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Chargement... Absolute Batman: The Court of Owlspar Scott Snyder
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The best-selling epic that introduced Gotham City's dread Court of Owls is back in stunning Absolute format! After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth and beyond to the origins of the city he's sworn to protect. Could the Court of Owls, once thought to be nothing more than an urban legend, be behind the crime and corruption? Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanity and falling prey to the pressures of his war on crime? Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The premise of the overlong story arc is that a secret criminal/vigilante organization has been lurking in Gotham for more than 200 years, but is so well-hidden that even Batman considers it to be an urban legend. When a body appears with clear evidence pointing to this "Court of Owls," he begins to question everything he knows about his beloved city.
I decided to read this based on Snyder's superb "Black Mirror" story-line, but it doesn't even come close. In his introduction to this volume, Snyder mentions how he found it easy to write Dick Grayson as the new Batman but felt daunted by the prospect of writing Wayne. His concerns seem to have been valid. There's nothing appealing, charming or interesting about this incarnation and sometimes he behaves weirdly out of character (like when he sucker-punches Nightwing for no real reason.)
Any time you insert an element that is supposed to have been part of a history all alone it's tricky. Grant Morrison succeeded during his run, but Snyder didn't manage to convince me that it was plausible. Furthermore, if the "New 52" is supposed to be a reboot of the DC universe, what's the point of doing a story like this in the first place? It has no weight at all. It's not a revelation about the world we know because there isn't a world we know yet.
Aspects of the story seem too familiar. If you've read Jeph Loeb's "Hush" you won't be surprised who the main villain turns out to be. I was suspicious as soon as he was introduced and I turned out to be right. And when he claimed to be a certain individual from Bruce's past, I was again reminded of Morrison's much better run.
Greg Capullo's art is of the thin-lined, scritchy-scratchy Jim Lee 90s style that I just don't care for. Like Tony Daniel's art in "Batman R.I.P.", there are numerous instances where it just isn't clear what is going on in the panel. A good editor would have had these redrawn. Capullo does put in some fine covers (particularly the "bat-owl" image on the slipcase); this generation of comic artists tends to be better at splash images than actual sequential art.
I'm a bit baffled by the high marks its received here though I do see that some folks are completely new to Batman or even comics. If they have become fans because of this story then I suppose it has done its job. I thought it was very weak, and I certainly don't recommend spending extra for the deluxe treatment. ( )