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Batman: Tenses #1
Batman: Tenses #1
It's Batman's first year on the streets of Gotham City. While the Dark Knight begins his fight to protect the innocent, Bruce Wayne is fighting to regain control of his family's company and the only legacy he has of his parents. But there are some events even The Batman cannot prepare for...
... as a madman walks the streets of Gotham City with uncontrollable visions of the apocalypse in every face he meets. A living legend with a terrible past must confront a living casualty with an even more terrifying future. A tale of justice, revenge, and unsettling "closure" from Joe Casey and Cully Hamner.
... as a madman walks the streets of Gotham City with uncontrollable visions of the apocalypse in every face he meets. A living legend with a terrible past must confront a living casualty with an even more terrifying future. A tale of justice, revenge, and unsettling "closure" from Joe Casey and Cully Hamner.
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
About the author
Joe Casey
906 books78 followersLibrarian note: there is more than one author with this name
Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Casey
Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Casey
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December 2, 2023
Don't know what y'all beef is with this book , loving it . REVIEW AT TENSES #2
September 11, 2022
One review for both Tenses #1 and #2.
Batman: Tenses is a two-issue story set in Batman’s first year. The issues were released in prestige format. I have read this story before, and I can vividly remember that it is very dark. The antagonist in this story is not even a supervillain or a criminal. He is just a mentally ill person who was abused when he was young and is having, dare I say it, a bad day.
I revisited the story for this post, and I can see why I thought it was very dark. The art may be cartoony, but the story is creepy and disturbing. This story is not for kids. Also, I did not understand what those scenes with the reporter were for during my first read. It is kind of funny how I missed what the reporter was insinuating.
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Batman: Tenses is a two-issue story set in Batman’s first year. The issues were released in prestige format. I have read this story before, and I can vividly remember that it is very dark. The antagonist in this story is not even a supervillain or a criminal. He is just a mentally ill person who was abused when he was young and is having, dare I say it, a bad day.
I revisited the story for this post, and I can see why I thought it was very dark. The art may be cartoony, but the story is creepy and disturbing. This story is not for kids. Also, I did not understand what those scenes with the reporter were for during my first read. It is kind of funny how I missed what the reporter was insinuating.
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October 16, 2013
Fantastic Batman story with so-so art.
July 13, 2014
Excellent first half of a Batman tale. Cully Hamner kills it with the art. Joe Casey creates a timeless story.
September 17, 2023
Review for both issues since there’s not a trade collection: Tenses isn’t a great Batman story, but it’s a pretty good deep cut. I was particularly interested in the central conceit of Bruce Wayne downsizing some of his business holdings to fund his Batman projects and creating unintended consequences for employees.
January 10, 2010
Batman: Tenses is a rather dark tale from the very early days of Batman. Bruce Wayne has only just returned to Gotham, and he's starting to reclaim his company without thinking too much about other people.
Bruce is very isolated here - I have no idea where Alfred's supposed to be in this one - and as a result he is very Dark and Grim, bordering on cruel. I don't like this Bruce that much.
What I did like was his interaction with the reporter (who guessed correctly that Bruce is hiding something) because it forced him to come back down to a more human level.
And I did like all those panels of Bruce working out without his shirt on.
So all in all a mixed bag for me. Not a bad read, but not a must read either.
Bruce is very isolated here - I have no idea where Alfred's supposed to be in this one - and as a result he is very Dark and Grim, bordering on cruel. I don't like this Bruce that much.
What I did like was his interaction with the reporter (who guessed correctly that Bruce is hiding something) because it forced him to come back down to a more human level.
And I did like all those panels of Bruce working out without his shirt on.
So all in all a mixed bag for me. Not a bad read, but not a must read either.
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