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Book Review: Batman. Dark Nights: Metal. Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jim Lee, Andy Kubert, John Romita Jr.
My Review in a Tweet:
It's so disorienting to read comics sometimes. I could follow the story but I had no idea where it came frome, because I don't even know what other comics I should have read before. Despite that, it was a good story with amazing artwork and really interesting character designs.
My Full Review:
I should clarify from the get-go that a friend lent me this book so I read it mostly out of curiosity. Having to fill in the gaps of the previous issues of this comic can be a difficult task if you have no idea what to read (I went in blindly, fearing spoiling myself) and have no access to the comics.
Despite all those (clearly personal) obstacles, I found the reading quite interesting, at least beacuse of the intrincancies of the plot and the flashy new designs some of the characters were sporting. I knew secondhandly the Batman who Laughs, but I wasn't sure why he was here. I enjoyed his presence nonetheless.
Seeing Baby Darkseid was great, I saw that design before but I didn't know it was from this specific comic:
The other highlight for me was Dream from the Eternals:
A fun comic that I didn't quite understand but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. The artstyle was a delight to me, with more interesting compositions and framings.
7/10.
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