I don't read Green Lantern Corps, but the writer/artist team that had been on that book has moved to this one. It's apparently sort of a big deal. I did read the “Sinestro Corps War” trade a year or two ago and writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Patrick Gleason probably did work on a few issues of that but they certainly weren't memorable. It should be noted that I loathe Green Lantern and his oh-so silly universe. There's that. The cornucopia of Batman books have a lot of new talent these days. Jock and Scott Snyder are doing interesting work in Detective Comics but it's super dark. This book seems to be a bit lighter, kicking things off with family movie night at Wayne Manor. The story has an angel falling to his death at a red-carpet affair and Batman and Robin fighting a large bat creature amongst the skyscrapers of Gotham. At twenty pages, it's all set-up of course, but it's nonetheless uninteresting. The art is fresh and vibrant but there is a large spread towards the end that is incomprehensible. For a new superstar team I was hoping for a roller coaster ride and a half. This is just pedestrian stuff, really. It's fucking Batman. Liven it up. ** (out of ****)
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