The art is amazing. Seriously i have a lot of anger towards Jim Lee. The man is never on time. He cannot do more then one book at a time. I mean holy fuck WildC.A.Ts #1 came out in November 2006 and we have yet to see #2. A sixteen month delay fucking blows and not the good type of blows that you pay $100 for in the meat packing district (i believe it is now known as Chelsea so the fucking yuppies will buy real estate and make all of NYC out of the price of any normal human being). This is the type of blows you get for putting you foot under the bathroom stall (unless you are in to that sort of thing). Where the fuck was I, oh yeah the art. The art in this book is amazingly good. Jim lee can draw a fucking book. Is it worth the wait? Probably not but i have waited and i am going to finish this book to the end.
The writing (and i am writing about this issue only) was great. it seemed a little less edgier. Miller has finally shown that Batman has some sort of heart. He didn't write the Green Lantern as a Huge Vag like he did in previous issues. This time he was just a small teen vag.
The story for this issue centered mainly on robin. Batman and robin are interviewing Green lantern and Hal says somethings that offend Marv...oh shit I mean Batman... and Robin goes crazy on his ass, putting him inches to death. It is at this point that batman seems to realize that he has gone about things a little wrong. He then stops robin and begins to teach him that this is not how we should do things.
The one thing that made me ecstatic about this book was the omission of the word God Damn (i guess two words). Every other issue has batman calling himself "the God Damn Batman" repeatedly almost to the point that you think that Miller has forgotten to write any other word. The simple Leaving out of this phrase in this issue was a breath of fresh air and made me want to read it again.
I cannot recommend this book to everyone but if you are up to this issue then why not stick around for the last 3. i mean we will probably see them in 2012.
Talk to you later,
TJ
2 comments:
Miller decisively ended this character's ties to the Adam West-era's campy and ridiculous bastardization with "The Dark Knight Returns". Now he's creating his own campy and ridiculous bastardization, just as silly in its own way (although I do enjoy listening to Batman slam other heroes). Reading this take on my most beloved hero (my first issue off the spinner rack was Batman #247 in 1973) is about as enjoyable as having to watch my dad wear a dress.
Seriousy when did Frank Miller become so angry? The Dark Knight Strikes Again might as well have been called "Fuck you DC Universe". Granted as a satire it wasn't terrible (brilliant even)but it displayed such a total loathing for the characters and the genre as a whole it ruined the story for me. I have only read one issue of this book and found the same utter contempt for iconic characters. My advice if you want to read a good Frank Miller story these days read anything (and I mean anything) by Ed Brubaker.
Kevin
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