Available to comics shops for the first time! The hunt for the Fabergé egg and the secrets it contains continues across the DC Universe, as Batman escapes Thanagar and Gorilla City, only to land with Green Lantern on Dinosaur Island! Can these heroes stop Vandal Savage before he unlocks the egg's secrets? Originally published in BATMAN GIANT #7 and #8.
Prelude:
Unlike other Bendis books, I have been really enjoying Batman: Universe so far. Now that we're off-world and in the more cosmic side of DC, does Bendis' writing hold up or will his flaws with the cosmic side of DC and Marvel show themselves here too?
The Good:
Loving the odyssey feel from this series, and this issue took it to a whole new level.
Like always but I still need to mention it, Nick Derington is doing amazingly on art.
I'm liking how Bendis is writing his Batman, bit different from the norm but I still like it.
The Bad:
There's some Bendis-speak, but it actually isn't too bad.
Continuity continues to be weird for this series.
Conclusion:
Bendis knows how to write street-level characters and while the story isn't exactly street-level anymore, he still proves himself well in this issue. Some amazing art and the Bendis tropes are less than usual, which I will take happily.
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