This is a terrible issue which contains nothing but stupid, nonsensical fights and a conclusion of a villain's dumb plan from previous issues. Avoid iThis is a terrible issue which contains nothing but stupid, nonsensical fights and a conclusion of a villain's dumb plan from previous issues. Avoid it....more
**spoiler alert** Wait... if Bruce Wayne is Green Lantern, why is the comic called Batman? Anyway, lets read this. Oh, it is actually amazing. Element**spoiler alert** Wait... if Bruce Wayne is Green Lantern, why is the comic called Batman? Anyway, lets read this. Oh, it is actually amazing. Elements of Batman's character are beautifully folded into this new origin story. Bruce Wayne still feels like the same character but it works with him being a different superhero none the less and when there is a contrast it is explored wonderfully with differences between this continuity and standard Batman being explored in a way that makes sense so for instance Bruce isn't good at following orders as a member of a police force, Gordon doesn't trust him, origins of the Joker are prevented by Bruce being more in control and with wonderful call backs to The Killing Joke, Sinestro is defeated in a different way which is cool to see... The way the ring works makes no sense, but OK, that's something I would complain about Green Lantern in general. OK, lets see what is happening now. Bruce asked who killed the Waynes? Well that's dumb, it makes his identity pretty suspect. But OK, lets see how this develops. Sinestro found Joe Chill? What's his goal? Him absorbing his mind, whatever the point of that is, makes him laugh maniacally. I guess that's a cool call back to the 1989 Batman movie where the killer of Waynes becomes the Joker. Kind of weird since I thought we weren't doing the Joker. Wait... why is Sinestro in a clown-like suit? There's no explanation. Why does he have a split personality? That's neither Sinestro's nor Joker's thing. Wait... Why is he creating combinations of Batman and Green Lantern villains? They are just shoehorned in, it doesn't work at all. Wait... the Guardians have a problem with two rogue lanterns and their solution is to create more Green Lanterns to stop them instead of using established ones? And why are they choosing already superpowered individuals? And why do they have crappy combinations of their old costumes and Green Lantern uniforms? Batman at least works because it's just a cape. And the other superheroes side with Bruce and basically form the Justice League. OK, I guess it's not out of character if they have no character. And then Bruce flies to space having defeated Sinestro and leaving Earth to the Justice League. And the Guardians say everything is going according to plan. Like... how? And... that's the story. Half of it amazing setup and half of it is absolute nonsense. tl;dr: The first half is a five star book and then it quickly becomes dumb and a one star book. It is bizarre....more
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