Scott's Take: Batman: Dark Age by Mark Russell, Michael Allred (Artist), Laura Allred (Colorist)

 

Batman: Dark Age by Mark Russell, Michael Allred (Artist), Laura Allred (Colorist) are the same creative team that worked on Superman: Space Age. I read this through the DC Universe Infinite app.

 

This is not set on the same earth as Superman: Space Age, but a parallel one in the same multiverse that features the same Pariah.  Some character designs are also similar which is a little confusing. This is a life story of Batman through sometime in the 1900s where he ages in real time. Batman tells this story at a retirement home for people with memory problems. This story covers Batman, his parents murder, serving in Vietnam, being a vigilante, and how he ultimately saved Gotham.

 

The art remains the same as Superman: Space Age. Overall, pretty good. The story is well told, but I feel like this one could have used a few more issues to flesh out. A few more pages would have helped add detail to the twist ending. I liked the Superman read more, but this is still pretty good overall. The cast is large, but a lot of characters do not make an appearance. Some that do appear are not explored much at all.

 

I also think it would have flowed better if the DC Infinite app did not take so long to put each issue up. The wait between issues made then feel more disconnected as one had to wait months between issues.

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I read this through DC Universe Infinite app.

 

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