EP 7
Jun 21, 2019
Rhys Horton
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It took me long enough to get to this one and I managed it via TAPAS. You best believe I am following you now on both fronts and will be leaving this review on both fronts; once again we take something we know about Batman, something we have seen Frank Miller do in Year one and Dini do in Mask of the Phantasm and even with those as a backdrop I was not ready for how brilliant this would turn out. When he met Gordon I knew it was gonna be a clash of idealism vs realism and I knew Gordon wouldn't let him go just like that...but I forgot. I forgot this isn't the batman we know, this is the batman who has to make them fear him so they will not believe he is human. And now we're seeing that fear spread not just to the monsters but also the angels, when Alfred said sir you're a monster I got chills...this is how far he's prepared to go for his mission and in his defence it was a fake out and he did appeal to realism and logic before having to play mind games (he's not quite Miller's Batman thank god).
The realism of Bruce/Batman's approach to gotham and the public image continues to play out in a long game and Bruce's tactical nature and single-minded obsession that fuels it continues to impress me, and now we have the promise of an opponent whom may just be as obsessed as he is. The lion story was just amazing, and the notion of our villain losing patience seems to tell us a lot about his fatal flaw (and sets up who is going to be the lion when he inevitably faces Batman).
I am so happy to have read this and I am of course looking forward to more although I must admit the next chapter title has me nervous too, I have loved what you've done with Batman thus far and I can only hope I will love how you handle Catwoman (you got to do better than King, whether you consider that a high bar is down to you).
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