Batman has spent the early days of his career taking down the criminals and street thugs that plague Gotham City. But now a new threat arises he may not be prepared for as Hugo Strange begins experiments to create something more dangerous than normal villains—something more super.
This was a fun story. It’s a bit spooky, but not much. I enjoyed the classic art style; visually, I feel like it was a perfect match for the story.
Seeing a newish Batman dealing with mobsters and monsters is almost always a treat and this was no exception. In places, this almost feels like a Hugo Strange origin story, which is pretty neat.
Personally, I didn’t expect that (basically) all of key villains would get away.
In a way it kind of is an origin story for Hugo Strange – it’s an adaptation of his first Golden Age stories back in 1940. If you’re curious, Wagner attempted to connect it to the Post-Crisis origin of Hugo Strange, “Prey,” which we actually covered all the way back in the very beginnings of the club!
And there actually is a sequel to this mini-series that does continue a lot of this called “Batman & The Mad Monk,” but sadly it’s not digitalized and therefore not on DCUI.
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