A review by samhain
Batman (2016-) #100 by Tomeu Morey, Carlo Pagulayan, Jorge Jimenez, James Tynion IV, Guillem March, Danny Miki
medium-paced
2.5
Again with the reaping off of other stories 😬 The bombs, the Joker's getting laughed at just before he dies, Alfred's death being weaponized... I mean, it's well-done, but it's still way too close to plagiarism for comfort. Not to mention, there's no real pay off. Bruce knew the Joker would deactivate the bomb, he's made zero choice. The only difference might be how Joker himself sees this. He might start thinking his one true love/nemesis chose Harley over him, and he might resent Harley for this. But, honestly, even if this happens, it doesn't change much from where they all were before this arc.
Even Clownhunter is just Bruce gone wrong. Which we've done already, storywise. I thought he was a promising character, but they handled this quite poorly.
As for Punchline, she wasn't great from the start and it all went downhill ever since.
Some issues in this arc proved that Tynion could come up with cool ideas of his own. Apparently, he doesn't know what to do with them afterwards, but there's some promise there. And he writes a great Harley. I still have some hope for the future storylines.
This one, though? Much ado about nothing.Â
Even Clownhunter is just Bruce gone wrong. Which we've done already, storywise. I thought he was a promising character, but they handled this quite poorly.
As for Punchline, she wasn't great from the start and it all went downhill ever since.
Some issues in this arc proved that Tynion could come up with cool ideas of his own. Apparently, he doesn't know what to do with them afterwards, but there's some promise there. And he writes a great Harley. I still have some hope for the future storylines.
This one, though? Much ado about nothing.Â