![]() ![]() It’s a classic frame tale, like Canterbury Tales or, closer to home, one of the very best episodes of Batman: The Animated series.Ĭomic Book Herald is reader-supported. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? is a series of vignettes told by Batman’s villains, each one illuminating some part of the Dark Knight only they knew. What’s Good The Writing Batman Sketch – Andy Kubert ![]() ), and ushers in the ending of two of DC’s longest-running titles ( Batman & Detective Comics). ![]() Like its predecessor, it comes before an important reboot (in this case, the major developments and cosmic expansion between Final Crisis, Blackest Night, and New Krypton ), the death of an iconic hero ( Batman: RIP. Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? is, unabashedly, an attempt to recreate that prior miracle. It’s a bold book that provides a kind of final statement on the hero’s whole ethos, and it’s still a magnificent example of how to say goodbye to not just heroes, but particular definitions of heroism. Marks the “end” not for the hero, but more for Superman’s two on-going series and what they represented. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |