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I'm enjoying what Tynion's doing so far, while i didn't hate King's run as forcefully as some fans, it is refreshing to have a story that's not so...artful in its storytelling. plus i have never been a fan of Janin's art and King teams with him a lot. After the heady and circular (at times maddening) storytelling style of King's run, it's refreshing seeing a more stripped back down to basics story structure. Tynion's writing is efficient and keeps a good balance with its character beats and action sequences, and the art is clean as **** too, but not like Super super clean but still pretty clean nonetheless; solid B+/A-. I like Lucius' integration, I love seeing him flex with all these new inventions and gadgets. i'm all for Luke as Batman so seeing more of a focus on the Fox family is always welcome with me, and Catwoman feels natural in the story and as a part of Batman's regular operations. I would've liked if Slade kept his Priest era sleek design but otherwise, Tynion's Deathstroke feels relatively similar to Preist's, he does border on mustache-twirling in a couple bubbles but otherwise i've dug his take on all the villains so far. It feels very Batman the Animated Series inspired to me.
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I think it's pretty fun so far, such a nice change of pace from the depression King stuff. Tynion seems like a person who really likes tech and it shows here. I know some people don't like too much futuristic tech in their Batman, but Morrison had a lot of it in his Batman as well and it was fine.
I enjoyed March's art here, I was really hoping Daniels would be the penciler, but no problems with March.
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Likes:
Well, we're back to Batman just doing cool Batman ****. So that's great.
March is a good penciller. Cheschire looks great here.
Plot does have me intrigued though it's not clear what's going on.
Dislikes:
The new Bat prison is rather uhm... torture chamber-y...? Like, how do the prisoners eat and poop? Seems rather unethical.
Not a huge fan of the Bat-bobsled. Seems rather... specific.
Why did Batman know Cheshire in the prison was made of clay? Because he's Batman. No other explanation necessary. You'll accept it and like it!
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Another solid issue. I love it. :)
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Decidedly this isn't the book I would love read in this moment, because I would prefer more realistic stories, but Lobdell is Lobdell and he know how to do his job, so I enjoy the same this book: it is like a breath of fresh air among the various titles I'm following.
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Tynion seems like a nice guy and he often nails dialogue. But overall this feels like something a fan would write, and that's never a good thing.
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EDIT: wrong topic, sorry.
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Is this leading to a Joker story?
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[QUOTE=maninthemacintosh1606;4815786]Is this leading to a Joker story?[/QUOTE]
Yes. Joker War.
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Is there no #88 discussion thread? Can't find one...
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[QUOTE=maninthemacintosh1606;4829664]Is there no #88 discussion thread? Can't find one...[/QUOTE]
It can be made! We don't have someone who is assigned to do so.