We're up to issue 5 here . . and for some reason I'm still having a hard time getting a grasp of just what exactly is going on. It seems that we have this new Midnight character who apparantly is making his way through Batman's rogues gallery. This time Man-bat has come after Midnight because he says that he's betrayed him. It happens at one of Bruce's galas so he can't switch to Batman. But luckily he keeps a tranquilizer dart loaded into his cuff-links . . for just such an occasion. He takes down the Man-bat without anyone getting hurt, but . . this is the part I don't understand . . Midnight is terrorizing the room . . Man-bat comes flying in screaming at Midnight for betraying him . . Bruce shoots Man-bat with his handy-dandy cuff-link dart . . next thing we know Man-bat's down, and so is Midnight? I'm not sure how Midnight got taken down. It doesn't make a lot of sense. But then, it's all rather moot because it's not actually Midnight, but a police office drugged, gagged, and dressed in his costume. Later when Man-bat's taken to Arkham, Batman gets him to revert back to Kirk to find out what he knows. But apparently Midnight anticipated Batman doing this because when Bruce goes the next night to confront him . . Midnight is prepared for his arrival. What he really wants to show Batman is the Gotham limits sign that he's recently decorated with 4 fresh corpses. On the last couple pages of the book we see the Joker buying . . or rather, obtaining . . some condemned property on the outskirts of Gotham. Is this also a ploy by Midnight, or . . dare I say it . . could Midnight actually be the Joker? I like the story . . although it's a bit ambiguous . . but, it's a typical Batman story. And apparently next issue we're going to cross-over with the Halloween theme. I'm not sure why . . other than the date. I'm just having a hard time getting a read on where this series is heading. Luckily Kelley Jones is doing the art so we more than make up for any short-comings in the story-telling department . . Steve Niles. The problem is we have 7 more issues to go. And, unfortunately, most of that will be minutia.
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