Batman Gothic # 1
is a comic book published by DC Comics & released on 1 / / 1992User Rating - 2 votes, 4.8 avg.
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Batman has to face a demon of sorts; one that has lived for three hundred years. He is not Ra's Al Ghul, but he has lived this long, even through the black plague because he has sold his soul to the devil. He is known as Mr. Whisper, or the man without a shadow.
Bruce dreams of his childhood and a teacher who has beaten him, how does this connect to the new shadowless killer?
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And I am the King of Hell!
Reviewed by EisforExtinction on Oct. 25, 2009. EisforExtinction has written 20 reviews. His/her last review was for Love Hurts. 13 out of 13 users recommend his reviews. |
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Batman Gothic scared the hell out of me when I was 14 (I didn't read it when it came out). Batman Gothic still scares the hell out of me. Grant Morrison claims to be reading a lot of gothic literature at the time of writing this story so he wanted to bring Batman back to his gothic origins. He also must have been reading a book about how to make me s**t my pants.
Morrison does a great job at showing how damaged Bruce Wayne is, a technique he uses to great effect in Batman R.I.P. almost 18 years later. In fact Batman Gothic is a pretty interesting preview of what Morrison will later do with the character.
Mr. Whisper is the thing nightmares are made of. I think it's great that no other writer tried to reintroduce him after this book because that would be insanity. He is by far the most evil in Batman's rogue gallery with a origin story that is haunting.
I'm not going to talk to much about the plot because I'll let you find out for yourself (the art is pretty standard for the time). Just know that every issue in this collection is all killer, no filler. Read with the lights on.
Morrison does a great job at showing how damaged Bruce Wayne is, a technique he uses to great effect in Batman R.I.P. almost 18 years later. In fact Batman Gothic is a pretty interesting preview of what Morrison will later do with the character.
Mr. Whisper is the thing nightmares are made of. I think it's great that no other writer tried to reintroduce him after this book because that would be insanity. He is by far the most evil in Batman's rogue gallery with a origin story that is haunting.
I'm not going to talk to much about the plot because I'll let you find out for yourself (the art is pretty standard for the time). Just know that every issue in this collection is all killer, no filler. Read with the lights on.
