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Batman: Last Knight On Earth #1-3
Batman: Last Knight on Earth
New York Times best-selling author Scott Snyder reunites with Dark Nights: Metal artist Greg Capullo for their final Batman epic. Twenty years in the future Bruce Wayne wakes up in Arkham Asylum. Young. Sane. And...he's never been Batman.
So begins this sprawling tale of the Dark Knight as he embarks on a quest through a devastated DC landscape featuring a massive cast of familiar faces from the DC Universe. As he tries to piece together the mystery of his past, he must unravel the cause of this terrible future and track down the unspeakable force that destroyed the world as he knew it...
From the powerhouse creative team of writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, the team that reinvented Batman from the emotional depths of Batman: Court of Owls to the epic power of Dark Nights: Metal, DC Black Label is proud to present what could be the last Batman story ever told...
Collects Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1-3
So begins this sprawling tale of the Dark Knight as he embarks on a quest through a devastated DC landscape featuring a massive cast of familiar faces from the DC Universe. As he tries to piece together the mystery of his past, he must unravel the cause of this terrible future and track down the unspeakable force that destroyed the world as he knew it...
From the powerhouse creative team of writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, the team that reinvented Batman from the emotional depths of Batman: Court of Owls to the epic power of Dark Nights: Metal, DC Black Label is proud to present what could be the last Batman story ever told...
Collects Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1-3
184 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2019
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Scott Snyder
1,780 books5,124 followersScott Snyder is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning writer on DC Comics Batman, Swamp Thing, and his original series for Vertigo, American Vampire. He is also the author of the short story collection, Voodoo Heart, published by the Dial Press in 2006. The paperback version was published in the summer of 2007.
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April 12, 2024
Ew. Wtf was this?
I read the synopsis and thought it sounded like something not at all up my alley but I had a friend who just insisted that I would love it.
It was worth a shot, I guess.
Snyder is a talented writer who seems to be an awesome person, but I just do. not. like his take on Batman. And this story is no exception.
It started out with Bruce Wayne waking up in Arkham Asylum after a dead kid explodes in Crime Alley, only to have Alfred tell him that he's been hallucinating his whole life as Batman.
Oh, ok. That's cool.
Then the whole thing went off into something completely crazypants. You could drive a truck through some of these plotholes.
There may be some spoilers below:
Remember that dumbass contraption Bruce built that would "grow his clone" every generation so that Gotham would always have its Batman?
Well, that's who this guy is. Alfred was trying to save this new one but of course it doesn't work because Bruce's clone is way too smart to be fooled, and he heads out into the wasteland to save the world from...whatever the hell is out there.
He is greeted by Joker's head, still alive in a lantern.
Take a minute if you need it to let that sink in.
Ok. What in the hell kind of nonsense dystopian future is this?
Lex Luthor simply talks people into being evil? He just gets on the airwaves and tells everyone that things are terrible and they should act accordingly.
And they DO?
The general public "mental votes" to see who they pick to die in the debate between Lex and Superman, and they kill Superman for some odd reason with some kind of a zappy-stabby beam. Then, as the world turns to chaos (for no discernable reason) they tear Batman apart for holding the Hall of Justice doors open for them.
Wha...?
I went back and read some of this twice because I thought I'd missed something.
I'll tell you one thing, I'd think twice before holding the door open for Scott Snyder. He might chew my leg off or some shit.
I'm kidding. But only kind of because this version of the apocalypse is weird and silly and terrifyingly sad in the sense that anyone might think this could happen.
People are stupid and selfish. And they will tear each other apart.
But not because someone told them to be mean. That's dumb.
Anyway, the gist of this is that Joker's head and Batman's DNA go on a journey to save the world from OMEGA - a poorly thought-out evil overlord who mind controls the earth for reasons. Who could this terrifying villain beeeeeeee?
Well, if you can't figure it out, I'm certainly not going to be the one to tell you.
Hint:
I can tell that Snyder is a superfan (and that means a lot) but most of his superhero stuff just doesn't resonate with me. I prefer his horror and wish he would leave Batman's "swan songs" alone.
Capullo does a great job with the art, though.
So there's that.
I read the synopsis and thought it sounded like something not at all up my alley but I had a friend who just insisted that I would love it.
It was worth a shot, I guess.
Snyder is a talented writer who seems to be an awesome person, but I just do. not. like his take on Batman. And this story is no exception.
It started out with Bruce Wayne waking up in Arkham Asylum after a dead kid explodes in Crime Alley, only to have Alfred tell him that he's been hallucinating his whole life as Batman.
Oh, ok. That's cool.
Then the whole thing went off into something completely crazypants. You could drive a truck through some of these plotholes.
There may be some spoilers below:
Remember that dumbass contraption Bruce built that would "grow his clone" every generation so that Gotham would always have its Batman?
Well, that's who this guy is. Alfred was trying to save this new one but of course it doesn't work because Bruce's clone is way too smart to be fooled, and he heads out into the wasteland to save the world from...whatever the hell is out there.
He is greeted by Joker's head, still alive in a lantern.
Take a minute if you need it to let that sink in.
Ok. What in the hell kind of nonsense dystopian future is this?
Lex Luthor simply talks people into being evil? He just gets on the airwaves and tells everyone that things are terrible and they should act accordingly.
And they DO?
The general public "mental votes" to see who they pick to die in the debate between Lex and Superman, and they kill Superman for some odd reason with some kind of a zappy-stabby beam. Then, as the world turns to chaos (for no discernable reason) they tear Batman apart for holding the Hall of Justice doors open for them.
Wha...?
I went back and read some of this twice because I thought I'd missed something.
I'll tell you one thing, I'd think twice before holding the door open for Scott Snyder. He might chew my leg off or some shit.
