I
am 'way, 'way, 'way
behind this month, so this write-up may not be much more than a
fleshing out of my notes, without much expansion along the way....
In
the news over the past month or so: 1) The September solicits went
up mid-August per usual [link]. 2) The Justice
League 3000
fiasco [link],
wherein DC fired or drove off another high profile creator, Kevin
Maguire, replacing him with Howard Porter, and lost this sale to me.
3) Batman was cast for Man
of Steel 2
– Ben Affleck [link].
Outcry ensued [link].
I actually can live with this. He's a capable enough actor. My
main problem with him would be The Voice. He really should study
Kevin Conroy's portrayal (the voice of Batman in the animated series)
– not
Christian Bale's. 4) The Justice
League of America
is emigrating to Canada [link].
5) Rumors flew but ultimately no real clarification on whether Bryan
Cranston will play Lex Luthor in Man
of Steel 2
[link].
I like Breaking
Bad,
but I'm not sure I see him as Lex Luthor. 6) DC drove off another
set of Batwoman
creators – J.H.Williams III and Haden Blackman – allegedly over
whether to marry Kate Kane and Maggie Sawyer [link].
It may or may not have been because of the homosexual nature of the
relationship; they tapped Marc Andreyko, who is homosexual himself,
as the new writer [link]
(possibly keeping me on the title since I loved his Manhunter),
and proclaimed their stance as that the Bat-family's personal lives
have to be sucky, and heroes can't be married [link],
both of which I think are stupid as mandates. They also announced
their intent to pull Batwoman closer into the rest of the Bat'verse. 7)
Finally, another blogger put the sad state of affairs regarding DC
Editorials' bad relationship with creators and the general chaos that
has plagued the company since even before the New 52 into a timeline
that makes for terribly depressing reading [link].
Something is definitely rotten in Denmark.
“The
Dark Knight and the Devil's Daughter”
I pulled this to
the front because it's the end of an era and I was anxious to read
it. It's so out of continuity order that it can't matter anyway.
There
are parallel narratives as Gordon interrogates Bruce Wayne and Batman
fights Talia in the Cave – until Kathy Kane, the original Batwoman,
appears out of nowhere and shoots Talia dead before vanishing, but
not before she's implicitly manipulated the government to kill any
charges against Wayne. In the first epilogue, Alfred shows Batman
two empty graves at Wayne Manor. Second, Ra's al Ghul swears to
hound Batman to death, and is cloning either new Talias or more
Damians. There are a couple of interesting bits – both Gordon and
Leslie Thomkins (her first appearance in the New 52?) are present at
the aftermath of the Waynes' murder. There is insightful narrative
from Gordon regarding Batman: “We
all have our own ways of dealing with grief. / I've had my suspicions
about Bruce Wayne and Batman for a long time, but I keep them to
myself. / All I really need to know is this: / Batman always comes
back, bigger and better, shiny and new. / Batman never dies. / It
never ends. / It probably never will.”
So
ends Grant Morrison's grand seven-year operatic saga of Batman.
There's no way to adequately assess it without going back, rereading
it most likely several times (it's Grant Morrison!), and meditating
on it, but I will say I'll miss wondering what the Mad Glaswegian has
in store for Batman month after month. It will leave a hole in my
comics reading, most definitely. But Morrison also definitely leaves
a lot of pieces to be picked up on and developed by future writers.
It
never ends....
“Trinity
War, Chapter One: The Death Card”
I
don't like the perversion of Trinitarian imagery that pervades DC
comics (see Trigon in Teen
Titans,
and Red Robin's alleging that the Christian doctrine is based on
Trigon – that's blasphemous), but it's emblematic about so much
that is wrong with DC. I found some interesting commentary regarding
these issues and the state of DC here
[link].
Against
the structure of Madame Xanadu reading Tarot cards laying out the
players, they are introduced. The gist is that Pandora makes the
second beggest mistake of her life, believing Superman is somehow
inhumanly pure of heart. She manipulates him into reopening the Box,
whereupon he's possessed in some manner. He seems okay once he's no
longer holding the Box, but is laid open to malevolent influence that
causes him to blow Justice League of America member Doctor Arthur
Light's head clean off during a confrontation between the Leagues in
Kahndaq, sparked by Shazam's invasion of that country to scatter
Black Adam's ashes on his homeland. They're all apparently being
manipulated by the Outsider, a character previously featured in
Flashpoint,
who basically says Superman thinks
he killed Light. Doesn't matter right now, though – the Leagues
get it on, and double agent Atom feels smaller and smaller as she
tries to intervene to no avail.
