Batman Eternal

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Batman Eternal #52 (FINALE) Review

 

Here comes the sun, doodoodoodoo,

Here comes the sun,

And I say,

It’s Dark Knight…

 

At long last, a villain from the past and our hero are cast into one final blast, to complete this black mass, and allies amass in this conclusion quite vast. It’s the final issue of DC’s weekly Batman celebration, Batman Eternal. One more villain revelation. One more race to the finish. One last bout with a rival. Last stands, surrenders, defenders, sneers, cheers, and a new status quo, all this this fifty-second, and ending chapter. As revealed last issue, as I had surmised for some time, Lincoln March steered this plan from the start, even if it didn’t originate from him. Though some of my assumptions proved slightly off, generally I was correct in my deductions, and any differences are quite amusing directions that I’m satisfied with. The issue plays off at once the conclusion of this story and a great coda for the Snyder Batman, even if the actual scripting was done by another. read more

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Batman Eternal #51 Review

 

The villains are foul, Bruce loses his cowl, to Steph Harper scowls, someone’s going to need a towel, and surprise! The man who’s an owl! The penultimate issue of DC’s weekly Batman event sees a lot of revelations, an overconfident C-lister, Selina asserting her power, Jim Gordon’s return to form, and the villain anyone with two brain cells to rub together guessed it would be, turns up. With all the raw nerves exposed and Gotham crumbling and burning, can Batman and his team keep the city from becoming a mountain of ashes? Well, I’m guessing yes, but there’s bound to be even more blood spilled before the end of this story! read more

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Batman Eternal #50 Review

 

The city’s in flames, some villains are tamed, but one makes a claim, and is that C-lister to blame? DC’s weekly Batman affair is coming to a conclusion, but where is the great mastermind to this master crime? Damn it, writers, stop faking out the readers with these non-revelations so late in the game! But it’s a little easier to forgive the issue because when Batman hits his rogues again, he isn’t fucking around. But unfortunately all this action is dulling his endurance, and by the time he arrives in Beacon Tower, even a worthless loser can take advantage. But can the man with the name of the 16th US President and third month of the year appear before the audience loses interest? Well, he’d damn well better, the owl bastard. read more

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Batman Eternal #49 Review

 

Blackgate erupts, Alfred shuts Hush up, Steph still disrupts, and this book’s time is almost up, all in this action-packed, and yet revelation-deprived forty-ninth installment to DC’s weekly Batman event. As the Bat family struggle with their various enemies, Stephanie rejects her father’s “We can rule the galaxy together!” offer, Jason Bard races to get to Jim Gordon in time to save him, and Batman makes a flashy, dangerous entrance. Meanwhile, the guy from Gotham Spoilers is hemorrhaging over a lack of main villain reveal (I think he’s ready to drop it by next week). Lincoln, Lincoln, I’ve been thinkin’, readers’ patience is a’shrinkin’! Are you dense? Are you ‘tarded? The big reveal has long been charted! read more

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Batman Eternal #48 Review

 

 

Batman crash lands, Jason Bard takes a stand, things go as Hush planned, and beatings are at hand in this forty-eighth chapter of DC’s weekly Batman scenic route. We discover that apparently all of the Bat Family’s equipment can apparently be shut down from the Batcave, Blackgate’s weekly prison riot has not inspired more rigorous security measures, Batman is the kind of guy who will leave a note on a dinged car, both Vicki and Stephanie are stupid, and Oswald Copplepot is friends with a diverse array of criminals. And, of course, we don’t seem any closer to the “big reveal” that everybody already figured out a long time ago. read more

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Batman Eternal #47 Review

Villains run amok, Alfred has more hard luck, Julia is chucked, and the city is proper f— you get the picture, many little pictures in sequential order in this week’s forty-seventh issue of its weekly Batman ruckus. And while I’m still clutching the pages screaming into them, "JUST SHOW LINCOLN MARCH ALREADY, WE KNOW HE’S BEHIND THIS!", this issue does seem to at least waste my time entertainingly, with the Bat crew taking on the well-stocked baddies while Batman makes his way back to the city (though if I were him, I’d call a few members of the Justice League for extra help). read more

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Batman Eternal #46 Review

 

He’s been held up by a steel rod.

 

Is Batman Eternal? Or is it just taking an eternity to get to Lincoln March, the obvious villain behind all this? Lord Death Man mocks, Ra’s al Ghul talks, and the villains have stocks in this forty-sixth entry in DC’s weekly Batman decompression exercise. Though while my patience is waning, I didn’t mind seeing Batman putting the pieces together, even if he got the wrong picture based on recent events. It’s always good to see Ra’s al Ghul, anyway, who enjoys messing with Batman’s head about his legacy, and what villain knows Batman as intimately as Ra’s (heh, aside from his daughter!)? And he’s not the only immortal in this issue! read more

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Batman Eternal #45 Review

Batman vs Nico Robin?

 

Mr. Bygone’s a host, Batwing judo chops ghosts, and Harper abandons her post in this spooky, ooky, and pretty freaking goofy forty fifth in the increasingly meandering (but still worthwhile overall) weekly Batman title. Jim Corrigan interrogates Professor Milo with his fist, but of course Milo was transferring his credits from chemistry to necromancy, and he can’t do that mid-semester. Harper tries to talk some sense into her new suburban blond friend. And Batman discovers that The Demon’s Head has been diversifying his portfolio. But come on, writers. We know who’s behind this at this point, and it ain’t the Middle Eastern immortal with the Fu Manchu. read more

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Batman Eternal #44 Review

 

"I’m trying to get on a plane heah, ya chowdahead!"

Professor Milo’s out of school, Batman fights ghouls, and Steph acts the fool in the underwhelming forty-fourth installment in DC’s usually good weekly Batman tome. Ah, the supernatural part of this storyline. I thought you’d been put to bed with the destruction of Arkham and Jim Corrigan’s exorcism of Maxie Zeus. If only it was. But unfortunately, we return to all the ghost crap because Batman recalls that Milo (now a professor appearing in the Gotham Academy book) was involved in that whole haunted Arkham situation with Deacon Blackfire, and Milo’s coincidentally making his way to a plane out of town. I guess his students don’t have to complete all their homework. read more

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Batman Eternal #43 Review

Steph’s in the lair of the Cat, where the two of them chat, they’re joined by the Bat, and Harper thinks Steph’s a brat, all in this forty-third installment of DC’s weekly Batman serial. Cullen is recovering and back home, which is also where our fair haired ninja girl is staying now. Selina has a little theory about her loyalty to her father and Harper thinks she’s just being stubborn (look who’s talking, girl). And aside from some of the weird noses, David Lafuente’s art combined with the coloring makes for some great visuals, and a good issue becomes even better because of it. read more

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