10 Criminally Underrated DC Comics You Must Read

Batman: Reborn was a brilliant time for the Batman series of books. Bruce Wayne was “dead”, Dick Grayson had taken up the mantle as the Dark Knight, and a good number of new titles were launched. With so many titles releasing at the same time, there will always be one at the bottom of the pile, regardless of quality. That is why Streets of Gotham got the short end of the stick.

The basic premise of the book was a “street level” view at the Gotham City superheroes, meaning that even though Batman, Robin and others from the capes and cowls crowd would appear, the perspective would be from those literally from Gotham's streets. In doing so, we get to see not only the world without Bruce Wayne, but are also able to further plots that would be hindered by more traditional methods of storytelling, which placed Bruce Wayne as the narrator.

As a writer, Paul Dini has been the scribe for many fan-favorite DC projects and this has that same passion without the same fanfare. It would also be a disservice to not at least mention the Manhunter backup story, where we follow the new Gotham City District Attorney, Kate Spencer, as she tries to uncover what really happened to her predecessor.