As part of the DC's reboot of the month, the New 52, Bruce Wayne is back as Batman. I won't be reading any other New 52 stuff because DC is addicted to retconning, and I don't want to be an enabler. However, this one seems to have kept a big chunk of recent Bat-happenings. I am kind of oddly bummed that Dick Grayson isn't Batman anymore, but that's probably partially due to how much I loved Scott Snyder's Black Mirror story. 
 Anyhow, Batman goes up against a secret society called the Court of Owls that also has a tough assassin on their side. The Owls have been in Gotham a very long time, and they've apparently got a bone to pick with Bruce Wayne's recent efforts at urban renewal. 
 Snyder continues to be one of the best Batman writers to come along in some time. I liked the idea that there was a secret society embedded into the very fabric of Gotham. I also loved how the Dick Grayson, Tim Drake and Damain Wayne have become Bruce's family as well as his crime fighting partners. 
 However, there were a couple of elements that didn't do much for me. The story with the Court of Owls trapping Batman and trying to brainwash him seemed a lot like the old Cult storyline from days of yore. And while I liked the concept of the Owls, what I really want is for Snyder to put Batman up against one of his arch-villains like Joker or Two-Face in an extended storyline.