Tony Daniel’s current arc on Batman has been solid, to say the least. As the story is beginning to wrap up, we are getting ever closer to finding out the identity of the Black Mask.
Last time we saw Batman, he had fallen into a trap set by the Penguin and the Mad Hatter at an abandoned amusement park. This issue basically picks up the story an unspecified time later. Batman is washed up on the shore in Gotham Harbor, and is found by Damian. Dick is seen to be beaten up pretty badly when he is discovered, and is wearing a broken mask that the Black Mask has been giving to the “false faces.”
Now throughout the book, Batman continuously goes in and out of consciousness. At the same time, the story is going back and forth between the present time, and flashbacks of the previous nine hours that are running through Dick’s mind. Going back nine hours, we see that Batman is under the control of the Penguin, following his orders by way of the altered gas mask. Damian has already figured this out, but just hasn’t figured out whose orders Dick had been following. We see that the Penguin had sent Batman to break into the Mayor’s office where he takes two tubes of the antidote to Black Mask’s mind control toxin. As Batman is beginning to gain consciousness again in the present, he blacks out once more and the story goes to Catwoman and Kitrina Falcone who are going after Black Mask as well. Catwoman saves Kitrina from the third member of their group who was about to kill Kitrina. Batman shows up, still under Penguin’s control and takes them down, but goes with Kitrina to Devil’s Square, which has attracted both the National Guard and the Marines due to the Black Mask and his followers.
While going through all of the flashbacks in his mind, Dick is slowly beginning to remember what happened. We see that he had confronted Black Mask and his inner circle of Fright and Dr. Hugo Strange. They fight and Batman had gained the advantage until Black Mask pulled a gun, and shot Batman in the chest, who proceeded to fall out a window, off a cliff, and into the ocean below. And that is where he reaches the point at the beginning of the book. It ends with a now fully aware Batman telling Babs that he thinks he may know who Black Mask really is.
I enjoyed this book, despite its non-linear timeline. I think Tony Daniel did a good job pulling it off, though I will acknowledge that I am not a huge fan of this style. The reason he was able to keep the story from being too confusing or choppy was the fact that the main focus was in the flashbacks, with no action in the present. That’s the trap that many writers fall into, but Daniel avoided. The actual story started off great, with Damian doing all the talking. That first scene gives the reader a reminder that even though he may think of himself as an adult, Damian is still just a kid. I got a small chuckle out of the first line when he saw Dick lying on the beach and yelled out, “Epic Fail!”
The one issue I had with this book was the absence of Dick’s thought process during the fight scenes. This was obviously because he was being manipulated, but maybe it would have been a little cooler if we saw conflicting views between the Penguin and Dick’s thoughts. Either way, Daniel’s doing a good job, and his art has been excellent as well. It’s nice to get a break from the seemingly never ending Blackest Night with a good Batman story (I’m sure I’ll get some flak from that).
Batman #696:
Reviewed by RiddleMeThis
Synopsis: Aquaman takes the family, Mera and Jr. for a road trip vacation but not without a little side action hero’s style along the way.
The teasers reveals Batman pairing up with the World War I fighter pilot “Enemy Ace” to take on an alien monster who’s helping the enemy with the aid of a laser type cannon.
Holiday rooooooooooad. It’s Aquaman meets the Griswold’s as the family of 3 hits the road RV style for some long overdue R & R. This episode follows the family across land as they try some time away from the crime fighting life but not if Aquaman can help it. Each stop his itching for getting some bad guys grows more and more. Along the trip he encounters and aids the likes of Green Arrow, Blue Beetle, and of course the Caped Crusader all while trying to keep it hush hush with his wife Mera. In the end the king of the ocean must take on the (so to speak) flightless bird the Penguin (his first appearance in BTBTB) in the risk of his family, Batman, and his own demise! Over all a very fun episode, I would have liked to see Flash, or even Superman thrown in. They did show Smallville on the map as they were trotting around the country, so maybe the Man of Steel is in things to come? A couple observations; Aquaman in BTBTB reminds of me of Kelsey Grammar as “Frasier”, anyone see the resemblance? And I did notice one throwback to the 1983 cult classic National Lampoons Vacation “Windows up!” All in all a great episode and great quality of a story!!
BTBTB: Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure:
Reviewed by rhine1784
MTV posted a new video today. They talked with Danny Devito about his role in Batman Returns. Nothing newsworthy, but interesting nonetheless.
Posted by Dustin
On a day where there was no new news, Tony Daniel posted up a little info about Batman #694. Here is what he had to say:
Batman 694 is being wrapped up. 695 is half done, but I wish I was a little further along. Lots of people are speculating on people like Penguin, Riddler, Helena…that's good. Will everything be answered right away? Heck no. Am I going to have fun with these developments? Heck yeah!
Posted by Dustin
The story opens in Amsterdam (don’t you wish you had Tim Drakes frequent flyer miles?) with Red Robin in hot pursuit of the Walewein Motorcycle gang. As we find out later the gang has something that is very important to Tim. As Tim engages the gang he finds himself severely outnumbered and about to be run down. Suddenly the attacker’s bike disintegrates and Tim easily subdues the assailant. This serves as the introduction to Chris Kent aka “Nightwing”. In a nice panel Chris is shown hovering above Tim with a full moon looming behind him. An effective use of perspective. Throughout this story the pencils by Julian Lopez, ably assisted by “Bit” with inks, gives us a mature if not noir-ish look as opposed to the cover of the book which lent itself to more of a Sunday morning comic aesthetic.
The story quickly shifts to Gotham City where the top hatted terror known as the Penguin is shown to be in possession of the Flamebird, the other half of the “mythical” Nightwing and Flamebird duo. This story is written by Sterling Gates and as we shift back to Chris and Tim the story is given over to some dry exposition that dilutes the tempo just a tad. Chris catches Tim (and the reading audience) up on his origin, what’s happened to Flamebird and pleads to Tim for help. Tim tells Chris (and us) he’s too busy to help people and that he is on a mission from God (oops, sorry, that’s Blues Brothers). But Tim quickly relents and agrees to help Chris when he finds out that either Earth or New Krypton will be destroyed. But the real clincher was when he learned that Nightwing loves Flamebird, “with all his heart.” Phew! Good thing for both planets that Tim is a romantic.
Back to Gotham we go. (Maybe Tim can use his mountain of frequent flyer miles to “time” travel and rescue Bruce. Just saying!) Red Robin, after striking a rather Spiderman like pose, rather clumsily enters the auction house where the Penguin plans to offer up Flamebird to the highest bidder. He is discovered and a fight ensues. He is bailed out again by Nightwing who encases the kryptonite infused Dr. Abernathy (who is holding Flamebird in stasis) with lead that he employed on a tip from Tim. Our heroes rescue the lovely Thara/Flamebird and fly back to Amsterdam. Man, I got jet lag just reading this story!
In a bit of continuity to the Red Robin books that I appreciate, Tim tells “F&N” that he was out to intercept a 200 year old letter mailed from old Gotham to London. That can only mean it is a clue to Bruce Wayne’s location and another step in Tim’s quest to find him. I actually liked that. Flamebird and Nightwing soar off to Metropolis to continue their own story and we end with the kryptonite soaked Dr. Abernathy being “rescued” by the Toyman fresh off his stint in a recent episode of Smallville. Kidding!
Ok, I’ve had a little fun at the expense of this book but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it. I like the fresh take on the “World’s Finest” team up, the art was good and the “youthful” approach to the dynamic worked well also. Continuity to the other books got a nod and we get a nice little cliff hanger that leads us to the next chapter where Robin and the Guardian pick up the action. (And Tim piles up Frequent flier miles. Sorry, I had to say it again.)
World's Finest #1:
Reviewed by Dark Knight Dave
Tony Daniel returns to right a ship that has gone way off course. The most important title in comics has been a weak imitation of its former self since Judd Winick took over the helm. Acclaimed more for his art than his prose, the creative mind behind Battle for the Cowl takes over both duties as he resumes his interpretation of Dick Grayson’s Batman.
I’m not much of a Tony Daniel fan, and to be honest was expecting to be writing some scathing words of disapproval at this point of the review. But you know what; Batman #692 was pretty darn good. The story is ambitious as it introduces multiple storylines; including the reemergence of the Falcone family, Hugo Strange, Dr. Death, Fright and Catwoman. Black Mask still is the preeminent bad guy, but Daniel lays the framework for some very interesting future character development. The most interesting to me was the reintroduction of Dr. Gruener, the original Reaper, as a villain for the next or an upcoming issue. This is not the Reaper from Batman Year Two, but the pre-crisis version created by Denis O’Neil. If you have access to back issues, check out Batman #237 from December 1971. Horrifically traumatized by Nazis in a WWII concentration camp, Dr. Gruener is poised to become The Reaper once again. Selina Kyle is also nicely portrayed, in particular the chemistry she has with Dick. I think Catwoman is going to have a prominent role to play in Daniel’s story arc. Not only because of her relationships with the past and present Batmen, but with what may turn out to be a very interesting sub-plot between her and the young Katrina Falcone. You’ll see why when you read the issue.
The dialogue gets jumbled and confusing at some points, but considering the scope of story Daniel seems to want to tell, the quality of writing is pretty good.
The most telling attribute that marks the incredible difference between Winick and Bagley’s Batman and this one, is the return to a darker tone. No more smiles, no more posing for the camera, no more bright colors. This Batman is The Dark Knight! Dick is methodical, sure of himself and driven. He is however still Dick Grayson. When he wants to take crime scene evidence back to his lab to study it, he asks Commissioner Gordon for permission. Gordon slyly replies, “Batman doesn’t need to ask my permission.” He does however have a definite mature sense of confidence that he didn’t show in previous issues; as Dick when negotiating with Selina, and as Batman when confronting the Falcones.
As it should from a talent that made his name as a graphic artist, the art is what really sets this book apart from its previous arc. Right from the first page we are given a visual interpretation of the character that really would drive fear into the hearts and mind of any criminal. The dark grey coloring of Batman’s costume really works, and the detailed facials under the mask let us know that this is still Dick Grayson. Setting Batman’s scenes outdoors in a dreary swamp and dark field reminded me of Neil Adams' work in the 70’s. Batman is drawn piercingly fierce. Daniel’s artistic style is a refreshing return to Batman’s roots. Selina Kyle is also drawn spectacularly well and interestingly so is Katrina. And while Black Mask’s new look is a bit Star Warsy, it’s still pretty cool. There are a couple of lazy panels, but compared to Mark Bagley…well there is actually nothing to compare. Tony Daniel is in a different league.
One interesting note is that Penguin appears on the cover but not in the book. He doesn’t seem to part of this story arc either. I wonder if this is an editing mistake or a clue to something yet to come.
Batman the comic is back on track. One issue isn’t going to make me forget the past five, but if Tony Daniel is going to give us this type of work it will be one hell of ride!
Batman #692:
Reviewed by Tiggerbrown
It wouldn't be Halloween without having Batman mixed mixed with Halloween. We start off going towards Halloween with this scan from Batman: The Long Halloween #13.
Posted by Dustin
Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke. Change for the sake of change is never a good thing. These wise adages prove to be true more often than not. Issue #4 of the incredibly successful Batman and Robin monthly marks the title’s artistic debut of Philip Tan. In my opinion, Frank Quitely’s unique style and cinematic pacing have made every page of B&R a visually stunning work of art. His mastery of creating emotion and action without the need for narration has even pushed Grant Morrison’s writing to new heights. So I naturally had some trepidation as to how this week’s issue would turn out.
The result……. well it’s mixed. Visually the look is more traditional, but I liked it. The homage to the 60’s show is gone and replaced by a much darker tone. On first glance I loved Tan’s imposing take on Batman. It almost reminded me of Jim Lee. Then I thought about it for a minute, and realized that one of the most refreshing elements of Quitley’s Batman and to a lesser degree Dustin Nguyen’s was that the character is drawn to be uniquely Dick Grayson. Philip Tan’s Batman is spectacular, don’t get me wrong. It just looks like Bruce Wayne in the suit. Maybe that was intentional, especially as it relates to my favorite scene in the issue. Dick and Damian are on a rooftop staking out a crime boss meeting. Dick is looking as menacingly Batman-esque as he ever has, and starts lecturing Damian about the art of surveillance. Dick is definitely revelling in mentoring his Robin the way Bruce educated him. Unfortunately for Dick, Damian isn’t your typical rookie Boy Wonder. When he tries to teach Robin a lesson about the danger of wearing a hood, Damian quickly gets the upper hand on Dick and gets in the line of the book; "I can hear you breathing and beat you senseless in pitch darkness. Your point is?" You can almost see Dick pouting through his cowl.
