I think this collection has been my favorite of the Dark Nights: Metal I've read. I haven't read every single collection, but this one was the most 'readable' of them so far. It also has a pretty solid cliff hanger ending, which is both infuriating and totally reasonable.

Metal was a great run and I continue to talk about it to anyone who will listen. The resulting effects on the entire DC continuity, as well as making the multiverse cool again, made all the difference.

I made the mistake of not downloading this volume in time so honestly, I just bought it. But I had always planned to buy a physical copy, anyway, as I absolutely love Batman and Scott Snyder has become my absolute favorite modern comic writer.

The way Snyder so brilliantly picked apart and reworked Bruce Wayne/Batman's character in this volume is not unlike the brilliant way that he took the characters to new and previously untapped levels in his Court of Owls arc. I genuinely believe that his work has been the best and most well-done character development that we have seen since the first release of The Dark Knight.

But enough of my fan, rambling. The Dark Multiverse is upon us and it is up to The Justice League to traverse the globe in hopes of finding ancient relics that can help them finally put things right after the catastrophic events of Metal that have left Gotham (and the world) reeling. Monsters and mayhem abound! But what are they truly up against? Pretty much the most bad-ass and terrifying version of themselves that they can imagine: The Seven Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse. And they. are. intense.

I fully believe in a spoiler-free comic experience. This story is so rich and so well woven that I struggle to find the right words to explain my feelings on the story. It is a wild ride. Even in a trade copy of combined volumes, you'll be stronger than me if you can put it down without finishing in one sitting. I couldn't look away. The Seven are fascinating, brilliant, and honestly- pretty horrific. It fills the gaps between the issues of Snyder's Metal in perfectly, collecting all of the tie-in issues into this volume that honestly should be mandatory reading to go alongside Metal.

A very solid 4 stars for this trade, there was one issue that I wasn't as fond of (and I feel this may be kind of universal for many readers for a very obvious reason) but again, keeping it spoiler-free, I am going to just say that it was a big reason we didn't hit 4.5 or even 5 stars with this one. But damn close. A really solid read and great addition to my life-long Batman collection.

The Resistance collection of the Dark Nights: Metal event is a little spotty, perhaps because it's collected separately from the actual trade collection.

This was another fun read for me due to the bat family interaction with the main storyline. But it wasn't as good as some of the other volumes. The artwork was a nice touch for this volume. I liked it but it wasn't the best.

First of all ...the art in this book is breathtaking! Literally. I had to remind myself to breathe.
Our heroes are dealing with dark multiverses. The ultimate bad guy has pulled together seven evil Batmans from seven different universes and set them to destroy our heroes.
The key to a great superhero story is to put them in a situation that seems insurmountable. That’s what these authors do again and again to each superhero in turn. So, yeah...when reading this remember to breathe.

I don't often read comics, and this series reminds me of why. Hard to follow, and very chaotic. I didn't get much out of the story, though I'm sure fans who are used to this format would enjoy it more.

It's an entertaining and fun read, but it can be a bit of struggle to get through. It's also somewhat difficult to follow if you haven't read the other books in the Metal series. I'd recommend picking those up before checking out this series. It might help you understand the story better.

Wow, this was incredibly hard to follow. I seriously had no idea what was going on from the very first page. DC Comics should consider putting together an omnibus Metal edition, in proper order. It would allow the reader to understand the complete story in all its complexity.

This volume fills in the cracks to the Dark Metals storyline by collecting various tie-in volumes in the series. Unfortunately, the sequencing is off so you need to pay attention and back track to follow the plot.

Thank you to net galley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review.

There isn't a lot to say about this that hasn't already been said about the other two tpb in the Metal series. I think if you read and enjoyed Dark Knights : Metal that you will enjoy this

'Dark Knights: Metal: The Resistance' from DC Comics is a supplemental volume to the main Dark Knights: Metal. The main story is collected in the Dark Nights: Metal: Deluxe Edition. This volume serves to fill in the gaps with 12 additional comics that were in the crossover.

Gotham is under siege from an odd collection of altered Batmen. He has enlisted The Riddler and Mr. Frost in the battle. Facing off against him are the the Teen Titans, the Justice League, and members of the Suicide Squad. Some of the altered Batmen show up, but the primary one is the Joker infused Batman Who Smiles with his horrific smile and minions on chains.

