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A review by tshepiso
Batman: War Games, Act 1: Outbreak by Troy Nixey, Jimmy Palmiotti, Paul Gulacy, Andersen Gabrych, Ed Brubaker, Devin Grayson, Ramón F. Bachs, A.J. Lieberman, Lorenzo Ruggiero, Sean Phillips, Francis Portela, Raúl Fernández, Bill Willingham, Al Barrionuevo, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Brad Walker, Dylan Horrocks, Kinsun, Nathan Massengill, Andy Owens, Pete Woods, Mike Lilly
3.0
Act 1 of the Batman War Games saga was mildly interesting if unnecessarily drawn out. Where it shines in character moments specifically for Stephanie brown I found little else bout the story deeply compelling
the themes of the story begin to reveal themselves namely "do superhero vigilantes incite more extreme crime?" while this is a fine concept to tackle cracks in this question are already apparent. namely that the actual conflict of this story isn't caused by the presence of vigilantes. costumed supervillains are barely even a part of this conflict in general so the question feels limp and shallow. it also doesn't help that so far none of the heroes deeply engage with this question and its only really brought up by side characters
each individual issue in this volume while moving the story forward often feels like a redundant demonstration of the widespread violence in the city and therefore felt redundant. much of the forward action of this story could have been told in half the page count
overall while the opening act of this story felt a little redundant and the art often felt much too squeaky clean bright and lacking in style I didn't have many major problems with the story. it even had some moments mainly including Stephanie I really really enjoyed
the themes of the story begin to reveal themselves namely "do superhero vigilantes incite more extreme crime?" while this is a fine concept to tackle cracks in this question are already apparent. namely that the actual conflict of this story isn't caused by the presence of vigilantes. costumed supervillains are barely even a part of this conflict in general so the question feels limp and shallow. it also doesn't help that so far none of the heroes deeply engage with this question and its only really brought up by side characters
each individual issue in this volume while moving the story forward often feels like a redundant demonstration of the widespread violence in the city and therefore felt redundant. much of the forward action of this story could have been told in half the page count
overall while the opening act of this story felt a little redundant and the art often felt much too squeaky clean bright and lacking in style I didn't have many major problems with the story. it even had some moments mainly including Stephanie I really really enjoyed