Batman: Dark Victory #10
Justice

Batman: Dark Victory #10 Writer: Jeph Loeb
Artists: Tim Sale (p/i), Gregory Wright and Heroic Age (c), Richard Starkings (l)
Editors: Mark Chiarello and Denny O'Neil
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $2.95 U.S. / $4.50 CAN

Plot: Gordon and his special forces hunt for Two-Face in the sewers, as Batman keeps an eye or two on things, while Dick learns the truth about Bruce Wayne.

I tried to enjoy this issue as best I could, but it read way too fast. This came about in two ways: the small number of panels, and to a lesser degree, the retelling of Dick's boredom at the Manor, and his eventual investigation of Zucco's involvement in the deaths of his parents.

The major detractor here is the lack of any Falcone presence. Removing that family from any single issue disperses much of the anxiety from the story, because the Falcones are a dangerous lot.

The fact that King was killed in the sewers suggests that Calendar Man could've been the Hangman suspect this time, since Two-Face and his gaggle of psycho-goons have been hiding out there, until now. Then again, there's some sewer rungs leading to the street above that're quite visible beside the body.

The Freeze cover did nothing to excite me. His headpiece was more prominent than the Bat-ears Kelley Jones drew during his run on Batman, and I like KJ's work.

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