I'm kidding. But only kind of because this version of the apocalypse is weird and silly and terrifyingly sad in the sense that anyone might think this could happen.
People are stupid and selfish. And they will tear each other apart.
But not because someone told them to be mean. That's dumb.
Anyway, the gist of this is that Joker's head and Batman's DNA go on a journey to save the world from OMEGA - a poorly thought-out evil overlord who mind controls the earth for reasons. Who could this terrifying villain beeeeeeee?
Well, if you can't figure it out, I'm certainly not going to be the one to tell you.
Hint:
I can tell that Snyder is a superfan (and that means a lot) but most of his superhero stuff just doesn't resonate with me. I prefer his horror and wish he would leave Batman's "swan songs" alone.
Capullo does a great job with the art, though.
So there's that.
August 12, 2020
Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, the celebrated creative team behind New 52 Batman, reunite once more for another adventure with the same character in Last Knight on Earth.
What’s it about? That’s a tough one. Nothing, really. It’s a mass of half-baked ideas thrown together that doesn’t add up to anything memorable or compelling. Snyder’s no longer capable of writing a coherent singular narrative - all he’s got are half-stories that go nowhere and mean nothing.
So the first part is about how Bruce Wayne imagines Batman and his life as the Caped Crusader because he’s an inmate of Arkham Asylum. It’s all in his head - or is it… ? That clumsily segues into a completely different Elseworlds-type story where an evil Batman calling himself Omega has taken over the world and the few remaining heroes lead a ragtag underground resistance.
I suppose the book’s never totally boring because some of the scenarios are so unusual and strange. I knew it wouldn’t stick but I wanted to see how far Snyder would take the delusional Bruce short story that opens the book. And it’s always nice to see Capullo drawing Batman.
But I couldn’t have cared less about the main post-apocalyptic storyline. All of the Superman/Lex stuff, once Snyder got into the details, was laughably bad, and the spot-the-reference barminess of that world only underlined how desperate Snyder was at trying to grab the reader’s attention.
Because that’s all Snyder’s got now: a series of WTF moments made up entirely of fan service to distract from the dull and unimaginative main story of Batman taking his time getting to fighting some one-dimensional baddie. Ooo, I wonder if he’ll beat him?!
Wait, why is Joker’s disembodied head alive in a jar in the middle of the desert that Batman conveniently stumbles across immediately upon entering said desert? Why is Scarecrow walking about on needles for fingers/toes? That seems very inconvenient! That ending - so what?! Ah, don’t think about it, don’t think about it - look, more lame fan service! Here’s Swamp Thing! Here’s The Spectre! etc. etc. Distraction, distraction.
Scott Snyder used to be a great Batman writer but now he’s just a hack. Last Knight on Earth is loud, unimpressive rubbish that only serves to highlight how far he’s fallen since his glory days of just a few short years ago.
What’s it about? That’s a tough one. Nothing, really. It’s a mass of half-baked ideas thrown together that doesn’t add up to anything memorable or compelling. Snyder’s no longer capable of writing a coherent singular narrative - all he’s got are half-stories that go nowhere and mean nothing.
So the first part is about how Bruce Wayne imagines Batman and his life as the Caped Crusader because he’s an inmate of Arkham Asylum. It’s all in his head - or is it… ? That clumsily segues into a completely different Elseworlds-type story where an evil Batman calling himself Omega has taken over the world and the few remaining heroes lead a ragtag underground resistance.
I suppose the book’s never totally boring because some of the scenarios are so unusual and strange. I knew it wouldn’t stick but I wanted to see how far Snyder would take the delusional Bruce short story that opens the book. And it’s always nice to see Capullo drawing Batman.
But I couldn’t have cared less about the main post-apocalyptic storyline. All of the Superman/Lex stuff, once Snyder got into the details, was laughably bad, and the spot-the-reference barminess of that world only underlined how desperate Snyder was at trying to grab the reader’s attention.
Because that’s all Snyder’s got now: a series of WTF moments made up entirely of fan service to distract from the dull and unimaginative main story of Batman taking his time getting to fighting some one-dimensional baddie. Ooo, I wonder if he’ll beat him?!
Wait, why is Joker’s disembodied head alive in a jar in the middle of the desert that Batman conveniently stumbles across immediately upon entering said desert? Why is Scarecrow walking about on needles for fingers/toes? That seems very inconvenient! That ending - so what?! Ah, don’t think about it, don’t think about it - look, more lame fan service! Here’s Swamp Thing! Here’s The Spectre! etc. etc. Distraction, distraction.
Scott Snyder used to be a great Batman writer but now he’s just a hack. Last Knight on Earth is loud, unimpressive rubbish that only serves to highlight how far he’s fallen since his glory days of just a few short years ago.
June 3, 2022
Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo write the last Batman story. Not their last Batman story as I'm sure he'll be in their sequel to Dark Nights: Metal, but the final Batman story that leads to his death so to speak. It pulls in elements of both their New 52 Batman run and Synder's Justice League. Set 20 years in the future on a post-apocalyptic Earth, Batman makes his way back to Gotham to stop Omega from using the anti-life equation. You don't really need to know more than that.
The art team of Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, and FCO Plascencia is working at the pinnacle of comic book art. This book looks superb.
The art team of Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, and FCO Plascencia is working at the pinnacle of comic book art. This book looks superb.
July 6, 2020
Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns will be always the ultimate last Batman story for me, but this post-apocalyptic tale from Snyder and Capullo was a surprising funny good read.
It had an hell of a start, with a Bruce Wayne innmate in Arkham finding out his past as Batman was just a delusion, then it was like Snyder understood this storyline was not much original at all and turned it into something very different.
