Tom King writes superhero stories about psychological trauma, not just as a plot element but as a raison d'etra. In books like Vision and Mister Miracle the psychological trauma is the engine of the plot. In his new series Heroes in Crisis an attempt to recover from trauma leads to far greater traum...
It would have been a little helpful to have read this before 'All Star Batman', but this is also very vague for the first volume of anything.A new pair of superheroes have emerged to protect Gotham City, and Batman is grateful for the assistance, but there's something not quite right. Where did they...
This was a more nuanced look at Batman, and what it means to be Batman, than I'd suspected when I first started reading. On some level, it's fairly matter-of-fact, but if you want, there's much more to mine in this issue. The way that Batman deals with Claire is different than he does with any o...
And I didn't see a lot of this coming. It all makes sense, I just wasn't sure what Batman's plans were, or see how he'd get out of this. I guess, though, that's why he's Batman and I'm not. A fantastic conclusion to a breathtaking storyline. Again, I love this run, I love Tom King, and I lo...
And what I like best about this is that Bane was meant to be a foil to Batman. Just as powerful physically, just as strong willed, just as cunning, but without the same moral compass. And in this storyline, he's true to that origin, or what I've heard of it. This feels very old school Batman, ...
Batman and Bane are both orphaned, both have incredible wills and both could have been either the Bat or the villain. Except that, arguably, Bruce Wayne is good - and Bane is not. Except it's not that simple. While Bruce was rich, and had a devoted caretaker, Bane was not; he was raised in pri...
And I feel the same way: there's enough, and enough that's clever, that it's keeping my interest. It feels a bit drawn out, even at day two, without any real appearances by villains. Even the Psycho Pirate is being threatened by Alfred at gunpoint, although I doubt he'd pull the trigger. (He j...
There's four days: four days to stop Bane from getting to the Psycho Pirate, four days to save Gotham Girl. Four days, and this is day one. First Bruce Wayne gets together all the young men who used to be his Robins, and he tells them to stay away. (One wonders why Batgirl, Batwoman or Commiss...
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