| Title | : | Batman: Crimson Mist |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1563894955 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781563894954 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1998 |
Batman: Crimson Mist Reviews
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Alfred resurrects Batman from the dead after the events of Crimson Mist. Batman becomes full on evil vampire and straight up murders his entire rogues gallery. This should be great. There are people's heads getting ripped off and strung together on a rope by Batman. But Moench adds to much Dark Shadows type melodrama and Kelley Jones art is so off-putting. Batman has about 30 ribs in his chest. These storytellers are awful. It's hard to believe they were the main Batman creative team for several years.
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The Batman Vampire trilogy comes to a close! So the story has all of Batman's villains bust out of Arkham and in desperation, Alfred decides to bring Batman back to stop them and he then goes on a killing spree! This series was definitely one of the Elseworld books I enjoyed a lot, so what did I think of this third entry?
The story and writing were good enough, as it's a bittersweet ending to the series. It was oddly satisfying to see a Batman who just doesn't waste time and just kills all of his villains left, right and centre. The artwork is a mixed bag in this series as I enjoy how Batman himself is drawn, in his monstrous Vampire form; but other characters like Alfred are drawn very weirdly and are not my cup of coffee. Overall though I enjoyed this final entry as I have this whole series! -
The bloody epic conclusion to the epic bloody vampire trilogy.
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BATMAN: CRIMSON MIST (4/5)
Epilogues are a sad thing. This one is particularly sad. Almost melancholic, in a way. Especially when the last page kicks in, that's when you start philosophing about life and its meaning. Few books can do that. It also depends on the reader of course, but generally few books can do that. Even fewer comic books.
So, here is the end. By the way, have you noticed that both "
Red Rain" and "
Bloodstorm" have a feeling of finality in their last pages? As if there never meant to be a next book. But there was. Anyway, this one is the official ending. Irrevocable ending. Hell of a ride though, right? Yeah...and it went out with such a bang. You gotta appreciate that. This is the second sequel and it still has original quality. How many times have you seen that? Not too many times, I bet.
The first few pages are probably the best of the entire book. On second thought, make that the entire trilogy. Batman, after being staked in the heart by his friends, is now somewhere between life and death. Immobilized. Call it limbo, hell, purgatory...it does not matter. What does matter is that you realize what this man goes through. He lost the love of his life, shortly after losing his own humanity. Then, after succumbing to his nature only once for killing his nemesis, he is put down like a beast per his own will. Instead of dying however, he is trapped in an eternal torture, cursed with remembering how it felt like to be the most powerfull being on Earth.
During his abscense, Gotham city has gone straight to hell. Even worse than when it was in Dracula's grip. After Joker's death, all the low-level freaks from the Penguin to Poison Ivy have come out to play. And they are getting bolder with each crime they commit. That's why Batman's manservant, Alfred Pennyworth, decides to remove the stake of oak from his master's heart and rise him again to fight evil, like good old times. That's when a "crimson feast" begins with Batman slaughtering every psychopathic criminal in and out of Arkham Asylum.
After realizing that Batman is now a stone-cold murderer, Alfred and Comissioner decide to take him down again. For good this time. Permanently. And they accept help from Two-Face's gang and Killer Croc (the only freaks remaining). All right, just to be fair, this alliance, no matter how uneasy it's portrayed to be just doesn't fit right. And I could do without the splatter pages.
Published five years after "Bloodstorm", this final chapter in Doug Moench's trilogy of the crimefighter turned vampire is absolutely magnificent. Moody. Steady. Philosophical. Action-packed. Moving. What else?
Oh, yes. Art. Well, when it comes to that department, this story is artistically inferior to its prequels due to a change of colorist. Les Dorscheid, the last colorist, is not here in this project. I'm not saying the new colorist sucks, but the feeling is different. Unpleasantly different. Also the artwork is less good-looking than it used to be. I later learned that this is because the artist wants to draw a pararell between the decadence of Gotham and Batman's corruption. -
I got this vampire trilogy all together and enjoyed the first one despite how dumb it could be. It never felt like it took itself seriously and was just reveling in the traditions of pulp horror and its direct source material -- Dracula.
