I received this book as an ARC from DC Comics in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

I have read and loved Batman: Nightwalker the novel by Marie Lu and when I found out that there is a graphic novel to the adaptation, I knew I had to read it. This series is very popular with our teen patrons and the art work was very compelling and so artistically colorful, I was glued from beginning to end. Our teens who are fans of Manga and the DC Superhero series will absolutely love this book and I can not wait to tell them about it.

We will consider adding this title to our graphic novel collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

Young Bruce Wayne hits 18 and suddenly he's a billionaire and everybody wants to piece. While trying to navigate that he also gets pulled in to a mystery with an enigmatic lady and doesn't know who he can trust.
I haven't read the book this was based on, but I thought this story was great. The art looks cool and they actually manage to pull of the whole superhero-before-he's-a-superhero story. I've read enough of those to know that's not easy. Seems most fall into one of two pits.: they either lean to hard and everything becomes a "get it? GET IT?!" moment or they go so far in the other director that the characters become unrecognizable. I'm impressed with the authors ability to lead you along a familiar path while making everything new. Well done.

For some reason I could not get into the novel version of this story so I was excited that a graphic novel version came out. It was a solid entry into the young batman/origin story field. I always like seeing young Bruce and Alfred's relationship.

I think that maybe this book would’ve benefited from some background information or more story building. I know that Batman himself has a long history that is told in the comics and movies but this book really lacked in information and I felt like it was just missing something.

I really loved the art! I enjoyed this graphic novel so much. I cannot wait to buy a physical copy!!