From DC COMICS: "Part Two of "The Siege," a nail-biting suspense story written by Stuart Moore (FIRESTORM, Punisher X-Mas Special) and Andy Clarke (BATMAN: FACE THE FACE)!

Robin faces certain death as massive explosions rock Wayne Tower. Only Bruce Wayne can stop the terrorist — but changing to Batman will mean revealing his dual identity!"

DETECTIVE #830 ended a 2-part story by Stuart Moore (writer) and Andy Clarke (pencils) titled “SIEGE.” And you know what? This turned out to be a pretty darn entertaining tale.

To recap, a terrorist called “Vox” has struck Wayne Tower has began setting off a series of explosions throughout the building. As Part 1 ended, this Vox had shot Robin with some sort of liquid explosive goop and it was beginning to harden. And once it does -- KABOOM!

The Batman -- well, actually Bruce Wayne -- is still “trapped” with a number of people in the buildings upper floors as Part 2 commences. Unable to change into his Batman getup, Bruce calmly talks Robin through the steps needed to save himself.

Eventually, Bruce manages to escape his party and don his Bat-gear -- which of course sets up a final showdown between The Dark Knight and the terrorist. The first shot of Batman in the comic is badass -- it's just made for a poster. There is also some cool, very Batman-like dialogue directed towards the terrorist:

In general, “SIEGE” was a story that held my interest and made me want to find out how things turned out after Part 1 ended with a cliffhanger. Seeing The Batman “trapped,” so to speak, was an appealing angle as depicted by writer Stuart Moore.

I wasn’t a big fan of Andy Clark’s pencils to be honest. Batman and Robin looked fine -- really good actually. However, his Bruce Wayne in particular was “off,” if you will. I mean, he looked about 21 years old!

There were a few missteps in my opinion, such as: No one putting 2 and 2 together that Batman shows up after Bruce Wayne disappears…Why isn't The Batman blamed for the, ahem, "downfall' of Vox…Why does Bruce Wayne look barely old enough to shave…etc. The ending is also a bit anti-climatic.

Overall, “SIEGE” was pretty good as I said. Nothing here that’ll set the comic world on fire, nor is it a story that will be talked about for years, but certainly entertaining enough to pick up and read.