![]() ![]() So does the bumbling Batman who needs a million other characters’ help to get anything done. You know what else is really satisfying? A Batman who is smart and capable but is still challenged by his foe. I’m really glad that isn’t the case here. Stories that can’t balance that often feel disingenuous because it is impossible to believe that anyone would continue fighting for a world with no redeemable qualities. Despite the horror of this world, it never feels like a misery fest. However, Silvestri still takes the time to inject fun. What strikes me the most is that the comic has a well-defined identity and a balanced tone. Suffice it to say, I don’t have any complaints about the direction of the story yet.īatman & The Joker isn’t a character-defining masterpiece but that isn’t surprising. This is a book that should just be experienced. For now, I’m just enjoying this journey with Batman. I don’t feel the need to pour over every detail of the plot beyond that. Laying everything bare too early could kill the momentum of a story like this. It remains to be seen whether all the threads will tie together successfully but the continued mystery is compelling and I particularly like the fact that the villain has maintained a mystique. We pick up immediately after the great cliffhanger that ended issue #2 with Dick and Alfred trying to figure out what happened to the tooth. All that is to say, the odds were stacked against this book but despite that, it has yet to let me down. ![]() Marc Silvestri isn’t exactly a writer by trade either, with only a handful of credits under his belt. Many writers choose to do something unexpected and wildly different with the characters to avoid the repetition but often that only results in a bad reinterpretation that misses the point of the characters. So many stories have been told about them that it has become difficult to avoid being repetitive. This is just by virtue of their popularity. ![]() It’s hard enough to write a good comic to begin with, but telling a Batman/Joker story gets more difficult with every passing year. I have to admit, in the back of my mind, I was expecting this series to crash and burn. ![]()
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