Batman: Reptilian

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It’s fun and scary and gorgeous: exactly what I want the DC Black Label books to be - A little more mainstream than Vertigo was, but totally untethered to traditional DC sensibilities. The reveal of the main antagonist is also enthroned through impressive artwork but doesn’t strike as a novel concept, mostly reminding readers of cult classic figures. There is a scene in this book I was just not expecting after seeing how Batman was written in Hitman. His attitude towards criminals comes off the same as a rich person who is inconvenienced by someone less fortunate.

In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle. Some rare moments of dark and unexpected verbal humor from our title character occasionally liven up the dark proceedings, but otherwise this was unimpressive and unmemorable.Yes Batman is a dark character, yes he uses fear as a weapon, but in this book he comes across as much of an uncaring sociopath as the criminals he is chasing or "putting into traction". Gotham is supposed to be the city of monsters, with Batman being the worst monster of them all—well until the Reptilian of course, but that’s perfect since the art now plays into this story Ennis has set up and really helps sell you from the start on just what kind of Batman book this will be.

Needs Batman to cut off the excess of skin left after giving birth, as Batman makes a fat joke at the expense of his current situation. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.In a nutshell: If you want a grounded deep story that takes the character of waylon jones serious then ignore this book. Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press. The book delves into a new take on Killer Croc and his evolution and, while there are some interesting ideas on display, the whole thing becomes extremely convoluted. If he just protected this image to the criminals that is one thing, but even in the moment when he is alone with his thoughts he is the same. An intelligent architecture, the way the mini-series unfolds manages to take us by surprise without playing the card of subverting expectations just for the sake of it.

Giger's Xenomorph creation from the Alien film series) laying waste to both the good citizens and bad criminals of Gotham - attempts horror movie shock value but succeeds in only being distasteful and rather dull. It used to be Batman, but something far more frightening than a mere man stalks the shadows—and it's after Gotham's villains. Batman: Reptilian collects issues 1-6 of the DC Comics series written by Garth Ennis and art by Liam Sharp. It isn't his normal straight pencils and inks it looks digitally painted, with inspiration possibly from Sienkiewicz, McKean and even Powell.

Batman, then, cleverly represents the whole spectrum of the superhero genre, moving from its original format (for kids, that is) to a more adult take. I don't even wanna go into what happens storywise and I even less want to talk about what little left there is of waylons character to take serious!