A review by luana420
Batman: Prey by Doug Moench, Paul Galancy, Terry Austin
4.0
Prey is a solid take on the appearance of Hugo Strange onto the Gotham scene, utilizing a Year One aesthetic and themes wherein the good doctor takes advantage of police ambiguity toward the Batman.
This collection also adds "Terror", a Moench-penned sequel to Prey from about a decade later. Definitely a weaker work, with the mid-story upgrade Scarecrow receives never quite working as his original beef with Batman happens in flashbacks (to an earlier story? or a flashback to a vague "first encounter" as the Legends of the Dark Knight series has no more continuity than "in Batman's early days"??? man, comics), whereas Strange and Max Cort's mounting lunacy in the original all stemmed from in-book conflict.
Terry Autin also seems to be a far stronger inker than Palmiotti (to my taste at least) cuz oh boy Gulacy's art suffers in the second arc, going from "amazing" to "alright". Digital coloring maybe to blame as well?
This collection also adds "Terror", a Moench-penned sequel to Prey from about a decade later. Definitely a weaker work, with the mid-story upgrade Scarecrow receives never quite working as his original beef with Batman happens in flashbacks (to an earlier story? or a flashback to a vague "first encounter" as the Legends of the Dark Knight series has no more continuity than "in Batman's early days"??? man, comics), whereas Strange and Max Cort's mounting lunacy in the original all stemmed from in-book conflict.
Terry Autin also seems to be a far stronger inker than Palmiotti (to my taste at least) cuz oh boy Gulacy's art suffers in the second arc, going from "amazing" to "alright". Digital coloring maybe to blame as well?