Now that Arkham Knight seems content to leave Joker in the past and move on to the many living villains making Gotham's streets unsafe, the comic is rapidly building steam. Pete Tomasi is weaving a complex, entertaining saga with his latest Batman assignment. And like any good video game tie-in, Arkham Knight is succeeding on its own merits, independent of the source material.
Tomasi juggles a lot of villains in these three chapters, from big icons like Penguin, Scarecrow and Harley Quinn to more minor players like the Abramovici Twins to the titular villain himself. This issue doesn't really shed further light on the Arkham Knight, but it's nice to see him included all the same. The comic taps into one of the fundamental appeals of the games, each of which managed to cram a who's who of villains into one hellish, nightlong adventure for the Dark Knight. And whereas Tomasi's Joker came across a little weird in the previous issue, these villains feel right on point.
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Tomasi juggles a lot of villains in these three chapters, from big icons like Penguin, Scarecrow and Harley Quinn to more minor players like the Abramovici Twins to the titular villain himself. This issue doesn't really shed further light on the Arkham Knight, but it's nice to see him included all the same. The comic taps into one of the fundamental appeals of the games, each of which managed to cram a who's who of villains into one hellish, nightlong adventure for the Dark Knight. And whereas Tomasi's Joker came across a little weird in the previous issue, these villains feel right on point.
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