Batman 25-27, 29-33
The rest of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Zero Year arc. It fails to maintain any of the energy from the previous trade, grinding to a crawl with a weak sauce Ridder-run dystopia. There are a few nice twists on the standard Batman origin - Gordon’s a dirty cop and his signature trenchcoat gets a less-than-legal origin story of its own; Bruce Wayne once tried to electroshock therapy away the trauma of his parents’ murder. Really, it’s not that much darker than a much maligned reinterpretation from someone I’ll get to tomorrow.
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| Poor Bruce. |
Speaking of that someone, Capullo does some wonderful Frank Miller homages here:
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| Nice take on the SWAT scene from Year One. |
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| Plenty more of that phrase to come... |
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| A mashup of two DKR images. |
Regret buying: No
Would buy again: No
Would read again: No
Rating: Didn’t suck
Batman: Li’l Gotham 1-6
I would never have imagined Dustin Nguyen capable of this Jill Thompson-esque Li’l look. He knocks this out of the park, and his writing with Derek Fridolfs induces plenty of giggles from me. Definitely sharing this with my kid.
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| Man, these covers! |
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| "Turkey wrath!" |
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| The best Freeze stories all end with quiet melancholy. |
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| Normally, "Boingy" would be annoying, but it's super cute here. |
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| Alfred knows kung fu! |
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| A combination of the comic and the animated movie. |
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| Floating Zatanna is cray cray adorbs. |
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| What's with all the Miller homages? |
Sniff. 
Hee, all the boys cooking for Alfred on Father's Day. 
Don't know what I like more, the fight over the bill or that Batman gets takeout.
Regret buying: No
Would buy again: No
Would read again: Yes
Rating: Nice
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