Batman (2011): Endgame

Scott Snyder

Sep 2015 · Batman (2011) Vol 7 · DC

About this ebook

Batman's greatest foe has returned for one last gag-but this time, not even the Joker is laughing. In their last encounter, the Dark Knight failed to live up to the Joker's grand plans, so now the Joker is deadly serious. The games are over and, for their final showdown, the Clown Prince of Crime won't be staging a comedy. No more macabre mind games. No more perverse pranks. The crazed killer who has elevated evil to an art is about to paint his masterpiece: the utter destruction of Batman and everything he holds dear. He'll turn the Justice League against Batman. He'll turn the people of Gotham into giggling psychopaths. But that's just the setup-the punchline is even more terrifying. The #1 New York Times best-selling team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo create the ultimate face-off between the greatest hero and villain in all of comics in BATMAN VOLUME 7: ENDGAME-and it's no laughing matter. Collects stories from BATMAN #35-40.

Ratings and reviews

After "Death of the Family" I was super excited to find out Snyder had written a followup. I have to say, I felt a little let down. I read it all pretty quickly and didn't find it bad, per se, but I did feel like the Batman and Joker characters were vastly different from what we've seen prevously in Snyder's Universe. Which, I guess, is a bit of the point. And honestly, I wasn't really in love with the story being told. I just feel like it could've been so much better.

The entire line of Batman since the kick off of the New 52 is what was right about DC. Most might hate the 52 Relaunch, view it as a money grab from the unenlightened but this work is the tip of the spear of what is right and how it can and should be done. Flagship title for the flagship character.

My first comic in a long time. I didn't like how quickly things moved, he leaps of logic and convenient plot articles... I know it's a comic book, but really, I need more believability and at least some semblance of sense to enjoy it.

About the author

Scott Snyder has written comics for both DC and Marvel, including the best-selling series AMERICAN VAMPIRE, BATMAN, SWAMP THING and SUPERMAN UNCHAINED. He is also the author of the story collection Voodoo Heart (Dial Press). He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife Jeanie and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley.