Batman Confidential #39 - DC

This was an interesting story-arc. I assume it was to set-up Blackhawk Industries back on the world stage. And to put Janos Prohaska, the original Blackhawk, back as the leader of it. This story started out as Ted Gaynor, another of the original Blackhawks, reappearing having not aged a day. Apparently he wanted to put the world back at war so that his services would be needed. And to make the country great again . .'Franklin Delano Roosevelt . . he knew America needed to join the fight against Germany so he practically invited Japan to destroy a bunch of scrap boats he knew we didn't need. Because Roosevelt knew the truth . . Roosevelt knew America needs war.' In other words . . Ted's a nut-job. Anyways, of course Batman and Janos put a stop to Ted's plans, but . . they don't kill him, so he'll probably be back. Sooner or later. Also through the course of this book, Ted re-brainwashes Zindy. But . . the appearance of Janos is enough to knock her out of it. So now . . Zindy will be back with Janos. At least now she'll have more purpose in her life . . rather than just following the plans of others. So, will we see a new Blackhawk series, or mini-series? Who knows. But this story definitely sets it up as an option. As far as Blackhawk is concerned . . this chapter is really just the beginning of their story. Royal McGraw wrote it. I thought he did a great job. Once you knew Janos was around, it was a bit predictable. But . . it was still an interesting story. I thought Marcos Marz did a fantastic job with the art.