I received this from Edelweiss and DC Comics in exchange for an honest review.

This book compiled several story arcs, and was hit-and-miss. Batman is supposed to be the World's Greatest Detective, but he didn't do much detecting at all in this book.

In the first arc, "Terminal", Batman and the Gotham International Airport security chief deal with a deadly biological attack. This one had a lot of potential, the artwork was perfectly dark, and it ultimately just fizzled out. In tracking leads, Batman called Grayson (in Germany), who just happened to be interrogating someone with information about the perpetrator Batman is tracking. I can suspend belief when reading comic books, but this was too much, and the story just sort of ended without much happening. Nothing at all about the biological agent, but at least the bad guy was caught.

The second arc, "Anarky", also had some potential and should have been a lot longer. Mad Hatter makes an appearance, and is actually vital to the storyline, but again, there was very little detecting by Batman. Everything just sort of falls into place, and he figures everything out without any explanation of how he ended up capturing the bad guy.

The final two stories felt like extras that had nothing to do with the theme of "anarchy" in Gotham City. "Endgame" was already included in the first Batwoman TPB, but at least it was about one of the minor characters from the "Anarky" arc. I couldn't figure out the tie with "Futures End: Anniversary", but it felt like an up-sell, with DC marketers pushing the Futures End imprint. No thanks. ( )

There are three or so main stories in this TPB. First, a plane crashes into Gotham Airport and when it's opened it releases a virus into the airport, and Batman, etc. have to figure how to save everyone not just in the airport, but also in the city.

Then there's a big story with Anarky as the bad guy, and lots and lots of violence. We also meet Lonnie, who's one of the main characters in the next story. Batwoman, Red Robin, and then Spoiler help Lonnie try and rescue his mother.

Finally we get a Batman/Riddler Future's End story that was okay.

I mostly liked the stories, and surprisingly I really really liked the art in this TPB.

I got this advanced Galley from Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment. ( )