The Blackest Night: Batman Vol.2 lives up to the reputation of the entertaining miniseries written by the talented Peter Tomasi. The second issue of the series uses the same formula of “superheroes vs. zombie” which was present in the debut edition.

The comic book has all the action ingredients from Commissioner Gordon Shooting off the head of a zombie to Batman and Robin taking blowtorches to the army of their undead rouges. Tomasi has done a wonderful job with the pattern and development of the plot which would not have been possible with any other writer. However, the major drawback of the story is predictability. Tomasi has created a fun environment in the book by combining Batsman’s world with those of the zombies. This makes the readers overlook the predictability of the story.

The other drawback of the story is the artwork. Ardian Syaf has not been able to differentiate between the different Black Lantern characters. This has mainly to do with the fact that the Batman Rouges are all relatively vague. You can also hold Syaf responsible for it because he has played up with the traits of the zombie’s characters to the extent where it gets difficult to find out the person underneath. His artwork also lacks consistency through most of the story. His storytelling also does not meet the standard.

However, the Batman and Robin’s response to the crisis makes up for all the shortcomings of the story and will surely provide a pleasurable experience for the readers.