Review
BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE VOLUME FOUR
BETTER IN BLACK AND WHITE
Day twenty-five of the GN review a day here at Tripwire and today it’s Batman Black and White Volume Four, published by DC Comics, various creators.
The first Batman Black and White stories ran in the defunct Gotham Knights series in the first decade of this century. This hardcover reprints the six part series published by DC last year and the beginning of this year. Editor Mark Chiarello has assembled another impressive line-up of creators to take full advantage of the black and white format. There are disappointments here: Batman Zombie by Neal Adams shows why he isn’t a writer, Damion Scott’s Hall of Mirrors isn’t my cup of tea as it is very cartoony and Javier Pulido’s story Cat and Mouse story, written by Keith Giffen, looks rushed. But there are some truly stunning shorts here: Richardo Burchielli, with writer Marv Wolfman, channels Gene Colan, former Superman artist Kenneth Rocafort actually shows that he can tell a story very well, Alex Nino shows that he has lost none of his visual panache and British artist Dave Taylor (2000AD, Batman Death by Design) offers a beautiful tribute to deceased master Moebius in a tale that is one of the highlights here. But there are almost too many high points to draw attention to here. Anthologies are by their very nature eclectic and no one reader will connect with everything in its pages but Volume Four shows Chiarello’s rare skill at bringing together the best of today’s talent with a selection of old masters. If you are a fan of Batman and an admirer of what can be achieved on the comics page, then you should pick up Batman Black and White Volume Four
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Batman Black and White Volume 4 HC (Batman Black & White)
Batman: Black and White Volume 4 TP
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