This was an interesting book. I thought it was going to be about Zsasz. And it was. Kind of. Actually it was about a legitimate business man . . who makes his money from unscrupulous clients. He's called the Broker. He the guy who goes around and finds all the properties for the wackos who want a site that makes a statement. You know . . and amusement park for the Joker, a hat factory for the Mad Hatter, an animal shelter for Catwoman and an abattoir for Mr Zsasz. Most of the time he can deal with the eccentricities of these clients. He knows not to trust them, and he always has someone watching his back. But Zsasz is a different animal entirely. Zsasz is a person who makes your skin crawl. And after the sale, when Zsasz's associates start wheeling in the 'livestock' . . cages filled with little boys . . the site is more than the Broker can bear. Later when Batman pays him one of his regular visits. They go through one of their usual negotiations . . Batman threatens, the Broker denies, Batman encourages compliance, and the Broker gets beat up before agreeing to Batman's terms so that he can save face with his clients. He can't look like he just rolled over now . . can he? Anyways, I like this different look at Gotham. Batman is usually involved at some point or another, but the story is actually about this huge supporting cast. There can be only 1 star in Gotham. Everyone else is playing a 'part'. I thought it was an interesting story by Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen. In the back-up, Kate has finally captured Jane Doe. Of course it wasn't without a little pain. But who she really wants is Two-Face. And when she calls a press-conference to talk about Jane, she ends up calling out Two-Face. We see that Two-Face doesn't like Kate's tone of voice, and even the Black Mask knows that this may not have been one of Kate's best ideas. 'This'll be fun to watch.' I'm glad that the Manhunter, Kate, is back. I think she's an interesting character. Marc Andreyko and Jeremy Haun did a great job. Overall I liked this book. I enjoy the looks into Gotham and all of it's nefarious characters.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Batman: Streets of Gotham #4 - DC
This was an interesting book. I thought it was going to be about Zsasz. And it was. Kind of. Actually it was about a legitimate business man . . who makes his money from unscrupulous clients. He's called the Broker. He the guy who goes around and finds all the properties for the wackos who want a site that makes a statement. You know . . and amusement park for the Joker, a hat factory for the Mad Hatter, an animal shelter for Catwoman and an abattoir for Mr Zsasz. Most of the time he can deal with the eccentricities of these clients. He knows not to trust them, and he always has someone watching his back. But Zsasz is a different animal entirely. Zsasz is a person who makes your skin crawl. And after the sale, when Zsasz's associates start wheeling in the 'livestock' . . cages filled with little boys . . the site is more than the Broker can bear. Later when Batman pays him one of his regular visits. They go through one of their usual negotiations . . Batman threatens, the Broker denies, Batman encourages compliance, and the Broker gets beat up before agreeing to Batman's terms so that he can save face with his clients. He can't look like he just rolled over now . . can he? Anyways, I like this different look at Gotham. Batman is usually involved at some point or another, but the story is actually about this huge supporting cast. There can be only 1 star in Gotham. Everyone else is playing a 'part'. I thought it was an interesting story by Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen. In the back-up, Kate has finally captured Jane Doe. Of course it wasn't without a little pain. But who she really wants is Two-Face. And when she calls a press-conference to talk about Jane, she ends up calling out Two-Face. We see that Two-Face doesn't like Kate's tone of voice, and even the Black Mask knows that this may not have been one of Kate's best ideas. 'This'll be fun to watch.' I'm glad that the Manhunter, Kate, is back. I think she's an interesting character. Marc Andreyko and Jeremy Haun did a great job. Overall I liked this book. I enjoy the looks into Gotham and all of it's nefarious characters.
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