BATMAN ETERNAL MYSTERY VILLAIN REVEALED

Batman Eternal #50 courtesy DC Comics
Batman Eternal #50 courtesy DC Comics

I did not see that coming. Did you?

Batman Eternal #50 arrived this week with a huge payoff that will either have you exclaiming “say what!?” or “brilliant!”

We knew the ending of their massive weekly series in this first issue: Bruce defeated, tied to the Bat signal while Gotham City burned around him.

Who could so completely, methodically and cruelly defeat the Dark Knight like this?

The mastermind was in the early issues all along.

Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV are the masterminds/show runners of this epic story with a team of writers. Continue reading BATMAN ETERNAL MYSTERY VILLAIN REVEALED

BATMAN ETERNAL The Final Five

Batman Eternal #39 courtesy DC Comics
Batman Eternal #39 courtesy DC Comics

The final lap in the year-long mystery by an all-star team begins this week in Batman Eternal #48, the first of this month’s final five chapters.

It all began with Batman captured by a mystery villain tied to the Bat Signal with a knife to his ribs while Gotham City burns around him.

Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV are the show runners of the epic. The story has featured nearly every member of the Batman cast from Bane to Vicky Vale with multiple stories leading up to the showdown with the mastermind. Last week’s issue featured breakout Julia Pennyworth in a scene similar to the haunting first page of the first issue. Continue reading BATMAN ETERNAL The Final Five