Post by jakefury on Nov 10, 2011 22:00:30 GMT -5
Writer: Peter Tomasi
Penciller: Patrick Gleason
Inker: Mick Gray
Colorist: John Kalisz
Bruce Wayne & Damian, father & son, partners and in this series, victims of Nobody. Nobody is a new DCnU villain from Bruce's past who's come to Gotham to end Batman Inc. once and for all. He and Bruce trained together under Henri Ducard and both have taken vastly different paths to get where they are today. This series finds the two at each other's throat and Nobody is also trying to coerce Damian into accepting his dark side.
Damian's past and upbringing at the hands of Talia is one of the highlights of this series. Tomasi has done a great job in exploring the struggles he is facing to hold back his sadistic natures. Tomasi has also done a great job as Bruce struggles to be a father figure to Damian and not just his partner in fighting crime. Alfred is also a major character in this series who is seeing some things in Damian that even Bruce Wayne may not be noticing.
All of these character developments have made for an outsanding series so far. The art from Gleason ,Gray and Kalisz has been rock solid and very consistent so far. I absolutely love some of the dark panels they've done with the cast of this book. I must admit that I was not much of a Tomasi fan prior to a few weeks ago. But this series is excellent and I would also recommend his work on Nightwing: Freefall as well. He definitely has a good handle on these members of the Bat Family. This book has a good mix of drama and action to make any reader happy.
Score: 4/5
