Bruce is starting to doubt himself and that might be justified due to the amount of insane things that happen around him.
As usual, this kind of specials are dedicated to little stories brought by multiple authors and fortunately, the ones are pretty solid for the most part.
Tom King opens the issue with a little, very little story about how Batman could Platinum Kryptonite to become as powerful as Superman and while King tries to show the emotional dilemma that Bruce faces, it ultimately lacks the necessary emotional punch and ends as quickly as it started making it completely worthless. Mikel Janin's artwork is good at least.
Then comes Ram V. with a story concerning the Scarecrow and how Batman's villains affect other people which is pretty interesting and of itself but again, while the writing is good, I feel like this ends-up being a bit too short. Jorge Forner's pencils are pretty unique and follow the story as great as possible.
Cheryl Lynn Eaton delivers another story that is heavily centered around social commentary, about how the poor suffer because of the actions of the rich and how Batman can be involved in all of this without even noticing. Mind you, the plot is not particularly unique but the writing is strong enough to give a solid story and offers more content than the two previous ones. Elena Casagrande handles the art and is really good looking with expressive characters and clear storytelling.
Jordie Bellaire arrives with a little tale about how Batman's paronoia can make him hurt innocent beings and while short, I believe is ultimately effective. Jill Thompson's artstyle is also well-executed.
Finally Tom Taylor delivers a story about Batman and Detective Chimp and while the team-up is silly and the story is self-aware of its own silliness, it still manages to offer emotional moments that are surprisingly touching. Brad Walker's pencils are strong as usual.
Overall, I would say that I liked Taylor's segment the most. Not a bad special.
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