Batman: Dark Age (2024) #2

by Mark Russell, Mike Allred (cover_art), Laura Allred (cover_art)

Guilty as charged! When a young and aimless Bruce Wayne finds himself incarcerated, he looks for a way to shorten his sentence and return to his charmed lifestyle. Little does he know, signing up for a tour with the army in Vietnam will change him forever. Witness the birth of the Bat under the watchful eye of the one-and-only Sergeant Ra’s al Ghul!

Genres: Dc Comics, Comics, Batman, Superheroes, Comix, Fantasy

46 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 23, 2024

About the author

Mark Russell is the author of God Is Disappointed in You and Apocrypha Now. He also writes the comic book series Prez and The Flintstones for DC Comics. He lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

[Etienne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the same feeling I had from issue number one. The art felt too cartoony and the story is taking way too much time to go where it went. I'll give number three a shot, but I'm not holding my breath on this one!

[Colin Post · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how this is intersecting with the Superman Space Age book. I’ve heard that Russell and the Allreds want to do a suite of these books featuring different DC characters (I’d love Wonder Woman next…) and I’m all for it. I can see this slowly building into a whole alternate take on the pre-Crisis DCU.

[James B · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's so refreshing reading a different batman origin story. Intrigued as to where its gonna go.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part two of Mark Russell and Mike Allred’s take on Batman and Crisis on Infinite Earths. Bruce Wayne, teenage delinquent, got thrown into prison, only to be extracted on his eighteenth birthday and sent to Viet Nam, where he’s conscripted into a secret commando unit led by Ra’s Al Ghul (alongside Oliver Queen and Max Lord, no less.) Eventually honorably discharged, he returns to a Gotham crushed by greed and violence, finding himself once again a target….

[Antonia M · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5
Para mi la primera parte fue mejor, pero sigue siendo una historia de origen innovadora para Batman, la inclusión de la guerra de Vietnam y la participación de Ra´s al Ghul como quien fue el maestro en las habilidades tácticas y marciales de Bruce fue una sorpresa agradable.

Lo único malo que le encuentro es que la parte de la historia de la compañía Wayne es la menos interesante hasta ahora, siendo opacada por la historia de origen y la formación de Bruce en su proceso de convertirse en Batman.

[Nicolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have always found it odd that a Batman who wages a war on crime was never a soldier. Less of an oversight, and more of a gaping hole that is conveniently ignored. Batman: Dark Age remedies it by giving Bruce Wayne combat experience in a war that humiliated America.

I still prefer that they did in perfect bound volumes that way they did Superman: Space Age instead of the saddle stitched floppies. I should have waited for the trade.

[Garth · Rating 5 out of 5]

2024 - Year of The Bat (366 Days of Batman)

Day 114: I’m loving Allred’s art on this series. Such a perfect fit to the story. We see Bruce go from prison to Vietnam in this issue and meet a number of familiar faces (still trying to figure out who Max is unless it’s Maxwell Lord). I wasn’t sure how yet another take on The Origin was going to be but I like how fresh this feels. Can’t wait for the next issue.

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, this issue was slightly better than the last.

[harvest · Rating 2 out of 5]

diğeri kadar sarmadı ama okeydi

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

5

[Ziyad Baksh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Batman begins: 1960s edition.

My title was an attempt at being witty but i felt its a good summary of this series. I liked how Russell used the 1960s setting to find a new angle on Batman.

[Richard Goild · Rating 5 out of 5]

This comic book is off to a fabulous start and easily the most well written book I am currently reading. What a fascinating way to reimagine the Bruce Wayne Batman story from the beginning. I am loving it!