This issue is fine, though I feel like I've read it a hundred times already. The only unique twist on Batman fighting the Justice League that appears in this issue is that Joker is responsible for it happening this time. But, the fight itself goes pretty much the same way that it always does, with Bruce revealing that he's spent years (and more than the military budgets of most small countries) putting together a suit of armor that can fend off the League.
My only real complaint is that it was somewhat hard to follow Bruce's fight with Flash. Capullo focuses in the camera, if you will, on a tumbling batarang struck by a lightning bolt. However, it's unclear what the point of focusing on the batarang is, since Flash is actually defeated when Bruce uses the suit to cover the street with a frictionless surface. But, otherwise, the fights are pretty easy to follow, if boring.
The big reveal of this issue should be related to the fact that it happens after "Batman Eternal," but, honestly, we don't learn much. Alfred survives, as expected, and Bruce moves into an apartment in the heart of Gotham. It appears to have some connection to the Court of Owls, so it seems possible that the Court or Owlman might yet make an appearance in "Batman Eternal." I guess that's supposed to keep us going.
** (two of five stars)
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