Tan’s pencils are very detailed and really accentuate the violence and intense action. His drawing of the Penguin’s beaten face is gorgeously horrific. I also really admire how he is able to exude emotion from a faceless villain using body shape and movement.
The main focus of this issue is to introduce Red Hood and Scarlett as violent psychopaths, hell bent on taking out the criminal element in a much more literal way than Batman and Robin. This isn’t original in its premise, as we have seen vigilante characters self-create in the past because of Batman’s refusal to kill. The briefly mentioned Abuse character from Streets of Gotham comes to mind, as does Lock-Down from BTAS, and Andrea Beaumont from Mask of the Phantasm. What makes this different is the team-up with Scarlett to create an antithesis dynamic duo, but with an even greater influx of irony because it is Red Hood, and the assumption that he is Jason Todd. The pin-up of Red Hood and Scarlett in a very Caped Crusaders on the move pose is very well done. Now I used the word "assumption" when mentioning Jason as Red Hood. Morrison plants the seed of doubt by introducing us to Oberon Sexton, aka Gravedigger as an obvious candidate to be Red Hood. But I suspect that this is a red herring. "Oberon" is actually a reference to the King in Shakespeare’s Midsummer’s Nights Dream who sets the stage for the play’s misunderstandings that have become a staple plot device in modern literature. This could be a clue to Sexton’s actual purpose in this story arc.
I found Morrison’s style to be a little more akin to his work in RIP as compared to the first three issues; somewhat muddled and a bit too wordy. Red Hood’s quoting of Milton’s Paradise Lost didn’t work for me the way the Shaw citations did for Pyg in the last arc. I also didn’t quite get the reason for the Flintstones reference. Maybe someone can explain it to me in the comments. There were some nicely written scenes though. The aforementioned hood scene, as well the over the top massacre of the crime bosses, reminiscent of Heath Ledger in TDK but a lot more violent. Morrison earns novelty pop culture points too for having Scarlett post on Twitter. The Batman-Red Hood meeting is predicable, but still creates anticipation for next month.
So, is Philip Tan a change for the better? Most certainly not. Is he a worthy successor? Absolutely. Can this creative team continue the high quality we have come to expect from B&R? I think they can. And if things go down hill, we always have Seaguy coming to the rescue in issue #7!
Batman and Robin #4:
Reviewed by Tiggerbrown
Fool me once, shame on you DC comics; fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me a third time, well I’ve been buying Batman since the 1970’s so it’s understandable. Fool me again? Our own Apple from TBU Comic Podcast episode 27 likes Judd Winick’s take on the new Caped Crusader, so maybe the fourth time’s the charm.
I went to my comic shop, reluctantly pulled out my wallet and paid the $3.54 Canadian for Batman #690. I ignored the Tony Daniel cover that makes Batman’s abdominal muscles look more like a ninety year old woman’s sagging tricep than a hardened six pack. At least Dick has a fierce expression on his face, so maybe the excessive smiling is in the past.
I can’t begin to tell you how much I want to like this, but no matter how hard I try I can’t. Mark Bagley’s interior art is so uninspiring; it completely removes me from any enjoyment I hoped to get from the action sequences. The scene with Penguin and Black Mask is as close to being visually interesting as the book gets, but for some reason I found myself chuckling instead of cringing. And to my great disappointment, the Batmobile still looks like a bug. Objectively, the last page reveal is well staged. I just wasn’t moved in any way. We all knew Two-Face was going to be in the Cave, and the previews already gave us a look at his costume.
I have been very critical of Winick’s light take on Dick as Batman. To his credit he does an about face and gives us a methodical Batman, seriously analyzing his foes during combat. The only problem with this is that instead of reviewing his take on Dick Grayson so it is more in line with Morrison and Dini; he sits Dick out entirely and instead borrows Chris Yost’s Tim Drake and puts him in the Bat-suit. I obviously don’t mean this literally, but isn’t the, I’m being methodical like Bruce, but I make careless mistakes that I will learn from how Red Robin is characterized? Suavestar from TBU Forums is our resident Red Robin expert and reviewer, so he might have a different opinion on this, but just read Tim’s voicing during his roof top battle in Red Robin #2, or his fight with the Huntsman in the last issue. Then compare that with Winick’s voicing of Dick in this issue. I honestly can’t tell the difference. Judd, if you have to copy another writer because you can’t figure Dick Grayson out on your own, please at least copy another version of Dick Grayson, not the only other Batman Family character with his own title.
