Batman: Fortress

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Just last year Mattson Tomlin found great success with Batman: The Imposter (check out Casper’s review!

In an age where we are oversaturated with Batman books, one has to be judicious in choosing which ones to read. Now standing complete, Batman: Fortress is an admittedly strange book, with its awkwardly placed sense of humor and choice of having Superman willingly go into hiding when Earth is under attack. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.When blackouts begin to affect not only Gotham City, but the rest of the world, Batman steps up and tries to find out what is going on. Batman's left to figure out what happened to Superman while dodging aliens and breaking into the Fortress of Solitude.

Verdict: 3 aliens have come to Earth looking for the last remnant of Krypton, Kal-El, for revenge against what the Kryptonians did to their planet years ago. When an unknown alien ship enters Earth’s atmosphere, disrupting global power and communications and plunging the planet into chaos, the world is left wondering… where is Superman when he is needed most? Even if it did fit the themes and the whole book was cohesive in that sense it wouldn’t change the fact that at its core this was a directionless comic with no central point and nothing interesting to say about the characters.It does drag for a while but picks up when they break into the Fortress of Solitude to find answers and hopefully some tech to help them defeat the invaders. Sure, there were a number of things did not make much sense, like one character’s flawed reasoning behind a chosen response to something (not giving any spoilers), but the loyalty of one character towards his friend more than made up for that problem. I do like that it does try to explore something that is not really discussed to often and that is Krypton's past as conquerors as members of various alien races who suffered because of Krypton invade Earth looking to kill superman and we see Batman trying to find a way to beat them by getting various heroes to rally after the Justice League is defeated. A decline in quality is to be expected when an artist has to work on a monthly comic but personally, I find that Robertson’s decline on this series is too steep.

Starting out as a columnist for the Image Comics preview magazine Image+, Sam also translated the Eisner Award nominated-Beowulf for the publisher. Some of the character personalities are a bit off, but it can all be chalked up to the alternate timeline. This distinction has resurfaced in modern comics in temporary spurts or alternate universes, from Batman gaining the powers of Black Adam during the climactic battle of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths to his using an experimental compound to stand toe-to-toe with an evil Superman in Injustice. In the mysterious absence of the Last Son of Krypton, Batman must rally the rest of the Justice League to counter the alien threat… but first, he must quell a crime wave on the blacked-out streets of Gotham!

In the mysterious absence of the Last Son of Krypton, Batman must rally the rest of the Justice League to counter the alien threat…but first, he must quell a crime wave on the blacked-out streets of Gotham! The team that Batman assembles to accomplish the impossible task at the center of this story dares you to laugh at it, and there are some funny moments, but ultimately, it works.

Natürlich will Bruce herausfinden,was es damit auf sich hat, und schnell stellt sich heraus, dass alles von einem seltsamen außerirdischen Objekt verursacht wird. Batman: Fortress opens with a Dark Knight completely outmatched by a threat from beyond the stars, left with only his wits.A very interesting and action packed Elseworlds story with a very interesting latter third and a really fun ending. Another Elseworlds tale, and in this case, the throughline that Batman is always Batman is the only thing consistent. Having also pointed out what I consider to be the potential deal breakers, I think the quality of this issue can be assessed.