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A review by rashthedoctor
Batman: Tenses #2 by Cully Hamner, Joe Casey
fast-paced
4.5
So . I genuinely dont understand the luke warm reception for this book and i am stunned
Basically this is another year one plot for Batman and i dont know , maybe people expected Frank Miller story or something but this was brilliant in it's own right imo . We have a Batman in his first year as the vigilante and he's trying out various things . The author explored the Bruce Wayne aspect very well , how to create Batman , Bruce had to live with solitude , how Bruce had to cut jobs and shut down his buisnesses and create tax havens and hideouts in name of R&D dept to hide his various bad gadgets , and how a lack of Alfred led him to visit docs and create unbelievable lies to explain injuries .
The aforementioned business shut down led to creation of our Villain in this story , and refreshingly it's neither a big mob honcho nor a costumed over the top plotting maniac , it's your garden variety mellow human who just has hit rock bottom and starts descending down to a psychopathic route .
This year one story does things different, shows the Human persona , grounds the tale in reality in it's portrayal of villainy and the solitude of Bruce Wayne. Plus there's a last act that plays out like a horror movie and damn it's graphic , detailed and scary . This in turn is helped massively by a stellar artwork which is partly inspired by the days of Bruce Timm's Batman the animated series
Basically this is another year one plot for Batman and i dont know , maybe people expected Frank Miller story or something but this was brilliant in it's own right imo . We have a Batman in his first year as the vigilante and he's trying out various things . The author explored the Bruce Wayne aspect very well , how to create Batman , Bruce had to live with solitude , how Bruce had to cut jobs and shut down his buisnesses and create tax havens and hideouts in name of R&D dept to hide his various bad gadgets , and how a lack of Alfred led him to visit docs and create unbelievable lies to explain injuries .
The aforementioned business shut down led to creation of our Villain in this story , and refreshingly it's neither a big mob honcho nor a costumed over the top plotting maniac , it's your garden variety mellow human who just has hit rock bottom and starts descending down to a psychopathic route .
This year one story does things different, shows the Human persona , grounds the tale in reality in it's portrayal of villainy and the solitude of Bruce Wayne. Plus there's a last act that plays out like a horror movie and damn it's graphic , detailed and scary . This in turn is helped massively by a stellar artwork which is partly inspired by the days of Bruce Timm's Batman the animated series