The story features all kinds of guest shots including Ras Al Ghul, Catwoman, the Penguin and most interestingly to me, a kick ass Alfred. An Alfred that knows how to use a rifle and defend himself. No prissy brit is this. In fact, in light of the rumors surrounding Batman before Year One, it kind of makes sense. Alfred would be more of trainer and mentor.
Art is definitely the star here.
You have to see this to understand just how fantastically drawn and well conceived this book is. In its way, it's just as groundbreaking as the previously published Veils. Van Fleet really throws out the Photoshop skills on backgrounds. I'd say at least half the backgrounds or more feature scanned in cars, castles, lights and roads. Actually, and this is something very interesting, I found myself wondering whether the whole thing wasn't photoshopped or not, including the characters.