Its two sequels, however...'Bloodstorm' was a mess of breasts and misogyny, with a nonsensical love story between the literal Catwoman and vampire Batman taking center stage. 'Crimson Mist' goes in the opposite extreme: Blood and guts.
Moench was one of the most prolific Batman writers in the '90s, which I think is partly why comics from that decade hold such a toxic reputation today. He's a paycheck writer churning out garbage that appeals towards the 13-year-old boy market with zero interest in telling a good story.
In this finale to the vampire trilogy, Batman is resurrected by Alfred to stop the monsters overtaking Gotham. Batman goes on a murderous frenzy, taking down the rogue's gallery one after another. Each page is just an open invitation to maim another of his famous villains. Everyone dies, including the now-evil Batman. The end.
Garbage.
Conceptually, this series is amazing:
Book 1: Dracula crossover, and the only way to stop the lord of vampires is to become one. Hokey, but fun.
Book 2: Batman's fall from grace brought on by his greatest enemy -- the Joker.
Book 3: Having succumbed to the bloodlust of vampirism, Batman becomes the thing he is a symbol against and must be stopped.
Sounds like a winner of an arc to me. But it's not. It's just weird-looking breasts, mountains of gore, and some of the dumbest sentences I've ever read. -
Wow. That's pretty much all I thought after the final panel of Crimson Mist. This is the darkest Batman of all, the one that honors his name and becomes a predator of criminals and innocents alike.
We start Crimson Mist with the agony of Batman, condemned to exist in Limbo and to thirst for blood for all eternity. At the same time, we see that Gotham has fallen victim to the Penguin, Two Face, Killer Croc, The Riddler, Poison Ivy, and many more, and that Alfred and Gordon are doubting their decision to kill Batman. In a moment of desperation, Alfred removes the stake that is immobilizing his master and releases an evil worse than the one that is already corrupting Gotham, for the Batman that is loose is no longer the protector of the city, but its biggest threat.
I can only end this review by saying that this was a fantastic trilogy, worthy of Dracula and Batman. The art has been consistent and scary, the story is solid, and it was great to read it so close to halloween. I can't wait to give it to my brother. -
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About the Comic: Gotham City is overrun by villains, monsters of human kind. Free to kill and terrorize, they do so openly, feeling no need to hide. Brutality of it all has pushed two old Batman’s friends to take up drastic measures. For when men can no longer be helped by heroes, what better way to fight monsters than with another monster?…
My Opinion: Batman fights his own human nature, and that of bloodlust, derived from Dracula’s curse, all whilst aware he’s only bidding his and his friends time. Story is written much better than previous two, without the leaps in logic, or strange takes on story aspects, myths, legends. Still, I wish I could tell you it was a page turner, but it wasn’t. If anything, I counted pages to the end of it. But this is one of those works where there’s a slew of other reasons to read it, no matter the story. -
Aku spoiler karena SHOCK dengan ending trilogi ini!!!
Situation changed, from bad to worse, and worst!
Gordon dan Alfred membuat kesalahan, tidak memenggal kepala Batman. Jadi ketika absennya Batman membuat kota Gotham kacau balau dengan merajalelanya para residivis langganan Batman, Alfred membangkitkan kembali tuannya dengan mencabut pasak kayu di jantung Batman.
Oke, Batman masih mau untuk membantu Gordon menyingkirkan para penjahat, tapi dengan menjadi apa yang paling tidak diinginkannya semasa hidup: menjadi pembunuh, dan lebih buruk lagi: monster yang lebih berbahaya dari para penjahat yang dimangsanya.
Setelah bangkit kembali, Batman kembali memangsa manusia. Selektif sih: Penguin, Riddler, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, para penjahat, dan akhirnya seluruh penghuni Arkham Asylum... but still... dia jadi pembunuh serial yang jauh lebih gawat dari Dexter (minimal Dexter masih cakep, sementara Bruce Wayne yang ganteng nggak ada lagi).