At least there is a glimpse of continuity between this and the other Reborn books. The scene of Penguin becoming an underling of Black Mask coincides nicely with the storyline in Streets of Gotham. I just hope it was a flashback, because Penguin’s been working for Black Mask for at least the last two Street issues.
The Two-Face angle has the potential for interesting drama, especially considering the past relationship between him and Nightwing. But hiring a teleporter to get access to the Batcave? I can’t decide if that is smartly quirky or just one of the laziest premises I have ever read.
The next issue marks the end of this arc before the return of Tony Daniel as writer and artist. I’ve always believed in second chances, even third and fourth. This decades long fan of Batman comics feels like I’ve been beaten down, gotten up, and then beaten again, and again, and now again. I want to give up and hang up my cowl. But then I think of Batman and no matter how bad things get, he keeps on fighting. Maybe I am foolish, but I’ll be there next month, wallet in hand, buying issue #691. Who knows, last issue we had Terry McGinnis in the Bat-suit, this time was Tim Drake; maybe next time Winick will surprise us with the return of Bruce Wayne!
Batman #690:
Reviewed by Tiggerbrown
We all know that we are only about a week away from the release of Batman: Arkham Asylum. But there have been a lot of rumors surrounding which characters will in fact be in the game. Some of the characters that have been rumored have included: Maxie Zeus, Amygdala, Alfred, Blue Beetle, Catwoman, Firefly, Hugo Strange, Hush, Killer Moth, Mr. Freeze, Penguin, Ra’s al Ghul, Ratcatcher, Scarecrow, Tweedledum and Tweedledee. and Two-Face.
Now you are probably thinking to yourself, "Man, that lineup would be awesome." Well, from my perspective do not get your hopes up too fast. Out of the list above we know only know one that will be in the game for sure. That character is Scarecrow. Now Edios has not confirmed this at all, but we know he will be in the game because of the commercial that GameStop is running right now about the Scarecrow challenge map. So that is a pretty good sign that Scarecrow will be in the game. If you don’t know what I’m talking about here is the video:
Alright in the commercial, they specifically say the Scarecrow challenge map. So we can bank on him being in the game for at the very least a challenge map.
Alright so moving on to the other rumored characters. The first one I want to address is Amygdala. A lot of people first assumed that the creature we first saw in screenshots months back was in fact this character. Now since we have learned a little more about what to expect in the game and kind of bits and pieces from the storyline, we now know that venom is a factor in the game and is used on various thugs throughout the game since we have seen many different "creatures" that look like Amygdala. Some of them have face paint on their faces, and some do not. So we can assume that the character we first thought was Amygdala might not be him after all.
As for some of the other characters that have been rumored…. Wait, before I go into that, let me just say that this is all pure speculation and should not be held as truth or assumed that I have some sort if inside information when it comes to this. I don’t want someone to blow this OPINION piece out of proportion.
Some of you may have not gone too in-depth when it came to the Demo that was released, but then again that is why you have us, to do that in-depth research that you may not think of. Well, when diving into all the info that was available on the Demo, I noticed that they had the credits available for viewing. Now before you rush over to your PS3 (which i know all of you have one) I took the time to get screenshots of the English cast that was listed for the game. Here they are:
Now the first image is not as good as the second one, but it took forever to get these screenshots. You can see on the list of characters that there are only so many characters that are listed. Most of them we already knew, but it mentions Scarecrow. So he is in fact confirmed. Now if you look at the list you will notice a shortage of villains. There is no one on that list that we already did not know about besides some supporting characters. Well, besides Jack Ryder. (Wait, who is Jack Ryder? Maybe just The Creeper?)
Now my question to all of you is, if there were going to be a ton of villains that were going to make significant appearances in the game, than why aren’t there voice actors for them. If they list the voices for the supporting characters such as the Arkham guards, why not list the villains? Before you get all upset with me for ruining your hopes of a villain extravaganza, I still do believe that there will be a ton of hints and clues that will reference different villains. I just do not think we are going to see as many as we had originally thought. I might be completely off and Rocksteady and Edios knew that we Bat-fans dig very hard for info, and they purposely made sure that there were no clues as to who else we would see in the finished game.
