Another first issue for Batman Beyond.
One thing that I looooooooove about comics, is Batman Beyond.
I confess that Batman Beyond wasn’t in my best interest when flying onto television and instantly finding myself wrongfully judging this masterpiece of a Gotham Vigilante Hero idea as byproduct of something trying to adapt towards the nineties generation for our beloved misguided kids. Probably it was because of the intro that had me roll my eyes and shake my head in disbelief when Warner Bros introduced Batman Beyond. But finally giving in to all of the animated DC Universe, I was in disbelief on how my first judgment was way off from what I expected. Make no mistake that this McGinnis will never fit into Bruce’s oversize Bat-boots, but seeing how the show and the storylines perfectly shows this, I was simply admiring the series. Make no mistake that this new Batman is far from the original, but as respectful hero, McGinnis does reach a level of being a top-rated hero who’s got a lot more potential to reach Batman’s level.
So seeing how I’m the kind of comic fan who damn near worships this Batman Beyond concept, this first issue of an ongoing series was something extremely hard for me to pass up. Of course I decided to checkout what others had to say, incase I overlooked something. And among other respectful reviewers, I’ve noticed the same thing that some couldn’t quite put their finger on. Of course this issue isn’t perfect, and there is a “small” flaw and a “hiccup”, but I hardly like to complain about annoying hiccups that naturally has no meaning for ruining this issue. However, I do agree with G-Man on his explanation for this issue being less dark and urban than the Batman Beyond or any Batman related media that we obviously grew so attached too. In this very first issue, hardly anything is dark and dreadfully urban. Artwork displays itself as being very cartoonish and the use of lighting is shown throughout the whole issue, basically taking away the night, taking away Batman’s wonderful shadow and stalking tool.
Anyways, I love the artwork, but wrong artwork or lighting for anything related towards Batman.
Storytelling really gained my interest and had me feel like I was watching a missing episode of the Batman Beyond series. I couldn’t get over how it perfectly compared itself towards the animated series and quickly gained my interest. Maybe a little more mature than the show, but perfect for a Batman Beyond storyline. From the very start of this issue, you begin to gain interest with this new character that’s got a personal vendetta against heroes. Wanting some revenge, he managed acquire some powers and gain the attention the Justice League. Seeing how this issue is more focused on a build up towards a serious situation that has no choice but to involve McGinnis. However, I was quite unsure if I liked the ending, I guess it was because of all the surprising cliffhangers and this one just found itself instantly cutting off and moving on towards the repeated and pointless teaser of the comic version of the DC Universe Online game.
Overall, as a Batman Beyond fan and a fan for great storytelling, individually I would recommend any comic fan to grab this issue. If you’re the type who seriously wants to ruin a good comic and find something to hate an issue, you would quickly realize that this being a first issue was meaningless seeing how McGinnis had his first six issues going against a futuristic Hush. Besides that and the fact that this issue has more than enough light for a decent Batman title, there’s still no absolute reason to avoid an issue like this. Even though that this issue isn’t perfect enough for a full five-star-blow-you-out-of-your-seat rating, but enough for me to realize that McGinnis respectfully gains a less of a step below a full five star rating.
I’m that Badguy saying thank you for reading and if you haven’t managed to catch up with this issue, not to miss out.