Batman Eternal # 6

Written by Ray Fawkes, John Layman and Tim Seeley
Story by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV
Art by Trevor McCarthy
Colours by Guy Major
Letters by Taylor Esposito
Published by DC Comics

This comic is being released weekly instead of the more usual monthly basis.  Basically, Commissioner Gordon is in jail after apparently shooting an unarmed man and precipitating a horrific underground train crash.  The Gotham City Police Department is under the control of the corrupt Commissioner Forbes, and an all-out gang war is about to erupt any minute.  To make matters worse now there is a possibly supernatural awakening in Arkham with the help of the Joker's Daughter.

At it's best this comic is a really solid slice of Batman action, but the problem is that they keep piling things up on top of each other, new enemies seem to pop up every week and it is hard to keep all the myriad plotlines and characters in play.  This is one of the weaker issues because it doesn't really seem to have much to do with the main storyline.  However it does have some effective scenes, especially a creepy scene in Arkahm towards the beginning of the comic.

The artwork is very impressive and the whole comic is laid out well.

    Cover art by Andy Kubert and Brad Anderson