All Star Batman #9 Review

Writer: Scott Snyder / Artist: Jock / DC Comics I’ve said it in just about every way feasible, but I will continue to say it: All Star Batman is incredible. Up to this point, Scott Snyder’s work has been experimental with how the legend of Batman is viewed by the people of Gotham and, ultimately, us as an audience. But in All Star, Scott Snyder experiments with how we read Batman, playing with various methods are narration, giving each “episode” a very distinctive look and feel alongside with a Murderer’s Row of A-list artists at his disposal. It’s entirely likely that Issue #9 my favorite and, very possibly, the best issue so far of what has been a top-shelf series. This marks the conclusion of the world spanning, “Ends of the Earth” story arc where Batman has been chasing down a Doomsday solution that has put him in the crosshairs of some of his most infamous foes. The formula hasn’t changed since the end of the road has delivered him to one of his absolute most formidable villains. The question of whether or not humanity is slouching towards its own destruction has been more relevant than ever and the mystery baddie is probably the best suited to explore this with. Snyder is at his best when he’s putting Batman in a race against time where his greatest weapon is his will to win.

It’s pretty fitting that Jock ends up being the artist to bring this story home since it started with him. I thought he couldn’t do any better when he had Batman in the frozen tundra squaring off …