Tony Daniel did the art on part of Grant Morrison's run, but . . I forgot how good of a writer he can be too. If you don't believe me check out his work on the Tenth. I'm sure you can find some TPB around someplace. Anyways, there's a few things going on in Gotham right now. At the head of the list is Black Mask and his False Faces gang. Right now they're pretty much cornered in a small part of Gotham called Devil's Square. But that doesn't mean that Black Mask isn't doing business outside of that area. He just has to be sneaky, and undercover when he does it. Which brings up an interesting point. In this issue there's a gala affair that's being held for all of Gotham's elite. Black Mask goes, but . . the people there don't see him as Black Mask. So, either he's wearing another mask over top, or . . as suspected, this is a different Black Mask and he's going in his actual identity which appears to fit in rather calmly with all the rich folk. He's even friendly to the Commissioner and DA Spencer. Anyways, the other part of the crime problem in Gotham is that the Falcone family has returned. Almost immediately a war breaks out between them and Black Mask, but . . it appears that only the False Faces are having to pay the price. However, while at the gala, some of Falcone's men are murdered and then set on fire over at the pier. It looks like they were killed with a scythe. Which points directly towards . . the Reaper. And Helena and Edward Nigma are caught in a bomb blast in the building. Helena escaped unscathed, but . . it looks like the blast has knocked something loose in Edward's head . . 'Twister of truths . . dastardly definer of definition . . king of contradiction . .grandmaster of riddles . . I'm Baaacckk! Heh Heh!!' It looks like Edward is no longer going to be playing on the side of the angels. Anyways, the issue ends when Batman decides to strike the old fashioned way and go into Devil's Square and start kicking ass and taking names. He wants to find out what Black Mask is up to. Overall, I really enjoyed this issue. The only downfall of Tony's run here is that it's only going to last until issue #699. Obviously they have something special planned for #700. So this story-arc runs through the next 6 issues. It's a shame. I think they ought to give this book to Tony and let him run with it. I'm willing to bet that his run would be just as incredible as Grant's . So . . enjoy it while you can.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Batman #693 - DC
Tony Daniel did the art on part of Grant Morrison's run, but . . I forgot how good of a writer he can be too. If you don't believe me check out his work on the Tenth. I'm sure you can find some TPB around someplace. Anyways, there's a few things going on in Gotham right now. At the head of the list is Black Mask and his False Faces gang. Right now they're pretty much cornered in a small part of Gotham called Devil's Square. But that doesn't mean that Black Mask isn't doing business outside of that area. He just has to be sneaky, and undercover when he does it. Which brings up an interesting point. In this issue there's a gala affair that's being held for all of Gotham's elite. Black Mask goes, but . . the people there don't see him as Black Mask. So, either he's wearing another mask over top, or . . as suspected, this is a different Black Mask and he's going in his actual identity which appears to fit in rather calmly with all the rich folk. He's even friendly to the Commissioner and DA Spencer. Anyways, the other part of the crime problem in Gotham is that the Falcone family has returned. Almost immediately a war breaks out between them and Black Mask, but . . it appears that only the False Faces are having to pay the price. However, while at the gala, some of Falcone's men are murdered and then set on fire over at the pier. It looks like they were killed with a scythe. Which points directly towards . . the Reaper. And Helena and Edward Nigma are caught in a bomb blast in the building. Helena escaped unscathed, but . . it looks like the blast has knocked something loose in Edward's head . . 'Twister of truths . . dastardly definer of definition . . king of contradiction . .grandmaster of riddles . . I'm Baaacckk! Heh Heh!!' It looks like Edward is no longer going to be playing on the side of the angels. Anyways, the issue ends when Batman decides to strike the old fashioned way and go into Devil's Square and start kicking ass and taking names. He wants to find out what Black Mask is up to. Overall, I really enjoyed this issue. The only downfall of Tony's run here is that it's only going to last until issue #699. Obviously they have something special planned for #700. So this story-arc runs through the next 6 issues. It's a shame. I think they ought to give this book to Tony and let him run with it. I'm willing to bet that his run would be just as incredible as Grant's . So . . enjoy it while you can.
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