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Review: Batman - The Brave and the Bold #7
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #7
Writer: J. Torres
Artist: J. Bone
Publisher: DC Comics. $2.50 USD
I was in a comic shop yesterday for the first time in a couple years. In that time I've been strictly mail order, no floppies, but I had been curious about Wednesday Comics, so I stopped off at a not-exactly-local shop, but at least it was on my way home. Since I was there, I picked this one up for my kids, as they like the Cartoon Network show (interestingly there is no Cartoon Network logo on the cover), and hell, there are very few superhero comics I consider safe enough for kids 6 and 9.
We're half a year into the series, and I'm not sure if the Torres/Bone team is regular or if they rotate them among other creators, but it doesn't really matter. These are done-in-one stories, and like the show, they team a good-humored, often smiling Batman up with other heroes from the DC Universe, preferably ones the cartoon hasn't gotten to, one would think. This time out it's the Doom Patrol, although it's an incarnation with Beast Boy in it, who would later become Changeling in the Teen Titans. I'll have to explain that to the kids, familiar as they are with the Teen Titans cartoon. Anyway, after the usual quick, pre-credits adventure with Batman and The Olympian defeating Circe (as per the format of the show), we get into a tame mystery where Beast Boy needs Batman's help rescuing the rest of the DP--Elasti-Girl, Negative Man and Robotman. Beast Boy gets the most coverage in this issue, and he's pretty much as depicted in the Titans cartoon, visually and characteristically--prankish, juvenile but clever and brave. As Batman rescues the others, he begins to doubt the villain is their regular foe General Immortus, and it turns out he's right, as another DC second-stringer (also featured in the Titans cartoon) is shoehorned in without a whole lot of consideration of whether this is really his kind of caper. It's also a little disappointing how little space is given to the rest of the Doom Patrol and their powers and personalities. It's inoffensive, and Bone's art is fun, but Torres constructs the story with the energy and ingenuity of putting together a turkey sandwich. All the ingredients are there on the table, and yeah, it's a sandwich and it tastes fine, but there isn't much creation or artistry going on. Chomp, chomp.
Writer: J. Torres
Artist: J. Bone
Publisher: DC Comics. $2.50 USD
I was in a comic shop yesterday for the first time in a couple years. In that time I've been strictly mail order, no floppies, but I had been curious about Wednesday Comics, so I stopped off at a not-exactly-local shop, but at least it was on my way home. Since I was there, I picked this one up for my kids, as they like the Cartoon Network show (interestingly there is no Cartoon Network logo on the cover), and hell, there are very few superhero comics I consider safe enough for kids 6 and 9.
We're half a year into the series, and I'm not sure if the Torres/Bone team is regular or if they rotate them among other creators, but it doesn't really matter. These are done-in-one stories, and like the show, they team a good-humored, often smiling Batman up with other heroes from the DC Universe, preferably ones the cartoon hasn't gotten to, one would think. This time out it's the Doom Patrol, although it's an incarnation with Beast Boy in it, who would later become Changeling in the Teen Titans. I'll have to explain that to the kids, familiar as they are with the Teen Titans cartoon. Anyway, after the usual quick, pre-credits adventure with Batman and The Olympian defeating Circe (as per the format of the show), we get into a tame mystery where Beast Boy needs Batman's help rescuing the rest of the DP--Elasti-Girl, Negative Man and Robotman. Beast Boy gets the most coverage in this issue, and he's pretty much as depicted in the Titans cartoon, visually and characteristically--prankish, juvenile but clever and brave. As Batman rescues the others, he begins to doubt the villain is their regular foe General Immortus, and it turns out he's right, as another DC second-stringer (also featured in the Titans cartoon) is shoehorned in without a whole lot of consideration of whether this is really his kind of caper. It's also a little disappointing how little space is given to the rest of the Doom Patrol and their powers and personalities. It's inoffensive, and Bone's art is fun, but Torres constructs the story with the energy and ingenuity of putting together a turkey sandwich. All the ingredients are there on the table, and yeah, it's a sandwich and it tastes fine, but there isn't much creation or artistry going on. Chomp, chomp.
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