Final result was a sometimes messed hit and miss Mad Max dark future style Elseworld tale, but Capullo was in real good shape here, the ending was for me one of the best ones I've read from Snyder after so many disappointing ones, and the Batman-Joker buddy road trip was so wrong, insane and hilarious at the same time, that it turned full circle rising my final vote to four full stars.
Far better than expected.
September 13, 2022
Ugh, no. Seems to go on forever, and weirdly pretentious. Characters don't behave like themselves (Joker, Jim Gordon, etc).
March 6, 2023
Better than I thought it would be.
For whatever reason, when these came out I was thinking more “meh” than “WOW!”. I’m like Jan Brady, “Batman, Batman, Batman! That’s all we ever hear about is Batman.”
Batman is DC’s meal ticket. The Superman story is old and tired and while the various arcs are still entertaining, it’s a flawed vehicle. Wonder Woman, too. You can still tell a good story - except its been told before, and maybe even better.
Truth be told, DC has still lots left in the tank and a solid experience for young readers who don’t have DECADES of time with these heroes. And dark DC is the way to go, they figured out YEARS ago that their bread is buttered in noir rather than in Friends-like Marvel episodes.
So, when I got the chance to read this GN, I was thinking I’d give it a try, though with limited enthusiasm.
Visually, it’s impressive. Greg Capullo’s art is, as always, very good. Snyder’s writing, almost like he knows deep down that he’s got to somehow try something new, is good and better than I expected.
What is best about this dystopian DC tale is the re-imagining of so many DC storylines. The zombie like Green Lantern constructs were my favorites, but he threw a lot of spaghetti on the wall to see what would stick.
Joker as a kept alive head in a jar was Futurama like, but because it’s Joker it worked. For the most part.
For fans.
For whatever reason, when these came out I was thinking more “meh” than “WOW!”. I’m like Jan Brady, “Batman, Batman, Batman! That’s all we ever hear about is Batman.”
Batman is DC’s meal ticket. The Superman story is old and tired and while the various arcs are still entertaining, it’s a flawed vehicle. Wonder Woman, too. You can still tell a good story - except its been told before, and maybe even better.
Truth be told, DC has still lots left in the tank and a solid experience for young readers who don’t have DECADES of time with these heroes. And dark DC is the way to go, they figured out YEARS ago that their bread is buttered in noir rather than in Friends-like Marvel episodes.
So, when I got the chance to read this GN, I was thinking I’d give it a try, though with limited enthusiasm.
Visually, it’s impressive. Greg Capullo’s art is, as always, very good. Snyder’s writing, almost like he knows deep down that he’s got to somehow try something new, is good and better than I expected.
What is best about this dystopian DC tale is the re-imagining of so many DC storylines. The zombie like Green Lantern constructs were my favorites, but he threw a lot of spaghetti on the wall to see what would stick.
Joker as a kept alive head in a jar was Futurama like, but because it’s Joker it worked. For the most part.
For fans.
December 30, 2019
Maybe my preconceptions and first impressions tainted the story for me. I was led to believe that this would be a story of Batman having been an Arkham Asylum patient all along, his entire life story nothing but delusions, none of his villains or his sidekicks ever existing, and so forth. Given how he himself has always teetered on the brink of sanity, and how the entire premise of everything to do about Batman is honestly kind of crazy if you stop to think about it for a few seconds, this was an intriguing thought.
But then of course it cast away this intriguing illusion and turned into another post-apocalyptic drekfest where Batman is the eternal hero, instead of just a madman in a bat suit. It's pretty predictable in its bleak grimdarkness, the way it came to be in the first place doesn't make too much sense, the characters and their motives and interactions are far from their best or most memorable, and the action and the twists and turns are pretty forgettable or inane.
A standard two-star affair on its own - but all its promises for something actually good and memorable and new, a deconstruction of the Batman mythos, only to drop it all at first occasion, cost it one of those two stars. I didn't like that very much.
But then of course it cast away this intriguing illusion and turned into another post-apocalyptic drekfest where Batman is the eternal hero, instead of just a madman in a bat suit. It's pretty predictable in its bleak grimdarkness, the way it came to be in the first place doesn't make too much sense, the characters and their motives and interactions are far from their best or most memorable, and the action and the twists and turns are pretty forgettable or inane.
A standard two-star affair on its own - but all its promises for something actually good and memorable and new, a deconstruction of the Batman mythos, only to drop it all at first occasion, cost it one of those two stars. I didn't like that very much.
May 27, 2020
It’s always a bad sign when a story starts out great then gradually gets less and less interesting. Unfortunately, Last Knight on Earth fit that trajectory perfectly and ended exactly as expected — with a whimper. What made that so disappointing was the story had such a promising beginning: Batman perplexed by a chalk line drawing case (Not kidding. Bats is obsessed with someone drawing chalk lines on city streets.) then taken by surprise at an unexpected twist only to wake up in Arkham Asylum: Bruce Wayne’s whole life as the Dark Knight nothing but insane delusions. Scott Synder’s writing and Greg Capulla’s art very nicely illustrating Bruce’s real instability, the pure craziness of his life as Batman, and the plausibility of it all truly being a lunatic’s wet dream. Great start. Then everything went to hell.
What follows next is a tumble down the rabbit hole into the land of who-the-hell-cares. The insanity of Bruce is an illusion. The real world is yet another bleak, grim, and bloodthirsty post-apocalyptic world. How did this happen? Well, there is an explanation, but it really seemed sort of implausible and pretty damn dull. The twists and turns in the plot? Forgettable and boring. Who’s the big bad guy? Who honestly knows, since we have two: one in the past (who isn’t really the villain) and one, sort of, in the present (who isn’t really the villain). What’s Batman’s goal here? Yeah, that isn’t very clear either and eventually leads to philosophical concepts and messianic overtones. The ending? Well, it ended.
