Bat-Mite (USA) di D. Jurgens

[Azrael]

BAT-MITE #6
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by CORIN HOWELL
Photo cover by LESLEY-ANNE GREEN
On sale NOVEMBER 4 • 32 pg, FC, 6 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED E
Bat-Mite's mission on Earth comes to a conclusion as he finds not just his roommates (and Batman) but the entire world fed up with him and his attempts to "improve" everything and everyone—but that won't stop him from telling the President how to clean things up! Plus, secrets are revealed as we learn the identity of stuck-in-the-past bad guy Gridlock, and get a glimpse of Bat-Mite's home world!

[Man of Steel]

Ahhh ULTIMO numero è giustro mostrare anche questo suo lato FTW!

[Azrael]

Preview: BAT-MITE #4



http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2015/08/booster-gold-bat-mite-preview/

[Man of Steel]

Letto #4
Numero scritto veramente bene, con tanto di frecciatina verso i comic book fan e il mondo geek in generale!
#SuperiorSix

[Azrael]

Bat-Mite #4

There is something comforting about a comic where there are virtually no consequences to the action, and the all-ages nature of Bat-Mite means that there isn't necessarily a reset button pushed between every issue, but reading them all in order probably isn't essential either. Writer Dan Jurgens has distilled the formula of a cartoon into the 20-odd pages of each issue of this series, although the corresponding problem is that formulas tend to err on the side of repetition.

Jurgens has the advantage of being able to pull in any hero he likes here, and the inclusion of Booster Gold is quite clever. Booster is a character that can often come across as a jokey reference, intentionally or not, and pairing him with the chaotic imagination bending powers of Bat-Mite is a wonderfully inventive combination that could still spin old-school continuity devotees into a spin. What better villain that Gridlock, a character who wants everything to be exactly as it was when they were ten years old.

Compared with the innuendos and adult references of the last issue, this outing is positively restrained in its straightforwardness. Jurgens is almost speaking directly to the audience with Gridlock, on behalf of all DC creators who have contended with the mixed reactions of fans to the many character refreshes of the publisher over the last few years. Transformed by Bat-Mite into an edgier Black Gold, Jurgens has an each-way bet with some commentary on the arbitrary reinventions of characters on a whim. It's no Spoiler to suggest that everything returns to a kind of status quo, for both Bat-Mite and Booster, but that also means that much of the action is some ado about nothing.

Corin Howell keeps his art style loose and cartoony, rubber banding characters in and out of model at a rapid pace. He gets to have some fun with the "reinvention" of Booster Gold, cast in black latex and spikes that apes the Azrael/Batman designs from the Knightfall saga of the 1990s. There's a light touch on detail, in keeping with the style, with color artist Atiyeh mostly responsible for filling in the backgrounds with single shaded colors.

A lack of consequences also comes with a slight sense of disposability as well, and there is a very fine line being walked here. All-ages doesn't always mean for all tastes, and while previous issues in the series have been quite strong, this one doesn't hit the same heights. What Bat-Mite does retain in every outing is a sense of innocent charm from a bygone era of comics, although it's the kind of format that works best in bite-sized chunks.

Review by Richard Gray
'Rama Rating: 6 out of 10

[Azrael]

Preview: BAT-MITE #5



http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/10/12/preview-monday-bat-mite-5

[Man of Steel]

Letto #5
Ho perso il filo, ma non conta giusto?
Non ha rotto molto la quarta parete, vediamo cosa succede nel prossimo e ultimo numero!

[Azrael]

Preview: BAT-MITE #6



http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2015/10/29/preview-bat-mite-6/

[Man of Steel]

Letto #6 FINAL ISSUE (?)

Bella conclusione, quando Jurgens sfotte Donald Trump e non parliamo dei suoi messaggi subliminali di leggere Batman Beyond (scritta sempre da lui!)
Quei 3 facevano parte della Justice MITES of America?
Peccato che non abbia fatto una visitina ad Earth Prime come faceva mxy nel pre-reboot!