My favorite volume of the series is still Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Knights Rising. I liked parts of this volume more than others. The stories are meant to be read along with the main story, so reading this straight through feels a bit disjointed at times. Also, once you've read the main story, this feels a bit anticlimactic to read.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

A necessary volume that provides greater context to understand the Dark multiverse and its impact on Batman as he discovers that there are darker versions of himself that haunt, terrorize, and threaten the very existence of the D.C. Multiverse.

Without reading the other books in the Metal series, this would be very difficult to follow. It jumps around from comic title to comic title, not so much one story as bits and pieces. There is a lot of good writing and interesting character development, although it was often arrested by the inconstant nature of the anthology. The artwork, overall, was well done and exciting. Needed to fully understand the Metal series.

This one has a lot of the 'off screen' stuff that is going on in the main TPB of DC Metal. Some of the strings, but, not the thick ones, the skinny ones.

We get to see Gotham as the Bat Rogues gallery, Riddler, Bane, Mad Hatter, Freeze, and even Ivy, want it to be. I was not at all happy though with the Harley Quinn/Ivy stuff. Really DC? Grrr...

We did then get to be in Batman's (the actual one) head a little bit in Batman Lost. And then we get to be in Hawkman's head too.

Individually they were interesting stories. And although I don't really like the Metal story line all that much, these stories were definitely more entertaining than a lot of the others in this massive story.

I received this book via Netgalley thanks to DC Entertainment.

DC brings in a lot of their big gun artists to illustrate the Dark Nights Metal tie in issues throughout the DC universe. There's two main arcs. Both tie in very well to the core Dark Nights Metal book. Gotham Resistance has members of the Bat family and Green Arrow teaming up to run the gambit through the Dante's Inferno version of Gotham. It's actually pretty good. Bats Out of Hell focuses on the Justice League's battle with the evil Batmen. It's solid too.

I was surprised how well these fit in to the overall story. In most of the company wide crossovers of the past, these tie-ins were terrible.

I found that I am not a fan of the Metal Batman series. It is not something that I enjoyed and felt that the characters were not as developed as they are in other series such as those by Frank Miller

The best part of Dark Nights: Metal: The Resistance is the "Gotham Resistance" story, a four-part crossover between Teen Titans, Green Arrow, Nightwing, and Suicide Squad. These are titles that haven't had a lot of interplay, especially in the New 52 and Rebirth eras, and among the best parts is that this really does read like a crossover -- Green Arrow gets to buddy up with Nightwing, the Titans and the Suicide Squad face off, and so on.

There's a capable group of writers on this story -- Benjamin Percy, Tim Seeley, and Rob Williams -- and even more so, a trio of artists doing great work outside DC's norm -- Mirka Andolfo, Stjepan Sejic, and Juan Ferreyra (plus Paul Pelletier, who's always welcome). Sejic's and Ferreyra's painterly, fantasy-inspired art especially sells it when all the heroes dress up in medieval garb, and the general aesthetic helps to transcend the mundane "Batman's rogues each get their own kingdoms" storyline to create something more special. I also appreciate a number of references to Metal-related events in these individual titles (mainly Nightwing and Green Arrow), making these title-specific and not just incidental stories.

The Dark Nights: Metal event isn't good enough to necessitate the number of pages it received. This volume collects two storyline tie-ins, neither of which is necessary to understanding the main story nor interesting enough on its own to make it required reading. Very skippable, even if you are checking out the main Metal book.

These are tie-in stories and for me reading them after Metal made the overall story better. It filled in blanks of what happened during the main story and just made the whole chain of events seem more inevitably doomed. I really enjoyed the Gotham Resistance. Nightwing, Green Arrow, Robin, Harley, and Killer Croc work together to get the the center of the labyrinth that Gotham City has become fighting Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, The Riddler and so on. The Justice League storyline follows them on their own adventures while helping Superman get to the Darkverse and what happened after that, where Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Green Lantern basically are faced with the corrupted Batmen that share their power. The main villain in this isn't really Barbatos but the Batman who Laughs. He's out in Gotham manipulating all the other villains and making life hell for everyone. I enjoyed the art pretty much throughout the entire thing and the story lines were. My main complaint is that with everything out of order it was kind of confusing.