Batman One Dark Knight

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Also, Gordon tries to dissuade Vasquez from doing the operation on this particular night because the city is all hot and bothered right now - yes, that’s the actual reason he gives! stars earned for the incredible art alone, but there’s just not much more to give this one credit for. It’s also nice to see Batman focused on *protecting* a prisoner instead of just “making sure he’s contained/punished. The book finishes with a varient cover gallery, the thumbnail panel from the book and character sketches.

The art is all blown up in the magazine-sized format, and the eventual hardcover will be well-worth any Jock fans' time. The transport van is hit with an RPG before Batman can get to it and EMP goes off and blacks out all of Gotham City.

was transferred from a temporary holding cell to his permanent home at Blackgate Prison in Gotham Harbor. Vasquez’s reaction to the situation and Batman’s role in it are natural and logical writing choices, but it’s a twist that I did not necessarily see coming.

Its not the greatest Batman story and sure has flaws like it could have used more fight scenes of Batman vs other gangs but it does its work in 3 issues and I love the art here, Jock is a master at that and he makes you feel for the character of EMP and also has some great art pages here and I think thats the main draw of this story.The book’s ending itself is satisfying in the way that it deals with the main villain, Vasquez, the prison warden, but I also feel that it’s somewhat rushed. It takes the whole first issue for that set-up of the blackout to happen, so initially you are reading a Batman story you have seen many times, which is our hero escorting a villain (albeit a new creation for this book) with help from the police, at least from Commissioner Gordon. in time to save him, than seeing Batman get beaten into the ground, only to get back up and hit back twice as hard. I also found Jock’s art to be lacking in some spots, his voice for Batman to be all over the place, and both the story itself and the subplots that run throughout it to feel extremely shallow and underbaked. Jock’s gritty Gotham is certainly appealing, but among a glut of continuity and non-continuity Bat-books, I’m not sure this one necessarily rises above the pile.

Starting at the end, what we come to find after Batman’s long trek across Gotham carrying the rogue villain EMP is that much of this was a setup.There is only one Batman villain from his rouge galley of villains, I will not say who because it was a fun surprise in the novel, but most villains are street-level gang members. There is a subplot with city politics but the motivations there are a little weak and some details are left out which would have helped explain things. What surprised me was how the writing was really well done Jock is proving to be a good storyteller. The artwork is absolutely beautiful, setting the whole story over a period of just one night, with extra moodiness thanks to the main villain being EMP, cleverly creating the darkest possible setting for what is a very tough night for batman. The Joker brutally beating Amanda Waller with shades of Killing Joke in Suicide Squad: Get Joker is one instance, which surely would have raised some (more?

I'm much more into story than art, but I will recommend this book, while it could have been better I still ended up liking it. Jock’s art is never slick and polished, but rougher and messier than conventional standards, which always work when it comes to darker stories and certainly when it comes to the streets of Gotham, there is a constant grittiness to that world, with an over-emphasis of shadows given the context of the story. In this story, Batman has to take a dangerous criminal that every gang is out to get through the streets in a blackout. Pressler, aka EMP, (woah - his initials are the same as electro-magnetic pulse, which also happens to be his power set! Batman: One Dark Knight collects issues 1-3 of the DC Comics Black Label series written, drawn, and colored by Jock.So yeah its a good one-time read with wonderful art and a good action-heavy and heartfelt Batman story! I love both the first and second issue of this story, and have praised them for their glorious visuals and sharp writing while giving them high scores.