The
story takes place in the week after Superman and Wonder Woman saved
the hostages in Kahndaq. They do have a different philosophy re
killing. Doctor Light's stated desire not to hurt kids is ironic
given his pre-Flashpoint
characterization. What is the significance of Superman having three
eyes when possessed … scratch that, given what I wrote above.
“Battle
Cry”
War!
Green Lantern, Flash, and Doctor Fate attack Dherain to try to score
a PR blow. After confronting the Dheraini troops, they find
themselves challenged by the Sandmen, Red Arrow, and the Atom in a
tense stand-off. Green Lantern offers to follow the World Army's
wonders, and Dodds seems to consider it, then all are interrupted by
Steppenwolf's Hounds. The World Army is actually approaching, and
Michael Holt Mister Terrific is with them.
I
can't put my finger on what makes this book so consistently
satisfying month after month. But for me, its a perfect blend of
writing and art. Sadly only two more Robinson issues to go, leaving
Tom Taylor some mighty big shoes to fill. Based on Injustice,
I have faith in him. And apparently Nicola Scott remains on art.
“Atomic
Knights, Part One” – “The World of Krypton, Part 3: Darkest
Depths”
In
the lead story, Lobdell brings Action
Comics
into present continuity with a story following from his Superman
issues. Lobdell can be infuriating – sometimes good, sometimes
bad. His Suiperman
is more often good, but then little things like here: Superman
wantonly destroying property just to give Clark and Cat a story.
It's not the first time (see the Silver Age), but I've never liked
that characterization. And the New 52 Superman has been more hit
than talk,
so his soliloquy (“URPHN!
// Once, Clark. Just once. / You're not going to give big ugly alien
the benefit of the doubt. You're going to... // ...hit first... //
...and often!”)
rings a little hollow. Okay, so we've got something called “Pax
Galactica,”
whose member responds, “So
say we all,”
to the leader's proclamation? – Lobdell's been watching Battlestar
Galactica
it seems.
The gist of the
story is that Straith and Pax Galactica show up to destroy a HIVE WMD
– Hector Hammond – who telepathically calls in Superman for help
(how does that get around Orion's shielding Superman's mind from
Hammond's machinations?). Superman fights Straith until the rest of
Pax G shows up announcing a bigger threat is imminent. There's
really nothing special here, except the comic book staple of scantily
clad warrior women alongside fully armored men. She is hot for a
blonde green lady, though.
The Krypton story
introduces the Eradicator: The military coup is led by a hitherto
unnamed “Colonel” (or did I miss it?) to eliminate the Science
Council's benevolent control of Kryptonians and cause them to wipe
each other out. Lara mutinies and saves Jor-El, whose knowledge the
Colonel needs.
“Targeting
the Shield” / Man-Bat in “My Better Half”
In
the lead story, there are two new plots, doubtless connected – a
caped cop killer and a new multimillionnaire industrialist
philanthropist setting up in Gotham City, wanting to partner with
Wayne but Bruce is not interested because E. D. Caldwell is heavily
into munitions. So far this story seems pretty predictable that
Caldwell is the Wrath. How many times have we had the “anti-Batman”?
The backup continues the Man-Bat story, with Kirk Langstrom having
started involuntarily transforming even though he stopped taking the
serum – and finding out that Francine has developed her own version
– which
uses vampire bat DNA.
Batman/Superman
#2
“Doubletime”
Introducing the New
God Kaiyo, the goddess of deception, who manipulates both the Batman
and Superman of five years and more ago into fighting, the Booms them
to Earth 2 (wow, that was easy!), where each fights his other self
before realizing that alternate Earths are involved. “Our”
heroes are each surprised to find their other self married, and to
whom! Young Superman is startled by the still-living Jonathan and
Martha Kent. We find that Earth 2 has been made a relative paradise
by the Wonders and Wayne Tech. Then the Earth-2 Wonder Woman appears
and reveals Kaiyo is possessing Lois. … There is a seeming
discrepancy in that young Clark seems to indicate that Pa died in
hospice care, which is not how I remember it. Jae Lee provides some
stunning art here, with perhaps a little overuse of silhouette shots.
