To be quite honest, I wasn’t all too happy with the DC Rebirth stories. Apparently, a lot of stories just got retold with some minor changes to the plots, especially concerning the characters. But other than that a lot of the Rebirth series is just repetition of the past. The same goes for Night of the Monster Men.

This story has been retold a couple of times, however, I cannot compare it to the older versions, because I haven’t read those (yet). Batman is very conflicted about how to keep his team alive and sees this as his sole responsibility and doesn’t let the other team members take control of their own actions. He feels guilty about Tim dying (before Rebirth) and now doesn’t want to lose another one of his accomplices. But I feel this hurts the team work more than it helps it and distracts Batman during fighting. None of the others like being told to stay put by Batman, and nearly everyone disobeys his orders at some point.

This crossover feels a bit all over the place because there are so many characters to follow and so many monsters to fight at the same time. The art in this volume also isn’t really my taste and especially knowing Nightwing very well, I feel like the artist didn’t quite catch the characters true image. All in all, I think this is a solid 3-star read for somebody who has a bit more knowledge about Batman and the gang. I would not recommend this to anybody who hasn’t read the Detective Comics Vol. 1: Rise of the Batmen.

Good team-up/continuation of plot points from the Rebirth arc of 'Batman'. Maybe a little mixed on some of the art, though.

So the first bat-crossover of the rebirth-era is a disaster story but with giant monsters. Disaster stories are great for Batman, because they genuinely highlight his limitations compared to his colleagues in the Justice League that can straight up divert tidal waves and hold fault lines in place, and then he overcomes them through the power of teamwork (his second or third super-power depending on the writer). Adding Basil's Clayface to the roster of the bat-family is a great wrinkle to the formula that continues to payoff into the present.

Verdict: Get it. It's a nice batstory that gets the entire gang in on the action in a great way.

Apparently, this is the first crossover episode of the Rebirth branding and I’m afraid it’s kind of underwhelming. It’s not bad, it’s just… not great.
Collects Batman 7-8, Nightwing 5-6, & Detective Comics 941-942.
It might be called Batman: Night of the Monster Men but I’d be more inclined to rename it Team Batman vs a Japanese Monster Movie.
Following on from the recent Detective Comics storyline involving the death of Tim Drake (Really, who the hell would willingly put on the Robin costume? That’s 3 of 4. Either Batman is a really careless responsible adult or he’s a serial killer. Of course, it could be Dick, bumping off all others that replaced him in Bruce’s affection. Batman should never have slapped him. But I digress.) Batman is in ultra-protective mode. He has his team around him and is determined to save Gotham from a flood caused by a hurricane. Yes, people Batman is concerned with global warming. He couldn’t save Tim but he won’t lose another person, not even to a natural disaster. Of course, this rain splattered night is the very night that Dr Hugo Strange decides to attract Batman’s attention by unleashing a quartet of animal/reanimated human corpse hybrids on Gotham.
The Bat team consists of Batman, Batwoman, Nightwing, Orphan, Spoiler, and Clayface, with Gotham Girl (Tim Drake’s sister?) a chap called Duke (who suits up later on) and Albert all hanging in the Batcave. Batman keeps sending the other members of the team away to carry out more ‘safe’ parts of the job and they keep ignoring him.
The writing by Steve Orlando is okay (I prefer his Midnighter and Apollo stuff), but I don’t quite understand why they didn’t have a collaborative writing team of the writers who write the individual issues to write their particular characters. This would keep a consistent character voice. From what I’ve read after finishing the comic this storyline was one that was used in a Batman comic in the 90s, I don’t know how close this stuck to the original storyline.
As for the art, they at least kept the original artists for the individual runs. Unfortunately, this gave the overall look of this volume a patchwork vibe.
I didn’t like the artwork in the Batman issues, it was wishy-washy with almost a watercolour style yet without any of the colour you would expect from a that art style. It was a study in beige and grey, which did reflect the constant rain quite well, but gave the artwork an almost blurry quality. The figures were indistinct and poorly composed and I found myself squinting at the panels to try and make out the background.
By comparison I much preferred the art for the Nightwing issues. The artwork was much clearer and the characters more defined. It made for a much more enjoyable reading experience. And the art for the Detective comics issues hovered somewhere in between with some interesting panels and others not so much.
Overall the volume was okay. I didn’t clip and post and panels that I loved, or that made me laugh, or that were meta, which is an indication that I don’t love the story. I don’t regret reading it but I’m unlikely to read this again or recommend it to readers over other titles.
Titans still remains my favourite volume from the Rebirth series to date.

