Batman: Venom #1

boomboom252's Batman: Venom #1 - Volume 4 review

A weak story

PROS

-Good art overall.

-A couple of interesting concepts

CONS

-Silly dialogue.

-The art is sometimes very ugly

-Bruce is out of character quite a lot. And I'm talking about the times when he is not on Venom.

-The main villain is so blatant about it, I almost think O'Neil thinks we're slow. Why Batman didn't catch it from the beginning, is beyond me. Such lazy writing, from a respected writer, has even made me consider a job in writing. I am convinced a lot of us, could pull of this story a lot better than he did.

-I like O'Neil's Alfred, but sometimes he is just too much. 90% of the time he is joking around.

-Gordon is just shoe horned in.

-O'Neil's Silver Age writing habits come out when they shouldn't; this really ruins the attempt at the seriousness of the concepts. So much wasted potential here.

Just skip the book, it's not worth the money or the time.

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