My rating would have been lower except that I really like the artwork here. The story didn't do it for me. Hey, I want Batman to be happy, but seeing him with Silver St. Cloud is just...boring. Thinking of him saying "I love you" before ending a phone call gives me the willies. That's not MY Batman. And Silver St. Cloud is kind-of...how shall I put it...a pussy. While deciding which man to wind up with, the other guy - who is decidedly NOT a pussy - gets his arms and legs cut off by the Joker for his trouble. She's just not a good match for him. Give me Catwoman any day.

What's more, there were at least three villians here. I like a good honor among thieves, but this time they all deflected attention from each other. Maybe good for Batman, and good for crime-fighting, but for the reader? Not so much.

A little awkward but it's Batman so a fun read nonetheless. I'm not a big fan of the story lines in which Batman falls in love but this one handles it well, comparing his love to his identity as Batman. and the Joker is involved and that makes it all worth it.

Perfectly solid, even quite good and interesting. The one woman of the story getting uninteresting, outraged handling didn't help. My 2 star is most people's 3. If you read it you will probably quite enjoy it but not think much about it afterwards.

So i had been wanting to read this ever since i found out that part of the movie Dark Knight was loosely based on this but sadly being where i am i couldn't find this before , now i have and having read it i did see the inspirations . It was a good Comic filled with the usual Batman Charm , The Art was decent and i was pleased with what i read .

A serviceable, gritty Batman tale, though the uninitiated may want to look into the background of Silver St. Cloud's character to avoid confusion.

Another one I got from the local public library.

See my short note on it:

[http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/12/short-notes-on-graphic-novels-8.html]

Batman: Dark Detective is a Silver St. Cloud story. She's one of Batman's key love interests, though shes nowhere as awesome as Catwoman.

The plot here is that Silver St. Cloud is back in Gotham after the last time she was there (when she broke up with the Batman cause she couldn't handle the life style.) with her new fiance, who's running for Governor, but so is the Joker! There's also Two-Faces antics to deal with and Scarecrow is in the mix. The police are also on the hunt for Batman because of a recent law. It's simple while you're reading it I promise.

It has my least favorite aspect of Batman stories which is the contrived love story, though it doesn't make him a lovesick puppy that just wants to give it all up for a woman. Contrived because Silver is engaged and happy and mad at Bruce but then after a Scarecrow dosage the both fall for each other again but also break up at the end of the story, its all very melodramatic.

Worth a read if you love Silver St. Cloud, otherwise maybe if you find it for cheap.

3 stars.