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It begins with Detective Comics #817. And I've waited far, far too long for it.
Somewhere across the internet, maybe he'll know: thank you James Robinson.
Batman is back, and it is good. The Commissioner back in place (yes!), Bullock back and kicking ass (yes!), crisp clean story-telling and a good opening part one to the story. Great art. Great dialogue between Batman and Gordon. This is the Batman comics I want. Above all, even in the quick scenes we see, Batman is likeable once more. He's dark, he's mysterious and he's by no means a sweetheart...but you can just feel that he's no longer a dick. He and Gordon have tremendous respect for one another and it shows.
And a great story looms with Harvey Dent, Poison Ivy, the mystery of the last year and how Bullock & Gordon came through...I can't wait.
Batman is back!
Casual readers of Batman that feel like grabbing a Batman story for the first time in a long time? I'm telling you, pick this up now!
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From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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This is a great start for the 1yr later Batman! I've already expressed in another thread my pleasure in seeing Gordon as the Commish again and you're right about Batman - he actually cracks a smile here. He's still serious, but not grim and angry - that year off must've done wonders for him.
I'm also really glad to see Harvey Dent. Two-Face is my fav Bat villain next to the Joker.
The most intriguing thing though are the hints Gordon drops about what happened the previous year: "Three months since my return" "Six months since Harvey Bullock made his discoveries." "Nine since the rot within GCPD first shone as more than a glimmer."
It'll be interesting to track this in "52". I'm especially intrigued to know how the Question fits into that.
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
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Hm...I didn't even think of that Drake! You're right, that makes it even more interesting.
Two-Face is also my fave Bat-villain (tied with Ra's al Ghul), so he's welcome here.
I know I see symbolism in places where it isn't always there, but I always saw KGBeast as the first in a series of stories/characters that highlight the grim and gritty Batman stories of the 1990's. He was really at the start of that (I also think these were very good stories too, although the trend deteriorated in later years). Interesting that he is killed off at the start of this new era, since he symbolically was part of the start of that era. In other words, it *is* a new era, and it feels good.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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so that Poison Ivy is alive? (no have not read the Batman but heard that she was killed off...)
From: Hayward, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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I heard an interview with Rags Morales and he said when Paul Dini and he take over Detective, they'll be doing complete stories in one issue for the most part.
Morrison and Andy Kubert are on "Batman" haven't heard what GM plans. It might be nice if Batman had more multipart epics while "Detective" had shorter self-contained issues.
From: Canada | Registered: Apr 2005
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According to this interview on Newsarama, JH Williams III (Promethea, Desolation Jones) will be illustrating Dini's stories now. Not sure what's up with Rags... I think there's a link to info somewhere in the responses there.
I'm seriously torn... JH is one of THE best artists around, and I'm happy for his mainstream exposure, but it sounds like he's off Desolation *and* hasn't started on 7 Soldiers #1 yet... still waiting on Morrison's script.
AND it's Batman. Feh.
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From: Up a Gumtree | Registered: Jul 2003
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Read the first three Robinson issues on the weekend - it is good Batman. I was happy to see Jason Bard, an old favourite, along with the classic Gordon. The only Batman I'd read for years was The Long Hallowe'en TPB, which struck me as really stretched and repetitive. So Bats is back on the list, for now. I agree with Tamper Lad that a mix of multi-part and one issue stories would be best.
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