Future State Batman: Dark Detective | 
pickYep, turns out I did read this before, but I only actually remembered the first story, so here are my expanded thoughts, since I didn't say much the first time 'round. One day I will stop being surprised by how dark a book with the word dark in the title can be. 🙄
Honestly, in that all the characters are still in a state where they believe in fighting the (nigh insurmountable, omnipresent) bad guys, as opposed to grimly resigned 1/?
pickWasn't sure what to expect given the cover, but this was actually a very good time. Turns out I love seeing how various members of the Bat family and associated rogues gallery act and appear in a futuristic dystopian Gotham. Any collection where Catwoman and Harley Quinn each get to lead a story arc, and Bruce gets to be scruffy and undercover works for me!
Kitty face knee details! 😺
Catwoman leading an old-school train robbery? Yes, please. Ram V and Otto Schmidt nail the pacing.
"Batman is dead. Long live Batman." Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora (one of my favorite artists) make an awesome team. Declared dead, Bruce Wayne goes underground to try to unravel the secrets of the Magistrate controlling Gotham with its Peacekeeper program. This is a stripped down, fugitive Batman cut off even from his allies. Jordie Bellaire's colors give the city a very Blade Runner feel.
Nevertheless, all the stories feature cyber agents of an oppressive surveillance police state represented by The Magistrate, a threat that is not truly defeated in any of the stories.
I picked this collection up because the first story was, as usual, flawlessly, illustrated by Dan Mora. (edited) 23h
It's conclusive at this point: I'm not the kind of superhero comics fan that loves a story arc spread over more than one set of issues collected in a (edited) 23h
That being said, the stories featuring female protagonists, Catwoman (and Talia!) and the Great Train Robbery, and Future State: Harley Quinn were fantastic. They just appeared to me to have had a much clearer arc, an end goal accomplished with sass. Cat Woman as a figure in the resistance, inspired by Batman to join when it's not her first instinct; 23h