So Battle for the Cowl is over.
It reminded me a lot of a LOST episode. It satisfied me a little but still left with tons of questions. I'm assuming that's Dick Grayson at the end taking up the mantle but their is a little room for doubt, Black Mask isn't the Black Mask, and Jason Todd's career as a Batman replacement is far from over.
Things that annoyed me...
...Gordon. Why was he even in this whole thing?
...Those promo pieces.
...Harley Quinn in those promo pieces. I guess Tony Daniel just likes drawing her.
...Catwomen's complete disappearance from the story
...DC's (and I'm sure Grant Morrison has his finger in there) unwillingness to JUST TELL US WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! When R.I.P. was over we were told it wasn't really over for Batman and to read Final Crisis, in FC we were told to keep reading Batman cause it's not over, now that Battle for the Cowl is done we still don't 100% know who Batman is! They do some slow ass dark reveal that leaves another month of DC smiling and saying, "I doooont knoooooow. Better keep reeeeading." DAMN IT DC just reveal something, give us SOMETHING for our loyalty, and move on!
Things I loved...
...Tony Daniel's art. (nough said).
...Black Mask. Although I wish they would have just told us who it is, that scene of him holding his own mask or whatever was pretty cool.
Overall...
I though it was pretty good but only if you bite your knuckles and accept it as a bridge piece. Red Robin, Batman and Robin, Judd Winick's Batman, Streets of Gotham...this is where I think things are really going to get hairy. BFTC was just the set-up, and as a set-up it wasn't bad.