Very good. Intriguing concept of the church as the corrupt government. Interesting to see what happened to other characters in this universe. It is all very sensitively handled. Could have been a good series.

A fun read with an interesting ending. This book is exactly why Elseworlds stories are great; seeing Bruce Wayne as a priest. After buying this one, I read it cover-to-cover three times before I put it down.

I really wanted to like this alternate history version of Batman, set in a theocratic America with its origins in Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth of England. Unfortunately, as noted in Sam Quixote's review, the plot is "mind-numbingly boring." Father Bruce Wayne loses his religion as he discovers his parents were murdered, not by a lone nut, but by a politico-religious conspiracy at the highest levels. Lots of familiar DC heroes are introduced and killed off along the way. I guess this could have been worse—it could have been the other Batman/Holy Terror.

2024 - Year of The Bat (366 Days of Batman)

Day 249: Interesting take on a Batman who came to be in a world ruled by a theocracy. My biggest issue is trying to stuff too much of the DCU into such a short story. For me, these Elseworld books are better if they just focus on the main hero/character and maybe passingly tell about one or two others. This one seemed to end abruptly because too much time was spent on the “JLA”.

Really liked this concept and had me looking up cromwellian history on wikipedia for a fair while! Even though an elseworlds' story I didn't expect such deep religious and political themes- maybe the themes, but not the depth. The appearances of superman and the flash are both highly poignant. Breyfogle does a great batman.

In an alternate world, Batman’s parents run an abortion clinic and Bruce Wayne is a government-sanctioned priest. There’s a lot going on here—in fact, so much exposition on the page that it covers up Breyfogle’s typically fun art. Now THAT’S a sin.

"Deus não é o estado, e o estado não é Deus. Desafiar os auto nomeados intérpretes de Deus não é negar Deus."

Simplesmente Bruce Wayne vivendo em uma realidade onde Oliver Cromwell (falecido na vida real) sobreviveu, expandindo e instaurando uma ditadura cristã que perdura até os dias de hoje.

5 estrelas, peguei totalmente a toa e me surpreendi muito! Fica de sugestão caso nunca tenha lido nada do personagem.

Batman is an inquisitor, but not in the time of inquisition, it's a "sort-of-contemporary" inquisition. Also, he uses his inquisitor status for good.
This is one of those books that fills like it was written on automatic or by and AI. They throw names of characters you know, have some punches and then they wrap it up. Bland as hell.

In a world where church and state are one, the "random" murder of two prominent citizens with ties to those in power has some lose ends swept aside. But they won't stay lost forever, and the surviving child named Bruce Wayne will have some dark choices to make when he's told the truth behind his parents deaths...

Batman: Holy Terror was the beginning of DC's Elseworlds stories. The "strange versions of familiar characters" theme had been done before, but the approach of these stand-alone stories had a fresh feel when they came out.

Of course the concept has been beaten to death since, and as a result many of the Elseworlds stories lose a fair bit reading them nowadays. Holy Terror isn't quite as good as I remember from years ago, but is still one of my favorites. It's a slowish, atmospheric tale about the world Bruce is trapped in and the creation of the Batman. There is a small cast of characters who are given at least a little development in this short tale, and a lot of great little touches, many involving the fates of our heroes in this twisted world. The art is of a very different style than most of today's comics, but I love it. The cover remains one of the most striking I've ever seen.

I like the way the unfolded, and the historical and religious inaccuracies present in the set up didn't bother me (I honestly probably missed most of them), but new readers might have a different reaction. This is not a wall to wall action epic. This is about ideals, truths, and fighting one's way towards an answer through a layered maze.

Holy Terror won't impress everyone, but it is a solid reimagining and for me remains one of the best of the Elseworlds comics.

Al inicio de la lectura la premisa me parecía un tanto cursi, planfletaria, y me sigue resultando sumamente vago e indeterminado el punto de divergencia que formó al universo paralelo planteado.

Conforme avanza el relato su calidad también se incrementa, tanto en términos de narrativa visual, entretenimiento, y, en mostrar atisbos de profundidad temática en la conclusión del relato. Encuentro sobresaliente que Brennert y Breyfogle presentan a un Batman con una muy humana gama de emociones, alejándose del estoicismo neurótico usado por otros autores, en este relato Batman siente alegría, compasión, empatía, además de su reconocida determinación, disciplina e inventiva.

Las ilustraciones de Norm Breyfogle nos presentan un interesante tratamiento de las expresiones de los personajes, y son particularmente notables sus trazos en el momento de mostrar las emociones de Batman.

Si bien no es extraordinaria, resultó siendo una de las historias auto-contenidas y auto-concluyentes más decentes y accesibles para los interesados de ver a un Batman más terrenal.

This could be the weirdest and the most bleak Batman story ever. Interesting piece of fiction.

A bit kooky, but a remarkable read nonetheless. Worth a look.