Batman: Damned (2018-2019)

This is a good read and I like the art if you’re a Batman fan I’d say get it

Great read, excellent artwork

Batman Damned is a sort of sequel to Joker, also by Azzarello and Bermejo, though you don't need to read Joker to understand the story. I've read most or all of Azzarello's Batman books now as well as Luthor and the start of 100 Bullets and I've come to accept that his writing just doesn't connect with me as it clearly does with many others. It's gritty and grounded, but a little too rooted in exaggerated machismo for my tastes. It's a bit like all the worst aspects of Miller's writing but without the better aspects, for me. That said, the story here is decent and has some worthwhile ideas. Bermejo's art, on the other hand, is beautiful and the book is worth reading for that alone. There is no one else working in comics that draws them quite like Lee Bermejo.

Utterly amazing the successful attempt to cross the supernatural with Bruce's impending and unending resolve to reconciliate the madness and cruel justice surrounding his life's circumstances.. I almost feel as if Bruce would find successful closure within himself given the darkness and the allure of supernatural involved so scandalously and copiously here because it seems to give THE ONLY answers to the prince's highly strung sense of distress and deeply hidden trauma.. I guess it would take this level of madness in order to truly pluck out the seeds of horror and terror lurking in Bruce's heart.... Hats off to the writers balls in actually going toe to toe with this occultist approach.. The artwork... a SEMINAL PARADISE..

What an amazingly gripping comic. Superb visually. Great story. This is the kind of Batman I’d love to see on the silver screen!

Great artwork as you'd expect from a Lee Bermejo book. I love both Batman and John Constantine so for me this was a marriage made in Heaven (or should that be Hell?)

As others have stated, the artwork is gorgeous, and this giant hardback really shows off all the detail, the story however is rather pretentious and takes into the final pages to pick up where "joker" ended and rather than wrap anything up opts for a ambiguous "what's your interpretation?" cop out ending. Get it for the artwork, but get it from somewhere else, the hardback arrived from Amazon with the shrink wrap ripped and the dust jacket torn in one corner, I have had a few books arrive from Amazon in a sorry state, and knowing how they are stored in their f.c's , I don't have high hopes for this improving in the future.

A great buy, arrived very quickly. A+ thank you.

Bien empaquetado y enviado. Con las esquinas perfectas sin dañar

If you see Lee Bermejo's name on a comic, buy it; especially if you love Batman. This edition, in particular, is loaded with great artwork and quality. Lee Bermejo draws the way Ivan Albright paints. His art is so Gothic and realistic, which really compliments a Batman story. Sometimes you buy a comic and it doesn't live up to your expectation. The pairing of Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo is guaranteed quality in every book.

it was a gift for a close friend and he was very happy

Great read

Não sou o maior fã do Azzarello, tem pouca coisa dele que realmente gosto. Uma delas é sua fase em HELLBLAZER e um dos motivos para eu comprar este álbum é a presença do John Constantine na história. E que história! Não é tanto uma aventura do Batman, como é um pesadelo. A possível morte do Coringa, cujo corpo é encontrado afogado, leva o herói de Gotham a transitar pela cidade e tentar descobrir o que aconteceu: se seu inimigo morreu mesmo ou está escondido. A partir daí, descobre - e relembra - fatos que não gosta muito. A arte de Bermejo está incrível, talvez seja a HQ mais bonita que vejo em tempos. O nivel de detalhes, as expressões dos personagens, as caracterizações (Constantine É A CARA do Sting em alguns momentos), os ângulos cinematográficos. Só por ela, o álbum já valeria a pena. E o uniforme do Batman, em uma versão realista, é impressionante. Mas, para completar, ainda tem as várias surpresas, reviravoltas e participações especiais - que, aliás, fazem esta história quase ser um "Batman da Vertigo". É uma história de terror, no final das contas. E uma que vale reler daqui a um tempo, para reavaliar todas as pistas que estavam meio claras, mas você só nota que estavam na resolução. Até me deu vontade de ler o CORINGA da dupla. A nota mais precisa seria 4,5 estrelas.