Intro
Since Batman and Robin began in the New 52, it’s been on a
bumpy road for me. Peter Tomasi does a great job on characterizing Robin
(Damian) a lot better than most people. It’s just a lot of his stories are a
bit inconsistent. He did a few good stories like the time Nobody came around,
he was one best of villains created and I wished he did more of him. But when
the time came around of Damian’s death, a lot of his storytelling featuring most
of the Batman family died down a bit and weren’t as good as his Damian issues.
I guess the problem was that the characters it was supposed to focus on were
barely there and didn’t really add into the story make Batman a strong or
weak-willed character. If you’re looking to check out this series, I recommend
you check the Nobody’s story because it really builds up and changes the hero
Damian becomes. Anyways, the centered-focus has shift to Two-Face, I’m not sure
about his purpose is in this. But it’s a retold origin of Two-Face in the New
52 which, I think is better than any previous version told before. Now we are
at the conclusion of the story and it’s a great one, so I suggest you check
this particular arc out.
Story
Two-Face is held hostage in a courtroom and it’s up Batman
and Erin McKillen to save him.
The Good
Yeah, this issue pretty action-packed, but it really
redefines Harvey Dent’s past on the man he used to be and the man he is now. There’s
great dialogue between Two-Face and Batman that explains their past
relationship of being good friends. It was also interesting to see how he met Gilda
and the action scenes looked pretty awesome as well.
Patrick Gleason and John Kaliz do a really great job on the
art here. There are a lot of good face expressions on the major characters like
Two-Face, Batman and Jim Gordon. You can definitely tell there’s a history of
the relationships of these characters and it’s filled with fear and rage or
hatred on what’s become. The action scenes was pretty good that you could see
the great teamwork between Two-Face and Batman and I felt there was great use
of colors in there especially the use of fire to show meaning. The only problem
I had was that Penguin’s face looked distorted and weird.
The Bad
The only thing I felt was bad is the ending. Because it can
feel a bit of misleading for future events with Two-Face and you can’t really
tell whether this takes place after or before Forever Evil. I also wish there
was a bit more dialogue or interaction between Jim Gordon and Two-Face.
Verdict
I give this issue a 4/9 out of 5/10 stars. This issue tells
a great conclusion to the new told mythos of Two-Face. It has great past
moments with Bruce and Harvey. It redefines who this man is in a good way.
There’s also great art in the action scenes and the characters’ face
expressions give good meaning behind their history. The only downside is the
ending will definitely make you feel lost. But I still recommend you pick this
issue up especially if you want to know what’s different in this version than
the original Two-Face origin. It’s a really great story and you might find it
better than the original like I did.
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