Thursday, October 27, 2016

100 Days of Batman, Day 93

I am Gotham: Epilogue by Tom King and art by Ivan Reis is the somewhat lackluster conclusion to the story of Gotham and Gotham Girl. I will be SPOILING this issue so if you do not want it spoiled do not read on any further.

In the wake of her brother's death Gotham Girl has basically gone crazy. Shaving herself nearly bald, which I absolutely hate and think looks terrible, she heads back out into Gotham to perform heroic deeds. The entire time she is doing these heroics she is talking to her deceased brother almost repeating the same conversation over and over every night. Batman knows she is hurting from Gotham's death but she is also using up months of her life by using her powers, if not years. So he heads out to stop her. In order to bring her back into reality Batman reveals to her that he is Bruce Wayne and tell her the story of his own parents deaths and how it made and still makes him feel.

This was a really meh story. It did not really need to be in the story at all and does not add anything to it. At best I would say I am Gotham: Epilogue is COMPELLING. Your not missing anything if you stop with part five but it also will not hurt the story. It was just meh.

N. S.

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