Batman #1 REBIRTH Preview

[SiegePerilous02]

King said the big bad is from way in Batman's past history from 30's & 40's stories. If I were to guess I would say the most likely is his first major threat in Carl Kruger & his Scarlet Army from Tec' 33

I'm hoping for Hugo, but that's probably nowhere near obscure enough.

[Kevin Street]

Holy cow, that was awesome! Pretty sure Batman broke three or four laws of physics there, but steering a plane cowboy style while coolly doing trigonometric calculations in his head and simultaneously saying goodbye to Alfred is so freaking cool that I'll let it pass.

And love that ending! Batman went instantly from doe eyed wonder at being alive to frowny scowl face when he heard the new guy describe Gotham as "our city."

[Deniz Camp]

I'm hoping for Hugo, but that's probably nowhere near obscure enough.

That's who I think it is, actually -- I seem to recall King saying if you read issue 1 of Batman you know who the villain of the arc is. I suspect he's being clever, and he means the original, 1940 Batman 1. That means it's Joe Chill, Joker or Hugo Strange.

I'm guessing Gotham Girl and Gotham are Strange's creations.

[Kevin Street]

Oh, and another thing... There's a mysterious dude standing over the murdered KOBRA agent and he's not at all surprised to see Batman riding a plane. "Observe the clock, Batman." So did the KOBRA agent get off a rocket before being killed, or did the mysterious dude shoot at the plane himself? Questions!!!

[SiegePerilous02]

That's who I think it is, actually -- I seem to recall King saying if you read issue 1 of Batman you know who the villain of the arc is. I suspect he's being clever, and he means the original, 1940 Batman 1. That means it's Joe Chill, Joker or Hugo Strange.

I'm guessing Gotham Girl and Gotham are Strange's creations.

Ahh, wasn't aware of that. Sweet!

[SXVA]

Oh, and another thing... There's a mysterious dude standing over the murdered KOBRA agent and he's not at all surprised to see Batman riding a plane. "Observe the clock, Batman." So did the KOBRA agent get off a rocket before being killed, or did the mysterious dude shoot at the plane himself? Questions!!!

The way i interpreted it was the Kobra guy was the "desperate guy on the loose in Gotham" with the weapon and he was either hiding out on the roof or he came to meet up with the guy on the roof as possibly contracted/instructed, and that mysterious shadow figure set Kobra up by killing the guy and shooting the weapon to make it look like Kobra did it.

[dominus]

That's who I think it is, actually -- I seem to recall King saying if you read issue 1 of Batman you know who the villain of the arc is. I suspect he's being clever, and he means the original, 1940 Batman 1. That means it's Joe Chill, Joker or Hugo Strange.

Or The Cat. (Selina Kyle)

I'm guessing Gotham Girl and Gotham are Strange's creations.

That.. does make sense. Strange's run in the late 70s was about him replacing Batman/Bruce Wayne.

[Deniz Camp]

It also fits in the context of this recently announced Steve Orlando crossover; the monsters a natural outgrowth of Hugo strange unleashed

[nepenthes]

Really nice issue and a refreshing change of direction. I've resubbed to Batman after dropping off midway through Super Heavy - man that was grinding on, like pretty much every other overblown mega arc featuring Snyders lumphead Bruce and pages and pages of meandering babble. Tom King knows economy of story, he knows superheroes and more importantly, how to turn them inside out and on their head - just look at Grayson, Omega Men and Vision, each one a gloriously balls out out yet philosophical exploration of a comic mini-genre (sound like someone else we know?). So the Gotham Guy and Gotham Girl are obviously pretty **** looking and lame, but once you factor that King is probably about to go all Golden Age here and that Batman is back to being a borderline psychotic renaissance-genius quantum human with the epic feels for everyone around him, it's starting to look kinda exciting again

[JasonTodd428]

I'm hoping for Hugo, but that's probably nowhere near obscure enough.

I'm hoping it's Hugo as well. It would fit so nicely.

Really nice issue and a refreshing change of direction. I've resubbed to Batman after dropping off midway through Super Heavy - man that was grinding on, like pretty much every other overblown mega arc featuring Snyders lumphead Bruce and pages and pages of meandering babble. Tom King knows economy of story, he knows superheroes and more importantly, how to turn them inside out and on their head - just look at Grayson, Omega Men and Vision, each one a gloriously balls out out yet philosophical exploration of a comic mini-genre (sound like someone else we know?). So the Gotham Guy and Gotham Girl are obviously pretty **** looking and lame, but once you factor that King is probably about to go all Golden Age here and that Batman is back to being a borderline psychotic renaissance-genius quantum human with the epic feels for everyone around him, it's starting to look kinda exciting again

I'm also really excited for this and resubbed to the book. I found this issue to be a refreshing change of pace from Snyder's work which I had dropped out of reading after End Game.

[ispacehead]

Oh, and another thing... There's a mysterious dude standing over the murdered KOBRA agent and he's not at all surprised to see Batman riding a plane. "Observe the clock, Batman." So did the KOBRA agent get off a rocket before being killed, or did the mysterious dude shoot at the plane himself? Questions!!!

Clock king?

[AlexanderLuthor]

*Spoilers* *Spoilers* *Spoilers*

In Batman #1 (1940) Batman traces two monsters back to Hugo Strange's lair. Strange has created a serum that turns normal men into monsters. When he injects Batman he says, "Observe the clock, Batman! It is exactly 6 o'clock at night."

[Kevin Street]

Aha! Well solved, sir.

[failo.legendkiller]

It wasn't bad but not what I've expected.
Sometimes was like reading Tomasi rather than King.

Liked how Bruce speaks about Dick and not still convinced of Duke's role, why is Batman giving him so much confidence?

Good to see Jim where he belongs but not so fond of another story of new "mysterious heroes"

Anyway I trust King and i'm sure this will be a great book, again.

[Maxpower00044]

*Spoilers* *Spoilers* *Spoilers*

In Batman #1 (1940) Batman traces two monsters back to Hugo Strange's lair. Strange has created a serum that turns normal men into monsters. When he injects Batman he says, "Observe the clock, Batman! It is exactly 6 o'clock at night."

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Found this on reddit.