Batman (USA) di Tom King 2.0

[Azrael]

BATMAN #65
written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art by GUILLEM MARCH
cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
variant cover by JEFFREY ALAN LOVE
"THE LAST COLD CASE" part three! The two greatest detectives in the DC Universe take on the one cold case that will tear them apart!
As chief architect of the Sanctuary program that cost so much for so many, especially Wally West, Batman will be held accountable...by the Flash!
A cold case from the Justice League's past has mysteriously re-opened, and Batman and the Flash—the only two heroes who stand a chance of cracking the case—are at each other's throats! Our heroes must combat a demon from the past while burying their own inner demons in the process...and neither the World's Greatest Detective nor the Fastest Man Alive will ever be the same again! But who is really pulling the strings here? And how does Gotham Girl fit into all this? Friendships will be tested and blood will be spilled in this titanic crossover event...
ON SALE 02.20.19
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
This issue will ship with two covers.
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[Il Paladino del Buonsenso]

Soffro

[Azrael]

Soffro

Why?

[Il Paladino del Buonsenso]

Perché infondo King è umano e deve prendersi anche lui una pausa ogni tanto
Però mi intriga questo caso irrisolto, pensando poi alla bontà del precedente crossover..!

[Azrael]

Perché infondo King è umano e deve prendersi anche lui una pausa ogni tanto
Però mi intriga questo caso irrisolto, pensando poi alla bontà del precedente crossover..!

Io gioisco, a me piace moltissimo Williamson

[Leonard13]

Qua ci scappa un mezzo casino.

[No Use For A Name]

Un crossover Batman/Flash c'è già stato, ed anche qui si parla di un mistero su cui investigare.

[Man of Steel]

Questo non farà altro che posticipare il 100esimo numero di King FFS!

[Leonard13]

Un crossover Batman/Flash c'è già stato, ed anche qui si parla di un mistero su cui investigare.

si,ma qui vanno ad intaccare un misterioso caso irrisolto del passato della League e i due sembrano proprio volersi fare la guerra.

[Man of Steel]

Dopo HiC ci sta, oh e:
TOM KING Taking Short Break from BATMAN Due to 'Secret TV Stuff'
https://www.newsarama.com/42797-tom-king-taking-break-from-batman-due-to-secret-tv-stuff.html

Oh lo sapevo!
O meglio, sapevo che la cosa avrebbe posticipato il traguardo di King su Bats, lui ci tiene molto, pure io, dato che comincio ad avere le palle piene di Bane, per il resto...non ne sapevo nulla!

[Azrael]

DARK KNIGHT vs. GOTHAM Police in BATMAN #59 Preview



https://www.newsarama.com/42796-dark-knight-vs-gotham-police-in-batman-59-preview.html

[Il Paladino del Buonsenso]

Speriamo sia qualcosa legato alla piattaforma della DC!!

[Man of Steel]

Letto #59
Non male.

[Azrael]

Batman #59
Written by Tom King
Art by Mikel Janín and Jordie Bellaire
Lettered by Clayton Cowles
Published by DC Comics
Review by Matthew Sibley
'Rama Rating: 9 out of 10

One of the many potential pleasures of a long-running series is seeing various elements build upon one another. This can come from seeing a writer or artist become more settled within the world they've become immersed in and subsequently finding their footing to tell the story with a more assured level of confidence. Or in the way that the plot builds towards its end-game as the established pieces on the board gets shifted around when everything gets shaken up. Or through callbacks, both visual and verbal that show how far things have come.

Batman #59 is an example of all these qualities from the opening panel, one of Arkham Asylum. It recalls the ninth issue of the series –– wherein the Caped Crusader put together a team that could break into Santa Prisca, and where writer Tom King's run really got going –– though both have different approaches to their establishing shot. There, Mikel Janín was able to languish in the exterior setting with a two-page splash that was arch, moody and oppressive.

