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Baron’s art once again works exceptionally well with Jock’s inks, highlighting heavy shadows and adding to the horror themes of the comic overall.Īdditionally, there are a lot of excellent visual cues provided within Cipriano’s lettering. Jock does an excellent job keeping the action moving despite the heavy script. Synder tends to be a wordier writer but I cannot complain considering how much is packed into these panels.

It is haunting, the pacing is spectacular, and it begins to close years of work flawlessly in one issue.

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They are unnerving and upset something very real in all of our psyches.ĭespite giving every issue in this series high accolades, The Batman Who Laughs #5 is my favorite issue yet. From Mister Bloom, to the Court of Owls, to now the Batman Who Laughs, Snyder understands what makes a good and compelling villain.

That is no easy feat considering this is a comic book character with debatably the greatest rogues gallery in history. Scott Snyder within his time writing Batman has crafted some of his greatest and most haunting villains. Nearly every Batman story Snyder has written has led up to this mini-series, with threads and plot lines being addressed years and story arcs later. This issue also finally offers us a glimpse into the origin to the corrupted, twisted Robins we have seen following the Batman Who Laughs since his debut in Dark Knight: Metal.

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That token is mentioned again at the end of the comic, coming full circle and showing just how often threads are weaved and intertwined even within a mini-series of only six issues. He is able to center himself again but only for a moment and not long enough to matter. At that moment, staring at the map and what it represents, he realizes that he is Gotham and Gotham is the Batman. In the opening page of the comic, Bruce is staring at a subway token depicting a map of Gotham and reminiscing back to a conversation he had with his father. Now Batman hopes to retain enough of himself to fight through the hordes of men the Batman Who Laughs has sent after him during the trap he fell into at Blackgate prison during the end of the previous issue. Bruce hoped to fight fire with fire but at what cost. The issue follows Bruce Wayne’s descent into madness after taking on the full effects of the Joker serum while chasing the Batman Who Laughs. The Batman Who Laughs #5 is published by DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, with art by Jock, colors by David Baron, and letters by Sal Cipriano.