BATMAN RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #5 (OF 6)
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Art by RYAN SOOK & PERE PEREZ
Cover by ANDY KUBERT
Variant cover by RYAN SOOK
Size: 40 pages
Price: 3.99
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I love a good ol fashioned Elseworlds tale and this mini series especially this issue has that feel. I didn't know how i'd feel about Morrision taking Bruce Wayne and throwing him back into a time where he already existed...the 1940s, and creating something new..but it turned into a fun ride.
Its a classic noirish pulp kinda story. Bruce Wayne, with the help of a Femme Fatale travels to an alternate take of his own past to investigate his own parents death and perhaps get revenge. I kept thinking of Polanski's Chinatown, or a good Raymond Chandler tale while reading through some of the scenes. Bruce knows that dame is no good from the start, and so did we...i mean any lady who lights a cigarette with a Black Lantern lighter can't be a friend can she?
There is one self-reflecting panel in this book that summarizes my entire experience reading Grant Morrison's DC stories. Bruce holds up Morticai's bullet ridden journal and says:
" [ it's ] a story close to my heart you could say...the plot's got a few holes, but i think it's starting to make sense."
Yup, that moment of self reflection on Morrison's part really made the story for me in an odd way....as if he's letting us know that he himself is aware of how frustrating his writing style can be, but somehow it'll reveal itself eventually.
The art by Ryan Sook was pretty nice overall, and it sure fit the story. The colors complimented the art nicely and gave it a classic comic book feel. I loved the design of the characters especially Batman as a Masquerade costume.
This is one of the better issues of the series, and I think once its all said and done, and i get a chance to read all of these over again in one sitting, i might find a new appreciation for Bruce's travels through time.
Story: 3 - Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
I didn’t have much interest in this series beyond Morrison is writing it, but your review made the plot more appealing to me.
My favorite thing about your review is that the story rating fits the level of praise for the review. It is good and your review doesn’t apologize for it being good.
Too many reviewers on here state a bunch of negative things and then give the book a 3 or 4. It becomes a forum to nitpick and bitch instead of a review that reflects their overall opinion.
Good review. Thanks.
hey thanks scorpion!
yeah i agree…..i read too many reviews that tear a book a new one and then give it 4’s and 5’s. I’m old school where a 3=C , C=average. Average isn’t good or bad…its just kinda there.
I’m a bit confused by the timeline on this book. If Bruce’s parents were killed in the 40’s, he would be at least 70 years old. I kept wondering if this was his timeline, another earth or whether the Wayne’s just kept getting murdered generation after generation…
@glassford–thats the biggest challenge of the DCU…a whole bunch of their cornerstone characters were created in the 30s. Superman landed in Smallville in the 30s and ma and pa kent were already grandparent age.
as far as this book though, i kinda sorta think that its not really the past, and more like an alternate timeline…i mean By Bruce going back to caveman times and so on he’s changing the past…in this timeline Bruce’s parents weren’t that good.