Here's an interview with Yang regarding the big reveal at this issue's end.
Here's an interview with Yang regarding the big reveal at this issue's end.
Been getting more and more into this book, and I kinda love that last page reveal? It's just ballsy and interesting enough in a metatextual sort of way, like if Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison had a weird comic baby together, except that I wouldn't trust either of those guys remotely enough to handle this particular sort of story . Really, there's probably not any writer out there I'd trust with this concept other than Gene Luen Yang, and even then it only sort of works in this book because of the clear commentary context and how the rest of the book sets it up.
Bat-Man having a Joker whose goal is to free them from the rigid and unrelenting confines of their role as the Bat-Man of China is certainly an interesting variation of the traditional Batman/Joker dynamic, with some shades of the Catwoman dynamic (loved one who's also a criminal they have to bring in).
Not to mention it's another member of the League's family who's a revolutionary.
Great issue, yet it makes me sad that it is not selling very well but I hope that DC will manage to keep it around for at least 5-6 more issues.
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