The Current State of Batman : The Dark Knight

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Bruce Wayne witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swearing to avenge them. He trained extensively to achieve both mental and physical perfection, mastering detective skills, martial arts, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on criminals' fear and utilizing a high-tech arsenal in his crusade to rid Gotham City of crime, the legendary Batman was born.

The Current State of Batman : The Dark Knight

#1 Edited by Glitch_Spawn (14688 posts) - 5 months, 10 days ago - Show Bio

Is anyone else thoroughly enjoying with this book lately?

Gregg Hurwitz and David Finch are a really impressive creative duo in my opinion. They are are really conveying a great amount of emotion, especially in the last two issues.

Bringing Scarecrow's past to the surface and delving into some of Bruce Wayne's guilt for never getting too close to anyone. Just extremely well done.

Thoughts?

#2 Posted by InnerVenom123 (27557 posts) - 5 months, 10 days ago - Show Bio

Haven't been reading.

#3 Posted by Glitch_Spawn (14688 posts) - 5 months, 10 days ago - Show Bio

Too bad. The book hadn't been that good up until the last few months.

#4 Posted by Arkhamc1tizen (974 posts) - 5 months, 10 days ago - Show Bio

finch is leaving for jla

#5 Posted by Glitch_Spawn (14688 posts) - 5 months, 10 days ago - Show Bio

@Arkhamc1tizen said:

finch is leaving for jla

That's disappointing. But Hurwitz's art is equally as good I think.

#6 Posted by SupBatz (669 posts) - 5 months, 10 days ago - Show Bio

I read the first two issues of Hurwitz run and liked what I saw. Unfortunately, I can only read so many comics at one time and Layman's Detective Comics has been the preferable choice imo.

#7 Posted by FatihBATMAN (1355 posts) - 5 months, 10 days ago - Show Bio

Really like the art of the whole run, havent read any of them yet.

#8 Posted by Glitch_Spawn (14688 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

@FatihBATMAN said:

Really like the art of the whole run, havent read any of them yet.

Highly recommend picking them up. Starting at four or five issues back.

#9 Posted by FatihBATMAN (1355 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

ive bought them all digitally, and been waiting to upgrade my ipad, to a retina ipad.

#10 Edited by Glitch_Spawn (14688 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

Ohhhhh I see. Nice. I'm still doing that old fashioned physical copy thing :P

#11 Posted by chalkshark (825 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

I've only been buying the series for the art. I stopped reading early in the first arc, as the writing was terrible. I haven't gotten around to reading it since the new writer was brought in. I'd like to think this is the last time a company indulges an artist's vanity. Some guys are good writers. Some guys are good artist. A select few are both. David Finch is not. Maybe one day, but until then, he should spend his time at the drawing table, not the typewriter.

#12 Posted by Glitch_Spawn (14688 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

@chalkshark said:

I've only been buying the series for the art. I stopped reading early in the first arc, as the writing was terrible. I haven't gotten around to reading it since the new writer was brought in. I'd like to think this is the last time a company indulges an artist's vanity. Some guys are good writers. Some guys are good artist. A select few are both. David Finch is not. Maybe one day, but until then, he should spend his time at the drawing table, not the typewriter.

You won't be disappointed in this last Scarecrow arc. I totally thought the first issues sucked as well.

#13 Posted by entropy_aegis (12319 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

Just average imo.

#14 Posted by The Stegman (13070 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

I've started reading the Scarecrow arc. Not bad, but nothing spectacular, though it has improved greatly since the beginning.

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#15 Posted by Icarusflies (11177 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

I reaaaaalllly dislike the new arc.

They messed up Scarecrow. Big time. The new origin is just...bluh. Boring. The old one (as shown in Batman/Scarecrow: Year One) was fantastic.

And the costumes....nooooooo thank you.

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#16 Posted by Glitch_Spawn (14688 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

@Icarusflies said:

I reaaaaalllly dislike the new arc.
They messed up Scarecrow. Big time. The new origin is just...bluh. Boring. The old one (as shown in Batman/Scarecrow: Year One) was fantastic.
And the costumes....nooooooo thank you.

Did you like TDK up until the new arc?..

#17 Posted by Icarusflies (11177 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

@Glitch_Spawn: No. I thought it was even worse....but I was less angry about it since Scarecrow was one of my favorite characters before the New 52. >:(

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#18 Posted by Glitch_Spawn (14688 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

@Icarusflies: Fair enough. I myself never had a particular affinity for crazy Crane so I'm not in a position to feel ripped off.

#19 Posted by FatihBATMAN (1355 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

I love all the new 52 batman comics. Love it.

#20 Posted by TDK_1997 (9690 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

The book isn't bad but it's still nothing special.

#21 Posted by BatWatch (2291 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

It looks amazing, but I thought the stories have all been mediocre at best. Overall, I think it is extremely disappointing.

#22 Posted by gotwillpower (636 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

I haven't read The Dark Knight since Hurwitz started, but I'm sure it's pretty good. I've read some of Hurwitz's novels, and while they are hardly literary masterpieces, they are good stories. I can see how he would be a great comic book writer, because his writing expertise fits perfectly into comics.

#23 Posted by Glitch_Spawn (14688 posts) - 5 months, 9 days ago - Show Bio

Seems I'm alone on this one. Oh well.

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