Writer: Tom King
Art: Clay Mann, Danny Miki, John Livesay
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Cover Price: $2.99
Tom King might be one of my favorite writers in the current comic scene. The first story I read of his was the critically acclaimed Marvel series, The Vision, which had turned one of the Avengers into something creepy and even sinister at times. It made the character so much more fascinating as we watched The Vision strive to become more human.
After that series concluded, I found his work at DC. The super-spy thriller series, Grayson, and the dark sci-fi series, The Omega Men. Everything I found from him was so well written, I became ecstatic to see he was chosen to write the Batman stories when Rebirth was released. As expected, every story put out in this series has been fantastic(with the exception of the Night of the Monster Men crossover), and the opening to the recent story arc, The War of Jokes and Riddles, is no exception.
In the first two parts, we watched the Riddler and Joker gather their resources and allies to prepare for the war, showing off each of the characters' strengths. Now the war has begun and all of Gotham is stuck in the middle. Who will be hurt in this war between Supervillains? Time to find out.
