Written by Tom King
Penciled by Clay Mann
Cover by Mikel Janin
Published Jul 19, 2017
Cover by Mikel Janin
Published Jul 19, 2017
The War of Jokes and Riddles finally boils down to it's final chapter - and this time it's an interlude.. You know, as if it wasn't already a little hard to follow. All of this is from Batman's past, basically recanted from Bruce to Cat over some late night superhero role play action.
Chuck Brown sets up a meeting with the Joker and Batman wants to be there. Not only will he have to miss his kite-afficianado kid's birthday party, but now there's a bigger problem. Riddler finds out and he throws in a little child-threat to sweeten the pot.
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| Do you know how hard it was to find this question mark carpet? |
Back at the bar that either takes place before or after Batman's demand to meet with Joker, there's a rad 2 page spread of Joker dragging Chuck, which again, I assume happens after his Batman meeting - whenever that took place. Back at Joker's house, Chuck comes clean about this race for the 3 of them to use him to somehow double cross the other.
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| Almost. |
Later on a rooftop, Batman tells Chuck his son is safe albeit with a bit of a cold and Chuck reveals a suicide vest. He tries to blow Batman up but it fails - either because of his incompetence or just the Joker trying to point out he could get to him. Chuck goes home and after binge drinking on the couch, gets a threatening call from the Riddler.
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| Just wanted to booze it up and now you gotta deal with the Riddler?! |
He runs back to Batman whom I assume has been just hanging out on the same rooftop and tells him about the poison Riddler put on his kite loving son's kite rope. The two run off to the hospital where tragically Chuck's son Charlie dies from the infection. Batman whisks him up to a rooftop where he promises vengeance.
Chuck is obviously not swayed. In what I guess is a tribute to his boy's huge kite fandom, or to maybe sickeningly relive some terrible tragedy, he makes a big, green kite.
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| THIS should help me get over what happened to Charlie. |
Then he goes over to the Joker's house and introduces himself as Kite-Man. And with that, this riveting tale comes to a conclusion.
Ok. So I love this book... normally. And it's obviously no secret that Tom King loves to mix up his timelines so it's clearly something to look for. But I think this might have taken it a little too far. I'm not sure what the point oif this story was. It's not like we really needed to know Kite Man's origin. In fact, since this is basically Batman discussing it with Catwoman, I seriously doubt she cares either. Still, it was a good series none the less. I give this one a 7/10.
Ok. So I love this book... normally. And it's obviously no secret that Tom King loves to mix up his timelines so it's clearly something to look for. But I think this might have taken it a little too far. I'm not sure what the point oif this story was. It's not like we really needed to know Kite Man's origin. In fact, since this is basically Batman discussing it with Catwoman, I seriously doubt she cares either. Still, it was a good series none the less. I give this one a 7/10.
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