Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2023-) #10

Batman: The Brave and The Bold (2023)

by Karl Kerschl, Ricardo López Ortiz (inker), Serg Acuña (inker)

Gotham Academy is back in session in the first part of Karl Kerschl’s thrilling three-part Batman adventure, guest-starring Maps Mizoguchi and Tristan Grey! Kirk Langstrom, formerly Man-Bat, now clean of his serum for years, is teaching at Gotham Academy. But Man-Bat is menacing the city. Has Dr. Langstrom fallen off the wagon, or is there a deeper, far more sinister, plan afoot? Plus, get ready for a conspiracy only Lois Lane could solve, a tale of rip-roaring adventure starring Artemis, and a Batman Black & White tale from Dan Watters and Ricardo López Ortiz!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

69 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 27, 2024

About the author

Karl Kerschl is a Canadian comic book artist, best known for his work for DC Comics. His recent projects include Adventures of Superman, Majestic, The Flash (All-Flash #1) and Teen Titans: Year One. He is also the author of the webcomic The Abominable Charles Christopher

Kerschl was born in Toronto and raised in Niagara Falls. He attended the Ontario College of Art for a year before deciding to practice on his own, discovering and improving his own storytelling and drawing styles in the process. Kerschl currently lives in Montreal "with two cats, both of whom are French-Canadian."

Reviews

[Ben Howard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Batman: Mother's Day part 1: 5 Stars. The is the Maps/Gotham Academy story that I picked Batman: The Brave and the Bold up for. A great start and can't wait to see where it goes.

Artemis: The Poison Within part 1: 4.5 Stars. Really nice writing in this one. It's just Artemis and her thoughts. Has me really intrigued.

Nameless: 4 Stars. Nice art. Narrated in an interesting way, as a countdown of Nameless' life. I haven't read a story with Duke Thomas before, but he seems really cool so I'll have to check some stuff he's in.

Lois Lane: The Game: Prologue. 3.5 Stars. I feel like this one will get good as it goes. Just a bit too short here.

Batman: The Cheeseburger. 5 Stars. Loved the black and white art with this story! And such a fun insight into Batman.

[Gordon · Rating 4 out of 5]

4½ ⭐ overall.

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Batman: Mother's Day: 4½⭐
Fun story, great art, interesting premise, and has me interested for the best part.

Artemis: The Poison Within: 4⭐
Probably the most interesting WW/Amazon's story I've read in the last two years or so. Definitely curious where it goes next, and helps humanise someone that's usually a side character, with minimal usage (these days).

Nameless: 4½⭐
Randomly loved this. And it's probably the best I've seen Duke Thomas used as Signal too. It seems like a one-&-done story, but hints at a future continuation which is fine with me.

Lois Lane: The Game: 3⭐
Not bad. There's not much to it, really, but we'll see where it goes.

Batman: The Cheese Burger: 4½⭐
Fun little black and white story about Batman and Clayface. (And a burger joint). The art is very animé, but works really well. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.8 stars

[Nyssa Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Batman: Mother's Day part 1 - 4 Stars
Artemis: The Poison Within - 2.5 Stars (nothing really happened, so I felt like I was cheated out of a Artemis story)
Nameless - 5 Stars
Lois Lane: The Game - 3.5 Stars
The Cheeseburger - 5 Stars (I have never related more to Batman then this story here, tis *chef's kiss*)

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me alegra que se rescate parte de Academia Gotham y el tropo de Bruce "vampirizado" es más resultón de lo que puede parecer. También una presencia tirando a monstruosa pues llega a caracterizar más el conjunto. Pero frustra que parece que Karl Kerschl tiene una especie de ambición oculta de que esto pudiese servir como fundamento de toda una colección propia, añadiendo un interés romántico realmente interesante y estable para Bruce o una nueva Robin realmente interesante. Pero al final toca forzar el volver al status quo...