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Batman
Broken City: Part One
620/DEC/2003
Publisher: DC Comics
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Pencils: Eduardo Risso
Inks: Eduardo Risso
Colors: Patricia Mulvihill
Letters: Clem Robins
Price: $2.25 US/R23.00 SA
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After the Super-villain filled action adventure plot of Jeph
Loeb and Jim Lee comes the indelible dark
ink blot of a murder mystery by the 100 Bullets team of
Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso.
It’s a miserable, wet and rainy night in Gotham City as Batman
stalks the alleyways for a murderer. A local businessman
with a dubious history has gone missing after his sisters body was
found dead and half-eaten away…
It’s a grim start to what’s sure to be a dark tale of
the Batman mythic. Brian Azzarello [Jonny
Double,100 Bullets, Sgt.Rock]
has brought his definitive style of writing into the world of Batman.
This isn’t going to be a happy tale, it’s not going
to be a barrel of laughs, but if the next five issues are as good
as this one is, then we’re going to be left with one
hell of a great Batman story.
Eduardo Risso [Jonny Double,100
Bullets] is on top form with this issue. He has captured
the dark and seedy streets of Gotham perfectly. Most of the story
takes place in alleyways and on rooftops in the constant steely
rain that defines this city. Azzarello writes a stunning
introduction to Gotham and explains how it’s a place
which God wouldn’t even bother visiting. Risso backs this
premise up with startling imagery of a ‘Broken City’
complete with trash ridden alleyways and the suspect looking two-bit
hoodlums and bums that inhabit them.
I took particular note of Risso’s attention to detail
with the architecture of Gotham City. He has paid attention
to every pipe, drain cover and fire escape ladder on building exteriors
as well as the mighty Gothic architecture of Gotham’s famous
skyline. It’s this kind of background artwork that makes the
story seem like it’s placed in a real city and adds a huge
amount of substance to the work as a whole.
A great start for the new Batman team. I can’t wait for the
next issue, stunning background artwork with a dark and intriguing
story.
Score
9/10
Reviewed By:Iain Duncan
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