What I’ll remember most about this one is the wasted opportunity to do something different, because that beginning had loads of potential.
What follows next is a tumble down the rabbit hole into the land of who-the-hell-cares. The insanity of Bruce is an illusion. The real world is yet another bleak, grim, and bloodthirsty post-apocalyptic world. How did this happen? Well, there is an explanation, but it really seemed sort of implausible and pretty damn dull. The twists and turns in the plot? Forgettable and boring. Who’s the big bad guy? Who honestly knows, since we have two: one in the past (who isn’t really the villain) and one, sort of, in the present (who isn’t really the villain). What’s Batman’s goal here? Yeah, that isn’t very clear either and eventually leads to philosophical concepts and messianic overtones. The ending? Well, it ended.
What I’ll remember most about this one is the wasted opportunity to do something different, because that beginning had loads of potential.
December 14, 2025
2025 Review: Agree. Not Great, but still fun. The Joker was a surprise hit in this one.
2020 Review: Last Knight is the "final" part of Snyder's batman run. Till that new metal part 2 event comes.
I thank Snyder for getting me into batman. His new 52/black mirror run made me a Batman fan and then read all the older Batman and newer stuff too. So he'll always be cool in my book.
But his recent Batman output has been meh. Some good stuff like Batman who Laughs worked but Metal, No justice, and even his Justice League and All Star Batman vary from shit to okay.
Anyway, enough rambling. You wanna know what I think of Last Knight on Earth? Well, it's not bad.
Basically it starts off with Bruce in Arkham and you believe he has gone crazy. That the whole Batman thing was all in his head. This has been done a million times in movies and TV shows and comics but it's no different here. Except Snyder quickly says fuck that and we get thrown into a world that is broken and Batman, with his trusty sidekick Joker, go on a epic adventure to try and "fix" the world.
It's not bad. I actually liked Bruce and Joker her.e They were pretty funny together. I also thought the art was good and the scenery and mad max type world was fun. I liked a lot of the redesigns too and some horror elements worked well here. But that's the thing. The story itself feels safe, easy, and not something that blew me away. It's missing the "whoa" factor that I know Snyder can produce. Also, the ending is weirdly placed and feels disconnected from the rest.
Is it bad? Hell no. Is it great? Eh...not really. But it's good. A 3 out of 5.
2020 Review: Last Knight is the "final" part of Snyder's batman run. Till that new metal part 2 event comes.
I thank Snyder for getting me into batman. His new 52/black mirror run made me a Batman fan and then read all the older Batman and newer stuff too. So he'll always be cool in my book.
But his recent Batman output has been meh. Some good stuff like Batman who Laughs worked but Metal, No justice, and even his Justice League and All Star Batman vary from shit to okay.
Anyway, enough rambling. You wanna know what I think of Last Knight on Earth? Well, it's not bad.
Basically it starts off with Bruce in Arkham and you believe he has gone crazy. That the whole Batman thing was all in his head. This has been done a million times in movies and TV shows and comics but it's no different here. Except Snyder quickly says fuck that and we get thrown into a world that is broken and Batman, with his trusty sidekick Joker, go on a epic adventure to try and "fix" the world.
It's not bad. I actually liked Bruce and Joker her.e They were pretty funny together. I also thought the art was good and the scenery and mad max type world was fun. I liked a lot of the redesigns too and some horror elements worked well here. But that's the thing. The story itself feels safe, easy, and not something that blew me away. It's missing the "whoa" factor that I know Snyder can produce. Also, the ending is weirdly placed and feels disconnected from the rest.
Is it bad? Hell no. Is it great? Eh...not really. But it's good. A 3 out of 5.
February 7, 2022
Marvel did it better actually with Peter David's Hulk: Future Imperfect. And first. But this is a quality comic universe dystopia too, full of dark DC Snyder-isms (not that Snyder!) similar to the Metal crossovers yet unburdened by continuity, and such amazing art by Greg Capullo. A good Batman swan song for this legendary writer-artist team...
July 8, 2020
A bloated mess of a book that serves up a dumb Batman/Joker road trip mixed with clones, a post-apocalypse dystopia, and Jack Kirby's Fourth World crap.
Why does this exist?
p.s. I forgot to mention when I first reviewed this book, but based on the cover with its green Batman logo and what appears to be a lantern in Batman's hand, I opened the book totally convinced it was going to be about Batman becoming a member of the Green Lantern Corps. So wrong!
Why does this exist?
p.s. I forgot to mention when I first reviewed this book, but based on the cover with its green Batman logo and what appears to be a lantern in Batman's hand, I opened the book totally convinced it was going to be about Batman becoming a member of the Green Lantern Corps. So wrong!
October 26, 2021
Its something...like idk what to say but that it was okay.
Its the final story that Scott said he is doing on Batman but okay sure and its meh.
It starts with Bruce waking up in an asylum and seeing that Alfred and his other villains in there and finding that his whole life is rantings of an old man and then finding the truth and it was hell of an opening but then going outside and seeing the world has become Mad max like and crazy and so its upto him to save the world and he sees various disasters and all and teams up with Wonder Woman and later Dick and others who survived and we get to see him go against Luthor and chimera of batman villains and finally find who is behind this: OMEGA and that was good.
Until the revelations happens to who he is and the ultimate battle supposedly but then again he ends with the worst ending possible and it felt rushed not the kind of epic fight you were hoping for and finally the ending with hope and its kinda like Doomsday clock which I sort of liked but yeah overall this story was a chore to get through and there are too many DC references tbh and connects to his JL run but still. But its a good one time read if you're a fan of Snyder and his *last* Batman story .
