Tuesday, August 16, 2016

100 Days of Batman Day 21, August 16th 2016

Detective Comics #880 by Scott Snyder is the second to last issue in the Batman: Black Mirror story arc. The Joker has escaped Arkham Asylum. Commissioner Gordon receiving this news rushes to his family knowing that Joker loves to target them. Batman knowing the carnage and mayhem that the Joker causes begins his search for the mad man. Meanwhile James Gordon Jr. is preparing a heinous crime.

Getting right into it this issue is WORTH YOUR TIME. It's good but has a couple minor issues that kept it from being great. Where it stumbled was with the artists depiction of the Joker, it was just super rough looking and didn't seem to fit with the rest of the book. The bigger issue I had was that In the previous issue Gordon finally discovers the truth about his son and is about to go and stop him from committing a terrible crime yet he apparently completely forgets about it when the Joker escapes. I understand the Joker being free is a big deal but so was what his son was about to do. The author could have addressed this better. With that being said the overall book was very good and has set up the final issue of the arc nicely. As always let me know your thoughts and suggestions.

N. S.

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