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STORY: Scott Snyder
PENCILS: Greg Capullo
INKS: Jonathan Glapion
COLORS: FCO Plascencia
LETTERS: Tom Napolitano
EDITOR: Mark Doyle
COVER: Greg Capullo with FCO Plascencia
VARIANT COVER: Jock
56pp, Color, $5.99 U.S. (September 2019)
Mature Readers
Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Parts (Five) “Who's There?,” (Six) “The Miracle,” (Seven) “Paradise”
Batman: Last Knight on Earth is a three-issue comic book miniseries written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Greg Capullo (pencils) and Jonathan Glapion (inks). Colorist FCO Plascencia and letterer Tom Napolitano complete the creative team.
Batman: Last Knight on Earth is the second release in DC Comics' new prestige and event publication imprint, “DC Black Label.” The series follows Batman as he travels a ruined Earth, with the bottled, still-alive head of The Joker in tow, trying to find the mysterious power that devastated the world.
Batman: Last Knight on Earth #2 opens as Batman awakens from a nightmare featuring Joe Chill, the man who killed Bruce Wayne's parents. During Batman and Joker's continued travel, they encounter what is left of the Flash, the Unknown Soldier, and the Swamp Thing. They also encounter the strange union of the Scarecrow and Bane, and more. Then, it's off to “The Plains of Solitude” where Batman meets two old friends.
However, things are not what they seem when that reunion with old friends also comes with the appearance of a familiar super-villain, who may be the cause of the devastation of the Earth. Finally, “Omega” the master of this scorched Earth, steps forward, and Batman learns that this monster has an uncomfortable connection to him.
Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo are the most popular Batman writer-artist pairing of this still young twenty-first century, and they are also among the most prolific of the last 50 years. Snyder has portrayed Bruce Wayne as young and sleek with a humanitarian bent. Snyder's Batman seems like a continuation of the Batman/Bruce Wayne that Frank Miller and artist David Mazzuchelli introduced to readers in the Batman: Year One story arc (originally published in the comic book, Batman, issues #404-407). In artist Greg Capullo's Batman, science fiction and technology sit side by side with dark conspiracy and horror. Capullo's clean-line style makes Batman and his world seem fresh, thanks to the contributions of inker Jonathan Glapion.
So is Batman: Last Knight on Earth Snyder and Capullo's Batman swan song? If it is, this miniseries will only make readers want more. Hugely imaginative and possessing high tension, Last Knight on Earth presents shocking twists and heart-breaking turns that don't seem contrived. Snyder makes Batman so human and so vulnerable, and Capullo's sharp illustrations present eye-catching hellish landscapes designed to break us down as Batman's journey heightens his sense of guilt
FCO Plascencia continues to offer colors that recall the late Moebius' color art; the colors are pretty, but they smack that apocalyptic ass. Tom Napolitano letters the end of the world, but saves some clever fonts in order to make the Joker's silliness seem genuinely funny.
Batman: Last Knight on Earth #2 is a fine middle issue, and teases an excellent final issue. If you are only reading one Batman comic book, then, this is the one to read.
8 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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