I really love that Bullock was the incorruptible cop when this started out!

But he’s getting there.Īnd he’s a hell of a lot better at it than he was in the first volume…Īlfred, Gordon, Bullock…they’re all different from our guys, but I’m totally on board with the way they’re being re-written. On a side note, Catwoman makes a cool cameo, but I don’t want to spoil anything by telling where she shows up, or what she does.īatman is still struggling to figure out how to be Batman, and he doesn’t quite have all the cool moves down yet.

This was the best twist that I’ve seen in one of these Earth One titles, so far. Harvey still doesn’t like Bruce, but he defers to her wishes…Īnd you see the beginnings of Two-Face start to emerge. When the Riddler starts mucking things up, she goes to her old friend Bruce for help in rebuilding the people’s faith in the city. Flash forward to the present: Harvey is the District Attorney, and Jessica is now the mayor of Gotham City. The fact that Bruce and Jessica were something of an item when they were younger probably exacerbated his feelings.

He believes that insanity runs in Wayne’s blood. Since their childhood, Harvey has always hated Bruce Wayne because of his family’s ties with Arkham (Bruce’s mother was an Arkham). Two-Face’s origin has been completely re-vamped. Without spoiling the story, I’ll just say that the ending surprised me… This isn’t the first time I’ve seen Waylon portrayed as decent, but usually he’s just more of a bad guy with a heart, not a blameless victim. His story is pretty different considering he’s just a misunderstood guy with a skin condition. Killer Croc was briefly introduced, as well. Not the best re-imagining I’ve ever seen, but Johns does a decent job with the storyline. He’s riddling away while blowing up various locations. The main villain for volume two is the Riddler. It’s not perfect, but I had a lot of fun reading it. Sometimes the stories are very cool…sometimes they suck.

It’s just a neat way for writers to take iconic characters and their origin stories, and put a different spin on things. Finally!įor those of you who don’t know, Earth One titles are re-imaginings of DC characters that do not take place in regular continuity. It’s been a few years since the first volume of Batman: Earth One came out, so I was pretty excited when I saw this sucker.

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