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The Next Batman
Event\Storyline: Future State
Writer: John Ridley
Artist: Nick Derington

The Next Batman Review
Via weirdsciencedccomics.com

Future State is here, and that means the Next Batman has finally arrived.  After months of speculation and hype, one of the biggest Future State books is going to hit the shelf.

The story here is pretty basic stuff.  Ridley gives us a good sense of what Gotham is all about in this Future State and does so with minimal words.  He allows Nick Derrington's art to help out, and while that seems like basic stuff, recently, that hasn't been the case with a bunch of DC writers.

After a quick glimpse at Batman and the no-masks status-quo of Gotham, we switch the point of view to some young brothers trying to get in with the Bane-litos of Little Santa Prisca.  I liked this a lot, as it does what I mentioned above. It gives you a sense of the dark times, hitting Gotham in a more memorable way than just a narration box.

If you have been reading Batman and Detective comics since Tom King left the main book, you should recognize the similarities and differences in what we have seen already.  Tamara Fox is in a coma, which is getting back to how we saw her in the New 52 Batwing book.  Even, this feels different from the little we saw between Luke and his brother, Tim, who now goes by Jace.  However, the more things change, the more they stay the same.  Gotham still has a couple of good cops and a ton of evil, and Batman is still fighting the fight.  Except here, we don't have Bruce Wayne.

The story ends with Batman doing his best to keep our Bane-lito brothers alive, but the cliffhanger shows that there is still a lot of bad going around.

I liked this Next Batman story.  Nick Derrington's art took some getting used to, not because it's bad, but because it's a style that goes against the setting.  It's more cartoony, and in this darker world, it felt a bit off.  My biggest complaint, however, is that it felt too short.  I say that knowing it was a standard length story, but why not have the thing everyone has been waiting for more, if not all, of the pages?  I know some people like anthology issues, but why not have a double-sized Next Batman story with just one backup?  The cover does say "Next Batman," right?  So, give us more Next Batman or just a regular-sized issue that is easier on the wallet?!?

Overall, I enjoyed Future State: The Next Batman #1.  The main story by John Ridley has me intrigued, though I wish there were more pages of this instead of having two backups.

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