Batman: Night of the Monster Men is a reminder of what a crossover can be. Night of the Monster Men introduces Batman's Duke Thomas and Gotham Girl Claire Clover to Detective Comics's Batwoman, Spoiler, Orphan, and Clayface, and pairs all of them with Nightwing for good measure. Though we're talking about three titles where Batman stars or appears regularly, each book has its own distinct cast, and so a large part of the joy of Monster Men is pairing Batwoman, Nightwing, and Gotham Girl, for instance. The book is a true crossover in that sense of the word.

The importance of the art in Monster Men can't be overstated. Monster Men is a gauntlet thrown, not simply in terms of the quick, in-and-out, unobtrusive crossover, but also the look of it -- daring to be different than any of the individual titles, and also tending toward an indie sketchiness. Constantine: The Hellblazer's Riley Rossmo rules the day, with a light but hip and stylized approach that sees a Batwoman with as absurdly long bat-ears as Batman's are stubby. Andy MacDonald's figures are equally uniquely thin; Roge Antonio's work is maybe the most traditional here, but his big-eyed characters remind at times of Rick Burchett drawing the animated Batman in comic form. All of them draw fantastically grotesque monsters. That DC deviates from the standard style of each of these books so soon after launch is daring, and based on look alone Monster Men is a book I'd keep around to read again just to while away an afternoon.

Awful.

Honestly, stuff like this could quickly piss away any goodwill that the "Rebirth" relaunch has generated.

DC talked this up as "..the first crossover of the DC Rebirth era!", as if that were a good thing. The line was a few months old when this was originally serialized.....was anyone crying out for a crossover between the Bat-books? Especially one that is essentially a six-issue fill-in story....? Was anyone crying out for a crossover of any kind? Newsflash: Comic-book fans are good and sick of the endless crossovers, DC. (You too, Marvel!) DC is starting out a massive, line-wide relaunch, and is met with critical and fan acclaim....what to do to keep that momentum going...? I know! How about a six-part ludicrous story that has Batman and company fighting GIANT MONSTERS???? By three different fill-in teams, no less!! Awesome!!!

BATMAN: NIGHT OF THE MONSTER MEN collects BATMAN #'s 7-8, NIGHTWING #'s 5-6, and DETECTIVE COMICS #'s 941-942, and builds on the Hugo Strange subplot that ran through BATMAN, VOL. 1: I AM GOTHAM. (Unfortunately, BATMAN writer Tom King is absent from this volume, credited only as a "Co-plotter" on the two BATMAN issues. Meaning, he was told by DC that the plot for those two issues would be giant monsters invading Gotham City, and he said "Umm, OK.") The NIGHTWING ad DETECTIVE COMICS writers are also credited as co-plotters, but the heavy lifting here is done by writer Steve Orlando, whose work here guarantees that I will never spend one cent on anything that has his name on it again.

The story, such as it is, is that Hugo Strange has used Bane's Venom formula to mutate dead bodies into gigantic Kaiju that he sends to attack Gotham City. This is roughly the tenth or eleventh time that Gotham City has been completely leveled since "The New 52" started. Honestly, enough already. DC is subliminally training readers to feel that if Gotham City isn't destroyed in a story, then that story must not be worth telling because the stakes aren't high enough. Remember when Two-Face robbed banks? When The Joker mutated fish so that they looked like him...? Not good enough anymore!! Jesus, Scott Snyder destroyed Gotham about five times in his ten overrated volumes, Darkseid destroyed Gotham in the JUSTICE LEAGUE event, and Batwoman's father just destroyed Gotham in DETECTIVE COMICS a few months ago. Who keeps rebuilding this fucking city? And who keeps living there????

The story is exactly as bare-bones as I'm making it sound. Batman, Nightwing, Batwoman, Orphan (Ugh, that name...), Spoiler, Alfred, Clayface, and Duke Thomas (Stop trying to make Duke Thomas happen.....no one cares.) fight giant monsters. It is already amazing enough that Hugo Strange can MAKE giant monsters, but it's doubly amazing that a high-school kid can just whip up an antidote on the fly. I realize that the concept of Batman already strains credibility, but comic-book readers can accept a lot.....this book asks us to accept too much. Batman shouldn't be fighting giant monsters. It's ridiculous, but not even fun-ridiculous...this is bad-ridiculous. The pinnacle was when we find out that Bruce Wayne has rigged some of his Wayne Tower buildings to transform into giant monster-fighting mega-weapons, you know...just in case giant monsters ever invaded Gotham. But, wait...because he also equipped them with giant, glowing BAT-SYMBOLS, just in case people needed another reason to wonder why Bruce Wayne and Batman are tied together so closely.

