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| Oct 30, 2022 | » | Batman Vol. 1: Their Dark Designs
6 min; updated Jul 29, 2023
Batman: Vol. 1: Their Dark Designs.
James Tynion IV; Guillem March; Tomeu Morey.
Tynion IV’s Department of Truth is entertaining in its treatment of truth. Coming in with a bit of bias for Tynion IV’s writing. Snapshots[Batman] It happened in the little moments. I’d sketch on the edge of a napkin, or at the corner of a page in an old casebook. A familiar building, but with an unfamiliar number of floors. The city skyline with a few added skyscrapers. There was always some minor detail altered. Alfred called them my little Gothams. He said that they were designs for the city that lived in my head. A better city, without all the pain and horror. A city that didn’t need a Batman. He would say, “What if you didn’t put on that suit tonight? What if you gathered all those sketches and started building something that could last? You have a design for Gotham City, Master Bruce. Isn’t it time the world saw it?” ... |