Over two years later, Janín and colorist Jordie Bellaire approach the building with a perspective that's lower down, as if lying on the ground outside the gates, Batman looming just to the left. It takes up about half a page, with another panel, depicting the gate being kicked open, overlaid and overlapping. It shows how much has changed in the two years since Issue #9. Then he ventured inside with the intention of helping Gotham Girl.

Now? He's there for Bane, and he's in no mood to wait for visiting hours.

The impetus for this check-up is his conversation with the Penguin, which constitutes a third of the issue and is interwoven into Batman's journey through the madhouse. While King has made heavy use of juxtaposition in the past, here his script opts to avoid a direct 50/50 split between the two periods and marks a more successful attempt because it comes across as less mannered and writerly. The two sequences do flow from one to the other in deliberately constructed fashion, though the issue at large is dominated by Batman's move to confront Bane. In doing so, King's script taps into, and eventually gives itself over to, a more primal, unhinged –– possibly even psychologically fractured –– anger as Bruce finds his whole perspective on the post-wedding events being reorganised around the context given to him by the Penguin, no matter how sceptical he first seems.

There's a sharp contrast between the two distinct sequences, hues of moody blue fill the Penguin's penthouse, while everything inside Arkham is somehow dingy and sterile at the same time. Through it all, Batman seems a darker figure. His entrance into Arkham is that of an angry spectre, the shadows near-consume him as the Penguin monologues and his shadow looms over Bane, whose size is shrunken as he cowers in the corner of his padded cell. All of this, how the issue builds off where the run has come from and where it's potentially going in the wake of this issue show how quickly the tables can turn when it comes to the power held.

The various nuances of this come across in how this instalment of the narrative is presented by Janín and Bellaire, who are just a magnificent pairing and will hopefully collaborate more going forward. A frequent criticism of Janín's work is that his characters can seem like little more than posed 3D models. Their collaboration doesn't completely alleviate this issue –– it still rears its head on occasion, including threatening to sabotage the final beat of the story –– but it does grant his linework a different texture and feel. The sleek and sexy vibe on display in a book like Grayson is replaced by a moodier one, with a more claustrophobic and locked-in approach, where multiple characters are thrown across the panel, the violence having an evident crunch to it as each hit lands. The physicality of this issue works because of how Janín and Bellaire's characters are more than 3D models because of their acting and body language, even allowing for a more solemn energy for a beat as the Penguin concludes their monologue.

All of this results in an instalment of the narrative which may not contain big twists –– though does have a particularly shocking moment which packs a punch –– but has high drama all the same. Melodramatic and operatic all at once as it given into emotion. Or rather, an emotion – rage. What makes it an even richer experience is how this can function on a variation on that aforementioned previous visit to Arkham, which is something fitting for a run which kicked things off with Calendar Man spouting about cycles. The issue brings King's run into further focus as is presumably transitions into a new stage of the game being played, all the while showing that there's more than one way to break a Bat.

[No Use For A Name]

Batman #62 to Replace Batman #61

This is how Batman #61 for December was solicited by DC Comics

BATMAN #61
written by TOM KING
art and cover by MITCH GERADS
variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
The Eisner-winning creative team behind MISTER MIRACLE is back together as artist Mitch Gerads rejoins the Bat team for a special issue! Professor Pyg is loose in Gotham, and you know that means things are going to get weird...and bloody.!
ON SALE 12.19.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T

Well, that is no longer in case. In its place the contents of Batman #62 in January, will take the place of Batman #61.

BATMAN #61
(W) Tom King (A) Travis Moore (CA) Tony Daniel
What happened to the boy who wanted to be Bruce Wayne? The young criminal mastermind orchestrates his own parents' deaths to emulate his hero and was carted off to Arkham when Batman exposed his crimes, but that is not the end of the story. Tom King reteams with Nightwing artist Travis Moore to create a sequel to their masterpiece of dark horror from Batman #38.In Shops: Dec 19, 2018
Final Orders Due: Nov 26, 2018
SRP: $3.99