Batwing #19: Should I Buy It?
If you have been reading this series before this issue, then yes! You should definitely pick up this issue, because it ties everything together nicely and gives a nice ending to the story.
The art is nice; Nothing noticeably amazing, but very solid good art. If you read the book you will know what I mean when I say, it feels like there are two stories going on in this book. David's story and then a brief introduction to this new Batwing at the end.
I very much enjoyed David's story. I felt that it was very well done and wrapped up the previous 18 issues nicely. The problem I had, was with the introduction to this new Batwing, and how Batman was portrayed in this issue.
Firstly, when does this fit in. This does not correspond AT ALL with the other book as Batman is very calm and smiling a lot. I don't like how they introduced this new Batwing. Without revealing too much, it doesn't seem like something Batman would do and it feels like they dumbed him down. I was also expecting this new character to fit in with David but in a way, it's good that he didn't. I just seemed... off how they suddenly bring in a new character.
Should you buy it? I think you definitely should if you've been reading the book before hand. If you picked this up to try something new, I think the next issue is the place to start as we didn't get much insight to this new Batwing. And I did enjoy the issue so I think it's worth a read.
