Written and pencilled by Tony Salvador Daniel
Inks by Sandu Florea
The Solicitation
Batman uncovers the truth behind a string of underworld killings involving a guest at the Penguin's Iceberg Casino, but time is running out! Is unimaginable terror about to strike on the floating gambling den? And what will Bruce Wayne do now that he's discovered some of Charlotte's most well kept – and darkest – secrets? It's death and destruction in the highest of high stakes games at the Iceberg Casino!
Preview
The Story
Sigh.
Jill, who is now suddenly very,very blonde and not dirty blonde, is beating Snakeskin for killing her sister. Mind you, the sister just went down an avalanche elevator thing with Batman, so chances are she is still alive. But Jill makes out with Snakeskin anyway after punching him in the face a couple of times.
Batman saves the girl. Duh.
Snakeskin's face is apparently taking to the beating the Jill gave him and he looks a little like Clayface now, but only in the face. He face isn't changing like it should. But they must complete the mission.
Penguin is surrounded by those C-list at best villains while touring his casino. One would think that to make it seem like you aren't hanging around with the crazed criminal lot and that you should be treated like a respectable business man, then you shouldn't be hanging around with C-list at best cronies in public. Right?
Splash page time! Remember all those weird times that I can't remember either that Batman suddenly pieces together as moments when Jill was killing people under Batman's nose? Yea, makes no sense to me either. But that means there was a mystery there all along! See, that's why this is called Detective Comics! Mystery revealed! Oh wait, I didn't care at all.
Penguin's vaults aren't working as expected. Jill is happy about this. Snakeskin attempts to kill Penguin in public but the gun backfires and blows off his entire right arm.
Jill is confronted by Batman, and they end up fighting. Half the time Jill's backside is flashed to the audience, and her leg just happens to be pulled back to block the view of her unmentionables. That skirt must have some sort of modern miracle fabric, because it lengthens and shortens all on its own and depending on if the girl is captured, fighting, or needs to be sexy for a moment and show a lot of leg, or show almost all of the leg.
Jill confronts Penguin while Batman fights Penguin's cronies. This whole thing was a set up with Jill playing triple super secret switching sides constantly agent. Penguin says he will kill her, Batman comes over, Penguin shots his umbrella at Batman (which is pretty much the cover to issue #6 re-used in this issue) and Jill gets apprehended and sent to jail.
Apparently Jill's father is some sort of politician and will get her out of jail. While in jail, she is greeted by someone who says that he is an attorney. But he's not, he peels his skin back to reveal Snakeskin! Apparently back form the dead/now has an arm again! He says the Penguin says hello and we get even more devious turns and twists to the story.
The story is over, so now I will cry.
The Art
Shiny, flashy, what you expect. Poses left and right that don't make sense. In other words, same shit as previous issues, this one just has a number on the cover that increased by one.
The Cover
Total eyesore. the pinks trying to match up with Batman's costume just doesn't work. It really makes me back off. If that target thing on his head is supposed to be a sniper's target, then maybe the cover should have looked more like the cover to Turtles #6, which only used two colors, silhouettes type of stuff, and made sure the colors worked well with each other (black and red).
And if I recall correctly, no one is ever pointing a gun or anything that requires a sniper's scope at batman throughout this issue. And why have a sniper's scope appear on the character like that? Unless it is coming from someone who is looking through a sniper's rifle, it just looks bad on a character with no point of reference.
Grades
Words: 2/10 - Not the worst I've red, but it is almost there.
Pictures: 2/10 - And staying there for the foreseeable future.
Recommend: No, and staying there for the foreseeable future.
Buy Next Issue: See previous disclaimers about buying it to complete the collection and how wrong that type of approach is.
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