Dick Grayson’s a crazy murderer?!? Oh, wait, no.
That pointless cliffhanger aside, Batman isn’t bad. I know Greg Capullo is a name artist and all, but I can’t figure out why. His figures give the impression of being static even when they aren’t.
The issue’s at it’s strongest in odd places. Scott Snyder has recast the Bat-family as the Brady Bunch before Mike met Carol. Dick’s the grown-up sidekick who’s still the best sidekick, Tim’s the ignored one and Damien’s the little wiseacre.
It’s sort of cute. Snyder’s not ambitious at all–his script reads a little like a mix of the Batman movies (all of them) and being sort of cute is about all the mileage the comic’s going to get.
Snyder does nothing to orient new readers; I guess DC knows there really aren’t Batman-readers-to-be out there.
It’s low-end mediocre mainstream stuff.
CREDITS
Knife Trick; writer, Scott Snyder; penciller, Greg Capullo; inker, Jonathan Glapion; colorist, FCO Plascencia; letterers, Richard Starkings and Jimmy Betancourt; editors, Janelle Asselin, Katie Kubert and Mike Marts; publisher, DC Comics.
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