Its the final story that Scott said he is doing on Batman but okay sure and its meh.
It starts with Bruce waking up in an asylum and seeing that Alfred and his other villains in there and finding that his whole life is rantings of an old man and then finding the truth and it was hell of an opening but then going outside and seeing the world has become Mad max like and crazy and so its upto him to save the world and he sees various disasters and all and teams up with Wonder Woman and later Dick and others who survived and we get to see him go against Luthor and chimera of batman villains and finally find who is behind this: OMEGA and that was good.
Until the revelations happens to who he is and the ultimate battle supposedly but then again he ends with the worst ending possible and it felt rushed not the kind of epic fight you were hoping for and finally the ending with hope and its kinda like Doomsday clock which I sort of liked but yeah overall this story was a chore to get through and there are too many DC references tbh and connects to his JL run but still. But its a good one time read if you're a fan of Snyder and his *last* Batman story .
October 7, 2023
4'5/10 ⭐⭐⭐
“Dentro de 20 años, Bruce Wayne despierta en el Asilo Arkham. Joven. Cuerdo. Y... nunca ha sido Batman. Para resolver el misterio de su pasado, se embarca en una gran misión a través de un mundo devastado y desconocido, con la cabeza del Joker como improbable guía. ¿Logrará descubrir la causa de tan horrible futuro?”
Lo mejor, sin duda, es el dibujo de Greg Capullo. Es el estilo de dibujo que le pega al cómic de superheroes. Consigue que todo fluya a nivel visual y nada desentone.
Lo peor, o bastante mejorable, es el guión de Scott Snyder. Las licencias que permite el sello Black Label a veces funcionan a veces no. Esta es de las que no. Me he sentido perdido durante la lectura y tengo la sensación de que el propio Snyder también se perdió durante la realización del guión. Buenos puntos pero sin sentido y mal hilados.
Recomendable sólo para completistas o fans del dibujante.
January 6, 2020
A really awesome story and a great end to Snyder's time on Batman! So the story has Batman investigate a mystery around crime alley, only for him to wake up in a dark future, where most of the Justice League is dead and an evil Batman-like character calling himself Omega has taken over. I didn't really know what to expect from this story but it ended up being a really good Elseworlds, Old man Logan type story for Batman. Snyder did a great job crafting a gripping story and Capullo's art is some of the best he's ever drawn on Batman book! While I wouldn't say this is required reading, it is a fun Batman story and I would recommend it to people who have loved Snyder's Batman run and want to see it come to an end in one final story!
October 21, 2021
واحدة من أفضل القراءات مؤخرا.
رواية متكاملة الأركان تحولت الي نسخة مرئية بالصورة و الألوان.
اشيد بالترجمة.
للمزيد من التفاصيل مراجعة مرئية للعمل
#كوكب_الكتب
#العراف
https://youtu.be/twL8TEukb-g
رواية متكاملة الأركان تحولت الي نسخة مرئية بالصورة و الألوان.
اشيد بالترجمة.
للمزيد من التفاصيل مراجعة مرئية للعمل
#كوكب_الكتب
#العراف
https://youtu.be/twL8TEukb-g
April 9, 2020
I think I'm done with Scott Snyder's works on batman. The story started off so strong with great writing, and a creepy atmosphere I loved it. But soon after that everything went bonkers to the point where the book became a cliche and disappointment. Greg's drawings are amazing as usual he's always at the top of his game. But I think Snyder needs to take a break from batman. The stories he writes now are no where near as amazing as they were five years ago.
April 3, 2020
Last Knight On Earth is Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's apparent Batman swan song, which is...unfortunate.
I've read plenty of Elseworld/What If?/The End type future storylines to know where this one was going before it got there. Plenty of characters dying, lots of 'shock' reveals about how characters have gone evil in the interim between this story and the present day DC universe, all that stuff. It's not new, or original, and those are two things I've always associated with Snyder and Capullo.
The one thing I did really enjoy about this story is that it draws on the idea of Batman being eternal that Snyder played with throughout his run (and the 52 issue Batman Eternal, oddly enough!). It's probably the redeeming feature about this story, because it gives it a point rather than just being told for the sake of it, and links it intrinsically to the rest of Snyder and Capullo's Bat-work so it has true relevance.
And of course Capullo's art is superb as always. There was a reason Batman was the highest selling comic of the New 52 (and not just because it was Batman), because it looked gorgeous, and this is another fine example.
Last Knight On Earth isn't necessary, at all. In fact, I think I'd have preferred not having read it, because it feels like it tars the rest of Snyder and Capullo's run on the character. It feels like too many other stories I've read before, and I could definitely have done without it, which isn't a sign of a good book. A rare miss for Snyder; it looks pretty though!
I've read plenty of Elseworld/What If?/The End type future storylines to know where this one was going before it got there. Plenty of characters dying, lots of 'shock' reveals about how characters have gone evil in the interim between this story and the present day DC universe, all that stuff. It's not new, or original, and those are two things I've always associated with Snyder and Capullo.
The one thing I did really enjoy about this story is that it draws on the idea of Batman being eternal that Snyder played with throughout his run (and the 52 issue Batman Eternal, oddly enough!). It's probably the redeeming feature about this story, because it gives it a point rather than just being told for the sake of it, and links it intrinsically to the rest of Snyder and Capullo's Bat-work so it has true relevance.
And of course Capullo's art is superb as always. There was a reason Batman was the highest selling comic of the New 52 (and not just because it was Batman), because it looked gorgeous, and this is another fine example.
Last Knight On Earth isn't necessary, at all. In fact, I think I'd have preferred not having read it, because it feels like it tars the rest of Snyder and Capullo's run on the character. It feels like too many other stories I've read before, and I could definitely have done without it, which isn't a sign of a good book. A rare miss for Snyder; it looks pretty though!