This is just a sloppy, ugly, pointless book that was a huge chore to read. DC Comics sent me a review copy, but they sent it AFTER I already bought a copy of the hardcover, so I speak as someone who actually spent money on this dreck....don't make the same mistake yourself. This crossover was a surefire way to turn off some of the potential new readers that the Bat-books may have picked up, post-Rebirth. Death to crossovers!

BATMAN: NIGHT OF THE MONSTER MEN earns a measly one out of ten monster heads:
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DC Comics provided a review copy waaaaaaay too late to do me any good.

This was a rather bizarre interlude for the Rebirth Batman. Dr. Strange has unleashed Kaiju-grade mayhem on Gotham and it is up to Batman and his Bat-family to save their city again. The writing was snappy and witty in places and lacking in others - the same could be said of the artwork. I'm hoping that not too many forays are made into this territory again. Recommended for Bat-fans and completionists.

So now we've decided to just redo old stories? How original! Hugo Strange and the Monster Men has been done more than once (and much better). So Hugo Strange is now a master geneticist in addition to being a psychiatrist. And he's created Kaiju out of corpses to run around Gotham? What!? Then Nightwing figures out some nonsense about how the monsters are representative of Batman's psyche. There's a ton of psychobabble nonsense in here. Batman takes a backseat in this book to Nightwing and Batwoman. If you're a fan of watching people being evacuated, this is the book for you because that's what most of the book consists of. To add insult to injury, the Justice League shows up to help clean up the aftermath. You know when it's time to call in the JL? When Godzilla first appears in your city, not after they've destroyed it. All in all, this is the most boring book you'll ever read of the Bat-family fighting monsters.

I should really try and read comics in order a bit more...

I believe this is the first crossover of DC Universe: Rebirth? It's also Batman Vol. III #1.5.

There are tons of great characters in this, mostly featuring Batman (duh), Batwoman, Nightwing, Orphan, Spoiler, Clayface, Gotham Girl and even Dr. Strange. Pretty great line-up, I think!

So the plot of this volume is monsters, as you may have guessed from the title. Genetically engineered monsters, developed from human corpses. But the dead aren't the only ones affected by the creation; an algae-like substance is sending civilians insane with rage. And the costumed heroes aren't immune to it, either...

The crew have to protect the citizens of Gotham, and Gotham Girl is intent on helping - even if she isn't quite well enough yet. But why has Dr. Strange picked these particular people to turn into monsters? And why is he aiming them at Batman?...

I absolutely loved how it turned out to be "Batman's monsters" (I won't spoil it for anyone who wants to read it, but it's really clever I think). The characters are as good as always, but there isn't much personal life included in this (but it is a superhero story, I guess.) There's a lot of action, as you'd expect, as well as some careful calculations, biology and physics. A really good volume! 4 stars out of 5.

Gotham has faced disasters before, but now two hare coming at once. Hurricane Milton is barreling down on the city, while monsters are rampaging across Gotham. Batman and his latest Bat team comes together to deal with the multiple threats, pulling out heavy weapons stockpiled for situations such as this. The Bat team pulls its weight allowing Batman to confront the major villain and bring him to justice. A nice adventure for all with growth in the Bat team.

I got this off Netgalley and... I don't even know where to start. This was atrocious in every way. Poor story (what story?), abysmal writing and uninspired art; this comic is the reason why most comic book readers are victims of condescension. I would blame no one for laughing at the mediocrity on display in the 150-odd pages here.

It starts out in a morgue with a hint of suspicious activity going on, before we are treated to an overly verbose argument between Batman, Nightwing and Batwoman where we read, over and over and over, that [spoiler alert] Tim (Red Robin) [end spoiler] has died. He was also the greatest and could science the **** out of everything. These points are mentioned several times, not because these guys can't quite get over the death and his greatness, but because every bad decision/command must be preceded by the reminder that this is why said bad choice is being made.

