What to say, what to say? The art is good. Tynion definately is taking the book in a new direction, but is it really a new direction? We see Bruce at Bats being ever so dedicated to fighting crime that he neglects his guests at a Wayne Enterprise event. That's not new.

We see him fighting an unnamed evil organization with a secret goal. That's not new. We see Selina acting at "Mrs." Wayne at said event and still looking at shiny objects with lust. Could be interesting. She loves Bruce and wants to help Gotham, but she's still, at heart, a thief. Has potential if done right, but it's a tricky road to walk.

Some point I bring up that could be exploited, but the writer will probably miss. The mayor says that thanks to Bruce's efforts Gotham is a boom town again, growing faster than any other American city and how did Bruce push his agenda to build a new campus through the city government so quickly?

We don't know and that's a good question. Is Bruce actually being as corrupt as the people he fights pushing his agenda? Did he bribe people, make promises that are "iffy"? We don't know and I hope Tynion explores this idea - that in the end Bruce is as corrupt in his own way as others. Democracy must be run democratically and not by an oligarch.

Bruce calls Lucius Alfred by mistake, so that shows he misses Alfred. So do I. He'll be back, but I do believe having a black CEO of a billion dollar company act as the servant of a rich white man is just bad optics. Also, running a billion dollar company is time consuming. Lucius has better things to do.

But the art was really good. I liked Selina's slightly off-modal haircut. There's a lot of potential here to be good and be bad and just hit notes that have been hit in other stories. Hence the rating of 5. I will wait and see.

Or I could be wrong. more