Batman: No Man's Land is a massive story arc that ran through the various Batman family comic book series that was published by DC Comics. The storyline centers on Gotham City after a massive earthquake, which resulted in the United States government officially evacuating Gotham, then abandoning, and isolating those who chose to remain in the city – A No Man's Land.Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 5 collects: Batman: No Man's Land #0, Batman #573–574, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126, Batman:

So, apparently, "No Man's Land" is trying to go out on a Joker crescendo, but what it really does is just fall flat.

It's about time for a look back into the first few days after Gotham was declared No Man's Land by the US Congress. How Bruce felt helpless to help the city. How Huntress took up the mantle of Batgirl and impressed Batman. How to draw a comic better than all the other artists so far... The quality of the artwork drops back to mediocre for the main story.Batman follows Lex's rebuilding closely, but doesn't act directly against him. Joker is far less discreet, attacking Lex's guards, destroying hi...

And so we come to the end of (what is in my opinion) the worst Batman event book ever, No Man’s Land, Volume 5. No Man’s Land’s basic setup fails to convince me so throughout the series I’ve never really believed any of this could happen anyway: a massive earthquake destroys Gotham so the US Government abandons it, leaving the remaining citizens to fend for themselves for over a year. I know Bush 2 and FEMA abandoned those devastated by Katrina for a week but they ended up helping those people e...

Good finish to a riveting series. You do need your hankies though, because the Joker reminds us all why he's the worst villain in the Batman world.

[REVIEW TO COME LATER UPON RE-READING.]

I'm always somewhat conflicted regarding No Man's Land. Why?Well, the situation we're dealing with here - Gotham City being abandoned and declared a No Man's Land after it's been almost completely destroyed by an earthquake - is extremely contrived, and it always takes me a bit to get over that (and yes, even though the chapters in which Superman tries to help do make their point, it's also very hard to believe the JLA and everybody else don't just repair everything right away). But once you get...

So I have read all the No-man's-land storyarc as single issues , that's a Whopping 80 issues and this is my review for the whole NML (no man's land) story arc . Gotham was a dark place from the beginning but following an earthquake and a nefarious celebrity with a magical power of persuasion , Gotham is now declared a No-man's-land by the US govt . Meaning no one is allowed inside , no one is allowed outside of the city , the city is abandoned by US What follows is criminals trying to conquer th...

A city closed - no one can get in and no one can get out... Feels like an accurate tale of what is happening in the world at the moment...

Below this review is the review for the first book--don't read this one if you haven't started yet.Book five culminates in the Joker's plot to get attention and the derailment of Lex Luthor's plan to take over Gotham. The Joker's plan, while ending brutally, didn't make much sense to me and I felt maybe the writers were relying on the old "he's crazy so we don't need a reason" in order to get the murder they wanted out of it.The defeat of LUthor was very anti-climatic--still, you have to see how...

Highly satisfying conclusion to a great arc. The inclusion of Luthor was a genius idea, and while I would have liked to see more of the faceoff between LexCorp and Wayne Enterprises, his attempt to buy Gotham was exactly how you'd expect him to respond to the No Man's Land situation.It was also nice to explore the immediate aftermath of Cataclysm, finally seeing what Bruce Wayne was up to and why Huntress became Batgirl (and the new mask, which previously just looked cool, actually makes a whole...

I wanted a lot more Clark Kent and Superman. A lot more. Wishful thinking on my behalf. At the very least, I am happy that he was used as an effective foil throughout the second half of the series. This was an overall satisfying conclusion to a trying series that distinguished itself for its isolation and sui generis of Gotham City. That was definitely apparent. No Man's Land was a salient title and theme throughout the series. That is uninteresting to me in light of the more important and visib...

Such epic moments. All of No Man's Land came together in this book for an epic conclusion that just makes my love for Batman and his universe that much stronger. The complexity of all the relationships alone is so fascinating that I just want to read more and more and watch them all evolve without the backdrop of surviving a horrific earthquake.

A decent enough conclusion to No Man's Land that suffers from most of the story being resolved in the previous volume. While it's interesting to follow Lex Luthor's plotting after his entrance in volume four and witness the final push to return Gotham City back to normal, there wasn't a whole lot for me to get excited for in this final entry. After the threat of Two-Face and Gordon's dispute with Batman have been resolved, Joker's last minute appearance feels more tacked-on than a fitting end to...

So all this leads up to no resolution about Nick Scratch, a tasteless bit of fridging at its very worst (what is it about Jim Gordon and fridging?), some incredibly ropey art and a plot that doesn’t so much as stick the landing as career wildly off the tracks into the long grass. There are excellent moments, but they’re muted and spoiled by careless plotting and this almost palpable desire to return to the status quo from some of the creative team. The one thing that can be said about whenever 2...

I want to thank my GR friend Jayson for answering questions about Commissioner Gordon's marital status (and affairs) and Barbara's parentage, etc. Finally! I was beginning to think you don't love me...anymore...?" Back to the story itself. I think Batman: No Man's Land comes to a satisfying conclusion with this vol. 5, although at the very beginning, you just know Bruce Wayne had messed up big time when Talia had to come up and slap some sense back into him. XDBy the way, I love Tim Drake as R...

The Joker is evil. I'm still in awe, I thought Two-Face was bad in Vol 3 and 4 but this is another level of evil. A great read for any Bat fans.

It ended pretty strong but overall this crossover event was very mediocre.

This series certainly finished strong.Not that it was really all that necessary, I did enjoy the flashback in the beginning. An attempt to better fill in some backstory involving with Huntress and Batman's absence was appreciated.A lot happens in this fifth and final volume but it never feels rushed or convoluted. The pacing is excellent and in all 5 volumes, this is easily the strongest. While I had a small problem with the way Lex Luthor was used, he was sorely needed in an attempt to bring No...

So each story had a different artist. It was really neat to see how each artist drew the characters. This story is about how Gotham City is cut off from the rest of the United States and the people that were stuck there had to survive by any means. Each criminal had territory in Gotham. Kind of funny how all of Batman's villains were stuck there, anyway...Batman doesn't show up until like 100 days have past and to be honest, I thought he was kind of a jerk to everyone who was trying to help (Sup...