Written by Tom King
Penciled by David Finch
Cover by David Finch
Published Mar 15, 2017
Cover by David Finch
Published Mar 15, 2017
Bane storms into Arkham, ready to beat the Dark Knight for the final time. First encounter is Maxi Zeus, who is spurting out passages from Dante's Inferno. Next up, Two Face offers his help in exchange for Bane's offer, which is a quick gut punch and uppercut as he steams through. In the hallway about an hour and a half after his arrival, he rips through Solomon Grundy and Amygdala, while on the other side of the door, the Scarecrow rattles off everything he's afraid of in life. Now roughly 3 hours after his entrance, Bane smashes through and is sprayed by his patented nightmare inducing spray. He writhes around for a few minutes, tells Scarecrow he doesn't get nightmares, he gives them. With that, Scarecrow screams in agony as Bane presumably beats the shit out of him.
Now nearly 5 hours after this ordeal has begun, Bruce, Alfred, and Gotham Girl sit recovering in a cell. Batman explains to Alfred he armed and freed all of the inmates in hopes of stalling Bane, much to Alfred's shock and disbelief. Meanwhile Bane continues his march, meeting some resistance from Mr Freeze but eventually exploding through the ice that he's encased in. "Impossible" Mr Freeze says... "Not impossible, Bane" he replies. Over the next few hours, he one by one defeats Firefly, Black Spider, Flamingo, Man-Bat, Mad Hatter.. and a scourge of Batman's greatest foes. Explaining that he was done with being a criminal, all he needed was venom and Batman couldn't leave well enough alone. He finally reaches the Joker's cell. Grabbing the Riddler and telling him he has 30 seconds to open it which he does. And there, a full 24 hours after his grand entrance, stands the Batman. As Zeus now recites The Marriage Of Heaven and Hell, the two figures size each other up. They squint, they ball their fists and prepare to fight for the death... but with that, we're left to be continued.
Tom King never takes a break. He crams as much into this series as he can, including somehow every bad guy Batman has ever fought short of the Joker and Harley Quinn. It once again proves why this is one of the best titles DC has going right now and why I'm always left wanting more. I give this one a 10/10.
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