How can Batman go on with his mission?
Bruce has suffered the loss of his fortune and Catwoman and he's bound to lose even more once that the Penguin starts murdering billionaires around Gotham City for some strange reason.
A brand new era for Batman has begun... and yes, this sentence has been repeated for way too long lately, especially because Joshua Williamson's run lasted for very little and mostly seemed like a set-up for the current Dark Crisis event and other stories around the DCU. The good news however, is that the one handling this new era is Chip Zdarsky who has shown great expertise at writing the universe during his origin story Batman: The Knight which admitedly is not really groundbreaking but the craft is impeccable without a doubt and such execution is clear in this opening chapter as well.
The story focuses on Bruce reflecting on all the things that have happened during the last few years, including him breaking with Catwoman and losing his fortune, and it seems like Zdarsky realizes that those two things were awful mistakes (Not surprising since they happened during Tom King and James Tynion IV's awful runs) so he addresses them immediately and, although the first few pages concerning Selina might bother some people, is apparent that the writer is definitely going to develop those plot-points much further.
There's a main mystery going on though, one that funnily enough gets quickly resolved towards the end and mostly serves as yet another set-up for what's coming next. Once again, Zdarsky is not blowing any minds here but the I just love the way how he handles everything, the dialogue, the dynamic between Bruce and Tim, the theme around "the mission", how plot scalates powerfully towards the end and even though I don't dig what seemingly happens to the Penguin, I really love the twist and the voice that the writer gives him ("Mercury poisoning" heh). Writing is just top-notch.
Jorge Jimenez handles the art and as usual, he's amazing in pretty much everything he does offering a lot of energy in each scene along with precise storytelling.
There's also a second feature about Catwoman written by Zdarsky himself which follows her personality appropriately, brings new characters to her universe and even connects to the main story in an interesting manner. Belen Ortega's artwork is beautiful and detailed too.
Promising beginning overall, let's see how it continues.
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