A review by dozmuttz
Batman: Prey by Doug Moench, Paul Galancy, Terry Austin

4.0

Continuing the 'Legend of The Dark Knight's' reading we have a story that feels really important for the Batman. 'Batman: Prey' sees Batman in his early years (as all story's from this series do) facing Dr. Hugo Strange. It's a modern take on the character as he was actually introduced very early on in the original 'Detective Comics'. So it's kinda a reintroduction. He helps push a media narrative on the Batman causing more harm than good and even breaks down the psychology of the Batman. Pushing to figure out who he really is. Strange is a scary foe in this story. He's able to challenge Batman on a psychological level and even gets the police to do a manhunt for the Batman. Doug Moench does great with the pacing of the story and makes the plot engaging through and through. Paul Gulacy's artwork is great too, shining especially with his action shots. He has great choreography with his fight sequences and just in general has a good flow to his artwork. Terry Austin on inks also adds greatly to the finished work. AND FINALLY IN THIS SEREIS, WE HAVE GOOD COLOR! And by one of the best at the time, Steve Oliff! The colors in the previous volumes (Batman: Shaman & Batman: Gothic) were terrible in my opinion. This time around it really helped improve the story.