Batman: Tenses #2

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  Hex

  May 27, 2023

  I was really, REALLY hoping that this was going to be better than it was but I was really disappointed. The art is still great but still has that yellow hue to everything that it's hard to ignore. The conversation between Ted and Bruce would be more interesting if it made a little more sense. I get that he's supposed to be "seeing higher" than everyone else because of his visions but he's clearly broken his sanity and it's less a deep dive into higher thought and more just crazy rambling that I think Casey thought sounded good or intellectual. The biggest cliff dive for this was Bruce's personality. He's just a cold bastard to everyone. To Ted, to the reporter/anchor guy (it's honestly hard to nail down, the dude seems like an investigative reporter but he's an anchor on the news and those two jobs don't usually cross like that) whose fingers he almost breaks even though he seems to actually be trying to help heal Bruce, and the mass layoffs he's imposing in the Wayne company and the businesses tied to it. There is no master plan or reason other than he knew there was a recession coming. It's really cold and not what you want to see Bruce Wayne do. It's heartless and he's supposed to be almost a bleeding heart for the citizens of Gotham even with his overly broody demeanor during Year One. Ted's journey is also heartbreaking because he tells Batman he can either go after him and Ted will continue as he is, killing or let Ted go and he will just lie down and die. Batman just leaves and Ted dies sitting against a tree with no one to help or mourn him. It's just a very jaded Bruce/Batman story. more

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