DC revisits the world of the 1989 Batman movie by bringing back its screenwriter, Sam
Michael Keaton’s Batman foils some armored car robbery while Harvey Dentrissian proposes to Barbara Gordon. This is Batman at its worst: generic, predictable action and even drearier soap-style scenes.
Hamm introduces a new masked vigilante who doesn’t look at all interesting, and there’s a pungent whiff of Star Wars Prequel-itis as city officials declare a vote of no confidence in Gordon - urgh!
This isn’t anywhere near as successful as the Batman ‘66 comic partly because I think there’s more nostalgia for the ‘60s Batman show than the Tim Burton movie, but mainly because we rarely see Batman as light-hearted and silly these days as he was in the ‘60s. Batman ‘89 is dark and gritty, which was new-ish and exciting at the time, but that’s become the standard since then, so it’s not like this comic is doing anything different from what most Batman comics do now, and have been doing for some time. And it’s not even doing it that well.
There’s too much Harvey Dent waffling on about dull crime statistics and politics, Batman’s going through the motions and what little story there is here wasn’t the least bit compelling. Joe Quinones’ art is meh and his Keaton Bruce Wayne is plain weird-looking.
If the rumours are true, then I’m looking forward to seeing Michael Keaton return as Batman in the upcoming Flash movie, but, if you’re feeling nostalgic for Batman ‘89, I wouldn’t bother with this comic and just rewatch the movie instead.
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