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ethanhedstrom

Court of owls

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 30, 2022

Highly recommend for batman fans

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Wheeler Johnson

The condition it came in wasn’t good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2020

I haven’t read it yet, so I can’t comment on the story itself, but I can comment on the condition it came in. The front cover has some damage to it, the bottom of the book has a red splotch, the back cover has a long (and very visible) scratch and a torn sticker on the bar code. Im not a collector so it doesn’t bother me too much, but I just wish it was in much better condition.

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ethanhedstrom

Court of owls

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 30, 2022

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Highly recommend for batman fans

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Taylor J Furlow

Simply Amazing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2022

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The Court of Owls is nothing short of the greatest comic story arc I've ever read. It's an action packed roller coaster ride through the world Batman, but more importantly, Gothem. The story and artwork is incredible. This is a MUST read for every Batman fan

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Stephen

A Modern Classic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 10, 2018

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While I’ve been a fan of superheroes, and Batman in particular, for as long as I can remember, I didn’t really start reading comics until I was in high school and DC launched the New 52. Of the titles I subscribed to at the time, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman was easily the best of the bunch, and it started with The Court of Owls Saga, which is collected here. I absolutely loved it at the time and couldn’t wait to read each issue when they came out, especially when the other titles I was reading at the time all struggled with some degree of inconsistency as they shifted creative teams or got pulled into larger events (darn you, Avengers vs X-Men). I reread each issue multiple times, and then the whole story when it was complete; it was that good!

So now, rereading it nearly a decade later as an adult, I find myself loving it just as much, if not more than, I did back then. You get the full Batman in this story, along with fascinating new villains, stakes that feel real, and incredible artwork from Greg Capullo. One of the other great things about this is that you don’t need to be caught up on years of backstory for this to make sense, you just need a basic understanding of the Batman mythos, which a lot of people have anymore courtesy of his dominance of most forms of entertainment.

If you’ve never gotten into comics and are curious about them, or if you’ve been a fan for years and have never read this, I would definitely recommend that you pick up The Court of Owls Saga, as it is a modern classic within superhero comics.

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Santiago

Must read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 16, 2022

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After watching The Batman and finding out that the sequel may be based on this. It was so worth it!

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Tino

First Graphic novel I read and glad I did.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 22, 2021

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I gave it 5 stars because as much as I like the films my love for Batman originated from the original Animated Series and for me the Court of Owls is my Animated series grown up. Some of the surprises were predictable, but almost every page was entertaining none the less.

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Nicholas S

Scott Snyder, my new author to follow.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 11, 2019

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Wow. This story surprised me. I had heard that it was on the top lists for best recent comic arches but now I understand why. The flow of Snyders story-telling just works. I feel like there is a lot going on and can feel that way as well, but I never really felt lost. I have been following his more recent works in the Justice league and also stories over at Image that are creator owned and he is a fantastic story-teller.

The ONLY reason I am giving this 4 stars is that there are pretty jarring quality problems where the pages will invert for about 6 pages and you have to read it Manga style, then it reverts back to normal. Was confused and took me out of the story a little but that is it.

The actual story is a 5 star in my opinion.

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Fractured Jaw

Excellent, nearly awesome

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 14, 2020

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This is one of the better Batman stories I've read. But to lodge a complaint, what was built up brilliantly falls apart towards the end. Without spoiling it for those who have never read this, it's as if the story ends too fast and is tied up too easily. Just when I felt as if the story would/should explode, it narrows and in the process destroys what it built. Still, it's a very good use of Batman and his history which hits many of its intended marks.

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Jean-Pierre M.

The Newest Batman Classic!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2019

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I bought this book so I didn’t have to buy volumes 1 and 2 individually. I love this book so much. This made me love Scott Snyder’s work. At first, I was skeptical about Greg Capullo and his art style because it looked matte and i thought it looked “blocky.” However, I was so surprised when I got the book! I was expecting Jim Lee(whose art I adore) type art, but Greg’s art style is amazing! He is now my second favorite Batman artist EVER behind Jim Lee! The story is amazing and I couldn’t recommend it enough if you are looking for a great story and amazing art! The court of owls definitely goes up there alongside the Long Halloween, TDKR, Hush, and a death in the Family!

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John

One of the best Batman stories ever written

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 13, 2019

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I've been a huge Batman fan for as long as I could remember and have read majority of his greatest stories ( Year one, Dark Knight Returns, Long Halloween etc etc) so when I was told how good the Court of Owls was I absolutely had to look into it. After all I was a huge fan of Scott Snyder's early run with Batman in the Black Mirror which was also top-class. Simply-put, the story did not disappoint. Bruce is confronted by a new threat unlike any other and it's fascinating to see how he deals with it throughout. It may not be the oldest Batman story ever told but the Court of Owls is definitely right up there with the very best. Definite must-read for any comic book fan in general.

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Marlon Gunter

Nicely plotted.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2021

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Style and writing were very good. Nice to see some backstory of Gotham. Also nice to see that Batman doesn’t know his city as well as he thinks.

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