The Tower
Part 9 of 12
Finally this book is heating up. Sadly, though, the action involves Mr. Freeze firing his freeze gun at Huntress and Nightwing. Mr. Freeze was a patient and now all of a sudden he's in his costume with his gun. They do explain this. Mr. Freeze says, "Huntress, look what I found. They kept all our equipment." Hmmm. That's not the only ridiculous plot point. The big climactic ending has Scarecrow showing up holding a tied up Nightwing in his grasp. How is Scarecrow in Arkham Tower? I mean...he could've been a patient and they just never mentioned that nugget or he snuck in for unknown reasons. The other big thing is Dr. Wear, who was the head of Arkham Tower, is thrown out a window and dies. This issue starts with him falling. Was he thrown out the window last issue? Funny, because I read the last issue last week and don't recall that. The other new thing in this issue is a new artist on board: Amancay Nahuelpan. Sounds like a Sherpa. Heh. The art is pretty good, though, actually. There are some panels that are fantastic. It kind of looks like a poor man's Greg Capullo. Although, that sounds like it's awful. It's good. In the backup, the "kid" (does he even have a name?) is...eh, who the fuck cares? This "House of Gotham" backup is terrible. It's shocking because the backup writer, Matthew Rosenberg, is also writing the best comic book out there right now, Image's What's the Furthest Place From Here? I don't understand it either. **
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