"Momma, I just killed a Man..."
The story goes in this issue that it continues the Red Herring banter if "Holiday" is a Man or Woman with Batman talking to Julian Day. From there the Scarecrow escapes and it really messes with Bruce's head. As Bruce prepares for Mother's Day in his own special way, the plot advances with the Gunsmith being visited by a special guest. The Gunsmith is the one who was making the special .22 for Holiday. The issue ends with Bruce Wayne being interrupted by the police while he was trying to do his Mother's Day ritual.
Tim Sale really drives this story with his art, a lot of this noir tale relies on the silent visual narration of the artist and Tim Sale continues to produce. The fallback to a lot of silent narration is that the comic can read pretty quickly and in this case it does, I am glad most people will read this comic as part of a full picture in trade format, in monthly it might of felt like a lot of money for such a quick installment.
This is not a comic I would give Mom for Mother's Day, stick to the flowers or Candy or something expensive.
Cheers!/"Happy Mother's Day"
- Silkcuts