Last issue ended with us finding out that the protagonist of this story . . this mixed up, pushed together world, was none other than Lex Joker. Huh? Hey, if we can have an Amalgam Universe, then we can certainly believe that this is possible. Right? Anyways, Batman makes the discovery this issue that this is really all just a dream. Of course it's a community dream . . that is to say that all of the participants in this dream are dreaming it at the same time. That way, the more of them that believe it's real . . the more real it becomes. It turns out the whole thing is the work of Doctor Destiny. He's in Arkham, supposedly in a coma, but . . apparently he's cognizant enough to pull this off. Anyways, in order to beat him, Batman just has to get the others to question the reality that they're immersed in. Eventually he does, and the dream starts to unravel. Of course that's after a little side-trip with Bruce and Zatanna, and Superman and Raven. All in all, it was an ok story-line. Obviously it hard to keep this guy down and I'm sure we'll see him again. But Michael Green and Mike Johnson did a pretty good job with what they had to work with. And I really enjoyed Francis Manapul's art. Next issue Rafael Albuquerque takes over as the regular artist.
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