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A review by filmbusterspaul
Batman: The Black Mirror by Scott Snyder
4.0
I have found so far that Scott Snyder tends to go for visceral shock over emotional depth in his stories and about half way in I still thought this was the case… until it wasn’t.
From what starts as feeling like disjointed adventures of Dick Grayson’s Batman and Jim Gordon in their respective cases, suddenly morphs around halfway through. Leading to a wonderfully unsettling story that has been evolving in the background all along surrounding James Gordon Jr. It’s not exactly universe impacting stuff, but when faced with something that truly affects our protagonists on an emotional level, it will always work wonders for me.
The art by Jock is tremendous as expected and I finally have context for the giant smiling Joker art I have on my wall at home. Jock’s art also works great alongside Francavilla’s pieces too, as at times it swaps between them during vital scenes and adds a wonderful sense of chaos.
It’s also great to see Dick in the cape and cowl cracking a smile every now and then too.
From what starts as feeling like disjointed adventures of Dick Grayson’s Batman and Jim Gordon in their respective cases, suddenly morphs around halfway through. Leading to a wonderfully unsettling story that has been evolving in the background all along surrounding James Gordon Jr. It’s not exactly universe impacting stuff, but when faced with something that truly affects our protagonists on an emotional level, it will always work wonders for me.
The art by Jock is tremendous as expected and I finally have context for the giant smiling Joker art I have on my wall at home. Jock’s art also works great alongside Francavilla’s pieces too, as at times it swaps between them during vital scenes and adds a wonderful sense of chaos.
It’s also great to see Dick in the cape and cowl cracking a smile every now and then too.