

This isn’t Batman, this is Detective Comics. I was particularly heartened to see how seriously Mr. Each issue is a little gem all of its own, an entertaining Batman short-story. Dini, thankfully, proves a master at this form of story-telling. To introduce a compelling mystery and/or character story-line, provide several twists and turns for the reader and complications for our hero, and then to resolve everything in a satisfying conclusion, all within the span of just twenty-two pages is fiendishly difficult. This is a surprisingly difficult task to do well.

Dini decided to tell a series of done-in-one single issue stories. While most comic books of the day favored lengthy, multi-issue stories (something that is still the case today, a style which I quite enjoy when done well), Mr. Right now I am having a heck of a time re-reading Mr. Morrison’s run on Batman, Paul Dini, one of the major creative forces behind Batman: The Animated Series (still my favorite non-comic book depiction of Batman), took over Detective Comics. I am digging deep into some old Batman continuity, friends! After starting a project to re-read Grant Morrison’s years-long run on Batman ( click here for part one, and click here for part two), I decided to also re-read some of the other Batman comics of that era. Re-Reading Batman the Animated Series’ Paul Dini’s Run on Detective Comics!
