Battle for the Cowl - Arkham Asylum

Battle for the Cowl - Arkham Asylum
A surprisingly good one shot under the Battle for the Cowl crossover, but nothing to do with it. Some original non violent inmates of Arkham and the descendant of Amadeus Arkham reclaim the burnt out shell of the Asylum. Pity it's only a one shot, hopefully we will see some of these interesting characters again.

Battle For The Cowl: Man-Bat

Battle For The Cowl: Man-Bat
Kirk Langstrom must control his Man-Bat / Jekyll and Hyde urges. Seems like an excuse to have two Batman villains face off, the plot is a bit poo. The dialogue is decidedly average; also there is an equally average preview of the new Powergirl run.

Commissioner Gordon: Battle for the Cowl

Commissioner Gordon: Battle for the Cowl
Gordon and some of the GCPD deal with riots because there’s no batman to sort things out. The art is quite nice and Gordon versus Mr Freeze has Freeze using his freeze ray solve all his problems (as usual). Bit on the average side here, Freeze is a bit too super for a good GCPD book.

Battle for the Cowl #1

Battle for the Cowl #1
Battle for the Cowl so far is a shuffling around of the Bat Family and a reminder of who is connected to the Bat Family. Nothing new in most of Arkam being out and about. We have also have had a batman imposter before. The writing is average and it remains to be seen if this will pay off. At least it's comprehensible.

Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead?

Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead?
The lives of normal people in Gotham go on while Batman may be dead. Nice to see some of the bat family's support characters getting some love. Too soon to see if the Battle for the Cowl stuff will be any good, but I see Bruce Wayne back in time for the hype for the next film.