BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #3 (OF 3)
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Price: 3.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
In the final issue, the fight between Jason and Dick reads well and is visually easy to follow. I enjoyed that fight sequence, but found the rest of the story to be pretty bland. Daniel’s art throughout the series was at moments very good, but in general I felt it was simply serviceable. The art in issue #3 was typically not the best of the series, but I don’t have anything bad to say about it. As for the writing, I feel that there were several (missed) opportunities to build dramatic tension for the story threads being left for future Bat-books, but these moments came across rather flat and didn’t leave me feeling excited to see them concluded, which I assume was a part of Daniel’s job as the "shill" for A New Era of Batman.
As for the “big change” - the emergence of Dick (I assume) as the new Batman - the crowning moment that plays out in the final two pages read so flat to me that what should have been a crescendo felt more like a "WTF" moment, and that’s surely not a good thing.
Overall, a very average piece of comic book story telling – which would be fine for an average issue of a monthly series, but it feels pretty disappointing when served up as the launching pad "event" for a new era of more than a half dozen titles.
Art: 3 - Good
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