“Trinity
War: Chapter Two”
This
time the framing narrative is by the Question. The melee between the
Justice League and the Justice League of America continues until
Superman puts a stop to it and turns himself in to ARGUS, who
imprison him somehow, but I'm not clear how. Kryptonite? Magic? It
obviously takes its toll on him – in the final scene he really
looks like he's suffering from Kryptonite poisoning. Waller does put
Firestorm to work practicing to create Kryptonite. Anyway, all of
the heroes are thrown into confusion by the events. Batman believes
that Doctor Light's solar-based powers somehow triggered Superman's
heat vision. He doesn't buy Wonder Woman's tale of Pandora's Box.
Wonder Woman consults Hephaestus, who informs her that the gods did
not
craft the Box, and that it must be destroyed. She goes to John
Constantine and his “Justice League Dark.” Meanwhile, the
Question approaches Superman under the guise of Steve Trevor, frees
him, and asks if he wants to find out who really
killed Doctor Light.
“Losses”
DeSaad's forces
mount a public raid on Starr Lab in Oxford, England, as a trap to
capture one of the girls. They get Helena, but Karen dives into the
Boom Tube after them. The early part of the issue is set in the
Catskills Mountains, Upstate New York, including Woodstock, which is
cool since I've been there. It's something that I find interesting
about Levitz's work of late, that he uses real locales – and I
identify it with him because it's been with a variety of artists.
Robson Rocha's pales overall in comparison with Kevin Maguire's or
George Perez's, but his style does render Karen's face in such a way
as to make it believable that she and Kara/Supergirl are
other-dimensional counterparts. Karen refers to getting along with
the Earth-2 Supergirl from the day they met.
“The
Fall”
Man, I still hate
that series title.
Aside from that,
Snyder is great at showing Superman's thoughts during a crisis. It
could get old if he starts each issue off with this same type
sequence, however. Then you have Superman visiting the Batcave and
confronting Batman, who shows off his cloaking suit designed to elude
even Superman's senses. Ascension is using the image of Ned Nudd as
a digital mask. Superman confers with Lois who is flying north to
interview the man pulled from the sea; she gives him a clue to
finding General Lane, which he does, ending up in a confrontation
with whatever that secret super-weapon is. Meanwhile, Ascension is
crashing Lois' plane, while Lex uses a jury-rigged suit to break out
of prison. In the epilogue, we are treated to Bruce's soliloquy on
why he didn't destroy his anti-Superman tech now that he trusts him.
A lot certainly happens in this issue – it's a great story and art
– but how long is it sustainable?
“High
School and Other Assorted Horrors”
Guided
telepathically by young Doctor Psycho, Conner heads back to high
school for the first time to try to find why kids have been freaking
out and going catatonic before HIVE finds and recruits another agent.
It turns out that its the Goth geek girl who befriended him,
mentally destabilizing the popular kids who shun her, but when he
realizes it, she affects Krypto – or is it that she's affecting
him?
There's some fun made out of how unprepared Conner is for high
school life. There's also a seemingly disconnected prequel with
Jocelyn Lure trying to find Conner.
Batman
#22
“Zero
Year, Secret City: Part Two” / Bruce Wayne in “That One Time”
More
parallel story five or six years in the past and fifteen or so years
before that, which I guess is par for the course. Young Bruce falls
into the cave and the story ends on a silhouette shot of bats
chasing. The adult Bruce confronts the Red Hood, meets Edward Nygma,
finds that Uncle Philip has been supplying weapons to the Red Hood
gang, and has a falling out with Alfred over the issue of Bruce
Wayne's “death,” until his hand is forced by Red Hood sabotaging
his penthouse – Boom!
There are certainly multiple layers and threads to this story. In
the backup, 21-year-old Bruce gets a lesson in lateral thinking and
MacGyvering an escape plan from the inside of the Sphinx – which is
a thematic connection with the lead story in which the Sphinx
reproduction in the Gotham Museum of Natural History provides a clue
to Nygma's riddle.
“A
Day in the Life of Endless Velocity”
Babs
has a fun date with Ricky the reformed car thief that includes a
throwdown with a group of thugs attacking them, then an odd
interaction with Jim that leaves her determined to give up the
Batgirl identity … just as Jim tells Batman that he's going after
Batgirl and to stay the hell out of his way, emphasized with a sucker
punch to the jaw.
