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Batman #608
Retailers are reporting selling out multiples of their usual number of copies of this, the debut of the 12-issue arc by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee. As Johanna Draper Carlson has noted, the story primarily seems to focus on Jim Lee's love of drawing the soles of Batman's feet. This is no surprise to those who remember Lee's back-up story (written by Warren Ellis) in the first issue of DC's Gotham Knights.
What is surprising is just how disappointing this issue is. I've certainly been disappointed with Loeb's work before, that's nothing new, but I've also been pleasently surprised by him on occasion. Both Loeb and Lee are former partners in one way or another with Rob Liefeld, and they seem to be channeling that exact sort of Early Image vibe. Over-rendered art, under-rendered story, and things that you know are supposed to seem all ominous (like the villain who shows up at the end), and yet, really, are not. Catwoman appears, too, and clearly should not be handled by anyone whose name is not Ed Brubaker. Grade: 2/5.
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