Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons Series)

I haven't read the novel, though I might end up doing so later. However, this is a much better interpretation than many of the previous ones that went grim-dark and decided to be entirely right-wing in their interpretations.

It still has issues, like the perpetual annoyance of not knowing what an anarchist is (unless these are ancaps, who... aren't anarchist). The conflation is even more frustrating when the symbol that the Nightwalkers leave behind literally looks like a Bitcoin logo. Honestly, more people need to stop using anarchism, anarchists, and anarchy as bad guys and realise how much propaganda they've ingested.

This version of Bruce is, at least, a character. He has a personality beyond his parents, he has friendships. But he's still what he's always going to be: A billionaire philanthropist who chooses how to save the city.

Marie Lu’s writing is spectacular as always. I adored Madeleine as a character, and reading a prose Batman story as opposed to a comic or TV/film adaptation really made both Bruce and the city of Gotham feel real and fleshed out. And the preview chapter of the Catwoman book has me eager for that one to be released. This whole series rocks.