Untuk menghentikan pembantaian yang dilakukan Batman, akhirnya Gordon dan Alfred bekerja sama dengan Two-Face dan Croc. Tapi dasar penjahat, setelah Batman jatuh ke jurang, Two-Face dan Croc memutuskan untuk membunuh Gordon dan Alfred.
Tapi Batman masih hidup. Demi menolong Gordon, dan berdasarkan permohonan Alfred, ia memangsa butler kepercayaannya... HIKS...
Dan akhirnya setelah Two-Face tewas, Batman mengancam Gordon agar membunuhnya... Gordon pun meledakkan langit-langit gua agar Batman dapat hancur terbakar cahaya matahari, sementara ia sendiri tewas karena tertimpa batu.
EVERYBODY DIES...
THE END. -
A very interesting plot twist to the Batman story. I am not a big fan of the art used but the story is very good. Recommended
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One of the worst batman comics ever
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Some people ask why Batman bothers apprehending super criminals and turning them back over to the police or Arkham Asylum. After all, the likes of The Joker, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, and the other rogues in Batman's rogue's gallery are going to break out and rape, pillage, and plunder again. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not a year from now. But it's inevitable, and people are going to suffer because at their hands. It would be better, people, for Batman to kill them. Wouldn't it be nice to see the Bat-signal in the sky and know that whatever evil he's being summoned to clean up, The Joker was not, could not be behind it?
And Batman would agree with them: Yes, that would be nice. But he will not kill even though The Joker in particular has taken more of his extended family from him than any other villain. He refuses to kill not for any religious reason or out of moral smugness, but because he knows, deep down, that he is mad; and if he kills one villain, he will kill all of them, and no mortal—and very few superpowered beings—could stand against him.
BATMAN: CRIMSON MIST is the third and final installment of the Batman: Vampire series. Gotham's super criminals are figuratively burning the city to the ground, so one of Batman's allies does what he thinks is the right thing and removes the stake from vampire-Batman's heart, bringing him back to un-life. Batman awakens believing he is easy because he drank The Joker's blood, and now that blood is coursing through his veins… kind of? Does blood course through a vampire's veins? I thought they were just, you know, super-duper thirsty for it? Anyway.
CRIMSON MIST is satisfying on two levels. The first is purely animal. If you've ever wanted to see Batman go on a tear and murder every villain who's so much as looked at him the wrong way, this is the book for you. Batman was right: No one can stand against him, especially because now, he has the powers of the vampire at his command.
The second level is psychological. Batman is one of the strongest, most intelligent heroes ever written. That's what makes him so compelling. He can break bones with the best of them, but he's also known as the World's Greatest Detective because his mind is as strong as his body. However, this comes with a powerful caveat: Batman is insane. He'd have to be. What man who witnessed his parents gunned down in front of him at the age of eight, who dedicated his life to avenging them by shunning any emotional ties and pouring his fortune into training his mind and body, and who interpreted a bat smashing through his window that he should dress up as a bat and stalk criminals, could be sane?
It's not a rhetorical question. Even the most intelligent people have flaws. Batman has many, but one of them is being a sucker for superstition. Case in point: Is Batman truly evil in CRIMSON MIST because The Joker's blood, which he believes to have been corrupted by the most potent type of evil, was the first he drank after becoming a vampire? Or is he just saying that, using it as an excuse to let himself go unhinged and kill every villain who has ever terrorized Gotham?
The final pages of CRIMSON MIST made me ask myself if the ends justified the means. There is no easy answer. -
Me sorprendió gratamente esta historia elseworlds de Batman. Es posiblemente una de las mejores historias de vampiros que he leído. El dilema existencial dentro del diálogo interno de Batman refleja a la perfección esa angustia, resignación y desolación que normalmente los relatos de vampiros quieren transmitir. Esa idea de que el alma está luchando contra el ansía para no convertirse en un monstruo hasta el punto de no retorno está muy bien plasmada. La abnegación de Alfred, el compromiso de Gordon, la consciencia de Batman… todo muy bien. Incluso algunos planteamientos filosóficos dentro de los diálogos sorprenden. Batman pregunta si reducirlo a cenizas acaba con la vida de un vampiro, a lo que la ocultista responde, que solo sabe de lo “oculto”, que si su pregunta es si los átomos poseen consciencia, debería preguntar a un físico o a un filósofo. Eso me encantó. Muy recomendado este libro.
