Thursday, July 17, 2014

Batman and Robin #31 (DC)

writer: Peter J. Tomasi
artist: Doug Mahnke
via Reddit
The penultimate chapter in "The Hunt for Robin" sees Batman come up against Frankenstein for the first time since #19.  As suggested in the above sample from this issue, Frankenstein hasn't forgotten what the grief-stricken Batman did to him previously.

It's a perfect issue.  One of my big regrets from the early New 52 was not reading Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E., which stars the character originally introduced in Grant Morrison's ambitious Seven Soldiers of Victory project and also featured in Flashpoint: Frankenstein & the Creatures of the Unknown.  Hopefully these latest appearances will cause more fans than just me to remember how awesome Frankenstein is.

The artist with Peter Tomasi this time around, rather than regular collaborator Patrick Gleason, is the always excellent Doug Mahnke, who it might need reminding helped create The Mask (I'm continually surprised that no effort has been made to relaunch this character).  

6 comments:

  1. That Frankenstein title was one of what like 30 of the "New 52" that's no longer published? It's really kind of sad, but obviously Frankenstein would have a lot to say on the topic of bringing people back to life.

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    1. They were never going to make lasting successes out of them all, but it was a worthy effort to try. And try and try again. (Just ask Aquaman.)

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  2. I've never seen Batman vs Frankenstein but I love his take on him. Sweet review

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    1. The thing I love best about Mary Shelley's monster is that he's actually quite intelligent, which means the classic Hollywood version is a total inversion of her vision. This comics version is very similar to what he originally was.

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