Detective Comics #863

                      This comic was not as good as its two predecessors. It concluded a predictable pot, the            
        other two made the predictable plot much more intresting. Batman and Batwoman hit  two different        
        people both doing the same thing, the Batwoman hit the Cutter, and Batman hit someone who was          
        never really explained, but I am assuming he is in cahoots with the Cutter. Of course they were
        repairing an old woman who had lost her looks with parts from other girls. During the two big fight
        scenes (which were happening simultaneously, which was pretty cool) Batwoman saw that it was
         her younger cousin who was kidnapped by the Cutter, this eventually led to her releice. Then at the
         end you found out the the cousin of Batwoman, wanted to be a superhero herself. [her costume
         looks exactly like hawks]
                   The best part about this comic was the lead up to it. Without the two previous issues this
        comic would be crap. It wasn't horrible, even without the first two issues, but it was bad. I am            
        exited to see what Greg Rucka puts together for the next sotrey ark.
        Oh, one more thing! I did like that the Batman used the old Bat-mobil, it was in one small panel, but
        it was pretty cool

      Grade: C+
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Detective Comics #'s 861-862

I know I have said this before, but I don't read Detective comics that much, especially now that Bruce Wayne is gone. I loved these two comics. Batwoman is a better character than I thought she was. She ventures

around Gotham University trying to find the Cutter, a man who is running around cutting off parts of faces of girls that attend the University. I was disappointed with the "obsession" of this villain. I have seen this plot before. I'm going to guess the future ending.

His wife or girlfriend died, possibly because of him. He was traumatized, went mad, and is now trying to make a new woman.

While Batwoman is trying to find the next girl that was captured by the cutter, Batman is doing the same thing. Listen, I know Bruce Wayne is "dead" or at least not Batman, but I couldn't tell if this was Bruce Wayne or Dick Grayson. (It was never specified)

The art in this comic was done in a "sketchy" style, not to heavy, but not to light. It was almost perfect. The writing in these two books was also well done, it showed the intelligence of the characters while not missing the, almost Brooklyn feeling of Batman. It also fetured some dificultees with Batwoman and her family. Unlike Spiderman, the comics are not completely built around the personal life. I do know that is most of Spiderman's schpeal, but it is still over done. Greg Rucka did a great job deciding, what was too little, to much, and just the right amount.

Grade: A-

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