Comics! Batman #4

Batman #4

Scott Snyder: writer
Greg Capullo: pencils
Jonathan Glapion: inks

The Comic
Bruce Wayne: Boy Detective. Yeah, kind of cheesy, but this issue makes it work.

That blast from last issue that made it seem like Batman was a goner? Nope. He does survive, as expected, but with a twist. Instead of just seeing him swing away from the danger like what I expect to see from some other Bat-books, we are treated to a three page ride as Batman tries to dodge the blast and the fall out from it. Nice.

We get a little further into the Court of Owls as Dick Grayson tries to do a mini intervention on Bruce and how he gets obsessed with cases. Bruce then goes into the story about how he could thought his parents death were something bigger than just a mugger attacking his parents randomly. So he heard about the Court of Owls and found nothing but rooms of dust.

The artwork is going blow for blow with the story. The flashback is told wonderfully. The art takes on this shadow heavy, kinda out of focus work that you would think how a flashback would appear in your head.

This story reminds me of the old Azrael in a way. You have this crazy cult that has a master assassin. The cult has been around for ages, but you've never heard about it before. Don't do wrong against the cult, or else they will send their messenger, the assassin, over to you and take you down.

I'm loving it, and I'm intrigued to see more each month.

The Cover
Good: I like the perspective we get with the city of Gotham and Batman both within the outline of the Court of Owls. The colors work well and make the whole cover work well for me.
Bad: The logo takes away from what the cover is saying about the story. I understand that it has to be there, and you can see in the picture above how well the art works without the logo.

Grades
Words: 10/10
Pictures: 10/10
Recommend: Hell to the yea. There is enough here that new readers can pick up on if this is the first issue they give a try to, but it is best to enjoy from issue #1.
Buy Next Issue: The money is in my pocket waiting to be spent.

Previous Issues:
Three Issue Trial
Batman #3
Batman #2
Batman #1