Hey guys and gals, JT here with my second review of the week, and once again, the only DC Comic of the week reviewed here. Man, things are not looking good for DC. Anyway, let's get to it!
Batman: The Dark Knight #14
Summary: Things start with a bang as Batman, now on his feet after the torture from Scarecrow in the last issue, attacks Dr. Crane. The two battle and Crane breaks his wooden scythe off in Batman's shoulder, but not before Batman uses his grappling hook to shoot through Scarecrow's jaw. Batman uses this time to escape, as Scarecrow removes the hook string from his now dangling jaw. Batman, bleeding and still out of it from Scarecrow Toxin, escapes from the house and tries to make it back to the cave, meanwhile Scarecrow grabs a vial of his strongest toxin and releases the girl he'd kidnapped, and takes her to safety when he trips and falls, and tells her to run away, which she does, as his secret base explodes. Batman is wandering through the streets, incoherently when a gang finds him and plans on taking him out and becoming legends, but Robin shows up and saves his dad, and takes him back home, where Alfred nurses him back to health. Next we see Scarecrow, somehow having survived the explosion and now he seems livid, after hearing a report that Batman saved the girl from the explosion, when in actuality Scarecrow saved her. From there we see Scarecrow meet with The Penguin and pay him in diamonds for something he needed, and we quickly find out what it is. The issue comes to a close as we see Scarecrow dispensing Fear Gas, on Christmas nonetheless, all over Gotham, which has resorted to people eating people and scratching off their own skin, as the issue comes to a close.
Thoughts: This was an odd issue. I enjoyed it but Batman came off more villainous up until the end. I get that he was in fight or flight mode, but the hook through the jaw seemed kinda outta character for Batsy. Plus, Scarecrow saved the girl and everything, which made him seem like not such a bad guy until he got pissed and ruined Christmas, Grinch style. Other than that, this was an okay issue, it went by really quick, and this story seems to be stretching out more than it needs to, but I'm not complaining.
Score: 7/10
Girl: Be careful, now he's mad.
Jeez, Bats did sound rather brutal here... I guess we can chalk that up to the fear gas though? Plus, what was with Scarecrow saving that girl? That seemed strange. With that said, I kind of wish I had picked up this storyline, just for Scarecrow.
ReplyDeleteThat's true, I guess you could blame the fear gas but he seemed pretty... aware of what he was doing lol. And Scarecrow... he's been kinda weird, I guess he feels attached to the girl because his dad basically treated him like crap so Scarecrow was a bit nicer to his hostage or something? Regardless of that, this storyline has been pretty interesting and Scarecrow seems a hell of a lot more interesting now.
ReplyDeleteHuh, I guess when DC releases the trade, 4 YEARS from now(!!!!), I'll snag it. Still, Scarecrow saving anybody seems odd... Imagine Joker randomly saving one of his hostages. That'll wreck your super-villain cred!
DeleteLol @ four years from now, it's funny cause it's true... And you're right about that, it seemed weird but made sense, as it pushed Crane over the edge with Bats got credit for saving the girl.
DeleteDumb, DC... Eh, you read it so if you say it made sense, I'll go with that... Although since it IS coming from you, maybe I shouldn't... :P
DeleteLol, that's a wise reasoning. :P
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