A review by dozmuttz
Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope
2.0
Uhhhhhh okay. 2.5-
So this was a pretty interesting read, however it wasn't what I thought it would be. In "Batman: Year 100" we get a look into the year 2039. 100 years after the first sighting of the original caped crusader. In this future the Batman is still roaming the streets, only this time around we don't know who's donning the cowl. We can presume its not the original Bruce Wayne as this story follows real life continuity, so Bruce Wayne would be 130 years old. And this Batman is still young and kicking ass. The overall story is cool but in only 4 issues, this story felt uninteresting and lost some momentum in the 2nd and 3rd issues. Paul Pope does both the writing and artwork and I for sure think that the artwork is the strong suit of the book, mainly when he actually has some action scenes and not just a bunch of people talking in a room or just two people having a conversation. The ending was also kind of annoying as we never really find out what's happening with this Batman of the future. A lot of questions are left unanswered and not in a way where its ambiguous, just kinda bland and annoying. Lot of potential in this story but fell short in my opinion.
So this was a pretty interesting read, however it wasn't what I thought it would be. In "Batman: Year 100" we get a look into the year 2039. 100 years after the first sighting of the original caped crusader. In this future the Batman is still roaming the streets, only this time around we don't know who's donning the cowl. We can presume its not the original Bruce Wayne as this story follows real life continuity, so Bruce Wayne would be 130 years old. And this Batman is still young and kicking ass. The overall story is cool but in only 4 issues, this story felt uninteresting and lost some momentum in the 2nd and 3rd issues. Paul Pope does both the writing and artwork and I for sure think that the artwork is the strong suit of the book, mainly when he actually has some action scenes and not just a bunch of people talking in a room or just two people having a conversation. The ending was also kind of annoying as we never really find out what's happening with this Batman of the future. A lot of questions are left unanswered and not in a way where its ambiguous, just kinda bland and annoying. Lot of potential in this story but fell short in my opinion.