is Tony Zucco's ex! Beautiful set-up, and you know Dick is fully invested already. Then he has it c...