VERY FINE/NEAR MINT Written by Paul Dini
Art by Dustin Nguyen & Derek Fridolfs
Cover by Nguyen
Scarface and the new Ventriloquist make their deadly return to DETECTIVE COMICS in a story destined to surprise readers! Plus, Zatanna guest-stars in this special tale!
"How is it that Paul Dini is, Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul aside, so good on Detective Comics and so awful on Countdown in the same week? Have I mentioned this before? It’s sort-of baffling. Like, I’ll read this issue, which is as tightly constructed a one-off mystery as you’re likely to find these days, and it’s real good. Clever and Batman-y. But then I’ll read Countdown, any Countdown, anyTHING Countdown, and it’ll be awful. Not the script, since I know Dini doesn’t do that, but the basic plot is so dumb and unreadable that I can’t believe that it’s done by anyone who has even READ a comic, let alone written one. And Dini HAS written comics! Good ones! THIS good one! I’m so confused!"
THIS BOOK GETS 7 GRAHAMS OUT OF 10
