Batman: Dear Detective (2022) #1 (Detective Comics (2016-))

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This might come as a surprise to readers who know me a little well, but I actually really love the realism in Bermejo’s work. I know he does it mostly digital which probably helps him zoom in to get the microscopic details in place. I agree with others that this is a total DC money grab, but I also think the "letters" let the collected art tell the story - essentially something we all know.

comic) Batman and Robin (comic) Batman and Robin Eternal (comic) Batman/Superman (comic) Batman v Superman (General Mills) Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (comic) Batman: Arkham Unhinged Batwing (comic) Catwoman (comic) Detective Comics (comic) Earth 2 (comic) Earth 2: Society (comic) Gotham Academy (comic) Gotham Academy: Second Semester (comic) Gotham by Midnight (comic) Grayson (comic) Harley Quinn (comic) Injustice: Gods Among Us (comic) Injustice: Gods Among Us: Ground Zero (comic) Justice League (comic) Justice League/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (comic) Justice League of America (Rebirth) Mother Panic (comic) New Suicide Squad (comic) Nightwing (comic) Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death (comic) Red Hood/Arsenal (comic) Red Hood and the Outlaws (comic) Robin: Son of Batman (comic) Teen Titans Go! It's a simple story (and quite good), but the presentation is wonderful and that's enough for this book to please me. We all knew it was going to be (or not, if Bermejo isn’t your thing), but hey, he’s getting to do this for a reason. The art is the main highlight, but I’m not going to act as if it made for a more enthralling story that made sense or anything.It’s not book-ruining by any means, and I understand that this wasn’t supposed to be a super dense noir thriller, but I do wish there was some more substance here. I’m a big fan of Batman - my favorite DC character - and I’ve only gotten into the world of comic/illustrated reading so I hadn’t seen any of the art before.

For example, on one page Batman is climbing up to a rooftop at night, the next he's on the roof in the middle of a rainstorm, the next he's jumping off the roof is a bright sunrise. Lee Bermejo is a spectacular artist and an especially premium Batman artist because of how gritty he makes the Dark Knight in his drawings.There's a degree of psycho-analysis present that gives the impression this Riddler knows Batman the best. Batman: Dear Detective" is a short one-shot tale of a mysterious stranger writing a "love letter" to Batman. The letter itself feels very gritty and tonally feels at home with Batman as it describes his greatest enemy. And for whoever came up with the idea of releasing his covers in an oversized format with a somewhat story attached. The “story” that is told between the pages is a series of mysterious letters to Batman by an unknown character.