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REVIEWS: Batman #692, Detective Comics #858, Superman: Secret Origin #2
By Ade Magnaye
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Welcome back traveller! Let me, Ade, treat you to this week’s unbelievably-late-but-still-ass-kicking reviews, brought to you only by Comicgasm.
Ok, Black Mask, let’s see some of that pimp hand you’re famous for.
Batman #692
This is Tony Daniel’s first Batman issue. I’m really not too keen on reading his run on Batman because I’ve been left utterly unimpressed by Battle Of The Cowl.
And really, I am disappointed with this issue. There are quite a few problems with this issue – Daniel crammed way too many story threads. The way Dick Grayson was written gives the impression he’s no different from Bruce Wayne. I dunno about you, but I like my Dick!Batman stories to emphasize how different he is from Bruce.
Also, what is up with Black Mask’s outfit?
Detective Comics #858
I consider Detective Comics to be the best magazine DC is churning out right now. In this issue, the secret behind Alice, the new leader of The Religion of Crime, is being slowly revealed. I won’t spoil anything for you, but this issue alone explains a lot about Alice’s weird fixation with Batwoman. Also, Kate Kane, as a young girl, experiences a life-altering tragedy which is, for me, unexpected. But considering that she is a member of the Bat-family, I should’ve seen it coming.
Also, the cover of this issue says “20 years ago,” and the flashback scenes even emulate the comic book-art style of 20 years ago, resulting in an amazing homage to David Mazzucchellis Batman: Year One art.
All in all, J.H. Williams takes on three different art styles in this issue. Hotdamn, that guy can draw.
Superman: Secret Origin #2
To be honest, I’m not too hot about bringing the Superboy part of Superman’s origin back into continuity. It creates a lot of story holes, and it forces me to push the boundaries of verisimilitude. It takes somebody like the Calculator to see that Superboy was last seen in Smallville the time Clark Kent moved into Metropolis (which is, incidentally, the first time Superman was seen in Metropolis) to put two and two together.
It was funny to see Clark complain endlessly to his parents about how garish his costume is (and it is something nobody in his right mind would be caught wearing, mind you), and it is fun to watch him fight futuristic human supremacists alongside The Legion Of Superheroes 3000 years in the future, and watching Clark struggle with being an outsider as a result of him taking on a secret identity is great. The scenes where Lex Luthor appeared are a joy to read as well – this is the scenery eating glowering supervillain everyone wants to read.
I just wondered though how does Clark’s parents act as if Superboy’s powers are normal, that they aren’t even creeped out at all by the fact that their kid went with a bunch of strangers to the 31st century?
John Byrne’s Man of Steel seeked to strip all the superfluous elements out of Superman’s mythos, and for me that worked. That said, I know Geoff Johns is out to restore DC’s characters to their most iconic versions, and Superman: Secret Origin is just his latest attempt. But in bringing Superman’s most iconic version to life, he somehow complicates the backstory, bringing back a situation that calls for an origin like , erm, Man of Steel. Yeah, I’m a huge Man of Steel fan. Sry.
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