- Not a reader of Detective Comics but I bought this as it was one of the Lego cover variants, I've ordered the other 20 which will burn £60 out of my wallet, obviously I read it though and decided to review it to get more under my belt as I have yet to get a real comfortable feel for doing comics so the more experience I get then hopefully the better i'll get.
Not sure if recent events have inspired this issue in some form or fashion but I did think of the Ebola outbreak as this story is based around a virus, albeit one that 'consumes all organic manner, breaking it down and effectively eating it up', the man who created the virus Magnus Magnuson also claims to have the cure and he is apparently hiding in Eastern Europe which brings Grayson into the story as he is in Belarus interrogating a man over Plutonium when Batman contacts him asking him to find out about Magnus' whereabouts.
Back to the airport now as the Chief Of Police is placed in isolation as he has been infected by the virus, Batman is feeling the effects of the virus as well. Grayson discovers that Magnus is seeing a woman who runs Club Hell in Minsk. Batman visits the quarantined policeman and reveals that he thinks the outbreak on the plane is linked to a body that was being transported in the hold.
Grayson visits club and gets in via beating up the doorman but it turns out Magnus isn't hiding out in Eastern Europe as the lady tells him that Magnus is actually hiding in Gotham Airport and he himself is the inoculation. Back to Gotham now as we see the body that was being transported and it's badly decomposed, two people in radiation suits are there and one unmasks the other and reveals himself as Magnus, he being the unmasker not unmaskee, Batman is soon on the scene and uses gadgets to beat Magnus, as he is weak so cant fight hand to hand very well, and takes Magnus blood.
Ends with Bruce on a plane going on holiday then we go to a hospital and see the Chief Of Police who has been sent a ticket to Hawaii, he told Batman that he had cancer and wanted to die in Hawaii.
Writer: Benjamin Percy
Artist: John Paul Leon
Colors: Dave Stewart & John Paul Leon
REVIEW
- On first read through I didn't think much of this issue, I read them multiple times so I can get a good feel for them before I review them, but it did grow on me in the end.
- The story is interesting as it has a realistic feeling to it, a virus on a plane is a realistic threat to us readers, however within the issue I do wish Batman would've been affected more in that say Magnus beat him down before Batman resorted to gadgets to win, I know Magnus was not like say Bane but it would of been a touch i'd of put in personally.
- On first read through I didn't like the look of it but now I bloomin' love it, as it stands out and I can't think of another issue in my collection which looks like this one does.
- Reminds me of Rocket Raccoon #5 (http://patdoesmarvel.blogspot.com/2014/11/rocket-raccoon-5.html) in that the issue is just a great looking easy read, no overarching story line where you need issues from another series to flesh out the story just a nice easy pick up. Thumbs up from me.
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