Let’s see if any of that happens in the third act. I don’t want to give anything away, but I really hope they address why this character is still around and what happened when last we met them. We’ve met them before and seen Batman fight them before., so we know it takes a lot more than Batman gritting his teeth and punching them to win. So far I only have one slight issue with this storyline, the dark ominous villain who’s teased in both issues of this story so far. This is a modern, semi-functioning city during the day, let’s not forget that. The dark colors and smokey drawing both give Gotham a very gothic feel, which I’m liking at the moment, but I don’t want Gotham to get too victorian spooky. The writing from Ram V is consistently intriguing in style, and I enjoyed the art as well. We’re also serenaded by some villain backstory as these new shadowy rogues do have ties to Gotham, although I think we’re still a ways off from understanding their true power and its origins. Harvey and Bruce begin to converse about how Harvey used to run the Gotham underworld and Bruce used to own Gotham, they talk as if they’ve both fallen from grace, yet the way their lives have led to this, it feels more like progress. It may take me a second but I’ll find those hidden meanings. As I was reading these pages, I started thinking to myself when did Harvey Dent start wearing a Gold mask to cover his scarred side, and why does he look like the Phantom of the Opera? OH MY GOD! This is an opera, and that’s why he has that specific mask style. He wants to talk to an old friend, a now golden mask-wearing Harvey Dent. Bruce Wayne walks into a bar in Gotham… no, this is not a joke.

The way Gotham’s drawn in this story, so far, is like Victorian England all street lights and fog, all of which really help to set the mood.

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