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I feel torn about every aspect of this. The problems I had with the art in the rest of the series is more forgivable here. I would even say it works well. Batman's design is flowing & stylized & there are a lot of just really cool looking panels.
The story isn't awful, but it's so uninspired. I would LOVE to see this concept revisited. It feels like they couldn't tell if they wanted to be serious or camp, and the lack of commitment brings the story down. Like, it's a zombie vampire batman wiping the floor with his rogues gallery. Why are you holding back? Overall though, it's worth reading. It's dumb in a fun way & it's visually interesting. -
A solid end to a very fun trilogy. I only wish it could have lasted longer. I was curious as to why there was never any mention of other superheroes besides Batman in this Elseworld. I was really hoping we'd get some acknowledgment of Superman or Wonder Woman. I would have loved to have seen vampire Batman duke it out with the Justice League. I would have liked a bit more build-up before Batman started massacring the villains but I can't complain too much. Moench and Jones are a phenomenal team.
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This was the most entertaining entry in the Batman Dracula trilogy but that is not a recommendation of any description. The series is full of weird art that verges on caricatures, complete with a unnecessary verbose script throughout. I can't remember who recommended this elseworlds series of books but I do not agree, this hasn't aged well at all. I can't imagine anyone paying the full $24.95 listed on the back of the book and been happy with their purchase.
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This may be the best Batman story I've read. I advise readers to read parts 1 and 2 of the trilogy for a better understanding of the plot. This is on a different DC Earth (43 I think) so the ending opens up a new story line that should be followed up.
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Did not know that it was a trilogy. It was nice seeing an unhinged batman and him just battling within himself was interesting. There just needs to be a refinement done to this series, because as cool as it is and it's pretty freaking cool and goth, it needs refinement and it's tough to say exactly what that is.
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Following the events of Bloodstorm, Batman has changed and become what he hates the most, EVIL. Batman is on a murderous rampage because of the thirst for blood. This story has a ton of rogues and its super fun. It was cool to see Batman as more of an anti-hero then a good guy. 8/10 awesome story awesome characters. Brings a really nice conclusion to the series.
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Easily the most violent of the three, an even the most shocking. Reminiscent of the first run of The Mask on Dark Horse. A little overindulgent with the narrations, but quite a fun and well-rounded read. It brings the saga full circle in an interesting way, exploring a unique component of madness within vampiric lore.
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La peor de las 3 historias, con el peor arte de las 3 historias.
Pero un final y una masacre que ni dios padre se esmperaba hahahaha7
Lo que sì me mega encantò es que Ariana, profusa investigadora de lo paranormal, al final hasta fue consciente de los diferentes mundos habitables, de los Elseworlds. -
Loved it. Love the art, loved the story... great, creative comic.
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A horrifying vision of Batman's time playing college football. It was terrible when he blew out his ACL
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I don't know what I expected.
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I didn't like this as much as Bloodstorm, but it was still fantastic. The Batman lore fits impeccably within the world of horror. There's a lot of incredible imagery here. Love it.
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Wow this was so metal and I didn't expect the level of rogues gallery that happened in this book either. Also what a bleak ending! Overall really enjoyed it and the art style!
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Batman is a lot of things in this story, other than what he was transformed into, that really interested me. unfortunately these are handled sloppily and in an unsatisfactory way.
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Aburrido y un final que es ni bueno ni malo de lo peor del caballero oscuro
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Definitely an improvement over the second part of the Batman/Dracula trilogy, mostly by being more unhinged and over the top. As always, the real star of the show is Kelley's Jones's artwork.
C+