Nightwing
#22
“Showtime”
Nightwing
continues shaking things up in Chicago in his quest to find Tony
Zucco, but he also has to deal with the Prankster's warped vendetta
against corruption in the Windy City. It's a good issue – I really
like the art here. A lot of the locations are clearly
photoreferenced, e.g. City Hall on p. 2 (which page also contains
another egregious typo – I repeat myself when I say I wonder
exactly what the hell kind of copy editors they've got there at DC! –
or do they even bother? – they obviously don't give a shit, why
should I?) Are some of the people photo-referenced as well? – Ted at
the Chicago Times
doesn't look like he came out of the artist's imagination.
“Close
to Home”
Kara
resists Cyborg Superman's temptation to lose herself in a virtual
memory-generated Krypton, getting another lesson about “boys.”
She ends up assaulted by incarnate memories of her own angers with
more traumas to come. So who created Cyborg Superman?
Her
reaction when Cyborg Superman proclaims his real agenda – that he
literally needs
her body
– “I
need your flesh to reconstitute my own.”
Partly it's visual – a mixture of disgust and astonishment in one
single panel – followed by her verbal reaction, “You
want to say that again? // I couldn't hear you through all the
creepiness coming out
your mouth!”
A bit further on, after he elaborates, “...
/ Wow. I... I'm speechless over your level of insanity.”
– Flying away, “H'El
and now this creep?
When am I going to learn? Boys offering Krypton are not
to be trusted.”
That's actually some great stuff.
“Despair”
As
a Justice League of America agent, Catwoman calls Batman for help in
rescuing a little Chinese girl who is being used as a pawn to coerce
her defected father to return to China. The story is framed by more
on Carrie Kelley, who receives a faked message from Damian, as well
as another strange Two-Face epilogue. … I like Patrick Gleason's
art, but sometimes his female faces are a bit weird, flat and broad.
Peter J. Tomasi is a great writer who seems amiable and better than
some others at integrating continuity and the wider DC Universe
without making it seem forced.
Birds
of Prey #22
“Operation
Kaizen”
Kaizen
– a
Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement of working
practices, personal efficiency, etc.
(Google) The Birds find Strix okay, but she is unable to explain
what happened, of course. They retreat to Condor's lair since their
own is compromised. Batgirl gets a call and has to go off (into
issues #19-20 of her own title). Side scene: Tsiklon
– According to Wikipedia, The
Tsyklon ( Циклон
,
“Cyclone”, also known as Tsiklon) … was a
Soviet/Ukrainian-designed expendable launch system, primarily used to
put Cosmos satellites into low Earth orbit;
my guess is that the term is being used here in its more literal
sense as a Russian (?) spelling of “cyclone.” In any case, we
are introduced to a new villainous team Basilisk what Condor was once
part of and whose leader has a vendetta against Black Canary. …
Days later, Canary is despairing about her own team, which seems to
be dissolving around her. Condor puts the moves on her again, but
respects her resistance and goes out to handle some matter, not
realizing he's being stalked. Batgirl returns, having killed her own brother (so she believes; I'm not reading it, but James Jr. is now
appearing in Suicide
Squad). Condor is ambushed as Basilisk raids his lair – and Canary is
stunned to find that he is a former member of that terrorist
organization. The Birds are overwhelmed....
Birds
of Prey
is languishing in the danger zone of sales – with the imminent
demise of Legion
of Super-Heroes
it is the lowest-selling title I'm reading. Look at the reception
it's getting from the reviewers.... I'm continuing to enjoy it, but
man, I'm missing Starling!
“This
Blood is Thick: Hits”
Batwoman
and the DEO prepare to take down Batman by following Bane's plan –
wear him down first. Meanwhile, Bette trains with Jacob's old unit
to extract Beth from DEO custody. Not a whole lot else to say about
this issue.
Legion
of Super-Heroes
#22
“Endings
– Part Two”
T
minus one issue … the end of the Fatal Five story. The Legion fights to
a hard won and costly victory, then assesses its losses – one of
Duplicate Girl's duplicates among many others dead and missing. And
Brainiac 5 looks dangerously close to breaking as he announces it's
all his fault....
