Sunday, November 22, 2009

Batman: Streets of Gotham #6 - DC

We find out this issue that the Man-Bat hasn't actually gone over the edge. While the Huntress was tailing him, and trying to stop his supposed rampage . . Man-Bat was actually hunting another. It seems that Black Mask has bought some experimental weaponry . . body armor that makes the wearer invisible. He gave that armor to some lunatic with some specific people to get rid of. But, after that? 'You can kill with impunity. You are the only one. Go forth. And once you have killed the sinners we spoke of . . . then punish anyone you see fit?' Which is how we ended up in the church that Man-Bat and Huntress crashed into at the end of last issue. The priest heard the 'voice of god', and it told him to kill the 'beast' and the 'harlot'. Anyways, it turns out that this 'voice' is actually the guy in the invisible body-armor. When the Huntress figures all of this out, it also dawns on her that Man-Bat was after him because he's the only one that could see him . . you know, bat-radar and all. Anyways, long story short, Batman shows up hoping to rescue Huntress, but it ends up that the real hero of this story is the priest. He was playing along to try to get a bead on the guy. He may have gone through a lot in his time in Gotham, but . . he hasn't gone over the edge . . yet. 'This is Gotham, sweetheart. Having faith isn't enough. In Gotham, you have to fight to keep it.' I thought it was a great story by Chris Yost and Dustin Nguyen. In the ManHunter story, Kate finally finds out that Dylan has been recruited by Two-Face. She comes across a burglary at the museum in which Two-Face is out to steal some masks. Unknowing to her, Dylan tries to save her when the others start to fire upon her. She knocks his mask off and realizes that it's Dylan . . just as Gotham's finest show up. This story was by Marc Andreyko and Jeremy Haun. I really like this book. It gives us a feel for what's going on in the rest of Gotham . . not just Batman's little corner. Plus it gives us a space to show-case all of Batman's supporting cast. And there's a lot of interesting characters here. This book has a ton of potential. I just hope they keep the stories and the art strong.

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