fan-favourite batman writer Tom King is back at batman with Clay mann at pencils, although this series should have been released eleven months ago and now is a "black label" title.
5 pages and 29 covers but for now I am only posting 3. Written by: Tom King.
Art by: Clay Mann.
Covers by: Clay Mann, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Travis Charest.
>Echoing plot points from King's Batman run, this sweeping tale is told across three timelines: the past, when the Bat and the Cat first fell in love; the present, where their union is threatened by one of Batman's lost loves; and the future, where the couple have a happy life and legacy -- including their daughter Helena, the Batwoman. And as the story begins, after a long marriage, Bruce Wayne passes away -- which frees Selina Kyle to settle an old score.
At every stage of their relationship, Bruce and Selina have an unwelcome chaperone: The Joker!
Oh, and that lost love of Bruce's? It's Andrea Beaumont -- a.k.a. Phantasm.
It's not a good sign to start a comicbook with a double page spread without content or sustance. It looks fine, sure, but I can tell by this thing alone that were on a trainwreck.
King could've established this manor in a smaller panel too.
I love how King was regulated to this book and no one will ever reference it. Batman and Catwoman's relationship will probably continue under other writers, but this shit here won't matter at all. The only bullshit though is King getting his hands on Audrea Belmont
Matthew Price
I have a feeling the three timelines thing is going to be pretty confusing, but I'm still willing to give this a chance, since I want to see how King writes Helena Wayne.
Chase Ross
Explain to me then what contributes this double page and why I'm wrong. It's not like I'm saying the comic is shit already, more like it has potential to be shit.
We've seen 6 pages (2 of them being a double page spread) and nothing is happening. This stuff will have 32 pages.
Jason Ross
>but I'm still willing to give this a chance Why in the name of God would you do such a thing? It's people like you that keep enabling shitty writers like King. You know that short comic of a Batman fan who keeps complaining about the results yet still buys the damn book? That's you
Brandon Martin
I didn't say I would automatically buy it. I'll check it out online and if I like something about it, then I might get it.
>Selina Kyle knows this. Early in her career as Catwoman, he was there to mess things up for her. Same with later, when she and Batman were finally getting together...for the third time, but still. That time stuck. No thanks to The Joker. Or to Phantasm, who now has her sights set on Catwoman because she thinks that will be her in to get after The Joker herself. And she has to do it before Batman gets to him first.
>Phantasm has come to Gotham City! Andrea Beaumont, the one-time love of Bruce Wayne, is looking for her lost child, and she’s pretty sure The Joker is involved. So, who better to have as an ally than Batman? And what better way to get to Batman than through Catwoman? It’s a knotted history for this costumed quartet, spanning past, present, and future. What The Joker did to Selina Kyle at the beginning of her career will have deadly consequences at the end of their lives. Tom King’s ultimate tale of the Dark Knight kicks into high gear as the story roars down the avenues only hinted at in the pages of Batman.
Samuel Ortiz
It's a stylistic choice to do the credits, which suits for a more deluxe Black Label title, and it most likely establishes a slow pacing for the story. You're acting a bit autistic if you immediately jumped to "welp this ia going to be bad!" territory over something like this.
Christian Thompson
People keeping an open mind are able to enjoy things more than those who already have made up their minds before opening the book.
Benjamin Anderson
user an opening splash, of used, is supposed to set up a story beat. Otherwise it's wasted space. To use two pages for a meaningless spread to open a maxi series is pretty dumb.
Daniel Butler
>slow pacing That's exactly the problem it isn't just slow it's glacial.
Josiah Reyes
user I have and open mind. However with that said, if I burn my hand on a stove two times, you would think I would learn not to touch the stove by that point
