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A review by captwinghead
Batman: False Faces by Tim Sale, Adam Hughes, Karl Story, Scott Kolins, Scott McDaniel, Brian K. Vaughan, Rick Burchett, Mark Pennington, Marcos Martín
4.0
I quite enjoyed this, to be honest.
Vaughan does that thing I love (and don't see enough in the Batsy books I've read) where, instead of just telling a story, he actually delves into who Bruce is as a person. It's quite a crazy thing for someone to decide, their best course of action would be to dress up as a giant bat and fight crime. The psych major in me desperately wants to pick his brain to understand what years of that work has done to his brain.
The first story is mostly about Dick chasing Bruce who's devolved into more of Matches Malone's personality than is entirely healthy. Dick wants to make sure that he won't break his one rule and kill Scarface. It's interesting and I like seeing more of Dick worrying about his father.
There's a story about Man Bat that really just made me wonder about Bruce's philosophy on mental illness. Some writers write him with more sympathy and compassion for his enemies. Those stories are mainly Bruce trying to get them back in Arkham where they can get the help they need. Some writers write him as a bit merciless. In this one, Bruce basically admits that he doesn't have the patience and temperament that his father had. It's interesting, if a bit sad.
I didn't really like the Wonder Woman story. But, that's okay. I very much enjoyed the rest of this book.
Vaughan does that thing I love (and don't see enough in the Batsy books I've read) where, instead of just telling a story, he actually delves into who Bruce is as a person. It's quite a crazy thing for someone to decide, their best course of action would be to dress up as a giant bat and fight crime. The psych major in me desperately wants to pick his brain to understand what years of that work has done to his brain.
The first story is mostly about Dick chasing Bruce who's devolved into more of Matches Malone's personality than is entirely healthy. Dick wants to make sure that he won't break his one rule and kill Scarface. It's interesting and I like seeing more of Dick worrying about his father.
There's a story about Man Bat that really just made me wonder about Bruce's philosophy on mental illness. Some writers write him with more sympathy and compassion for his enemies. Those stories are mainly Bruce trying to get them back in Arkham where they can get the help they need. Some writers write him as a bit merciless. In this one, Bruce basically admits that he doesn't have the patience and temperament that his father had. It's interesting, if a bit sad.
I didn't really like the Wonder Woman story. But, that's okay. I very much enjoyed the rest of this book.