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55 reviews for:
Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham
Troy Nixey, Dennis Janke, Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, Bill Oakley, Dave Stewart
3.58 AVERAGE
55 reviews for:
Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham
Troy Nixey, Dennis Janke, Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, Bill Oakley, Dave Stewart
3.58 AVERAGE
I liked this book so much. I wish this was simply Batman, and not an Elseworlds story. As a person who doesn't particularly care about Batman, I found this book's explanation for why Gotham is the way it is, why Batman is who he is, why his villains are who they are, and even why his parent's died far more satisfying than the established narrative(s). The Batman universe really does feel like it was built for Lovecraft, and given that the asylum is named after Lovecraft's fictional town (Arkham), it feels like finally connecting two points.
And I love the art. Whether it's Mignola working on a Mignola book, or someone he's picked. The art is so perfectly matched to the books: delicate line work, but heavy unyielding shadows, just like the stories. I love that everything is simultaneously ugly and beautiful.
And I love the art. Whether it's Mignola working on a Mignola book, or someone he's picked. The art is so perfectly matched to the books: delicate line work, but heavy unyielding shadows, just like the stories. I love that everything is simultaneously ugly and beautiful.
What would happen if Batman meets the Cthulhu mythos? Mignola gives us the answer: a macabre tale of logic and reason succumbing to the supernatural, and finding its primal meaning amidst chaos.
I'm always up for a Mignola story and usually up for an alternate world super hero book. This one is about Ra's Al Ghul's attempt to conjure an ancient Lovecraftian terror onto 1928 Gotham. Of course, only one man can stop him. Solid (despite me being so bored of Lovecraftian terrors) and always fun to see familiar characters (all the Robins, Mr. Freeze, Barbara Gordon, etc.) cast in new roles.
