Batwing #20Script: Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray
Art: Eduardo Pansica & Julio Ferreira
Solicitation and Preview
Review
"I want you to be a global agent of chaos battling against criminal interests and threats to Wayne Enterprises." - Batman to Batwing as Batwing is in his first battle royal and Batman has a smile on his face.
And that pulls me away from the book by a huge chunk. The rest is the fact that Batwing is back in Africa and is essentially wearing a suit that Terry does in Batman Beyond. There really isn't anything about this Bat-character that makes him stand out as unique or any different from the previous Batwing that really sparks my interests.
It isn't like there is anything entirely wrong with the art or the words, I'm just utterly bored by it. Play this issue in contrast to the previous one and I'm just at a loss. Last issue felt like closure followed by a really quick hello to the new guy. This one felt like a long intro to the new guy and a quick setup to put him in danger. Sure, the character has no where to go but up with regards to him learning how to be Batwing, but I just don't feel like he is unique.
He's a bat-character without a great tragedy that drives his vigilantism. He's just some rich guy's son who wants to work with Batman. That's what every Bat-character needs - that small bit of tragedy and humanism. I'm just not connecting to him without it.
Grades
Words: 5/10
Pictures: 5/10
General Feeling After Reading: Blah.
Buy Next Issue: Nah.
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