Creative Team – Matt Fraction, Jorge Jiménez, Tomeu Morey, Clayton Cowles
Published by DC Comics
The Story
After what one can only describe as a disastrous date, Bruce and Annika sit on the back of an ambulance in an awkward silence. She just learned that Damien, AKA Robin, is Bruce’s son, which now can put her in even more danger than she already was. What’s interesting is that she didn’t piece together that Bruce is Batman, who she seems to take displeasure with as she says he solves all of his problems with violence. This is just the cherry on top of a never-ending night for Bruce.
What Bruce doesn’t realize is that Hugo Strange is up to more hijinx than realized as Hugo says that he plans to prove that the only person that Gotham should fear is him. Putting his Monster Men to work, he forces Bruce’s hand to get involved to save a woman who’s in the facility they’re attacking.
It’s one thing after another for Bruce, and it doesn’t seem that it’ll die down any time soon. Behind the excitement of the story is Matt Fraction, the writer of Batman. Fraction is able to create issue after issue that has excellent continuity while adding in new factors that drive the anticipation. With the cliffhanger Batman #6 ended on, the anticipation is very high for the next issue.
The Art
The artwork of Batman has been top quality, and the sixth issue isn’t an exception thanks to Jorge Jiménez, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles. Jiménez is able to capture the mysterious darkness that comes with Batman when he patrols the city or fights crime. In this issue, his fight against the Monster Men illustrates the power Batman has and uses against the monsters. The monsters, who look look as monsters should, messy and terrifying, perfectly juxtapose Batman’s sleek suit. Complementing Jiménez’s drawing perfectly is Morey’s excellent use of colors. Bringing an all new depth to the pages, Morey expertly captures the essence of the Dark Knight through darker colors and bright blues to work off his suit.
Final Thoughts
This Batman run gets better and better and easily pulls you into the different stories happening in the comic. The creative team nails it once again with the sixth issue!
Overall Grade – 8.8/10
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This review was written by Megan from the Vigilante Vibes Podcast! If you liked my review, be sure to check out my other reviews! Let me know what you think of Batman #6, or tell me what comics you’d recommend me trying out! Find me on my socials, and check out my Marvel podcast, Vigilante Vibes, by clicking here!
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