BATMAN ANNUAL 1985

A hard cover book containing two Batman stories & one "Batman: The Brave & the Bold" story.

1. BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD: "Oliver Queen/Green Arrow" comes to Gotham and helps Batman save a rich man named "Mellor" living in a castle.
Arrow does a performance in a costume ball to entertain a drugged Mellor with his "Robin Hood" act. After the finish of Arrow's act he sneaks out of a window and witnesses "Black Canary" being burned, but he discovers she's a robotic trap set by "The Penguin" to catch him.
The bow is broken by Penguins goon to the eyes of a conscience "Green Arrow", Penguin shows his captive the real "Mellor" and his robotic counterpart then takes the robot out.
"Green Arrow" escapes his straps and punches Penguins henchman saving the real "Mr. Mellor" then he saves a Batman who got tricked the same way he was by a "Robotic Robin", the duo foils Penguin's plan and the police arrest Penguin and his gang.

My review is bad, but the story is great:
Art: 5/5
Plot: 4/5
Script: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
In general: 4.75/5

2. BATMAN: THE SNOWMAN
*Script By Gerry Conway (the one who wrote the famous story: "The Night When Gwen Stacy Died")
*Art By .....
A series of roberies occur in "Gotham City" by a Snowman (he freezes his victims to death, tops them in ice like Sub-Zero does in "Mortal Kombat"). "Bruce Wayne" made a party and one of his guests is a skiir with olypic skiing medals, his shoe bottom was on ice and that made Batman decide to investigate the apartment of the olympic champion, from there Batman took a diary he read in his private penthouse, the diary reveals the skiing champ past and helps Batman defeat him when he learns the next location and causes an accidental death.

Art: 5/5
Plot: 3/5
Script: 2.5/5
Characters: 3/5
In general: 3.38/5

A woman from an expedition have SEX with a yeti that saved her not knowing that he's not human until later and she goes insane. Home in the US she dies and her half human/half yeti son is born. BAAAH

3. BATMAN: A JOKER STORY:
Joker tries to build a monument of himself, but Batman smiles a creepy smile in the end at Joker. You can't not laugh at that, can you?
Script BY: Gerry Conway
Art By: .......

Art: 5/5
Plot:5/5
Script: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
In general: 5/5

Issue general rating: 4.4/5

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