This book collects several story arcs and spans several decades, which makes it a really interesting study in Batman-through-the-ages. Each arc is set abroad, when Batman (traveling as Bruce Wayne, of course) gets caught up in something in a strange city. We get to see Batman in exotic locales like Edinburgh, Barcelona, and....somewhere in China, though that arc is sadly vague on the detail of place.
This is a hard collection to review, because each arc is so vastly different from the other two. My favorite is the first, in which Bruce Wayne faces off against a villain bent on destroying the McDubh clan of Scotland (who also happen to be Wayne's own extended family). There are a lot of conspiracy elements in this one, which made it a fun read (bonus points for including Rosslyn Chapel before Dan Brown made it famous). This arc is also interesting because it might be the first mention of Azrael, the brainwashed assassin we'll later know as Jean-Paul Valley in the Knightfall storyline.
The other two arcs were less exciting: shorter stories and less appealing art made them forgettable. Still this volume is well worth picking up for the first collection alone, or for anyone who might be interested in see Batman out of his native Gotham.
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