krakoa's Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #46 - Heat: Part 1 review

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    A Bat and Two Cats

    The cool thing about Legends of the Dark Knight is that its stories can take place anytime in the Batman mythos. This particular tale takes place during the period of Batman: Year One. Soooo, that means edgy urban Selina Kyle, young-ish Capt. Jim Gordon, and a badass rookie Batman. That should be enough to get your attention. Next, there's some really great Russ Heath artwork that evokes an older era of Batman. This comic is from 1993, but it definitely has a Bronze Age feel to it. A big contributing factor to that great tone is the great Doug Moench who's name should be familiar to comic book lovers, especially for his great work on Master of Kung Fu which is considered one of the all-time great runs. That said, this comic could have been better given those great aspects, I've just mentioned. Catman is written as a psychotic slasher movie villain, and that's fine. The slasher movie vibe is ok and Moench does writes a good Batman and Catwoman respectively. What doesn't make sense is that Moench tries to be topical and introduce a subplot of racism in Gotham City, especially with the mayor. And while I have no problem with a comic book tackling racism, anything topical or controversial needs to be handled very carefully because the result can range from boring PSA or completely irrelevant misfire. What we have here is something in between that frankly didn't make sense to me in the context of the plot. I will still get the other issues in this arc, and despite that one tiny misgiving causing me to subtract half a star from the rating, I still recommend this comic.

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