Feel bad for those who can´t enjoy solo ongoings of their favorite characters

If you like hard hitting action, neon lit gritty futurescapes, inner monologs with clear motivations, and gorgeous artwork to give life to it all, then there's very little not to like about this first issue.

Batman is dead. Missing for years. The uniforms tasked with keeping the peace have become a hunting party out for vigilantes. Gotham remains as crime ridden as ever. So Jace Fox uses his tech, his skills and his motorcycle to take the fight to the streets.

Like I said the art is flawless. Olivier Coipel is one of the best working right now and personally one of my favorites and hes in top form here. His understanding of what details to include and what to forgo and leave to the imagination is unmatched. Hos figures and faces are expressive and not as polished as others. The colors done by Sinclair compliment his art beautifully, giving the lineart and the city it depicts life. If you ever grew up in an urban setting, where the buildings are lit orange by the streetlights at night, you can really appreciate how good it is.

He also handles the action exceptionally well, with a mix of great motion and strong money shots. The story it compliments is also rock solid, very simple and to the point but a great depiction of a vigilante getting his start and having one of his first nights out. The stinger at the end is interesting but not as good as the story that precedes it.

Overall, there's little not to like about the book from a standpoint of actual storytelling. If you have an issue with this particular character taking over the mantle, I suggest you check out his origins before this, and if have the issue because you think "only Bruce Wayne can be Batman", well, Dick Grayson, Jean-Paul Valley, Terry McGinnis, and Jim Gordon would like a word. Give it a chance. Hes not the first and won't be the last.

One flaw I'll give is that there's a lot of characterization for the protagonist that was done in other books so it may make it a bit harder to get with in this issue. This issue does a good job of filling in those blanks but its still to be noted.

As an issue though? This is a great first. I really hope Coipel can get on board for more issues. His art is worth price of admission alone. more

Really intriguing story, fantastic hook at the end. All of the Sorrentino art was stimulating as usual, but I was particularly fond of the Pink Floyd homage. Excited to see what the dream team of Lemire, Sorrentino and Stewart has in store for us the rest of the way.

lol Red Hood fans actually want that pedo-bait writer Scott Lobdell back?

LMAO the bootlicker is ass-blasted

LOL bootlickers are so mad

Imagine taking 80 issues to retcon a single story no one considered canon anyway.

I could really feel like how the Bat and Cat's relationship is enough to provide insight to Helena. It's dysfunctional as it can get, almost dependent, but it's authentic on how real their relationship is. It's what allows Bruce to pull off such crazy acts to hide in plain sight; probably not the most realistic, but that's besides the point. Just makes me wonder where this is going to go.

This book is as aggressively mediocre as it gets.

edgelord nonsense, corporately manufactured for the lowest common denominator

lol the anti-vaxxer is triggered

If Geoff Johns wanted to write shitty Fallout fanfiction, he should have just signed up for AO3 instead.

Comic written for the lowest common denominator.