It’s comical how many Batman-related titles DC are putting out at the moment, almost like they’ve got no other characters that appeal to enough readers - anyway, here’s another one to add to the pile: a retelling of Batman’s origins imaginatively called The Knight!
In this first issue, we see Bruce in the wake of his parents’ double homicide, being moody at school, standing up to bullies, while slowly steering towards his destiny as Batman, hitting the books as hard as his opponents in underground boxing matches. He’s also receiving therapy from one Dr. Hugo Strange…
I’ve never read a Chip Zdarsky-written comic that’s blown me away and that remains the case after Batman: The Knight #1. It’s not poorly written, nor is Carmine Di Giandomenico’s art bad, but the story completely unimpressed me as a longtime reader of Batman who’s read and seen several retellings of his origins before. There’s nothing fresh or original about Zdarsky’s take and nowt here to hook me to want to keep up with the series.
The Hugo Strange framing story is ok, if predictable, but I don’t know why there are weird flashbacks to a Medieval suit of armour besides having something to reference the subtitle, The Knight.
If this level of writing/storytelling remains more or less consistent for the remainder of this 10 issue run, then The Knight may well turn out to be a solid Batman origin story for new readers who’ve never encountered it before, which is probably what DC are aiming for. But there isn’t anything here for more experienced Batman readers and I found The Knight #1 a very uninteresting and uninspired beginning.
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