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A review by ponch22
Batman Eternal (2014-2015) #1 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV
2.0
Got this free from Amazon (or something) about a year ago. It sat on my Kindle until one night when I was all caught up on Twitter and Facebook and had nothing to do on my phone and I wasn't tired yet so I grabbed my Kindle and read it.
It's less a graphic novel and more a single issue of a comic book. The reading method on the Kindle was kind of impressive and kind of annoying. I think I'd much rather this genre in a physical copy than anything digital.
The story is somewhat interesting. As part of the New 52 series, things can change apparently. Issue #1 opens with a one page captioned "The End" as all of Gotham in flames with Bruce/Batman tied to a broken bat signal. Someone has bested our hero and taken everything away from him.
Back in the "present" a new recruit is in Gotham hand-chosen by Commissioner Gordon to take over his old job as night lieutenant. Meanwhile, Gordon and Batman are battling Professor Pyg and the two separate in their chase. Gordon corners one henchmen and orders him to drop his weapon. Henchman says he's not holding anything so Gordon shoots. The bullet ends up causing an explosion in a subway station, two trains collide, dozens (if not hundreds) are dead, and by the end of the issue, Gordon is arrested.
The first page is intriguing—who caused Gotham to burn and will this New 52 series actually destroy everything we know and love? But I'm not a comic book reader; I can't go get a new issue every week. I'll just go read the Wikipedia article about this story line instead.
It's less a graphic novel and more a single issue of a comic book. The reading method on the Kindle was kind of impressive and kind of annoying. I think I'd much rather this genre in a physical copy than anything digital.
The story is somewhat interesting. As part of the New 52 series, things can change apparently. Issue #1 opens with a one page captioned "The End" as all of Gotham in flames with Bruce/Batman tied to a broken bat signal. Someone has bested our hero and taken everything away from him.
Back in the "present" a new recruit is in Gotham hand-chosen by Commissioner Gordon to take over his old job as night lieutenant. Meanwhile, Gordon and Batman are battling Professor Pyg and the two separate in their chase. Gordon corners one henchmen and orders him to drop his weapon. Henchman says he's not holding anything so Gordon shoots. The bullet ends up causing an explosion in a subway station, two trains collide, dozens (if not hundreds) are dead, and by the end of the issue, Gordon is arrested.
The first page is intriguing—who caused Gotham to burn and will this New 52 series actually destroy everything we know and love? But I'm not a comic book reader; I can't go get a new issue every week. I'll just go read the Wikipedia article about this story line instead.