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Batman: Gothic | 
 enlarge | Author: Grant Morrison
Creator: Klaus Janson
Publisher: DC Comics
Category: Book
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 154132
Media: Paperback
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10 x 6.6 x 0.2
ISBN: 1401215491
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401215491
ASIN: 1401215491
Publication Date: September 5, 2007
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Batman must face his own greatest fears when the man behind the mask, Bruce Wayne, begins to have nightmares about his boyhood schoolmaster, the cruel Mr. Winchester. Now Winchester has come to Gotham City, this time with supernatural powers. And unless the Caped Crusader can stop him, he will convert the city into his own cathedral--of death.
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 Different, but good... December 23, 2008
Jason R. Obermeyer (Orange County, CA)
This isn't your typical batman story, but it is very good. The main villain in the story is well developed, and very interesting, which is nice since he is not a typical batman villain. Lots of action and detective work, the too keys to a good batman story, so i would recommend this one for any batman fan!
Grant Morrison's Other Batman Classic Returns December 21, 2008
Parker (At Large)
Those who have read Grant Morrison's outstanding "Arkham Asylum" may not know of his other Batman classic, "Gothic", which appeared in some of the early issues of the monthly Batman: Legend of the Dark Knight (issue 6-10 to be exact). Morrison injects the same creepiness into this tale as he did with "Asylum", and creates a memorable villain with the supernatural Mr. Whisper, a depraved madman worthy to stand in the pantheon of great Batman villains.
On the flip side of the creative team coin, and the bigggest detractor for this book was the art by Klaus Janson. Although he is a master inker, his pencil work lacks detail and his characters lack expressiveness and proportional correctness; and while his scratchy artwork does add some to the mood and atmosphere of the story, there is simply no substitute for clean, fluid line work. An artist like John Watkiss would have done wonders for this story and taken it to greater heights.
Another problem is the current printing of the book. This edition features some poor graphic design on the book's cover. DC has taken recently to adding an ugly blue graphic at the base of the spine of their trade paperbacks, making them look cheap, so if you notice that sort of thing you may want to wait for another edition or track down an older printing. Better yet, just track down the original issues; you may find they are cheaper than the collection.
Graphic SF Reader May 11, 2008
Blue Tyson
A collection from early on in the Legends of the Dark Knight series.
A bunch of mob bosses realise someone is murdering them one by one. The person who is doing it is someone they killed 20 years before. Calling Batman for help, he basically says sit on it and rotate, until he realises who the killer is, and it gets personal.
It also gets a bit horror movie.
3.5 out of 5
 worst ever March 21, 2008
Steven W. saccoccia (Atlana GA)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
no question, the worst batman ever. He throws one punch and one kick. the former misses the latter is blocked. He falls off a roof in an absurdly stupid misstep. The story itself is simply far beyond any believability, the villian has no depth and the ending is predictable from page 5.
Gotham goes to hell March 7, 2008
N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Comic visionary Grant Morrison (The Filth, JLA, New X-Men; c'mon already, you know the list) came up with this Batman tale, taking place in Bruce Wayne's early part of his career as Batman. Gothic follows Batman investigating just who is picking off mobsters in Gotham City, one of which claims that it's a man who won't stay dead. What this spells for Batman is locked in his own past, as he has nightmares about his father with his lips sewn shut, trying to warn him of something purely evil. While not nearly as visionary or defining as many of Morrison's other superhero tales, Gothic is an often gripping and even shocking tale of the Dark Knight that doesn't fail to impress. Frequent Frank Miller and John Romita Jr. partner Klaus Janson provides the artwork, which leaves a little something to be desired, but it serves its purpose regardless. All in all, Gothic is a more than worthwhile Batman tale, and definitely worth checking out for fans of both Batman and Morrison alike.
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