Well, Fabian Nicieza gives us some more of Michael Lane's background story this issue. It seems a couple of years ago Michael's brother and sister, Marion and Gwen, were killed in some type of satanic ritual . . a cult. Batman and Robin have come across this cult, and the find a cache of old weapons . . swords, knives and such. They examine them all for blood and DNA samples. With this information they find links to several unsolved murders. But the most important one is a link to the murders of Michael's brother and sister. It seems one of the blades has their blood on it, with some finger-prints on the hilt. They belong to Marion's wife, Jen . . Michael's sister-in-law. Despite Batman trying to stop him, he goes to her for answers. He enters the apartment as Azrael, but it isn't long before he removes the mask and asks her the questions as her brother-in-law, Michael. However, she has no idea. No memory of the event. Upon entering, Michael tells Jen the purpose of the swords. After they're knocked out of his hands by Batman, she decides that she needs to find out the truth. So . . she impales herself on them both. She sees a demon, or devil guiding her actions. But it doesn't really make sense. And when Michael removes the swords . . she doesn't have any wounds. It looks like we'll have to wait until the next issue to get to the bottom of this story. I thought it was brilliantly written by Fabian, and I really like Ramon Bachs art. He's got a gritty, 'dirty' style of art to him. And it fits this story, and character perfectly. I think this title has a ton of potential. And with Fabian guiding the ship . . I think it'll definitely reach it. By the way, that's a beautiful cover by Francesco Mattina.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Azrael #4 - DC
Well, Fabian Nicieza gives us some more of Michael Lane's background story this issue. It seems a couple of years ago Michael's brother and sister, Marion and Gwen, were killed in some type of satanic ritual . . a cult. Batman and Robin have come across this cult, and the find a cache of old weapons . . swords, knives and such. They examine them all for blood and DNA samples. With this information they find links to several unsolved murders. But the most important one is a link to the murders of Michael's brother and sister. It seems one of the blades has their blood on it, with some finger-prints on the hilt. They belong to Marion's wife, Jen . . Michael's sister-in-law. Despite Batman trying to stop him, he goes to her for answers. He enters the apartment as Azrael, but it isn't long before he removes the mask and asks her the questions as her brother-in-law, Michael. However, she has no idea. No memory of the event. Upon entering, Michael tells Jen the purpose of the swords. After they're knocked out of his hands by Batman, she decides that she needs to find out the truth. So . . she impales herself on them both. She sees a demon, or devil guiding her actions. But it doesn't really make sense. And when Michael removes the swords . . she doesn't have any wounds. It looks like we'll have to wait until the next issue to get to the bottom of this story. I thought it was brilliantly written by Fabian, and I really like Ramon Bachs art. He's got a gritty, 'dirty' style of art to him. And it fits this story, and character perfectly. I think this title has a ton of potential. And with Fabian guiding the ship . . I think it'll definitely reach it. By the way, that's a beautiful cover by Francesco Mattina.
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