Well, a pretty damn good ending to the story here!The way everything is brought forward really keeps you locked and loaded and anxious to jump in to find out who's the brains behind this entire scheme....And what a surprising end it was.... It never crossed my mind, at all,... But this certainly had me in the ropes.. Not always impressed with the artwork though :( But better than the previous volume.

Not perfect, and it felt like things got dragged out too much (my opinion), but it's a decent conclusion.

The conclusion of the Batman Eternal series is explosive and nail-biting to the bitter end. A very strong cycle from Scott Snyder, it is a fantastic look at the relationship of Gotham to Batman and perhaps should serve as a warning in the current situation when the government starts working against the interests of the people and demonising those who are trying to fight the encroaching swamp. And, yes, Stephanie Brown kicks some serious ass!

I feel like with every story Snyder is trying to one-up himself, sometimes with ill-effect. When every story is the story that will change Batman's life forever, it all starts to become noise. I can't say I loved everything about this story. In fact, some of it I find quite dumb. Like the fact Harper Row has all those piercings. I have no problem with the piercings themselves but wouldn't it be very simple to figure out her secret identity. "Hey, your face is pierced exactly like Bluebird's. Hmm...

I'm kind of just glad this is over. I think the biggest problem with this story is that it was just too long. The actual framework wasn't enough to sustain 52 issues, so something like half the issues are side stories or diversion or anything that will avoid advancing the story, such as it is. Which, I might add, is basically a rehash of the first act of Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1. Seriously, the hidden villain's big plan is exactly the same as Bane's had been: unleash Batman's regular enemies o...

Oh me, oh my!So, disclosure, I got behind last October or November on almost all my comics, aside from Batman and Catwoman. I read all of this book pretty much in one go, and I think it was stronger for it. To be honest, there was not enough material in this series to stretch out over a year. I think it benefited from the long-running mystery of just who is the big bad (loved the reveal; it was perfect), but at the sacrifice of just wanting it to be over with. I follow a few review sites that we...

Look, I like a good plot twist as much as the next guy. (“Wait a minute…you mean Bruce Willis’s character is actually DEAD?! And that little kid who sees dead people and can only talk in a whisper can see him because he’s DEAD??”)But, when you’re giving me an epic 50+ issue mega event and want to throw in a villain-related plot twist, you’ve gotta give me more than the f@*&ing (view spoiler)[Cluemaster, who is not only a knockoff of another Batman baddie, but a knockoff of a low-rent villain who...

Oh dear. Where to start? First off, this overly ambitious project for celebrating the Caped Crusader/Dark Knight and his 75th Anniversary was a bad idea, one issue a week for a year.Secondly, Scott Snyder is already stretched thin at DC (and with his own creations) so asking him to plot this was probably Papa Johns' idea for making it seem that Snyder was writing this. He wasn't. This is James Tynion and a bunch of nobodies, other than some artists who can do some decent stuff.I read the whole 3...

Another Fantastic Volume! So this continues the tv series like plot, where lots of things are going on but you never feel confused(Which i often feel in Snyder's main Batman series). The Artwork is a little better this time, hard to pull off since you have multiple artists working on this series! It also continues the super-villain domino effect, just as you think you have discovered the final villain, nope another one appears, they continue this until the very last issue which i really enjoyed

This was a pretty satisfying conclusion to the whole run. It's a much more linear story in this volume, meaning not a lot of side plots, and just about everything is tied up by the end. Reading this straight through as opposed to over a year changes the pacing a little, so there are aspects of hunting the mystery villain that don't come off well when read in one sitting. The art is more average than excellent this time around though. All in all, a nicely written Batman story (considering the man...

I must admit. I loved the ending. The idea behind "Batman Eternal" and how it was executed. It was just too damn epic (thank you Gordon).But come on!! I had to read 51 issues of half assed stories and characters to get to this? It was too long, many of the subplots just seem pointless and boring. If this was shorter and more coherent, this could be a masterpiece. But unfortunately, it was 52 issues looooong!

I wouldn't by any means call this volume good, but it was significantly better than the previous two, and even starts to explore some pretty cool, surprising avenues I haven't seen in a Batman comic before. Unfortunately, the mish-mash narrative structure and its continued problem of having way too many cooks in the kitchen prevents it from ever really taking off or delivering on its interesting premises.This book really hammered home for me what I think the main problem with Batman: Eternal is....

Highly recommend the Batman Eternal series! It's got the Bat Family! it's got gangster crime! It's got the full rouge's gallery of costumed villains! It's got supernatural crime! It's got global villains! It's got twists and turns you won't see coming. It has, heh, (view spoiler)[Spoiler (hide spoiler)].About the only stutter-step is that I think this kept a weekly release schedule for a year, so the art occasionally varies in quality and consistency.

"Let's see if we can squeeze in EVERYONE." That's usually not the kind of series I enjoy. This one started out rather complex, seemingly disjointed. But Snyder et al had a grand vision, and they pulled it off pretty well. Lots of connections to Snyder's other Batman stories. There were some side-stories that could have been jettisoned, in my opinion, but they were all well-written. Didn't see the ending coming. It was mostly very well done. (There was one final switch up that I thought blunted w...

Keeping this bit spoiler free. The spoiler section will be marked.I don't even want to give this a two. I want to burn these issues because this could have been great. This rating may magically become a one once I've thought about it.What in the world was issue #42? I would not be surprised if one of Snyder's kids is named Harper. Give her a flaw! Allow her to properly fail! Just once in this whole ☠@✴#ing series! Just once! Please!!! And Snyder decreed "No, Harper shall never fail. At anything....

HOLY WOW THIS IS AWESOME.Okay, okay, I need to type clearly and fangirl less, I get it. *ahem*Batman Eternal is Batman at it's finest. While New 52 kicked off with Court of Owls, which was phenomenal, but this is one of the greatest trilogies in Batman History. I've said it's up there with Hush and The Long Halloween, and boy I meant it.Batman really has no clue what's going on, and it's not until the last quarter of the book that I figured it out, but really, what you can guess isn't even right...