Written and Pencilled by Tony S. Daniel
Inks by Sandu Florea
Backup written by Tony S. Daniel
Art by Szymon Kudranski
The Solicitation
NIGHT OF THE OWLS!
• Featuring a TWO-FACE backup story written by TONY S. DANIEL with art by SZYMON KUDRANSKI
Preview
The Comic
Looking first at the Night of the Owls part, it isn't too bad. Its not exceptionally great, but it isn't too bad either.
This story takes place essentially in the middle of Batman #9 - which doesn't come out until the week after this issue was released. Strange, but let's role with it for a moment.
Stereotypical black man with a gap in his front teeth? Yea, that doesn't stink of what Transformers 2 did with the racist Transformers. Smooth move, Daniel. Smooth.
My big issue is that I just don't see Black Mask as a major villain. He's been this big bad that been around for a few years, but I just don't see why. And in the new 52 it seems like the mask has control over everyone who has used it or who is nearby. And wouldn't you know it, Dr. Arkum has worn the mask before. I like Arkum as the guy who is a psychologist, he doesn't need to be turned into a villain.
Of course Batman saves Arkum and takes him in the Batmobile out to be dropped off in another tie in. And then we move onto the back up story.
...well, I thought we did. I could barely tell what was happening. More on that when we move into...
The Art
Its Tony Daniel art, so I'm not too impressed anymore. It was OK this issue, but not by much. I swear, he used photoshop to move one picture of Batman from the double page spread onto the next panel. He doesn't even hide it from the looks of it, the same arm is raised in both.
But the back up was WAY worse. There is such a thing as too much shading, and this comic has it. Everyone is pretty much in silhouette throughout the back up, and it doesn't help the story much at all. I read it through twice, and I only sorta can tell what is going on.
The Cover
Since my shop likes the Combo-Packs, I got the hideous orange background version of the cover. If you ever want to know how much coloring can be important to a book or cover that stands out, think of the cover image from above with an orange background. Just nasty.
Grades
Words: 5/10
Pictures: 3/10
Recommend: Not the best foot to put forward for a crossover event. I would shed away, not much you new to know here that isn't going to be skipped over in another comic.
Buy Next Issue: Since my shop is deciding to go with Combo-Packs only, and I can't justify paying $5 an issue for a comic I can barely stand, I'm just going to skip this and pick it up somewhere else down the road if the Combo-Pack is my only option.
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