A review by richard963
Batman, Vol. 3: Death of the Family by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV

4.0

I really liked this one. A clever deconstruction of Batman’s relationship with the Joker. My only criticism would be that once the revelations and psychological aspect finally got rolling, they didn’t get explored far enough. The ending is a gut-punch, how despite Batman winning, Joker has managed to cause a rift between him and the others. That corruption sticking with him was symbolized cleverly by the use of flies as a metaphor. Joker, wearing his own face as a grisly mask, is surrounded by flies and even after it is all said and done, one of them sticks around in the Batcave. I thought that element was some fantastic visual storytelling.