Batman Confidential #16

This story arch is finally at an end and it delivers all the way through. There is everything we love about the classic Batman: a damsel in distress, a cool bat mobile, lots of gadgets and the villain is outsmarted in the end and the day is won. The one disappointment of the story is that it didn't end with the great hand to hand fight that we've been teased with the whole arch. Batman and the Wrath have been sparring a bit at a time the whole story and in the end after two moves the narration takes over and the only satisfaction we get is the wrath saying "long story short they took me down". No kidding, that almost qualifies for a duh but not quite. As much as I hate it I do have to admit that it is what batman does, he finds the weakness and breaks his enemy down and defeats them in the most efficient way possible, so in that sence it works with the characters. Part of what breaks the Wrath down is seeing Batman and Nightwing in action and how they work together. They were a true team the Dynamic Duo and they had the relationship that he and his mentor never had. It was a good ending to a good arch and a great addition to your collection.