"This is What Closeness Will Bring You"
What looks to be Tony Daniels final issue of Detective Comics at least for the foreseeable future it is nice to see him where he is best at and that is doing art for the Capped Crusader with Gregg Hurwitz writing this origin story.
This issue we see Bruce travel all the way to the Himalayas to learn at the hands of Shihan Matsuda. Whilst there he starts having feelings for a girl from the market called Mio which Matsuda doesn't like saying that to carry love is too carry weakness. he also tells him that the death of his parent is the best possible thing that could have happened to him as it has freed him from the constructs of morality. Matsuda-Sama, Matsuda's wife tells Bruce that it is good to have emotion and that he doesn't want too be like Matsuda and that he should have someone special in his life. After this Bruce is upset about the argument he and Mioo had earlier and goes to say sorry.
We also have a back story with Alfred who is looking after the mansion whilst Bruce is scouring the globe getting intimidated by a Mr. Shaw to sign the mansion away to Mr. Kane family of Bruce's dead mother Martha. After he gets rid of Shaw he is surprised to see a returning Bruce who starts too tell him all he's been up too and what he's got planned.
This was a really nice issue and I liked how they didn't go with the origin story we all already know but did a similar one that still shows loss in Bruce's life. I liked how Daniels was back on art which was amazing. This has also got to be one of the few DC issues that has a back story that I have liked both the main and back story.
Final verdict. This is a great origin story and I would highly recommend it too you. I know Detective Comics has ad it's ups and (mainly) downs over the last year but this is truly an amazing story. I will be curious to see how the new creative team of John Layman and Jason Fabok tackle this series.
Rating: 4/5
