Showing posts with label Dark Knight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dark Knight. Show all posts

Friday, November 9, 2012

Review of Legends of the Dark Knight #1

Legends of the Dark Knight, issue 1, hit shelves two days ago, Wednesday, October 3, 2012.
Yes, just what you needed -- another Batman book.
Except for one thing: This is just what we needed -- a Batman book you can pick up on the fly just for the love of a good Batman story, no strings attached, no need to have read the previous issue, or even the issue to come, for that matter.

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Batman Learns Humility

In this first issue, in the first story, writer Damon Lindelof weaves a Batman tale that will make your jaw drop from the surprise when Batman learns a tough lesson in humility. The old adage proves true: Pride comes before the fall.
As it turns out, Lemire's quirky and wispy art -- while you might not think it a fit at first -- serves well in contrasting Batman's true frail state in contrast to his cockiness. Jose Villarubia's colors are darkly vivid as one expects in a Batman tale.

Batman Outsmarts Everyone

In the second tale, "All of The Above," Batman superior-ists will enjoy a tale of a matured Batman, a Batman who lets you think you've beat him for just the briefest of fading moments before he lets you in on the cold-as-space facts:

Dearest Dark Knight - Be My Valentine Contest - 2nd Place Winner

"An Ode to a Knight" by Jacob DeSersa

Batman

The blackest cowl upon your head

excites me like no other

your batarangs and grappling hooks

cause my heart to flutter

The greatest of hero's i would say

takes on the guise of a bat

his skills, his cunning, and charming grace

can always go un-matched

regular men and hero's alike

tremble at your very thought

the kryptonian, lantern, and atlatean too

the fear over them you've brought

you swoop over gotham, wings out stretched

instilling terror in some, hope in others at your very sight

for this is ode to you, the batman

the mightiest, and darkest, of knights

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Congratulations to our 2nd place winner - Jake, the drummer in Seeker, Sacramento's own ultimate punk rock band! Even before he submitted his entry, there was no doubt in our mind that he would be writing to the Dark Knight. That's loyalty! Another post hits tomorrow. And if you missed this contest, be sure to read up on limericks for our next contest that's starting in a couple of days.