Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Red Hood vs. Anarky #1

Batman: Prelude to the Wedding #4

by Tim Seeley, Rafael Albuquerque (Cover Art), Dave McCaig (Cover Art)

Red Hood has always been the one standing slightly apart from the rest of the Bat crew. Some see him as the Robin gone bad-which is exactly the kind of thing someone like Anarky can exploit. Now Red Hood is running security at Catwoman’s bachelorette party-and if Anarky can crash it, that could be the final straw for Jason Todd!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Batman, Comics Manga, Comic Book, Graphic Novels

29 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 20, 2018

About the author

Tim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.

Reviews

[Siona Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked seeing Red Hood, but I didn’t really like what was done with Anarchy’s character. I think his message is actually really interesting and the way this issue just kinda turned him into a pseudo-anti feminist/white liberal looser was disappointing.

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

A couple of the things Catwoman said in this made me think she was having second thoughts. Whilst the sheer amount of build up makes me think there's a chance they might, I really don't think DC are going to go through with this wedding. I know I'm saying that having read relatively little of the material, but think of it like this: how difficult will it be to write a relationship where Batman and Catwoman are married, but not Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle? (Also, how does that even work legally? You know what, we're not going to think about it too hard...)

Anyway, Red Hood had some amusing one-liners but I wasn't overstruck by this issue. Anarky was clearly just looking to create chaos, but I don't feel like I understand anything about him beyond that. It also felt really oddly paced at times, like when we cut from Anarky telling Red Hood about his daddy issues to Red Hood dumping him at the station.

[Ion Fani · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5*

[Marisa Carpico · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strong ending, but uses some cheats to get there, I’d say. This Lonnie is a bit too emotionally frank to be believable.

[Liz (Quirky Cat) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think we’re on the last round of ‘prelude to the wedding’ issues, and I’m pretty grateful for that. That isn’t to say I haven’t enjoyed some of them, because I did. More I just want to get to the point. Some of these have been interesting, while others felt contrived. This one was more of the latter than the former, for me at least.

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't wowed, but it didn't bore me, either. The art was decent and there were a few genuine moments of emotions/feels, so good enough for me.

[Etienne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good one. A bit light in the storyline, but still a entertaining comic book!

[Simeon Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is probably the most ok of these so far. Like, I don't really care about Jason Todd but I've always been interested in Anarky though I've seen very little of his appearances and this is a passable portrayal of both of them. There's a couple funny moments with Jason and Bruce but other then that not a lot stands out, it just kinda feels like buying time until the Joker/Harley story which is next.

[Astoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Jay.
I love Selina.
I love how Bruce asked for a refund.

[Aly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Red Hood. Nothing else to say.

[Sans · Rating 3 out of 5]

I want to see Artemis meet anti-feminists. Take my money and make that a series.

[Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Red. Hood. Giving a wedding present. Wohoo!

[Ryne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun little adventure with my favorite member of the Bat-family helping out prior to issue 50 of Batman.

[✨Jess✨ Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love me some anarchy.

[Derek Neveu · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love me some Red Hood. I’m glad I voted to kill off Jason Todd all those years ago, because the character that was resurrected in his place is so much better!

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fine. Pretty much on par with the Batgirl issue.

[Isabelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

that's my goat