There are a lot of extraneous characters with idiotic codenames running about. Spoiler, Orphan, Duke (that may be his real name, actually) and Clayface bring up the rear. Oh, and there's Gotham Girl, who remains as ineffectual as the only other time I met her - in the equally atrocious Batman, Volume 1: I Am Gotham. The writers should rename her Useless Girl because it's evident they don't care for this character unless she's a gibbering mess making a hash of things.

Also, Duke, the only person of colour of note in the entire comic, spends his entire time pretending to science in the Batcave. He and Alfred, neither of whom appear to have any real scientific knowledge, are tasked with figuring out what is creating the monsters currently rampaging in Gotham. Fantastic, how logical. Let's forget there are actual scientists out there who could speed up the thinking process and leave it with these two bozos. Duke's other task during the comic is to argue back and forth with Bats about leaving the Cave and helping in the field, and being shot down in no uncertain terms. Happens in virtually every chapter/issue of this comic. Makes for really fun reading. #NOT

Batwoman, despite have a handful of cool moments, is wasted. She seems to spend most of her time hollering for people on comms. She's not on page much either.

The book had me so riled I pretty much had snarky annotations for every page. Which is unfortunate, because I'm the first person to want to champion comics, only to be faced with this utter trollop.

There are several cliched plot twists that make you want to roll your eyes so hard. In the beginning Commissioner Gordon, in no uncertain terms, mentions that the police can't be seen working with costumed vigilantes as they're classified as fugitives, but soon after the cops are taking orders from the kid vigilantes.

Then, at one point, two of our protagonists are turned into monsters (but, of course), and are quickly saved in the next issue. But when there is a remaining monster, no more of the cure appears to be available to stop it.

We also have a prolonged scene where a character is in free-fall, but has the time and wherewithal to come up with a cogent plan of action for the team to stop her fall. She also relates said plan and answers their queries - all while falling to her imminent death!

Additionally, Bats is shown as some kind of super-Batman, because we see him being able to breathe, threaten and give orders in a room that has essentially been blocked off from air. Yup - dude can now survive in a vacuum.

I haven't mentioned the art - it was confusing, to say the least. Couldn't figure out most of it, which made understanding the action even harder. And the monster men - ugh, honestly, it was kind of gross. I'm sorry I picked up this book at all.

The writing was the lowest of the low. I don't know why Tom King decided to remain attached to this atrocity, because this is bad to the power of infinity. Soon after the monsters are unleashed, Nightwing comes across a clue identifying the villain behind it all. Batman takes up an entire panel describing the person before revealing his name. This is even worse than '70s action films.

Even the cries of panicked citizens is written poorly, and that's saying something. I can't believe DC thought it was okay to publish this nonsense. It is just the worst.

It astounds me that DC is so behind in terms of diversity. You'll be hard-put to find any people or colour. I'm not saying Marvel is the best, but they're trying (irrespective of what stupid VP's of the company say).

Honestly, this comic should have been called 'Batman: Night of Not Following Orders', as that's pretty much what happens throughout. No one listens to Batman, everyone disobeys him at least once - so what's the point of him at all.

This comic was such a joke, I feel like it's pretty representative of how most of the Rebirth series is going.

Thank you for providing me with a free ARC to assist with collection development.

I loved this. The story was filled with suspense and had me sitting at the edge of my seat wanting to know more. The action was intense and the interactions between the characters was very believable. It gave me a new look at Batman. The drawings were wonderful and in great detail. Nightwing's and Gotham Girl's monster forms were interesting and depicted their alter egos well. The psychological analytical aspect of Batman in the four monster gave a new outlook into how Batman operates and how he uses it to his advantage.

ARC From Netgalley.
3.5 Stars.
Dr. Hugo Strange has launched his most recent scheme: "The Monster Men", 4 men who get genetically changed into gigantic beasts who want nothing more than to kill and destroy Gotham. Unfortunately, this attack takes place at the same time as a hurricane is steadily approaching the city. Batman and Co. (Batman, Batwoman, Nightwing, Spoiler, Orphan, Gotham Girl, and Clayface) head out to evacuate people to higher ground in addition to taking on the monsters, all while Alfred and Duke run tech from the Batcave. It's a pretty straightforward story, with a few twists (red goop in the caves that turns people into monsters has to be subjected to extreme heat, Nightwing and Gotham Girl get infected and turn into monsters, Batman learning to trust his team so soon after the loss of Tim, etc). The ending is fairly predictable, but the action and flow of the story is good. Nice battle-filled night time romp in Gotham for Bat and crew. Recommend.

