This was intense! Loved it! Need more like this!!!!!

Oh so many monsters. And they, combined with a Hurricane, Hurricane Milton, are destroying the heck out of Gotham City.

My favorite part of Batman books is not generally Hugo Strange, the villain of this TPB, but in this TPB I thought that the way that he was used in this was slightly different and I thought better than usual.

It was a good portion of the hands on deck of this one (although now that I think of it where were Batgirl, Damian, or Red Hood?) But, Batwoman and her team, Orphan, Spoiler, Clayface were there. As was Nightwing and we even got to see a bit of Duke Thomas and Alfred too.

I do yearn for the simple days of Batman and Robin, but, these other characters do have interesting stories too. So I don't want to totally go back to the old days.

I got this ARC through Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.

Beware the Monster Men! This volume collects the issues across the Batman family that creates the Monster Men story arc. If you follow one comic series but not the other, this volume will fill in the blanks. Overall a fast-paced and suspenseful crossover story-arc for your favorite heroes in the Batman Universe.

This had a 90s feel to it which I liked . The story is fine as Hugo Strange unleashes monsters in Gotham. The crossover was good. I just did nit find myself riveted to the page for some reason or another

This was pretty bad, but in a fun way (kind of like the ongoing Gotham TV series, which I keep watching, even though it never seems to improve). When I got this collection through NetGalley, I was expecting the second volume of Tom King's Rebirth work on Batman, so was a bit surprised at the presence of characters I'd never heard of before--Orphan and Spoiler--as well as a seemingly-reformed Clayface. They're all part of a "Bat" team, which also includes Nightwing, Batwoman, and Gotham Girl, who are faced with a number of giant monsters attacking Gotham. These monsters are part of a rather underdeveloped scheme by Hugo Strange to defeat and replace Batman (the whole thing is barely explained at all, other than a fleeting image of Strange lifting weights in the nude and then a brief battle scene between Strange, dressed in pseudo-Batman costume, fighting the real thing towards the end). Along the way, we also have scenes set in a giant cave system where much of the population of downtown Gotham has been relocated, supposedly for safety from the oncoming threat of a hurricane, and at risk from some sort of sentient mold spores that turns them homicidal. The monster men are the result of some modified Bane venom and a couple are truly hideous creations, including a spider-creature in a prison. This was all rather ridiculous, but presented in an entertaining fashion. I rather enjoyed it despite all the loose ends and the varying artwork from one issue to the next.

Fantastic art with lots of action but a bit of an obscure story for me personally, little explanation and a lot of relying on the reader having read certain back issues. That being said I found it highly enjoyable, I loved the watchtowers and each individual member of the Justice League had their own time to shine. Would highly recommend to any fan of the Bat.

This is the second Batman Rebirth cycle TPB I've previewed from DC. This is so much better than the New 52! Batman, Batwoman, Clayface, and others team up to fight Hugo Strange and his abominations, and discovery his reasoning for creating them in the first place.