December 23, 2019
Like everything else Scott Snyder has written for DC these last couple of years, this was garbage. Does he realize that people don't like books that don't make any sense? Someone needs to take this guys keys away until he sobers up. He is so damn talented and has some of the best ideas in comics but insists on incoherence in the name of pushing boundaries and expanding possibilities. I want to know why people are rating this higher than 3 stars. This is really better than the average book you've read? I did kind of like the 3rd book. If you look past all the nonsense book 3 was kind of enjoyable. Anyway, 3 stars.
May 23, 2020
I loved this book. I am a somewhat new Batman
Comic fan. Highly recommend this for both Batman fans and for those who rarely or never read comics. I love the artwork. The story is, in my limited experience, unconventional or untraditional for Batman. Simply fantastic. Just wow. If it helps my other favorite storyline so far is the White Knight. Every panel is beautiful.
Comic fan. Highly recommend this for both Batman fans and for those who rarely or never read comics. I love the artwork. The story is, in my limited experience, unconventional or untraditional for Batman. Simply fantastic. Just wow. If it helps my other favorite storyline so far is the White Knight. Every panel is beautiful.
January 28, 2022
60% | C+ | Good
"So first...a favour? For an old man? Let me hold you one last time..."
This is a strange one. It starts off really promising with Bruce discovering the body of a young boy at the scene where his parents died after following a series of chalk marks on the floor. However, it soon flies completely off the rails. Bruce wakes up in Arkham and that's only the tip of the iceberg. There are some fun and unique ideas, such as Batman carrying around Joker's very much alive head as he goes on his quest to take down Omega and Wonder Woman's...questionable hairstyle. However, even though I had fun reading it, I'm left with a lot of questions. Is this all in Batman's head? Is it really just a time skip or is there more to it? Definitely in need of a reread in the future, but a perfectly okay one-read-ride as well.
"So first...a favour? For an old man? Let me hold you one last time..."
The DC universe is now a wasteland, ruled over by a mysterious person known as Omega. It's up to Bruce and an unlikely team of survivors to save the world and delve into the past along the way
This is a strange one. It starts off really promising with Bruce discovering the body of a young boy at the scene where his parents died after following a series of chalk marks on the floor. However, it soon flies completely off the rails. Bruce wakes up in Arkham and that's only the tip of the iceberg. There are some fun and unique ideas, such as Batman carrying around Joker's very much alive head as he goes on his quest to take down Omega and Wonder Woman's...questionable hairstyle. However, even though I had fun reading it, I'm left with a lot of questions. Is this all in Batman's head? Is it really just a time skip or is there more to it? Definitely in need of a reread in the future, but a perfectly okay one-read-ride as well.
August 8, 2020
After decades of Batman stories across various mediums, everyone has their own idea about what the Caped Crusader is about — more specifically, everyone has their own idea about how their version of Batman’s story would end. When it comes to comics, while The Dark Knight Returns is the one most readers would look at — even if the diminishing sequels don’t do justice to that comic’s legacy — writers like Grant Morrison show that the Bat’s end is just as interpretative as the character himself, as is the case with Last Knight on Earth, which is meant to be Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo capstone to their eight-plus year Bat-run.
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March 21, 2024
What did I just read? Because I'm left with many questions.
Curiously, Snyder's Batman gets very ethereal when he leaves Gotham, much like All Star Batman. I was on board for the "Batman and his Gotham is all in your mind" moment early on, but how does Batman suddenly pop up in the desert? And notice it's Batman, not a delusional Bruce, who continues into this post-apoc world. Speaking of plot holes, if Batman was killed early on in this universe, who is this Batman? Confusing plot holes aside, Snyder pushes this character beyond his literary limits in a devastated world where he is reckoning his identity along with others--who is Batman without Gotham, without the Justice League, without his Alfred and the Bat fam?
My main complaint is the plot holes, which leave me feeling confused about context--Who is this Batman? Is this a dream? Nightmare? My other complaint is, I feel like when Batman leaves Gotham the story inevitably becomes Justice League-y. That in lieu of Gothamites the cast needs filled by existing heroes and perhaps ceases to be a true Batman story. That said, it's an intriguing read that begs rereads, and which, like all of Capullo & FCO's work, is beautifully illustrated.
Curiously, Snyder's Batman gets very ethereal when he leaves Gotham, much like All Star Batman. I was on board for the "Batman and his Gotham is all in your mind" moment early on, but how does Batman suddenly pop up in the desert? And notice it's Batman, not a delusional Bruce, who continues into this post-apoc world. Speaking of plot holes, if Batman was killed early on in this universe, who is this Batman? Confusing plot holes aside, Snyder pushes this character beyond his literary limits in a devastated world where he is reckoning his identity along with others--who is Batman without Gotham, without the Justice League, without his Alfred and the Bat fam?
My main complaint is the plot holes, which leave me feeling confused about context--Who is this Batman? Is this a dream? Nightmare? My other complaint is, I feel like when Batman leaves Gotham the story inevitably becomes Justice League-y. That in lieu of Gothamites the cast needs filled by existing heroes and perhaps ceases to be a true Batman story. That said, it's an intriguing read that begs rereads, and which, like all of Capullo & FCO's work, is beautifully illustrated.
December 18, 2019
"You know what I haven't forgotten Bruce? What I cant forget? The cheers as my bones broke, the laughter. I remember a father helping his son cut pieces off me to keep, and near the end, I remember a little girl kneeling, maybe seven years old, near me. I had no tongue, no teeth, but I tried to tell her to go hide...she set me on fire, it took her six tries."
