Batman: The Black Mirror

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His covers are amazing, particularly the Joker one which was partially made up of bats, but really they were all excellent and I loved the way he draws Grayson swooping through the Gotham skyline as if he were still in a circus big top on the trapeze. I think I'm probably going to get lynched for not being as enamored with The Black Mirror as everyone else seems to have been. This is all a very long, complicated way of saying The Black Mirror reads like a well-made graphic novel that was meant to be read like a graphic novel. Unknown • Musketeer • Nightrunner • Nightwing • Onyx • Oracle • Orphan • Orpheus • Outsiders • Red Robin • Renee Montoya • Robin • Sarah Essen • Sasha Bordeaux • Signal • Silver St. PLEASE NOTE: This series of graphic novels is intended for adults and may not be suitable for younger children.

This is a rather moving yet very tragic story about the inconvenient truths in people's lives and how chaos can be the most undiscriminating force of nature that often rules the choices we make; and that the ideals we cling onto and comfort ourselves with may be more fragile than we are led to believe--much like the people we love the most can be the very ones who will have the ability to betray and destroy who we are.Now, after reading “Batman: Hush,” I said to myself that I wanted to read more “Batman” stories that featured Dick Grayson since I loved his character in “Batman: Hush. While some unfortunate production issues on the hardcover keep the collection from being flawless, this is still a must-own piece of Dark Knight history". Francesco Francavilla’s art by contrast is more clean and traditional, yet his use of light is unusual and superbly dramatic. Batman is one of the greatest of superhero characters because unlike others he was one of the first heroes to be a true super human. Grayson struggles to make the identity his own, as he still does not feel comfortable living in the Wayne Tower penthouse like Bruce.

When he turns back, he’s shocked that Dick is still there instead of disappearing in the middle of the conversation like Bruce does. But, after discovering some newer “Batman” comics, I wanted to try out some and one of the “Batman” stories that I had checked out was “Batman: The Black Mirror.

So, Dick Grayson is forced to take on the mantle as the new Batman for Gotham City, while working with Oracle (Barbara Gordon) and Red Robin (Tim Drake) on various crimes that plague the city.

Later Dick and the Commissioner speak privately about their struggles, and the way Gotham's brutality makes their work even more necessary. It was a bit like Bucky being Captain America — you never thought it could be pulled off, but the result is arguably even better. It's one of the most exciting and well written stories I've read staring our favorite hero, the Batman!At the time of these comics' creation, Batman Bruce Wayne was still sort of dead-ish and/or traveling the globe and setting up Batman, Inc, so the title Batman is actually Dick Grayson, working with Alfred out of "the Bat Bunker" in downtown Gotham. There really is only one thing I want to say about this: it is probably one of the best Batman stories I have ever read. And to make the things worse, a darkness from the past is back, not his own past but too close enough, and maybe that darkness will make sure that the future of Gotham City would be the maddest of all. It can be considered a spoiler, so: I will just say this: James Gordon IS the scarriest Batman villain. I've worked extensively for DC Comics, writing such titles as Batman, Detective Comics, Justice League, the comic event books DC Dark Knights Metal and Death Metal, and Swamp Thing, among others.

Well, imagine my surprise when I discovered that “Batman: The Black Mirror” was actually Dick Grayson’s story!It clearly shows when Dick Grayson dons the Batman costume as his personality is less menacing than Bruce Wayne’s and he makes a couple of jokes or two towards his enemies. While both seem to remark about the darkness of Gotham, the story really takes off near the end between the Joker showing up to add his particular brand of mayhem and Jim Jr. Its a great mystery volume and lives up to its name and has Dick do a lot of detective work and I like how Barbara and Jim Gordon were involved and involving Tim was cool too and his relationship with Tim and how he approaches being Batman but the villains introduced are awesome and showing two facets to them. Joker is being shipped off to Arkham Asylum while Commissioner Gordon meets up with Leslie Thompkins to ask how is James Gordon Junior doing.