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Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham
by Tom King
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
This was a bad point to start batman comics I think, but this is what was available in my library for now so I read it. You have to start somewhere and this was, unfortunately for me, mediocre (derogatory). Sorry. It started out great and then it just got worse with each issue/chapter. Duke and Alfred were the best parts of this volume.
We start off this volume with Bruce fully willing to die to save people on a shot down plane but narrowly escaping it by being saved by 2 new superheroes: Gotham and Gotham girl. *stares blankly into the camera* They seem to be Superman knockoffs in questionable suit designs, but they're eager to learn from Bruce how to help this city so Bruce gives them a chance.
The best detective of course finds out who they really are and of course Gotham, Hank, as a kid looked similar to Bruce and he almost lost his parents in an alleyway robbery the same way Bruce did, but Batman saved them in time and changed the trajectory of his life, which also inspired his younger sister to join him on a path of serving the city of Gotham and changing the world for the better.
Anyway, Gotham is being plagued by mysterious incidents that are followed by the suicide of the perpetrators and Batman feels the weight of his humanity and the limits of his body compared to the new seemingly inhuman superheroes, which I found to be the only interesting thing narratively about this volume and it doesn't even get properly explored or pondered over, so... whatever.
Then everything spirals into a lot of pointless murder and destruction, which has no emotional weight whatsoever, we're not given much time with either gotham or gotham girl, they're superficial characters that serve little purpose. They're plot devices with zero work put into them. And they're quickly discarded or used as a prop to move on to the next plot line. It was predictable and boring and frankly cringy at times. Disappointing.
We start off this volume with Bruce fully willing to die to save people on a shot down plane but narrowly escaping it by being saved by 2 new superheroes: Gotham and Gotham girl. *stares blankly into the camera* They seem to be Superman knockoffs in questionable suit designs, but they're eager to learn from Bruce how to help this city so Bruce gives them a chance.
The best detective of course finds out who they really are and of course Gotham, Hank, as a kid looked similar to Bruce and he almost lost his parents in an alleyway robbery the same way Bruce did, but Batman saved them in time and changed the trajectory of his life, which also inspired his younger sister to join him on a path of serving the city of Gotham and changing the world for the better.
Anyway, Gotham is being plagued by mysterious incidents that are followed by the suicide of the perpetrators and Batman feels the weight of his humanity and the limits of his body compared to the new seemingly inhuman superheroes, which I found to be the only interesting thing narratively about this volume and it doesn't even get properly explored or pondered over, so... whatever.
Then everything spirals into a lot of pointless murder and destruction, which has no emotional weight whatsoever, we're not given much time with either gotham or gotham girl, they're superficial characters that serve little purpose. They're plot devices with zero work put into them. And they're quickly discarded or used as a prop to move on to the next plot line. It was predictable and boring and frankly cringy at times. Disappointing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Mental illness