The following is a review for Batman: Night of the Monster Men (Rebirth).

Spoiler level: mild.

Diving into the Rebirth Bat-verse you might expect to come across a heavy hitter or two in the Dark Knight’s rogues gallery. How about giant nightmarish monsters instead?

Authors Tom King and Steve Orlando take readers on a Bat-crazy, monster-riddled romp through Gotham. In his first crossover since Rebirth, Batman teams up with Nightwing and Batwoman after Hugo Strange’s dastardly deeds give birth to the aforementioned monster attack. There’s a dash of Cloverfield, hint of Godzilla, and a splash of Pacific Rim as Team Bats try to extinguish this new terror. Being a Batman story, it would have been easy to stray too far and lose the core of what makes this team important to the reader. The story manages to keep the characters familiar amidst the relative absurdity of skyscraper sized monsters.

Speaking of which, the Monster Men were hellishly cool. While they aren’t your typical foes found in Detective Comics, it brings together these heroes and forces them to find new ways to fight for Gotham. The style defied expectations for typical comic book creatures. Any absence of detail fed its ominous nature. I couldn’t wait to see how next big bad burst onto the page.

Familiar faces like Spoiler, Orphan, and Gotham Girl join the fray, but there was one guest spot that helped shape the series, so to speak. One time baddie, Clayface, is taking a turn as a good guy and gives Batman a sick upgrade: a shape-shifter exosuit. That tells you all you need to know about this series.

The core team flies from from their respective comfort zones and all have moments to shine and deliver their brand of beat-downs. A gritty horror noir for Batman and his crew, the Night of the Monster Men crossover succeeds at bringing this group together, pushing them to their physical and mental limits, and propelling them through a living nightmare.

From the creative team of Steve Orlando (MIDNIGHTER), Tom King (BATMAN), Tim Seeley (BATMAN ETERNAL), James Tynion IV (DETECTIVE COMICS), Riley Rossmo (CONSTANTINE: THE HELLBLAZER), Roge Antonio (BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY) and Andy MacDonald (THE NEW 52: FUTURES END). This epic of horror and heroism collects BATMAN #7-8, NIGHTWING #5-6 and DETECTIVE COMICS #941-942.
Hardcover | ISBN 9781401270674 | PRICE $24.99 (USD)

Night Of The Monster Men is the first crossover in DC Universe: Rebirth, and if it is anything to say how the other crossovers will go, then they will be hit and miss for people. I personally do not think that it was as bad as everyone is saying that it was, but it was not amazing either.

Lets start with the storyline. The Bat-family have to protect Gotham from monsters that start appearing one night. Batman divides the team to either evacuating citizens or fighting it. It starts out all fine, but things start to go downhill very fast. Spoiler and Orphan are tasked with helping the people in the caves and keeping the peace whilst everyone else is on the streets fighting these monsters. Whilst I do not want to say much more about the actual plot, what I will say is that it does get better and a few twists do keep you interested in what is going on.

The art style was very variable, as expected from it coming from different artist who have different styles. This, personally, made it very jarring changing from one artist to another who styles are very different. The last two issues, which I believe were from Detective Comics, was my favourite art style out of the three. That is not really a surprise as Detective Comics is my favourite ongoing storyline from DC: Rebirth.

The redeeming part of this crossover is the final few issues. All the pervious issues, whilst not the greatest, set up an amazing finale that I could almost forgive the rest of it for not being up to standard.

Whilst not the greatest, I would say still give it a read as it does not have a follow-on but it will give a nice context to what is going on for the Batman, Nightwing and Detective Comics storylines.

For me, DC’s Rebirth has been a disappointing parade of astonishingly low-quality comics - except for Tom King’s Batman which was surprisingly decent. So I was actually looking forward to Night of the Monster Men, the first Rebirth crossover book, thinking King was writing it. And then I saw the credits page: “Plotted by Tom King/Tim Seeley/James Tynion IV - Script by Steve Orlando” and my heart sank. Steve fucking Orlando.

You know what Orlando’s Midnighter book was? “I’m a gay superhero!” - and that’s it. You know what Orlando’s indie book Virgil was? “I’m a gay action hero!” - and that’s it. I get it dude, you’re a gay writer who wants to write gay comics, and I’m all for that but can you at least make them readable? His Monster Men isn’t “We’re Monster Men and we’re FAAAABULOUUUSSSS!” (although that probably would’ve been an improvement) but it is mega-mega-boring.

