The first book of Rebirth's Detective Comics was one of my favorites in the revamp, so ordering volume 2 was a no-brainer. And once again, this book is holding strong. The Victim Syndicate follows pretty directly from the emotional impact of the events in volume 1, with the characters still very clearly trying to cope. Being Gotham City, of course, they hardly get the chance, as a new villain team pops up, and chaos ensues.
The villain team is very interesting, especially just how grotesque the Victim Syndicate appears. Tynion manages to balance this aspect quite well for both horror and tragedy, making you feel sympathy for the bad guys while still seeing how clearly they have crossed a line.
The focus on our hero team is slighty shifted around as well. One of my few nitpicks with the first book was a relative lack of attention on Spoiler, which this book very quickly picks up the slack on. Stephanie Brown gets most of the new focus here, and it all feels justified within the context of the story. Clayface also gets more character-building, and is presented in such a way that I don't think I'll be able to see him as a true "villain" in other works because of the way it is handled. It's very well-done. New faces to this series Batwing and Harper Rowe serve a little more as supporting characters, especially to Batwoman and Stephanie, respectively, and Azrael continues to get brief but memorable moments, leading me to suspect he will be important down the road. Batwoman, this time around, has her own sub-plot, but within the Victim Syndicate plot, is not quite as central as the first arc; however, the last couple of chapters in the book focus primarily on her, so she isn't getting the short end of the stick.
The big thing is simply just how very well-done this all is. Even the less-used characters feel important to the plot. The emotion that carries the book is genuine. The philosophical ideas tossed around are key to the proceedings instead of just window dressing, like some superhero stories tend to do. Simply, this book is a finely-tuned machine. You need to read this series.
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