The ONE and ONLY Broken City Thread

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

Batman #620 begins an all-new story arc by 100 Bullets creators Brian Azzerello and Eduardo Risso. Here's what I know about it:

 

- It's going to run six months

 

- Batman is the ONLY hero featured. Bruce Wayne and members of the Bat-Family don't appear.

 

- The story will revolve a great deal around Batman's psyche.

 

- Batman and Joker are rumored to cooperate for some reason.

 

- Azzerello is trying to humanize Batman and give him some humor. Risso is basically being the anti-Jim Lee and drawing everyone as realistic as he can.

 

- The case will turn to the death of the Waynes at some point.

 

I picked up the first issue today. It's too early to judge, but I hope we won't see another mystery man story, and see some cool noir action. I dug Risso's art, but I'm a bit skeptical with Azzerello. His interior monologues feel "Vertigo hero" not "Batman".

[Guest The Last Free Voice]

Total 180 from Hush. The art and story are differnet than what I'm used to. I liked it though. Should be a good story.

[Guest TheMadmanGreg]

I'm not really digging the writing in this one. I have my own idealized verson of Batman, and chuckling to himself over a joke he made in his head just seems silly to me. We'll see. So far, I already like it better than Hush, though. (And Batman's face looks weird for some reason.)

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

I'm not really digging the writing in this one. I have my own idealized verson of Batman, and chuckling to himself over a joke he made in his head just seems silly to me. We'll see. So far, I already like it better than Hush, though. (And Batman's face looks weird for some reason.)

I am also not digging the writing. The first interior monologue about rain in Gotham was horrid, and cracking up at his own joke... that just isn't Batman. Also, shouldn't Margo be scared shitless at seeing Batman, an urban legend and creature of the night, in her room instead of trying to fuck him?

 

Oh and does anyone else miss the days where the GCPD was totally incompatent if you weren't Bullock, Montoya, or Gordon and not this new attitude of pretending the readers care about GCPD detectives outside of their own titles.

[Sass 0]

I'll refrain from comment until I read the next issue of the story.

[MrRant 0]

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Hey... look who can apparently type with out enormous pain and agony.

[Sass 0]

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Hey... look who can apparently type with out enormous pain and agony.

I made a deal with the Devil.

[Guest TheMadmanGreg]

I am also not digging the writing. The first interior monologue about rain in Gotham was horrid, and cracking up at his own joke... that just isn't Batman. Also, shouldn't Margo be scared shitless at seeing Batman, an urban legend and creature of the night, in her room instead of trying to fuck him?

I know what you mean. I really can't stand it when comics do stupid things like show a newspaper headline with Batman in it. He's supposed to be a shadow on the city. A newspaper shouldn't be writing about him. Let alone some girl finding him out of the blue and trying to bed him.

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

I must say I enjoyed Part 2 of Broken City a great deal more than the first. It's seemingly set the stage for a few very interesting plotlines, and I'm excited about the possibilities for the story. The Penguin and The Ventriloquist are showing up next issue and if that doesn't put a smile on your comic-book-loving face... maybe you should try Millie the Model.

[Guest TheMadmanGreg]

I have to agree. The second issue held more promise. It's not very often we get to see Batman actually training. All in all, I'm still not digging it, but at least I don't hate it any more.

[Zorin Industries 0]

Yeah, issue 2 was a step up from issue 1, but it still dosen't sit right with me, it just dosen't feel like the real Batman

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

Batman just doesn't feel heroic enough, and while I LOVE not hearing any "he's gone too far THIS TIME" BS from Oracle, Leslie, Alfred, or Dick I must say the lack of any supporting cast at all is really hurting this. It's just not Batman without the characters we've come to love getting involved.

[Sass 0]

I really liked the last issue.

 

The panel work made it seem like I was watching a moving picture.