It's very well written though. For the most part it's a detective story set in a future Gotham police state. The Batman which appears in this police state is a figure forgotten by his city, and as such he's an enigma to those in power.
And as I type those words I realize that they sound a lot like a description of Frank Miller's much earlier Dark Knight Returns, but I think Paul Pope manages to put his own, unique spin on the idea of Libertarian Batman. His art style also suits the subject matter, even if his way of rendering the character veers far from traditional depictions.
Appended to the end of this graphic novel is also a "Berlin Batman" story that I liked a lot. What if Batman was born a Jew in Nazi Germany? This story is more a question posed than a question answered, but it's an intriguing question nonetheless.
This Elseworlds series won two Eisner awards and I think it deserved both. I wouldn't call it revolutionary in the way a few other Batman stories have revolutionized the medium, but it's still very good and I recommend it.
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