BATMAN #686

Review by: akamuu

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Price: 3.99

What if Sandman’s The Wake was about, not Morpheus, but Batman?

Apparently, it would fucken rule.

Neil Gaiman does not disappoint in the first chapter of the much ballyhooed “Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?”.  The spirit of Bruce Wayne watches his own funeral.  And, in part one, Selina Kyle, and Alfred Pennyworth tell their versions of Batman’s death.

The Selina Kyle tale, and the framework of the story are very good, and familiar (not told before…they just feel familiar) Batman mythos stories.  The Alfred story, though, is phenomenal.  I’m not going to spoil it.  It’s just a really fascinating idea.

Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
 

Comments

  1. Avatar photo Chris Rohling says:
    February 10, 2009 at 11:42 pm

    How’d you get the issue so early?

  2. Avatar photo akamuu says:
    February 11, 2009 at 12:14 am

    It’s my job to deliver the comics to the chain I work at.  So I get to read them when I go home for the night.

  3. Avatar photo LiquidSnake says:
    February 11, 2009 at 12:34 am

    You SOB

  4. Avatar photo akamuu says:
    February 11, 2009 at 12:37 am

    Nah, if I were an SOB, I’d post all the spoilers all over the site.  I’m really more of a LB.

  5. Avatar photo cman12 says:
    February 11, 2009 at 2:37 am

    Definitely a LB.

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