Detective Comics Finally Lives Up to the Title

Back when I was a wee lad reading Detective Comics, there were actually mysteries that had to be solved each issue. In later years, the title was forgotten and it just became an expansion title for Batman's ongoing adventures. Paul Dini's determined to bring back the mystery in his first issue as Detective's regular writer, with "The Beautiful People". There's a socialite kidnapper in Gotham City, and it isn't a member of Arkham Asylum for a change. Batman does something quite unusual in this issue--he actual spends time as Bruce Wayne in order to capture the crook! It's a decent mystery with red herrings aplomb. JH Williams' artwork is very interesting, especially combined wit John Kalisz' color work. Robin enters the story at the appropriate moment.

Speaking of which, I have to say that the new Batman-Robin dynamic is really cool. I liked the recently concluded James Robinson arc that had Bruce Wayne deciding to adopt Tim Drake. Maybe Infinite Crisis was worth it, since the de-assholefication has stuck. Nuff said.