Batman # 690 - Long Shadows, Part Three: Tripwires

is a comic book published by DC Comics & released on 11 / / 2009

User Rating - 23 votes, 3.2 avg.

Plot Summary

 Penguin ups the ante in his bid to become Gotham's top crook and enlists a few of Arkham's finest to keep Batman busy. Meanwhile a mysterious presence enters the scene to aid the Penguin - or is there another motive at play? And Two-Face takes a massive leap forward in uncovering one of Batman's greatest secrets.

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  • Jack Purcell
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  • Judd Winick
    writer


  • Mark Bagley
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  • Mike Marts
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    Peter Pantazis
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  • Rob Hunter
    inker


  • Tony Daniel
    cover


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    User Reviews
    What has happened to Judd Winnick?
    Reviewed by dan6433 on Sept. 8, 2009.
    dan6433 has written 20 reviews. His/her last review was for Long Shadows, Part Three: Tripwires.
    7 out of 9 users recommend his reviews.
    I've said it before: as a fan of Winnick's previous work, I suppose I just expect a lot more from his writing. This issue finds Batman bumbling around during a battle with Clayface and a throw-away b-list villain, Blanco. Winnick makes turning Grayson into an inept, untrained idiot look easy. What the heck? Don't worry, Judd. It's not like Dick's been kicking crime's butt almost as long as Bruce.
     
    Something else that really got under my skin: "Boorah." As an active duty Marine, the constant use of the term "soldier" to describe the Marine Blanco and the obviously incorrect exclamation "boorah" really got under my skin. Am I missing a clever pun somewhere? Is it "boo-rah" because they were supposed to be scary? Well, they weren't. So if it was supposed to be funny, it was completely lost on me.
     
    And whose idea was it to run the last Streets of Gotham, where the Penguin is already Black Mask's sniveling servant, before this issue of Batman when the Penguin actually BECOMES Black Mask's sniveling servant?
     
    Even the intriguing Two-Face plot cuts corners in the issue, obviously feeling a time crunch. Teleporters? A completely ridiculous split personality bat-costume? Give me a break. Seriously.



    judd winick continues
    Reviewed by darkestknight on Oct. 13, 2009.
    darkestknight has written 10 reviews. His/her last review was for Batman Reborn, Part Three : Mommy Made Of Nails.
    1 out of 1 users recommend his reviews.
    I felt that this issue wasn't as good as the previous one. but in the end two-face manages to break into the batcave scars the coin. he shoots dick with lots of tranqs. and asks him where the real batman is. As any batman is awhere of , two face is responsible for the worst beating dick was ever given when he was robin. so i'm wondering if he's going to get an even worse beating now as it was shown in 688



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