Saturday, November 10, 2007
Batman: Detective #27
by Michael Uslan and Peter Snejbjerg
This one's an impulse borrow from the Library. It's an imaginary tale of Batman--I think they're still calling them "Elseworlds" tales. It combines the ideas of a secret society of detectives and a post-Civil War plot of revenge with a Bruce Wayne who has chosen a different road than to become the Batman. Like most "Elseworlds" stories of the Batman, it pays homage to the character's 68-year-old mythology, but this is the first one I've read that evokes a bit of the 1960s television show and laces the tale with puns and in-jokes. (Not as bad as the TV show, mind you, but enough that you can't take the story too seriously.)
Holy Conspiracy! Check it out!
LibraryThing link
This one's an impulse borrow from the Library. It's an imaginary tale of Batman--I think they're still calling them "Elseworlds" tales. It combines the ideas of a secret society of detectives and a post-Civil War plot of revenge with a Bruce Wayne who has chosen a different road than to become the Batman. Like most "Elseworlds" stories of the Batman, it pays homage to the character's 68-year-old mythology, but this is the first one I've read that evokes a bit of the 1960s television show and laces the tale with puns and in-jokes. (Not as bad as the TV show, mind you, but enough that you can't take the story too seriously.)
Holy Conspiracy! Check it out!
LibraryThing link
Labels: CharlesSchulz, DCComics
// posted by John @ 4:06 PM 
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