Justice
League Dark
#22
“Trinity
War, Chapter Three: House of Cards”
A
whole bunch of shifting alliances, mixing and matching the various
members of the various Justice Leagues – who are at odds with each
other, and with Amanda Waller. The Question breaks Superman out of
ARGUS custody. Superman is weakening, apparently not from Kryptonite
poisoning. Madame Xanadu is held captive by the mastermind of the
situation, who boasts that he has a mole in the Justice League (which
one?). Wonder Woman takes a group to track Pandora. Superman and a
group are searching for Doctor Psycho – who is not the same as the
kid who is all but Superboy's sidekick of late in that title, so I'll
call them “Old” and “Young Doctor Psycho” respectively. John
Constantine lures the hero formerly known as Captain Marvel away
(into his own book, which came out earlier but luckily I realized
follows on this story, so I bumped it to just below). The Phantom
Stranger and his group are off to find the ghost of the murdered
Doctor Light.
As
the Bad Guy likens it to Madame Xanadu, it's like chess pieces being
moved around on a board.
“Stealing
Thunder – A Trinity War Interlude”
John
Constantine steals the hero formerly known as Captain Marvel's magic
to keep the “untrustworthy” lad from wielding it with – perhaps
good intentions, but – awful consequences. But his plan goes awry
when he is forced to invoke the power of Shazam against a monstrous
attacker, and Billy uses the distraction to steal the magic back
– and leave, not trusting Constantine … perhaps to do what John
Constantine warns him against.
Frankly,
I don't think this is a terribly well integrated “tie-in” to
Trinity
War.
Aquaman
#22
“Death
of a King, Chapter Four”
The
three parallel stories continue. Aquaman and Mera in Xebel versus
the Ice King, who claims to be the first and true king of Atlantis
and the Seven Seas; the Scavenger's attack on Atlantis; and Tula's
raiding party attempting to free Orm from Belle Reve in south
Louisiana.
Superman
#22
“Headaches”
The
Queen Bee of HIVE is one of the Twenty – metas who were apparently
left on Earth five years ago to prepare for Brainiac's return. She
tries to force Hector Hammond to serve HIVE, but sparks a Psychic
War. … Superman/Clark Kent does a lot of introspection; Clark
seemingly focuses on the Twenty as a breakout exposé
for his and Cat Grant's blog, and visits Jimmy who seems to have gone
spend-crazy with his parents' money. What is the story on their
disappearance/death?
Talon
#10
“All
Sorts of Fun”
Fun?
– We begin with a scene of torture and brainwashing of a little
girl. Yes, the Owls are truly vile and sick. But as much as I've
been liking this series I'm not sure I'm continuing it. I'm needing
to cull some books, and this one, not terribly connected with
anything else, is a prime candidate.
Anyway,
Casey escapes the clutches of the Owls into GCPD custody. Meanwhile,
Calvin fights Sebastian's creatures and ends up aided by Casey's team
– but the cliffhanger has Bane stepping into the fray.
Batman:
The Dark Knight
#22
“Breaking
Point”
This
title has gone from rivaling Tony Daniel's Detective
Comics
for biggest waste of paper and ink to being one of my favorite books
each month … come to think of it, 'Tec
post David is good, too. It's a good time to be a Batman
fan. (Whether DC really needs
this
“extra” Bat-title is a separate issue.) I hope Hurwitz can keep
it up. Alex Maleev's atmospheric art is perfect for Batman
as well.
Anyway,
the Clayface saga continues as Clayface tries to frame Commissioner
Gordon for murder during a jewel heist, which reveals that he holds
Gordon captive. Batman races to find him, but Gordon is not a
hapless victim awaiting rescue. No, he aids in his own rescue by
piecing together a “ghetto version” of the Bat Signal. At the
end of the issue, Clayface is still in the wind.
I
do wonder how Clayface knew to use Natalya's image to torment Batman.
There is good interplay between Alfred and Bruce regarding the
latter's closed-off nature, and why – Bruce's contention is that
opening up always backfires on him, being used against him.
“Dangerous
People”
I
honestly have no idea what is going on. The three “heroes” are
split and seemingly working at cross purposes, although each thinks
they are acting for the others' good. Kori seems to be in a
particular conundrum.
Teetering
on the edge of my pull list....
Teen
Titans
#22
“Dark
Titans”
Kid
Flash did something in his past to protect his family that Raven
interprets as evil taking root in his soul. The fight against Trigon
ends quickly – then the Titans face the problem of massive damage
and a PR nightmare … which is wiped away by some kind of psychic
fixers who claim to be doing it as a one-off to repay a debt. …?
