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Batman: Fortress

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Outside of making all the characters look like fools multiple times over there aren’t any “new” ideas added to the mix. I’m not sure if this is a plot hole as I don’t know how his powers work but one of Batman’s team is the new Aquakid. Batman's left to figure out what happened to Superman while dodging aliens and breaking into the Fortress of Solitude.

Occasionally, the story is too goofy (Darick Robertson's atrocious art doesn't help there), but it's overall a way more satisfying read than I expected. DC takes some big swings with this self-contained miniseries in its own bottle universe (or "Elseworld", to use the correct parlance) but mostly whiffs on them as the bonkers plot and tone bounce all over the place. Gary Whitta ( Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and Darick Robertson ( The Boys) have joined forces to tell a brutal and shocking adventure that will turn everything you think you know about Superman upside down!Batman carries bacon in his utility belt because he often runs into guard dogs, he points out that he uses it more often than Bat Shark Repellent. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Given the powers and abilities to match his peers, the Caped Crusader can expand his mission in ways that he could only previously dream about, no longer constrained by his ordinary human limits.

The interplay between Batman and Lex carries the latter half of the series, with Lex’s constant conniving to save his own skin at the expense of those around him. The trope subverts the concept that Batman is the most human member (or least powered) of the Justice League among a team of demigods. Whereas Superman purposely was a more reactive superhero to prevent himself from steering the course of humanity and unduly influencing it as an outsider, Batman remains fundamentally human in origin and outlook. The story moves at a remarkably brisk pace and that keeps the energy at a nice high - something I've seen not happening in many such mini's where the company decides to expand them to the more common 12 issues whereas this being a tight-8 actually works for it very well!Now I have to question; would I have reacted differently if they had simply placed the black label logo on the cover?

In the mysterious absence of the Last Son of Krypton, Batman must rally the rest of the Justice League to counter the alien threat but first, he must quell a crime wave on the blacked-out streets of Gotham! I thought this would be Batman making the Bat-cave and his city a fortress to hold back the darkness and evil. Granted, there are moments and particularly facial close-ups that are less than stellar compared to his norm, but overall he does a good job and one that somehow worked well for me with the story. But it's also expertly paced with amusing dialogue and a central mystery that's surprisingly crunchy. The non-human characters always fare better but they aren’t drawn to the best of Robertson’s abilities either.But the strengths in Fortress lie within its smaller moments rather than within its broad strokes, a distinction that comes into focus as the eponymous Fortress of Solitude enters the equation. But Aquakid gets knocked unconscious in the first fight - would that mean that the sub wouldn’t have been protected by his powers and have imploded?

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