Batman #5
Drugged, delirious and hunted, Batman struggles to escape the labyrinth of The Court Of Owls!
Batman hasn’t seen this much abuse since his first experience with the Venom drug (see Batman: Venom tpb. Awesome trade). He is pushed to his limits both physically and psychologically as this series just keeps on getting better and better with every issue. I don’t know if your copy of this issue was like mine, but pages #16-#19 were printed upside down. Was this purposely done to give the reader a sense of dementia like Batman was going through? Or was this just a printing error? I’m gonna go with the latter. Written by Scott Snyder (Severed) and illustrated by the breathtaking art of Greg Capullo (The Creech). From DC Comics.
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It was definitely the effect they were going for not a printing error. What a great creative team. Excellent story by Snyder and the artwork really made the reader feel Batman's dimentia!
On side note since you mentioned the story arc Batman: Venom, there will be an anniversary release of this story in April. I for one am going to purchase it since I've never read it and have only heard positive reviews for it.
I read it years ago and I loved it.