This started so well the first 2 issues were well written, intriguing, creepy, and I loved them, the art was beautiful and this last issue feels like a totally different thing and it became a cliche and just let it down, so disappointed...
This started so well the first 2 issues were well written, intriguing, creepy, and I loved them, the art was beautiful and this last issue feels like a totally different thing and it became a cliche and just let it down, so disappointed...
June 15, 2021
Batman: Last Knight on Earth is a love song, an idealistic cap, and love letter between Snyder and his team (Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, and FCO Plascencia) and the idea of Batman. It is not the end of Scott Snyder working with the character Batman as his work on Justice League continues to utilize the character and he will have a role in the upcoming sequel to Metal: Death Metal, but this is the thematic and ideal cap to the writing he did for the character.
Snyder has said in past interviews that if he were to end Batman it'd be him and the Joker going down fighting, much like you saw in Endgame. Perhaps that has changed, maybe this is his definitive end as he's still using the idea of Batman cloning himself and while I was not fond of the idea at first I've grown on the concept as my world view has expanded and my readings of Batman have expanded. Superheroes have been around for a very longtime and exist in every possible medium so they become ideas and each writer, artist, colorist, inker are all presenting their idea of the Bat, of the Spider, of Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, etc. Because these characters will outlast us and grow beyond us.
You can take that a few ways, you can see that as corporations peddling these marketable and heavily merchandised icons down our throat for decades, or and the way I like to see it when I'm optimistic enough to think so is that these ideas inspire and help us through whatever time we may be having. Batman has been there for me in the best and worst of times and can be an inspiring symbol no matter what. Some people would say it's foolish to be inspired by a fictional character or fiction at all which I guess makes me foolish, but I will always be foolish then.
Getting back to it Batman is an idea and Last Knight on Earth is Snyders last paragraph in a long essay on what Batman is. It is big, pretty, bombastic, and telling of what the team feels for Batman.
The story will not work for everyone, nor do I think it should be read on it's own because it is an ending after all. Of course you could and I think it'd still be pretty damn fun.
The pencils are the finest I viewed last year, Capullo is a master of his craft yet he learns from every story and his style is now iconic with the Bat. FCO colors the art in a way no one else can, the color palette is vast in this work and makes it all the better for the skill at hand. Jonathan Glapion inks the piece and makes the pencils even better. Each part so essential to bring this to light, it is a finely crafted standout that I don't think any fan of the previous run or Batman should miss.
This is the thesis statement of Snyder and his team and it was a wild ride.
Snyder has said in past interviews that if he were to end Batman it'd be him and the Joker going down fighting, much like you saw in Endgame. Perhaps that has changed, maybe this is his definitive end as he's still using the idea of Batman cloning himself and while I was not fond of the idea at first I've grown on the concept as my world view has expanded and my readings of Batman have expanded. Superheroes have been around for a very longtime and exist in every possible medium so they become ideas and each writer, artist, colorist, inker are all presenting their idea of the Bat, of the Spider, of Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, etc. Because these characters will outlast us and grow beyond us.
You can take that a few ways, you can see that as corporations peddling these marketable and heavily merchandised icons down our throat for decades, or and the way I like to see it when I'm optimistic enough to think so is that these ideas inspire and help us through whatever time we may be having. Batman has been there for me in the best and worst of times and can be an inspiring symbol no matter what. Some people would say it's foolish to be inspired by a fictional character or fiction at all which I guess makes me foolish, but I will always be foolish then.
Getting back to it Batman is an idea and Last Knight on Earth is Snyders last paragraph in a long essay on what Batman is. It is big, pretty, bombastic, and telling of what the team feels for Batman.
The story will not work for everyone, nor do I think it should be read on it's own because it is an ending after all. Of course you could and I think it'd still be pretty damn fun.
The pencils are the finest I viewed last year, Capullo is a master of his craft yet he learns from every story and his style is now iconic with the Bat. FCO colors the art in a way no one else can, the color palette is vast in this work and makes it all the better for the skill at hand. Jonathan Glapion inks the piece and makes the pencils even better. Each part so essential to bring this to light, it is a finely crafted standout that I don't think any fan of the previous run or Batman should miss.
This is the thesis statement of Snyder and his team and it was a wild ride.
January 4, 2020
I liked most of this but had to dock this two stars due to some nitpicks that really frustrates me and I couldn’t get over:
1) Snyder has a knack for writing forced feeling metaphors that make sense in his head and don’t make sense to anyone else or map onto reality. There’s one group of lines in the second book I reread five times and gave up trying to figure out what the hell he was trying to say.
2) Snyder also had a couple motivations or reveals in this that felt really thin or didn’t make sense. I’m still confused about what Joker actually revealed about the “case” in the end of book three...and if I do understand it correctly I’m not sure how Joker could possibly see ANY of this coming as a motivation. The dialogue is written choppy and no clue what’s being revealed really. So was that Joe Chills kid or not? Who the eff knows!
The other thin motivation is the circumstances leading to the apocalypse. I guess Superman lost the debate died and everyone JUST WENT EFFING NUTS. There’s probably more, but it doesn’t make a ton of sense.
Other than these issues, I did enjoy it. The weird apocalyptic take on the universe was crazy and lots of fun. I just wish the other parts and dialogue were more thought through, because this could’ve really been a great thing, other than just okay.
1) Snyder has a knack for writing forced feeling metaphors that make sense in his head and don’t make sense to anyone else or map onto reality. There’s one group of lines in the second book I reread five times and gave up trying to figure out what the hell he was trying to say.
2) Snyder also had a couple motivations or reveals in this that felt really thin or didn’t make sense. I’m still confused about what Joker actually revealed about the “case” in the end of book three...and if I do understand it correctly I’m not sure how Joker could possibly see ANY of this coming as a motivation. The dialogue is written choppy and no clue what’s being revealed really. So was that Joe Chills kid or not? Who the eff knows!