Dr Hugo Strange (who’s suddenly jacked for no reason) decides to make Godzilla-sized monsters to rampage across Gotham. Why? Stupid reasons. Ugh. Batman and the Bat-family fight them. Guess who wins? Ugh again. What a fucking useless book!

The story is so immensely dull because it’s static for a lot of the book. Batman rides around on his Batcycle most of the time, Clayface is directing people around Gotham (I still don’t buy why he’s suddenly a good guy either), Spoiler and Orphan are hanging out in a cave. Something happens to Nightwing and Gotham Girl (see Tom King’s first Batman book for her backstory) but it gets resolved predictably and easily. There’s no excitement or tension or anything in this crappy wafer-thin “story”!

And it shouldn’t be this way! Batman! Bat-Family! Mad scientist! GIANT FUCKING MONSTERS! How is it this boring? I take it back, Steve Orlando is talented - talented at sucking out anything remotely interesting from a narrative!

Night of the Monster Men is a completely pointless, unentertaining and irrelevant book full of dull action and a meaningless, unmemorable pseudo-story. Whether or not you’re reading Batman, Detective Comics or Nightwing, you can easily ignore this one - and I recommend you do - without it affecting those titles. It’s the Rebirth standard: unreadable comics! Steve Orlando joins Dan Jurgens and Scott Lobdell as the worst writers DC have at the moment.

From the publisher: The first Batman crossover of DC Rebirth is here in BATMAN: NIGHT OF THE MONSTER MEN!

It’s the storm of the century, and it’s headed straight for Gotham City. The guardians of this sprawling urban center—Nightwing, Batwoman and the Batman himself—think they’ve prepared for the worst.

They have no idea.

Thanks to the machinations of the macabre scientist Dr. Hugo Strange, the storm has unleashed a rain of monsters upon the city. Colossal creatures are stomping through the streets, terrorizing the citizens and challenging the skills of even Gotham’s greatest heroes.

Can the Dark Knight and his allies stem the tide of destruction? Or will the Night of the Monster Men mark the fall of the Bat?

Find out in BATMAN: NIGHT OF THE MONSTER MEN, the first crossover of the DC Rebirth era from the creative team of Steve Orlando (MIDNIGHTER), Tom King (BATMAN), Tim Seeley (BATMAN ETERNAL), James Tynion IV (DETECTIVE COMICS), Riley Rossmo (CONSTANTINE: THE HELLBLAZER), Roge Antonio (BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY) and Andy MacDonald (THE NEW 52: FUTURES END). This epic of horror and heroism collects BATMAN #7-8, NIGHTWING #5-6 and DETECTIVE COMICS #941-942.

Night of the Monster Men, by various writers, is the first Batman crossover since Rebirth started. And overall, it was entertaining. A quick summary: Hugo Strange has developed a serum that creates monsters. These are Godzilla type monsters and they began to run rampant. To make matters worse, a hurricane is threatening to hit Gotham. Batman and Batwoman gather their team (Spoiler, Orphan, and Clayface), and enlist Nightwing to help them defeat the creatures and save Gotham. What starts out as a relatively simple mission turns out to have a deeper meaning and possible long-term repercussions.

I enjoyed this as a crossover event. It basically spanned one night, and taking two issues from each of three different comics wasn't a huge departure for any of their regular storylines. Additionally, it was fun to see Batman take on literal monsters as opposed to the more figurative type he usually battles. I thought the character interactions were terrific: Gotham Girl and Nightwing, Batman and Batwoman, Duke and Alfred, and Orphan and Spoiler. Clayface is also becoming a very intriguing character as he continues to try to be a "good" guy. The writers are coming up with some new and unique opportunities for him to show some new uses for his abilities. I also liked the concept of the Wayne Watchtowers; they absolutely need to become a recurring thing.

As far as villains go, I think Hugo Strange has potential. With his psychology background and his willingness to misuse science, he could be a very formidable adversary for Batman. This story did a nice job of pushing that idea.

Batman: Night of the Monster Men is a fun and entertaining book. It is a decent place for new readers to begin, but it will definitely appeal to Bat-fans. It also seems to be setting up events for future books down the line.

I received a preview copy of this book from DC Comics and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Considering this a story about Batman and the gang punching monsters for 150 pages and little else it was surprisingly decent. I haven't been overly impressed with any DC Rebirth stuff I've read thus far, but this was pretty middle of the road stuff and could have easily been terrible.