Crime Convention
by Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke (storytellers), J. Bone (inks), and Dave Stewart (colors)
Batman and the Spirit travel to Hawaii to save Commissioners Gordon and Dolan from a gang of super villains.
The story looks great. Cooke, Bone, and Stewart do not disappoint. There are some beautiful splash pages.
It feels as if there is a little too much in this crossover special. At 40 pages it is almost double the length of a standard comic book. Every one of those pages is crowded with words, plot, and characters.
Even though it won an Eisner Award, this story doesn't compare favorably to the other stories in this collection. It is a jumbled mess. Some plot points are over explained. Not all the transitions work. On the whole the story feels very rushed.
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