Batwing #2
Written by Judd Winick
Art and cover by Ben Oliver
You know, its not too bad.
You can tell this is a long origin story that will be played out over the next couple of issues. It builds on what was laid down in the first issue. It gives you more background into the origin of the character. It also gives you focus on a supporting cast.
Good book.
We pick up from the cliffhanger of last issue and it gets addressed quit well. I don't know where the cops came from that saved Batwing, but I guess not all the cops were killed by Massacre. Massacre is actually one of the new villains of the 52 books that I can see lasting as a character. He is on a mission to kill people and wants to eliminate any heroes. It should make next issue pretty interesting, given that we have Batwing saying he is going to beat Massacre until he can't stand up.
I said the first issue has the potential to stay afloat, and I think it will make it. Winick is actually giving the characters little details that show their differences from the main Batman counterpart. We have an Alfred character, we have a Batcave type of area, and we have the potential for a police ally as well.
Art is the same as before, and we keep the low focus on the backgrounds that we got in the first issue. It will be interesting to see if the fight next issue with Batwing and Massacre will be in great details or more of this low attention to backgrounds. Kinda weird to think that it is the art that is bringing me down on this book, I thought it would be Winick for sure.
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 6/10
Recommend: I'm beginning to think that we need a wait for the trade approach for this book.
Buy Next Issue: I'm buying, unless someone else is buying for me.
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