Warning: may contain
spoilers.
BATMAN BEYOND #3
Release Date: August 5,
2015
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Art: Bernard Chang
Colors: Marcelo Maiolo
Letters: Dave Sharpe
Covers: Bernard Chang &
Marcelo Maiolo (regular), Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, & Romulo Fajardo, Jr.
(variant)
Brother Eye has
captured Tim Drake and begins
his interrogation of the anomaly to his plans, but Tim is able to escape and is
able to recruit Inque upon
learning why she serves him. Meanwhile, Matt McGinnis questions if Tim is on
the level about his becoming Batman but he doesn’t get very long to dwell on it
as when Tim returns to Neo-Gotham, Eye somehow follows.
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| Just in case you were just joining us. |
GRADE: B. This issue takes
a break from the main story to focus on Matt’s doubts about Tim, but only a
moment as it dives right back into the action. Inque is given a little depth
while another Beyond character makes
an appearance in the form of size-changing Micron.
Dan Jurgens manages to display Tim’s training throughout, but also
remembers to incorporate the fact that he’s a fish out of water and rusty on
top of that, which means he makes a lot of simple mistakes without having much
time to catch his breath. This world isn’t the home Tim knew and he’s fighting
an uphill battle trying to adjust to it while staying alive. That part alone
keeps the story interesting. It’s also nice that some focus is finally being
given to the characters who truly belong in a Beyond book, instead of keeping them just window dressing to drive
the title home.
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| Raising the stakes. |
Bernard Chang’s artwork complimented by Marcelo Maiolo’s colors make
the book visually appealing as there is a lot of action crammed onto each page.
This issue came with 2 covers, seen below. What did you think of this
issue? Let us know in the comments or on our Facebook page.
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