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Gotham’s never been so scorching, the Joker’s never been more despicable, and Batman’s never been in such grave danger.
With more than thirty fires raging out of control across the city, Gotham is indeed a hell on earth. But torching the population is small potatoes for the arsonist extraordinaire known as Enfer. The pyromaniac’s mad masterpiece is Arkham Asylum, blazing like a Roman candle and engineered to provide the perfect escape for Arkham’s most infamous inmate, the Joker. But the dire situation goes from bad to beyond monstrous when the archvillain’s path to freedom leads directly to the Dark Knight’s cave.
The Joker believes in striking while the iron is hot . . . and now it’s never been hotter. After all, the diabolical villain has devised the ultimate joke: launch the mother of all crime waves, masquerading as the Caped Crusader himself! With Gotham erupting in flames and its #1 crime fighter fast becoming its #1 enemy, the burning question is: Who’s going to get the last laugh?
With more than thirty fires raging out of control across the city, Gotham is indeed a hell on earth. But torching the population is small potatoes for the arsonist extraordinaire known as Enfer. The pyromaniac’s mad masterpiece is Arkham Asylum, blazing like a Roman candle and engineered to provide the perfect escape for Arkham’s most infamous inmate, the Joker. But the dire situation goes from bad to beyond monstrous when the archvillain’s path to freedom leads directly to the Dark Knight’s cave.
The Joker believes in striking while the iron is hot . . . and now it’s never been hotter. After all, the diabolical villain has devised the ultimate joke: launch the mother of all crime waves, masquerading as the Caped Crusader himself! With Gotham erupting in flames and its #1 crime fighter fast becoming its #1 enemy, the burning question is: Who’s going to get the last laugh?
About the Author
Alex Irvine is the author of The Narrows; One King, One Soldier; and A Scattering of Jades, which won the Crawford Award for best new writer. He was a finalist for the Campbell Award for best new writer and a Pushcart Award nominee for his short story “Snapdragons.” Irvine’s short fiction has appeared in the Vestal Review, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Alchemy, and The Year’s Best Science Fiction, among others. He lives in Portland, Maine.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Best of the new Batman paperbacks, Jan 16 2007
By TinoFett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Batman(tm) Inferno (Mass Market Paperback)
A good read and highly recommended over John Shirley's Batman: Dead White.This Batman book actually feels like it belongs - it has all the elements you expect and as with anything the Joker is involved with - a few sick laughs.
Set in what seems 50% post-Batman Begins and 50% post-The Man Who Laughs(from comics continuity) - it includes Lucious Fox in the same capacity Batman Begins does as well as sets a small familiar origin and first caper from the Joker reservoir incident from The Man Who Laughs. Arkham Asylum is seemingly within the city limits as it is in Batman Begins. What I can't place is the use of Jonathan Crane and few references to Falcone. Jonathan Crane works at Arkham Asylum and is a public figure and very much resembles Batman Begins - but no mention of incarceration - just strong pointing to the fact that he, like the people he treats, just isn't right in the head. His dialogue even sounds like the Batman Begins interpretation and the use seems appropriate.
Enfer isn't half bad, he's a little above average for a book original villain - he's well explained and has the kind of Gotham villain flair we've come to love (or hate).
A hefty dose of involvement and mention of Gordon is a welcome addition to the book and would make your mouth water at the possibilities if the new Batman sequel continues to devote some time to the character.
After reading the plot summary for the book I was skeptical - but it is executed quite well and will keep you interested. The Joker's dark humor and his relationship with Enfer is very entertaining. After all the material that's out there on the Joker it really is surprising how well he's represented in the book - so Joker fans will not be disappointed at all.
The only downside and element that didn't seem to fit was Enfer's use of technology late in the book - seemed more like Lex Luthor than a vengeful pyromaniac.
Satisfying above average book and is definitely worth a read for Batman fans. I hope they keep turning these out.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Super Reader, Aug 6 2007
By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Batman(tm) Inferno (Mass Market Paperback)
Definitely the creepiest cover for a Batman novel.Another book with some small ties to the Beyond Beyond milieu, as here, Lucius Fox is a technologist at Wayne, not a financier. Gordon is a Captain. Ducard was one of Batman's trainers.
Batman has problems with two supervillains, one an arsonist that was transformed into a metahuman during some mercenary work, and has a grudge against the GCPD, and also the Joker, who, after the firebug Enfer toasts Arkham, stumbles across the Batcave and steals a Batsuit.
Luckily for the Batman, Enfer and the Joker don't get along, and spend some time in opposition.
After every chapter in this book is a press clipping from a Gotham newspaper, which is done quite well.
Batman has two supervillains, one burning down quite a few parts of the city, and one his usual crazy self, as well as a loss of trust from the media, the police, and the general population.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A quick glance forward???, Nov 22 2006
By T. W. Cole - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Batman(tm) Inferno (Mass Market Paperback)
I will have to admit the main reason I picked up this book is the cover picture. I had heard nothing about the story, the author or where in the mythos of the Dark Knight the story fell. All I knew was it had the Joker. Add to my "Cart" and ring me up please.I have to admit after reading the book I still am a little unclear where it falls in continuity. It appears to take place in the "Batman Begins" world but I was taken aback by the fact that Dr. Crane (Scarecrow) was still heading up Arkham in this story.
Putting that aside the story flows quite well. The new villain, Enfer, is not just a throw away created to die. He has a great back-story that works and I hope we will see him again. The story also mentions a prior encounter between Batman & Joker and, without giving too much away, the Joker is already an inmate at Arkham at the beginning of the book. Could elements from this book be foreshadowing of what's to come in the next movie??? I have to admit I have been a fan boy since the Adam West days and have yet to really hate a portrayal of the Dark Knight.
Ok, maybe I hated Clooney.
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