100 Days of Batman, Day 31

Today is another one shot story entitled Original Sin When is a Door by Neil Gaimen. A story that was originally in Secret Origins Vol. 2. The story centers around a news crew that is going around Gothem interviewing any of Batman's villains that are willing to talk with them. It for the most part entirely focuses on the Riddler with a cameo by both Batman and the Joker.


In short it's not very good. The idea of the book was obviously to give a inside look into the villains of Gothem, in this case the Riddler, but ultimately just ends up being a mediocre story with no real purpose. Batman shows up at the beginning of the book warning the news reporter to not pursue the story but is ultimately ignored. As for the Riddler he is simply the focus and is given lots of meaningless dialogue that really does nothing for the overall plot. In the end the reporter is killed by the Joker while airing the final segment of the show. In short nothing happens and the end was predictable. Honestly I'm not sure if the book is compelling or not worth your time, but considering I'm debating between those two options I'm going to say don't bother with this one it's NOT WORTH YOUR TIME.

I'm glad to be done with this tact on stories from the Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader collection. They have been mediocre at best and in the end you should just skip them. I'm not sure what I'm going to read for tomorrow yet so any suggestions or ideas would be great. Thanks for reading and let me know your thoughts.

N.S.