Batman: Destino de Caballero

by Andy Helfer, Tan Eng Huat

Nadie dijo que los comienzos de Bruce Wayne como Batman serían fáciles. Una epidemia mortal amenaza con devastar Gotham cuando es apenas un muchacho que forja su alianza con Jim Gordon y asimila su legado familiar. Atormentado por visiones de sus difuntos padres y enfrentándose a extraños enemigos, sus peripecias le llevan a rincones tan inhóspitos de la ciudad como sus túneles de metro, sus edificios abandonados y su aterrador Asilo Arkham, donde ingresa bajo los auspicios del peor de sus villanos. ¿Terminará su carrera de justiciero antes de empezar?
Andrew Helfer (The Shadow) y Tan Eng Huat (Doom Patrol) dan respuesta a esa incógnita y a muchas más en este viaje con Destino de caballero.

Original description in English:
Get ready for an explosive 12-issue maxiseries that explores the formative years of the Dark Knight! This thrilling maxi-series begins as Batman attempts to save a young girl from being robbed, only to learn that the young girl isn’t so innocent after all. This incident leads an undercover Bruce Wayne from Gotham City’s club scene to an airliner filled with the bodies of the freshly dead! To make matters worse, the bodies have been infected with a deadly plague…and so has Bruce Wayne! The danger and mystery are just beginning as Wayne sets off on a powerful Journey into Knight!

Genres: Comics, Batman

280 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Andrew Helfer usually credited as Andy Helfer, is an award-winning comic book creator best known for his work as an editor and writer at DC Comics, where he founded the Paradox Press imprint. Helfer joined DC in the 1980s, and was responsible for placing Keith Giffen and J.M. deMatteis on the Justice League titles; as well, he was the editor for The Man of Steel limited series by John Byrne. He also developed the Max Allan Collins-written series Road to Perdition and the John Wagner-written A History of Violence, both of which became successful films.

Reviews

[Dovile · Rating 3 out of 5]

'Batman: Journey Into Knight' is set very shortly after Batman: Year One and is apparently a sequel to it. This series is about Bruce Wayne getting control over his father's company and Batman dealing with a strange plague and later with corruption within his company that makes him hypnotized, wanted for murder and even taken to Arkham as a prisoner/patient. All 12 issues are one long, complete story.

The story is well written and really interesting, although the ideas are not quite original (see Batman: Contagion, Batman: Bruce Wayne, Murderer? and Batman: Bruce Wayne, Fugitive arcs). Bruce Wayne in 'Journey Into Knight' is much closer to the one seen in 'Batman Begins' movie (more human, less perfect or sure of himself) than in the main comics continuity.

The art inside is different than on the covers. I'd say it's OK, even though Commissioner Gordon and Batman's facial features look somewhat differently than in the main comics. What I did dislike was the look of Bruce Wayne out of costume - he looked nothing like Batman at all, lacked Batman's muscle mass and just looked like a teenager (more like Tim Drake than what you would expect Batman to look like, even without his Kevlar).

This series hasn't been collected to a trade paperback yet, but if you can find them, they're quite worth the read.

[Sotofunkdamental · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buena lectura, pero quizá demasiado extensa. Argumento: "Nadie dijo que los comienzos de Bruce Wayne como Batman serían fáciles. Una epidemia mortal amenaza con devastar Gotham cuando es apenas un muchacho que forja su alianza con Jim Gordon y asimila su legado familiar. Atormentado por visiones de sus difuntos padres y enfrentándose a extraños enemigos, sus peripecias le llevan a rincones tan inhóspitos de la ciudad como sus túneles de metro, sus edificios abandonados y su aterrador Asilo Arkham, donde ingresa bajo los auspicios del peor de sus villanos. ¿Terminará su carrera de justiciero antes de empezar?"