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Binding: Library BindingDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781435223103 ISBN: 1435223101 Number Of Pages: 263 Publication Date: January 11, 2008 Editorial Review: Product Description: A lethal virus has been released on the unknowing inhabitants of Gotham City, causing excruciating pain and ultimate death within 48 hours. Batman races to contain the chaos and find a cure, with help from Robin, Nightwing, Azrael, Huntress, Catwoman and Poison Ivy. Full-color illustrations. Graphic novel format. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A good storyline similar to "No Man's Land"Batman and Robin, contacted by Azrael, learn that a mutation of the Ebola virus is about to hit Gotham. The richest people in Gotham board themselves up and isolate themselves from the masses. However, one of their member is already infected, and the decadent millionaires offer the city five million dollars to find a survivor so that an antidote can be made. This novel is a "cross-over" style, it takes place in Batman, Robin, Huntress, Azrael, and Catwoman titles. Each ... Read More Rating:  - Sorry, I have to nitpick...Well, first I have to start by saying that this is one of my favorite Batman storylines ever. I love the number of characters it brings together, including a few unexpected alliances. But maybe it's because I like it so much that I feel the need to do a little nitpicking. Okay, so here's this deadly unstoppable plague sweeping through Gotham City, caught pretty much the same way you catch a cold. Enter the Caped Crusaders and Company, bravely running through the streets to do what they ... Read More Rating: - In the Clenches of disease...This bat book lays some of the groundwork for later Gotham tales, notably Cataclysm and the resulting No Mans Land. It could be tricky to get into if you're not a regular Batman reader - the Azrael components might seem confusing if you haven't read Sword of Azrael (and Knightfall/Knightquest/Knightsend). However, on its own the tale is pretty good; the art is decent and the writing is well done. It's wrapped up a bit too nicely with no real impact to the member of the bat-family who becomes ... Read More Rating:  - Quick! Get Me The Antidote!DC has reissued Batman: Contagion in the wake of it's mega-successful No Man's Land collections, and it serves as a good reminder of just WHY the Batman books needed to be shaken up so drastically in the first place... Contagion revolves around an outbreak of "The Clench", a fictional Ebola offshoot, in Gotham City. Batman and company attempt to contain the spread of the Disease, while trying to track down a trio of survivors of a previous Clench outbreak, with the hope of synthesizing a cure/vaccine ... Read More Rating: - Quick! Get Me The Antidote!DC has reissued Batman: Contagion in the wake of it's mega-successful No Man's Land collections, and it serves as a good reminder of just WHY the Batman books needed to be shaken up so drastically in the first place... Contagion revolves around an outbreak of "The Clench", a fictional Ebola offshoot, in Gotham City. Batman and company attempt to contain the spread of the Disease, while trying to track down a trio of survivors of a previous Clench outbreak, with the hope of synthesizing a cure/vaccine ... Read More |
