Batman: Widening Gyre #5

Batman: The Widening Gyre #5

by Kevin Smith, Gene Ha (Cover Art), Bill Sienkiewicz (Cover Art)

Batman's new crime-fighting partner performs an act so impressive that The Dark Knight finally considers him worthy of the next level in his ring of trust. But first, the new vigilante will have to pass a test with Robin. Meanwhile, Catwoman tests Bruce Wayne's faithfulness to Silver St. Cloud...

Genres: Comics

24 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 10, 2010

About the author

Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, director, as well as a comic book writer, author, and actor. He is also the co-founder, with Scott Mosier, of View Askew Productions and owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash comic and novelty store in Red Bank, New Jersey. He also hosts a weekly podcast with Scott Mosier known as SModcast. He is also known for participating in long, humorous Q&A Sessions that are often filmed for DVD release, beginning with An Evening with Kevin Smith.

His films are often set in his home state of New Jersey, and while not strictly sequential, they do frequently feature crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon in what is known by fans as the "View Askewniverse", named after his production company View Askew Productions. He has produced numerous films and television projects, including Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Clerks II.

Reviews

[Derek Neveu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even with the reveal at the end I still don’t know what to think about Baphomet. What I do love about this arc is that Smith is flirting with Bruce being dare I say “happy”, and as a long time reader and fan of The Dark Knight, I know that’s never good!

[Steven Shinder · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somewhat interesting imagery at least.