Bruce's origin story continues!
Bruce is still on his one man mission to stop the Red Hood and his gang from taking over the city through chaos and fear.
The Good
This origin story has been interesting. In past times, delving into Batman's beginnings has always proven to successful stories; and this time is no different. Snyder's Bruce Wayne is young and arrogant. He believes that he's the only one capable of protecting and saving Gotham from itself, and for the most part is doing it alone. Granted, we all know this will change in the years to come, but it's great to see a pre-Batman that thinks this way; to really see how much the character will change in a span of a couple of years. Scott Snyder goes all out on the concept of Bruce wanting to save Gotham all by himself.
The conflict between Bruce and the Red Hood is a compliment to Snyder's skills as a writer. It really shows how Red Hood doesn't find Bruce as a real threat, cause Bruce is still finding himself in this world with Super Criminals. So it is good to see in this issue how Bruce doesn't have a handle on the criminals in Gotham, like he does when he eventually becomes The Batman.
There are also not-so-subtle nods to future criminals like Riddler and Penguin, also a nice add.
The artwork by Greg Capullo is always on key. I'm glad he's a series regular on this title and it's always good to see his take on Batman and his world.
There is also a ministory featuring writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV with artwork by Rafael Albuquerque on Bruce's time training abroad.
The Bad
No complaints.
The Verdict
It's Scott Snyder's Batman series! If you haven't had a chance to check out the many adventures of Batman and Snyder, then you are seriously missing out. This is the best time to try out this Batman title as it is going into detail of what made Bruce Wayne Batman, at least in this title. Overall 5 out of 5.
Next review:
Batman 23-26 & issues 28-29 (cause I already reviewed 27, duh) ;)
Arrow review:
Last Batman Reviews:
Upcoming reviews:
1.Snyder & Capullo's BATMAN! -- Comic catch up! (issues 22-29)
2.Millar & McNiven's NEMESIS! -- Comic special! (issues 1-4) COMPLETED!
3.Tomasi & Gleason's BATMAN AND ROBIN! -- Comic catch up! (issues 22-28)
4.Posehn & Duggan's DEADPOOL! -- Comic catch up! (issues 12-24)
5.Snyder and Lee's SUPERMAN UNCHAINED! -- Comic catch up! (issues 2-5)
6.DeConnick's CAPTAIN MARVEL! -- Comic catch up! (issues 13-17)
7.Slott's SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN! -- Comic catch up! (issues 13-28)
8.Wood's STAR WARS! -- Comic catch up! (issues 3-14)
9.Kirkman's INVINCIBLE! -- Comic catch up! (issues 104-108)
