Batman: Hong Kong

by Doug Moench and TONY WONG DOUG MOENCH

Book Overview

When a serial killer begins to use a streaming video computer cam to broadcast his vicious executions, Batman must travel to Hong Kong to put an end the the brutal slayings. But whenthe Dark Knight... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401200575
• ISBN13: 9781401200572
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: DC Comics
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 10.6"

Customer Reviews

The best Batman betrayal story since BATMAN HUSH!!!!!!!

I know that many of the other comic book critics thought that this one was lame,but I on the other hand did not!As a matter of fact,I found this comic book story to be the best betrayal story since BATMAN HUSH! The artwork by TONY WONG is gorgeous,and the well-woven plot by DOUG MOENCH is for the most part well-written!And not only that,I have just found my second favorite BATMAN villain in this story!CLAYFACE is#1 and (I won't tell you because it would spoil all of the plot in this one)is #2!I'm sorry about not talking about too much of the story,but if I did, then it would RUIN YOUR ENJOYMENT OF READING IT.There are that many surprises that await you with this one!Don't miss out.

Good Book Great Art

I enjoyed this. Forgive me for not being to descriptive but it was a very fun detective story with beautiful art. A nice long book too, that helps me feel good about shelling out the money. If you're more interested in Batman then you are criticizing comic books I think you'll like this.

Good book, but not quite as good as hoped...

When I first saw that Tony Wong was going to do a Batman comic, I just about flipped. I love his artwork, I love his storytelling abilities. He doesn't write this one but someone that's probably just as good does: Doug Moench. So then I read the book and I feel a bit let down. The artwork is of course gorgeous but, the storyline does feel thin. I realize that the point to this joint project was to bring a Hong Kong feel to Batman, to try something new. We'd already seen Kia Asamiya on Batman: Child of Dreams, already seen Katsuhiro Ohtomo on Batman: Black and White and of course already seen just about every other capable American artist on Batman...hell we'd seen Jim Lee do Batman so it was only natural that we'd get to see Tony Wong on a Batman comic. With the popularity of Hong Kong comics and films on the uprise, it was a definite step in the right direction. The storyline has been explained above so I won't go into it. Don't get me wrong, it was a good read but the dialogue feels like a bare bones translation of a Hong Kong comic and it's not even translated. The action flowed oh so well but, the dialogue was really stilted. The Editorial review by one of the staff members of this page said that it felt like a Jackie Chan or Jet Li flick and that's exactly right. Not too heavy on plot but good on the action. All in all, the artwork was great, the actual plot line was original but the dialogue was kinda corny in some parts and just ok in others. I expected better from Doug Moench but hey, everyone has their ups and downs. -Alex Keefe