Milk Tray Guy
70s Man of Action
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Yes I said REVILED, not 'revered'!
I'm a decades-long Batman fan, but it has to be said there are a few Batman stories that attract very strong - even vitriolic - criticism, such as Alan Moore's The Killing Joke, Mike Barr's Year Two, and Frank Miller's All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder.
Now for me TKJ is the second greatest CB story ever told (and is held in high regard by a lot of people - although it does have a very vocal group of detractors), Y2 is entertaining enough when taken as its own thing (and always felt like an 'Elseworlds' to me anyway), and ASB&RtBW is hilarious if read as a satire (still not sure if Miller intended it as such). But as I say, not everyone - to put it mildly - feels that way...
So which Batman comics stories do you feel come in for the heaviest criticism, and in your opinion do they deserve it? And what are your thoughts on the three that I listed?
I'm a decades-long Batman fan, but it has to be said there are a few Batman stories that attract very strong - even vitriolic - criticism, such as Alan Moore's The Killing Joke, Mike Barr's Year Two, and Frank Miller's All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder.
Now for me TKJ is the second greatest CB story ever told (and is held in high regard by a lot of people - although it does have a very vocal group of detractors), Y2 is entertaining enough when taken as its own thing (and always felt like an 'Elseworlds' to me anyway), and ASB&RtBW is hilarious if read as a satire (still not sure if Miller intended it as such). But as I say, not everyone - to put it mildly - feels that way...
So which Batman comics stories do you feel come in for the heaviest criticism, and in your opinion do they deserve it? And what are your thoughts on the three that I listed?