The other thin motivation is the circumstances leading to the apocalypse. I guess Superman lost the debate died and everyone JUST WENT EFFING NUTS. There’s probably more, but it doesn’t make a ton of sense.
Other than these issues, I did enjoy it. The weird apocalyptic take on the universe was crazy and lots of fun. I just wish the other parts and dialogue were more thought through, because this could’ve really been a great thing, other than just okay.
April 8, 2020
Last Knight on Earth is another series that wasn’t anything like I thought it was. I seem to remember all the hype about this book focusing on the Joker/Batman relationship. While the book does include that, it isn’t near as central to the story as made to believe (which is sad because they are the best part of the book). The story starts strong, takes a swerve in the first issue and continues to be mediocre until a decently satisfying conclusion. There are some interesting scenes through the book but most seem to be cool ideas that Scott And Greg came up with but couldn’t think of explaining “why?” for any of them. The Speed Force tornado is a great example of this: Sounds and looks awesome but not explained at all. As much as I like Scott Snyder, I feel his epic crossovers are not well written. He is better when his stories are smaller scaled. Greg’s art is pretty solid throughout the book which bumps this up from 2 star to 3 star rating. This is the third title I have read for DC Black Label and honestly, none of them have been that great.
May 17, 2022
After years of reading comics online,this is the first actuall hardcover comic book i recently owned,for a price so high i rather forget,
Still;a path down memory lane it was,the story was well made,way into the future,batman too shall trurn to adress the "Final Soloution"
Still;a path down memory lane it was,the story was well made,way into the future,batman too shall trurn to adress the "Final Soloution"
Want to read
June 4, 2023Recommended by Ben Haile.
January 25, 2023
(Zero spoiler review)
I have very mixed feelings about Scott Snyder, and truth be told, I'm not the biggest fan of Greg Capullo's artwork, at least when it comes to Batman. Sure, I'd take him over the majority of people plying their trade in the modern comics landscape these days, but I wouldn't crawl over broken glass to stare at his depictions of the dark knight either. But it is Snyder who well and truly shits the bed here.
What is Last Knight on Earth about? Well, you tell me and we'll both know. I'm sure there are those out there who might mumble under their breath about this being a work of misunderstood genius, or your humble scribe here simply not having the intellectual fortitude to puzzle out the mastery on display. This is pseudo intellectualism of the lowest possible caliber. An unappealing hodge podge of Snyder's half baked ideas he never got to implement at an earlier date. Seeing this last Batman hurrah as the chance to shart it all at the wall, and finger paint it into some sort of semblance of a story. There were times when it almost worked... almost. Sadly, those times are few and far between.
There isn't a single character here who actually feels like themselves. If you're someone who can stomach the horrendous, whimsical butchery that is the Dark Knights series, and all its horrendous tropes and flaws, then you may just find enough here to satisfy you. If you're someone who likes Batman in Gotham, doing Batman things, then give this a wide berth. That, and more than once, it gives off an unmistakable odour of 'modernism' that was creeping into DC around this time, which is a sure-fire way to lose me further.
On the plus side, Joker actually had me audibly laughing twice on the same page. It's been a while since that happened. But what Snyder did with him after that... No thanks. 2/5
OmniBen.
I have very mixed feelings about Scott Snyder, and truth be told, I'm not the biggest fan of Greg Capullo's artwork, at least when it comes to Batman. Sure, I'd take him over the majority of people plying their trade in the modern comics landscape these days, but I wouldn't crawl over broken glass to stare at his depictions of the dark knight either. But it is Snyder who well and truly shits the bed here.
What is Last Knight on Earth about? Well, you tell me and we'll both know. I'm sure there are those out there who might mumble under their breath about this being a work of misunderstood genius, or your humble scribe here simply not having the intellectual fortitude to puzzle out the mastery on display. This is pseudo intellectualism of the lowest possible caliber. An unappealing hodge podge of Snyder's half baked ideas he never got to implement at an earlier date. Seeing this last Batman hurrah as the chance to shart it all at the wall, and finger paint it into some sort of semblance of a story. There were times when it almost worked... almost. Sadly, those times are few and far between.
There isn't a single character here who actually feels like themselves. If you're someone who can stomach the horrendous, whimsical butchery that is the Dark Knights series, and all its horrendous tropes and flaws, then you may just find enough here to satisfy you. If you're someone who likes Batman in Gotham, doing Batman things, then give this a wide berth. That, and more than once, it gives off an unmistakable odour of 'modernism' that was creeping into DC around this time, which is a sure-fire way to lose me further.
On the plus side, Joker actually had me audibly laughing twice on the same page. It's been a while since that happened. But what Snyder did with him after that... No thanks. 2/5
OmniBen.
November 9, 2021
Комиксовата колекция на Artline Studios продължава с поредното заглавие от DC Black Label – „Батман: Последният рицар на Земята“ от сценариста Скот Снайдър и художника Грег Капуло – тандемът рестартирал редовната поредица за Батман пред 10-тина години и пожънал огромен успех с нея. Сега обаче е дошло време да разкажат една последна история за Маскирания кръстоносец. Бъдещето. Светът е пустош. Супергероите ги няма. А Брус Уейн е затворен в лудн��ца „Аркам“ и сякаш единствен той осъзнава, че нещо не е наред. Решен да разгадае мистерията, Батман, заедно с един крайно необичаен спътник, се отправя на последна отчаяна мисия през пустини, руини и митологията на DC, за да се изправи лице в лице с човека, убил света. Прочетете ревюто на „Книжни Криле“: https://knijnikrile.wordpress.com/202...
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