Is this going to be a great game? Yes. Is it going to be received well by the fans? Yes. I just want to make sure that you do not get your hopes up because of all kinds of rumors floating around that your favorite obscure character is going to appear in the game. Leave any comments below, because I’m sure this will start a commotion.
Posted by Dustin
If you haven’t been reading the Latest News on TheBatmanUniverse.net (Why haven’t you?!!), then you would have missed that Dan Didio has had a change of heart about Batman Beyond appearing in a future DCU title. Well, I think I may have just read the first issue! Judd Winick and Mark Bagley have combined their artistic wisdom and turned Dick Grayson into Terry McGinnis.
For those of you who don’t remember the cartoon, Batman Beyond was about a youthful-spirited new Batman mentoring under an aged and gloomy Bruce Wayne. One of the major criticisms of the show was that Terry’s “voice” was too similar to Spider-man’s; he talked while he fought, and seemed to be having fun. Not very Batman-like to be sure. Batman#689 takes Dick’s character too far to that lighter side. He is drawn in very bright colors and his inner-dialogue and repartee during the fight scenes are too reminiscent of a teenage McGinnis or a young Dick Grayson for that matter. Dick isn’t new to crime fighting. He is a seasoned, BALANCED hero, who while less dark and obsessed than Bruce, still has demons of his own. His portrayal in Batman and Robin, Streets of Gotham, or even Batman Blackest Night show the complexity of his character much more effectively than what we are witness to in Batman. Grant Morrison has defined Dick’s Batman so perfectly in B&R, why is Winick trying to take the least interesting aspect of his personality and focus on it so extremely?
I discussed this issue with some friends at my local comic shop, and they were a little more enthusiastic about this issue than I am. I think I am just fed up with reading one bad issue after another of what used to be my favorite title. I’m seriously considering dumping this from my regular purchases.
Mark Bagley’s art is just plain boring. His anatomies are too textbook and his Batmobile is just ridiculous. Frank Quitely’s flying Batmobile in B&R#1 blew me away with it’s sleek stealth design and awesome power. Bagley’s version looks like a flying Bugmobile. Worse than the pencils are Ian Hannin’s colors. Painting the backgrounds of all your action sequences red and your dialogue scenes blue shows a lack of creativity that takes away any redeeming artistic impression the pencils may have had. Regardless of who is writing a book, comics are about the art. That’s what makes them comic books. With Quitely and J.H. Williams III taking their craft to new levels on Detective and the aforementioned B&R, does DC really expect me to shell out $3.00 for this? Actually $4.00 for me because I am Canadian.
As far as the writing goes, Winick actually did a passable job in developing the story this issue. His ideas on how to develop the Two-Face/Penguin plot, and the Alfred/Dick dynamic are solid. It’s his characterizations and voicing that seem out of whack. There is no edge to his personalities. His writing is too Saturday morning cartoon for what I think should be emanating from the pages of Batman. We should be delving into Dick and Two-Face’s psyche and motivation. Winick doesn’t have the ability to write with enough depth to make his characters more than one dimensional. I am not feeling the tension between protagonist and antagonist that would make me the least bit interested in a future confrontation between Batman and Harvey or Batman vs. Clayface and Lyle Blanco. Compare how in Detective, Greg Rucka is developing Alice as an interesting villain or even what Dini is doing in Streets with the intriguing Abuse. They are able in short order to create depth and interest into unknown characters. Winick is not only boring me with "The Soldier", his depiction of classic rogues like Two-Face, Black Mask and Penguin are equally impotent.
When I was nine years old, my father gave me 20 cents to buy my first comic on my own. I walked the longest distance I had ever walked alone and bought Batman #251 from my corner convenience store. The interior art and incredible Joker cover by Neal Adams haunted my mind for months. The brilliant story by Denis O’Neal reintroduced the Joker as the most maniacal villain in comics, and cemented him for eternity as Batman’s arch nemesis. How unjust to Batman fans everywhere that Batman #689 and the entire Winick run is even under the same title as the masterful works of the past.
This review may have been more of rant than an objective critique of the issue, but sadly…
Batman #689:
Reviewed by tiggerbrown