Batman #204

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  Hex

  Jan 02, 2023

  Decided to start on some Bronze Age Batman because I knew of great stories, writers and artists that I would completely miss out on from bypassing them altogether just reading Post-Crisis continuity. This just feels like a Batman TAS episode with Gordon acting a little campier than that iteration. Less cool and collected. He seems a bit high strung here but it's more of a funny foil to what I am used to so it doesn't ruin the book for me. The premise is so ludicrous it's almost hilarious. The "Schemer" sets up these supposedly blind henchmen to post about the city surveilling for a truck loaded with gold bullion. Gordon is preoccupied with one of the blind men as he was shot and wrote on the wall before his last breath that HE was Batman. B atman's dialogue though isn't at that same level that BTAS managed. He's still a bit quippy, definitely a hold over from the '66 influence which is my only real problem with the book. It's not complicated and a bit silly but it's not a bad story in the slightest. Without the near constant expositional narration, this would be a great book even today. With it, it's a product of it's time that can still be enjoyed. more

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