What a wonderful way to spend your Forever Evil time than, to tell a beautiful origin story? While most other series, whose central character is busy in Forever Evil, tell inconsequential, continuity-muddled tales, Scott Snyder decided to go with an epic retelling of Batman's origin. Not necessarily the childhood tale, but his first trials and tribulations as the Batman. We are now bodies deep into this origin, at the tail end of what seems like the second act (of three acts).
It is a shame that Greg Capullo took so long to take the reigns of a major title like Batman and put his talents on display. Greg is so talented and that talent doesn't come with months-long waits between issues either. That is TRUE talent. Any artist can take forever and deliver something great on their own time, it is a true artist who can deliver what Greg delivers on a mostly monthly basis.
Snyder has a wonderful grasp of characterization and I am really enjoying the dynamic between early Gordon and Batman, seemingly the only shining lights in a city enveloped in darkness. Needless to say, because this is a three-act play, this act ends in disaster and it will be exciting to see what the Batman crew has in story for us in the third, and final, act of this magnum opus.
Rating: A
