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A review by sherpawhale
Batman/The Shadow: The Murder Geniuses by Steve Orlando, Scott Snyder, Riley Rossmo
2.0
I am super behind on my comics, so I thought clearing out a mini-series from one of my favorite writers and another writer whose work I have enjoyed when I've read it would be the way to start.
It was okay.
That's it. I was not familiar with Dynamite's The Shadow before this, but I don't think whoever he is was enough to warrant working him in so intricately to Batman's origin. In this volume, Batman's teacher was Henry Ducard who was actually The Shadow. Not a fan.
Not a fan of the introduction of Shamba-la, because the plan was to say the name and we're supposed to know what that means to the heroes and to the villains, the allure.
Not a fan of the Batcomputer talking to Bruce as AI. I'll probably have to get used to that.
Joker's uniform was way too hip. It was not Suicide Squad levels of bad, but still pretty bad.
I did like the way the artist drew the violence, it really illustrated how brutal it was.
Just an okay Batman story, though competently executed. Unfortunately, there are a ton of Bat stories, so it takes something special for one to stand out.
It was okay.
That's it. I was not familiar with Dynamite's The Shadow before this, but I don't think whoever he is was enough to warrant working him in so intricately to Batman's origin. In this volume, Batman's teacher was Henry Ducard who was actually The Shadow. Not a fan.
Not a fan of the introduction of Shamba-la, because the plan was to say the name and we're supposed to know what that means to the heroes and to the villains, the allure.
Not a fan of the Batcomputer talking to Bruce as AI. I'll probably have to get used to that.
Joker's uniform was way too hip. It was not Suicide Squad levels of bad, but still pretty bad.
I did like the way the artist drew the violence, it really illustrated how brutal it was.
Just an okay Batman story, though competently executed. Unfortunately, there are a ton of Bat stories, so it takes something special for one to stand out.