Tim Fox has a long journey ahead of him before becoming the next Batman, and it begins here as a familiar face comes calling to bring the second Fox son home to Gotham. Read Full Review

The Next Batman: Second Son #1 is an intriguing series as it looks to have some major implications for the print comics of Batman. It's a digital series that's going to be a "major player" and one to keep one's eye on. Luckily, it'll eventually make it's way to print but this is one you won't want spoiled for you. Read Full Review

The Next Batman: Second Son does an excellent job at beginning to answer a lot of questions opened in the four issues of Future State: The Next Batman, while still providing more to keep the reader interested. Looking forward to the continuing chapters of the saga. Read Full Review

I liked the Next Batman, and I'm liking this so far. These digital chapters are sometimes very hard to rate. Not much can happen in half an issue. But this was an enjoyable half, honestly.

" OHHH €$#%"
- TIM FOX

Decent, even if not much has happened, though since it's a digital-first story, we're only getting half of the issue, hence why I'm not too fussed.

What could have been a decent start for the series turned out to look and feel like a typical cliche infiltration segment in a blockbuster movie, featuring several super popular tropes like hiding in a side corridor while guards run through the main one looking only ahead. Digital first comics more often than not have rather cheap feeling to them, and Second Son is not an exception from the rule, sadly. While DC tried to market The Next Batman as a premium comic, they apparently forgot to give this one the same treatment, resulting in a very "meh" work that doesn't give me much confidence in them strengthening the brand of The Next Batman, establishing it as a quality, premium elseworld line. Like what DC managed to accomplish with Batman White Knight or DCEASED.

I'm very underwhelmed with this one, and honestly, I think I'd skip it for now and wait for a full trade paperback version of it. more

Tim or Jace or whatever this character is called is a random guy stealing information although it is still not clear what kind of person he is, but he expresses himself as someone ambitious who works for money, is some Meh, would say up to this point it doesn't catch me, the directing him as the next Batman still doesn't deserve that title. Rather he would seem more like an ally of someone like Poison Ivy, Catwoman, a street guy, something similar, not even as a partner to Deathstroke, because Deathstroke is cool and interesting.

Taking this number out of FS I would say that the story is nothing interesting very comun, maybe the next numbers will raise or not. Good Art but that all.

Second Son #1 "Light on Batman."

OK so the "origin" (aka previous life) of Tim Fox is that he does spy work to try to stop an international cartel in human trafficking in Vietnam. This is a real global problem. And a lot of people around the world, in every line of work, are actively working against it.

But it actually addresses nothing about Tim Fox's origin as Batman. Again. $32 later. OK, so when does John Ridley want to write about this? Because that is why people bought the "comic." I can tell you for free real and actual stories about people fighting human trafficking, and the need for all of us to work together on this. I don't want your money. If you want to give money, I will tell you to donate it to someone actually making a real difference.

But AT&T/Warner (who actually could afford to really donate) and John Ridley figures you have infinite $$ to throw his way, without actually writing any type of heroic journey for Tim Fox or his rationale to be Batman. Good luck with that, Mr. Ridley. As for me, I am checking out. $32 on Future State: The Next Batman (alone) and now more cash every week to tell us absolutely nothing, is really just not Batman writing. John Ridley wants to write what he wants to write. Just not about Batman. OK.

My favorite part of this was not the comic, but a review on CBR by Sam Stone, where he wrote "while this opening issue is light on Batman". Pretty funny, Sam. Batman is not part of this paper thin "comic" story at all. Oh excuse me, it is in the title on the "cover."

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