Warren Ellis has done it again! Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth takes an old concept and revives it into something fresh and exciting. Superhero comics are more stale than the loaf of bread/door stop on my counter, these days. Though the book is an introduction to Ellis's creator owned Planetary, it's Batman that steals this show. No plot give aways but I will tell you that Batman is warping through the dimensions unaware that he is constantly changing into Batmans from various eras. Who ever thought the Frank Miller Batman from The Dark Knight Returns and Adam West Batman from the 60's TV show could coexist in the same book in a story that works? Unlike some of Warren's other comics -- the dialogue doesn't seem squeezed and the story moves at a pace that is both logical and fun while not being rushed. The artwork is top notch. John Cassaday's renditions of the different Batmans are perfectly drawn...simply beautiful. Read it, and then read it again...it may be 20 years until you read Nobius's Batman: Heaven Upon Us.
-posted by Nobius 12:24 PM 