Batman Special #1
“The Player on the Other Side”
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| Squeal! Mirror-image villains! |
Taking a bit of a detour from the
regular Batman books, 'Batman' and 'Detective Comics,' this story is a one-shot special issue that has a good
idea, fantastic art, and a thoroughly mediocre story. Because of this
fact, I'm going to make this an art-heavy post. Who needs my words
anyway right?
The good idea: Batman meets his
doppelganger. Where it can be argued that The Joker, a malevolent
agent of chaos, is the opposite for Batman's benevolent emissary of
order, the character he faces here is a mirror-image opposite. The villain introduced in this story is The Wrath, a young
boy who witnessed his criminal parents gunned down by police
officers. The boy dedicated his life to crime and traveled the world
to be the greatest hitman on the planet. Sound a little familiar?
Batman sure thinks so.
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| Not your murderous boyfriend, but he can be. |
Regarding the mediocre story? The
context for this bitching villain is a plot to assassinate
Commissioner Gordon that is foiled by the Batman. The Wrath learns
Batman's secret identity somewhere around the middle, but it ceases
to matter once the villain is immolated and tossed off a building.
I'll just reproduce the entire fight below, it's that rad.
The story's forgettable, but the
pictures aren't and that's how one makes a classic comic.
Fantastic art:
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| Wow. Not only pretty but expert story-telling as well. Beautiful. |
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