The conflict between Bruce and Dick over Bruce letting kids enter the fray again is good, but the main plot just isn’t very compelling. These are rookie mistakes and it’s a little jarring. Terry accidentally gives away Bruce’s secret ID to Joker by yelling it over the communicator. The problem is, too much of the issue is driven by bad decisions. But even raising that specter ups the tension of the issue significantly. I seriously doubt Joker is going to kill Matt or even seriously hurt him – that would be a plot far too dark for Jurgens (although he did kill Cat Grant’s son in a Superman issue in the 90s…). When Joker and Robin are sharing an issue, you know a crowbar is going to follow. As soon as Robin enters the fray, you know where this is going. The bigger problem with this issue is that it leans far too much into nostalgia. Brett Booth’s art is still an odd fit for the series, giving it a glossy sheen that doesn’t really work, but he does a good job visualizing this crazed Joker-cyborg pastiche. Batman and Robin are doing their best to fight him off while Bruce and Dick watch from the Batcave. When we pick up, Joker has hijacked the body of one of his former minions, turned him into a cyborg, and is piloting him remotely. Swap out a few characters and eliminate some of the technology, and you’d have a random Batman issue. Dick Grayson is back in town along with his daughter (who narrates the issue despite having relatively little role in it), Batman has a Robin again, and the Joker is terrorizing Gotham. Ray: Batman Beyond rebounded from its rough early arcs that were too tied into the Futures End continuity with the new status quo, but unfortunately the return of the Joker seems to have taken it too far round the bend into the old status quo. Batman Beyond #28 – Dan Jurgens, Writer Brett Booth, Penciller Norm Rapmund, Inker Andrew Dalhouse, Colorist Ratings: Ray – 6/10 Let's jump into this issue and check it out.įor this issue of Batman Beyond we see the villains The Splitt and False Face teaming up and while that's all cool, not to mention that we get an origin story for The Splitt and the idea that False Face is just trying to keep upping his game with the next person he impersonates, powers included, what we have going on in the background to get this is the continuation of all our heroes just really sucking at being heroes and that's something that this series just does over and over again to the point that I wonder why anyone would want to continue reading a book because every time you open an issue, Terry McGinnis is about to die and if that wasn't enough to piss you off, we had that each time Terry went to fight The Splitt in this arc, but now that False Face is Batman, he immediately stops the threat, no fuss, no muss.Batman Beyond #28 variant cover, via DC Comics. That's exactly what's happened to our hero and hopefully Bruce Wayne has something up his sleeve to not only take down the villain, but also save Terry. Thirty-five years from now, Terry McGinnis and the rest of the future Bat-Family are having themselves some trouble because not only are they dealing with a villain with super speed, who can split into two, but we also have the Beyond version of False Face, who can take over your life completely and leave you an amnesiac mess.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |