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The "Knightmares" continue as Batman chases a new foe in an impossible race. Over rooftops, across alleyways, up and down the streets of Gotham City, this lightning-fast crook outsmarts the Dark Knight at every turn. Is that because the man under the mask is someone more familiar than he knows? Artist Lee Weeks returns to BATMAN for an all-out action issue unlike any you've seen before.
I’ve been reading comics for over 30 years now and Lee Weeks has been one of my favorite artists dating back to his 90’s work on Daredevil. Seeing him on Batman was something I didn’t expect to see and was one of the highlights of my week as sad as that might sound. Weeks is credited as co-artist with Jorge Fornes. The two work extremely well together and it's hard to tell where one artist starts and the other begins.
With that out of the way, Batman #67 continues the Nightmares story arc. Batman has been trapped in a series of dreams that have been presented as One-Shots. Of all of the issues in this arc, this one is the most interesting. This is primarily due to Tom King getting out of the way and letting Weeks conduct a lesson in visual storytelling.
The story follows Batman as he chases a masked criminal from the top of the Gotham skyline to the very depths of the cities sewers. The comic is presented as an episode of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. With both characters getting the upper hand as the issue progresses.
The story is primarily presented as a silent issue with sight gags all over the book. There’s a lot of energy in the art direction and the story is very easy to follow even with the lack of dialogue. There are also a few visual queues that hint at the dreamlike nature of the issue.
There isn’t much else to say here. The random nature of these issues prevents any heavy discussion of themes or ideas and I fully expect some sort of twist when the storyline eventually wraps up to tie it all together.
The downside of these issues being presented as one-shots is that if you’re a new reader or randomly picking up Batman to see what’s going on the story may be baffling. However, I do believe that if you’re willing to take the issue at face value it's a great read and I’d recommend it to fans of the Dark Knight or Comics in general. Lee and Jorge do a great job of translating King’s script sans the lame dialogue.
In Short. If you’ve been waiting for Tom Kings Batman/Roadrunner Crossover this is the issue for you.
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