Batman Confidential #29
Batman Confidential #29 by Andrew Kreisberg and Scott McDaniel is a spirited story introducing a former good cop who goes to Arkham, meets the Joker, then becomes a bad cop and starts killing other cops at the Gotham City Police Department. This is at least a two-part story so there is no definitive ending, but with this type of scripting, I’d like to actually finish it up. What I like about reading this issue is it flowed like the older Batman animated series cartoons, plenty of mystery and adventure to keep the pages turning. The only thing I didn’t enjoy so much in the story was McDaniel’s artwork. If DC were indeed trying for that animated feel, then it works, if not, well they missed their mark by pairing this duo together. McDaniel’s pencils are skilled, don’t get me wrong, but the style and feature exaggerations, in my opinion do not belong in a Batman book, and never have. Personally I feel Batman should be drawn as Neal Adams did wonderfully in his hayday. Batman should be bold, crisp, dark, and above all else–detailed. On a whole the issue was a good outing for the Batman pile. I’d have to give this one a solid seven out of ten for effort more than anything. For more reviews see http://www.comicbookjournal.net/category/reviews/
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