Being a die hard and life long Marvel fan, I was more than pleasantly surprised by this story. A terrific work and the introduction of a Ledgeresk Joker at the end is classic! I didn't care much for this guy as a vampire and laughed at him being announced as a superhero and a masculine one as the Batman has always been... He pulls it off though with a stoic, indifferent and sigma male persona. If there is a sequel to this joint... hopefully it is written this well, this sprawling of story and with the same level of humanity, vulnerability and human imperfection, as these...super, hero's.