Intro
At the time, Beware the Batman cartoon series came around I
was worried, mostly because of the CGI and the use of obscure villains instead
of the main. I was afraid the series wouldn’t do so well and it kind of
reminded me of the last minute done well Green Lantern series. But I was very
intrigued about the premises of Katana and Alfred being former agents and
assassins and I did want to learn more about these obscure villains. But sadly,
this show has suffered the same fate as the Green Lantern series by not having
good ratings and pulled off of Cartoon Network’s schedule and has been in a
hiatus ever since then. I admit this show didn’t have it right at first until
now. I’ve seen episodes 12-17 that was aired in New Zealand. I decided to watch
these episodes to see if it had any potential to up the DVD sales. Gladly it
has great potential and has produced the best episodes ever in the series. The
disappointment is that I feel that Cartoon Network already has plans to cancel
this series right at the time it reaches its improvement and it reminds me very
much of the same thing that happened to
Green Lantern. So, I suggest when the DVD’s are out, to please go get it. This
show really deserves a second chance. Since the comic series has been around it
hasn’t nearly gotten the potential of the cartoon. It has been lacking in many
issues except for these two issues. So, I highly suggest you pick this issue
and the last one especially if you liked the cartoon because it recreates the
Batman mythos in ways you never thought before and they are done very well.
Story
Tim Quan, Barbara’s tutor student has become a man-bat and
it’s up Batman, Katana, Oracle and Langstrom to save him with a cure!
The Good
This is honestly one the best issues of Beware the Batman I
ever read. It was great to see how Tim Quan is actually, wait for it…this
universe’s Tim Drake! We also get to see an interesting new relationship between
him and Barbara. It really brings a new mythos to the Batman universe. It was also
great to see how Oracle comes to play in this issue as well. The story is pretty
interesting to read too.
The art is done very well on the characters’ face
expressions and the action. I really liked how Tim Quan looked very similar to
Tim Drake. So, you can easily tell the nods and his man-bat
design looked scary
and menacing.
The Bad
I don’t like design of Man-Bat (Langstrom) and I kind of
wish this was an actual episode because I don’t know if Tim Quan will ever
appear in an issue again or in the cartoon series at all. Even though, I have
these complains I don’t see it as a valid reason to take points off for it.
Verdict
I give this issue a 5/10 out of 5/10 stars. This is a great
issue that would have been a great potential for an episode. Seeing the
relationship between Barbara Gordon and Tim Quan was really good and this
Man-Bat story proves to be interesting. The art was very well done especially
in the action. So, if you’re acceptable to new changes in the Batman mythos,
then I highly suggest you get these issues especially since this series is
cancelled too. It’s really worth reading for any fan of the cartoon series.
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