Spinning out of the godawful Batman: Telltale game series, Sins of the Blahblah is set in another, stupider universe where Thomas Wayne, Bruce’s dad, was Gotham’s answer to Dr Mengele! Among Thomas’ victims were the Lawton family whose troubled son, Floyd, grew up to be Deadshot. This book retells his origin and first encounter with Batman, centred around his beef with the Wayne fam.
I’ve been on one helluva losing streak with my reading lately, picking one dud after another, so I thought instead of reading one by a writer I usually like and be disappointed, I’d pick one who’s usually always terrible: Christos Gage. Maybe then I’ll be surprised with something good? Nope! How do you make a vampire-themed ninja superhero fighting an elite assassin boring? Hand the project over to this dude!
Gage is at his usual dull standard, plopping out one unimaginative, generic scene after another like a workman laying bricks. There’s nothing here any Batman reader hasn’t seen a hundred times before and the story is predictable as hell. Deadshot targets Alfred – gee, d’ya think Batman saves ol’ Alfie in the nick o’time?!
Deadshot’s dreary origin is rehashed and it’s as flat and depressing as ever. Black Spider is pointlessly thrown into the mix – an embarrassing Spider-Man knockoff who wears a blue (not black!) outfit, jacket and guns. Neither of these idiots manage to make the story remotely exciting or fun to read.
Save yourself the time and tedium by avoiding Batman: Sins of the Blahblah – or anything with Gage’s name on the cover!
The drought continues…
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