Meet Olive Silverlock and "Maps" Mizoguchi who have just began their first year in this place where they're about to encounter new personalities and challenges, some of them even more dangerous than what they can imagine.
The first issue from this highly anticipated series, I suppose I don't need to explain how incredibly hyped this book was. Both the media and the audience have been overwhelmingly positive about its introduction and is understandable considering how this book not only represents a huge change of style for the Bat-line but also for the whole DC family of books. So does it delivers in its promise?
I would say that so far is a quite satisfactory read.
The creative team of Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher manage to create a pretty good introduction for the whole cast and I'm not only talking about our two protagonists but also for the rest of the characters.
Let's focus on our heroines first though. Both Olive and Maps are presented nicely and their personalities automatically shine, especiallly in Maps' case since she's a pretty adorable little girl. In Olive's case is pretty obvious that the writers are going to develope her over the course of the series and explore her background but her's motivations are still quite clear in this opening chapter.
As I said, the rest of the cast is also well-introduced. The headmaster "Hammerhead" has a great impact, the rest of the kids from this school also represent an interesting contrast for our main characters (not to mention that they're actually portrayed like real kids) and of course, Batman's presence is always here.
About the worldbuilding, it has been teased that this title is going to be influenced by other teen's stories like Harry Potter and it's pretty obvious based on how the history of Gotham Academy is being delivered as well as how they're different aspects are being explored. There's a supernatural theme here and one that seems pretty compelling so far.
However, I would say that this wouldn't have been possible without the magnificent artwork of Karl Kerschl. The story is a pretty solid one, but the pencils provide most of the distinctiveness and personality that makes this installment so outstanding, the characters look quite unique while the buildings and evironments are both beautiful and complex. There's a huge amount of creativity going on here
Overall, a quite satisfactory first issue and I'm glad to be on board.
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