They invite Raven to join the Teen Titans, then she spills the beans
in explaining Red Robin's erratic actions, including his making out
with both Wonder Girl and Solstice as being Trigon's influence …
which was hitherto unknown, and doesn't really matter. The other
Titans all
react badly. Kid Flash decks Red Robin and locks himself in his
cabin – from where he is abducted by someone claiming “Bar Tor”
is going to pay for his crimes. … And it transpires that Raven is
infiltrating the Titans on behalf of her father.
“The
Last Byline”
Great
story! I ask again how can one writer vary so greatly from title to
title? And there's great art by Dan Jurgens who makes even
new-costume-Superman look like the same great hero I grew up with.
This
is Lois' story of how she is investigating the mysterious
disappearances of Metropolitan citizens after the Brainiac Event, and
discovers the truth … and is infected to become one of the Twenty,
which dooms her!
Batman
Annual
#2
“Cages”
This
story takes place some time after the death of Damian but has a
flashback to Zero Year. One consequence of Batman capturing the
insane criminals of Gotham and their confinement to Arkham Asylum is
its transformation from a hospital to a prison for all intents and
purposes. This causes a backlash from the oldest inmate, who means
to have revenge on Batman. And there is a new doctor there who hopes
to remake Arkham back into a hospital. It's an interesting story
that puts a modern spin on the old canard that perhaps Batman's
presence causes
the evils of Gotham.
Detective
Comics Annual
#2
“Face
in the Crowd” / “Contained Multitudes” / “Harvey Bullock,
This is Your Life”
The
first story introduces Jane Doe, a villainess introduced pre-New 52
in Marc Andreyko's Manhunter.
She infiltrates GCPD on behalf of Wrath, but Batman doesn't find
that out. She assumes the identity of Harvey Bullock and torments
him by forcing him to watch her live his life more successfully than
he himself, including a budding romance with a police psychologist.
The second is a very short tale showing now split personalty and
demented Jane Doe really is, centering on her multiple conversations
with herself. Finally, we see the effect captivity and having his
failure of a life thrown in his face by the impostor has on Harvey.
Overall,
a very good issue, examining multiple facets of a single story that
is complete in itself (as an annual ought to be, in my opinion) but
tying very much into the overall arc of the monthly (which doesn't
hurt).
DIGITAL
“Hollow,
Part 3 of 4” / “Olympus, Parts 4-6 of 12”
Tess
at STAR Labs is discussing philosophy of being disembodied
intelligence with Henshaw's head when LexCorp troops invade and shoot
Emil Hamilton. Despite Henshaw's cautions this may send her over the
edge, it looks like. STAR Labs is apparently working on “Zeta
Beam” technology. I smell an Adam Strange appearance in the
future.
“Daddy Issues”
I
tend to like Palmiotti and Gray as a writing team, so it was perhaps
inevitable when, in their somewhat extraordinary efforts to keep one
of their lowest-selling titles going, DC decided to attempt a major
reboot of this title, to the point of changing the protagonist as
well as turning it over to P&G, I would give it a try. I
actually did so, digitally again, a couple or three months ago,
intending to follow my normal past practice of waiting the month for
the digital price to drop by a dollar, which would put it about the
right time for me to read it in its proper relative release order
with the other titles from that month. Then DC went and messed that
plan up by, suddenly and with little or no prior notice, extending
the dollar-discount time from one two two months. The only reason
this one is getting reviewed with the other September books is that
I'm so bloody behind in writing up this post. And I'm considering
adding it back to my monthly order anyway.
It's
good – the new Batwing is Lucius Fox's son, which of necessity
draws it far closer into the Bat'verse mainstream. He's just
completed his first mission, returning home to a family who does not
know his secret and a father who disapproves of his seemingly wastrel
lifestyle, when that family is attacked by agents of the criminal
empire he just fought against. Turns out it's just coincidence, sort
of. Yes, it's a result of Batwing's actions, but no, they do not
know he is Batwing. They are here to kidnap Lucius to put pressure
on Bruce Wayne. Although Batman orders him to stand down and let him
handle the situation, he discovers that his father has secretly been
Batman's R&D man – obviously an import from the Nolan'verse.
Anyway, he horns into the mission, and together he and Batman
penetrate where Lucius is being held.
I'll
definitely be reading this in future, whether in trade,
wait-two-months-for-digital, or in issues, where it would displace Birds of Prey and the lowest-selling title I'm buying … assuming it lasts. Again,
its sales are abysmal, and I'm not sure a couple months in that the
reboot has made much difference. We'll see.
And
that's it for this month. Hmph. Shorter. Right.
Cheers,
and Thanks for reading.
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