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Posted on March 20, 2019 by Ray Goldfield
Batman #67 — Tom King, Writer; Lee Weeks, Jorge Fornes, Artist; Lovern Kindzierski, Colorist
Ratings:Ray — 9/10
Corrina: Silence
Ray: One of the most bizarre highlights of Tom King’s run on Batman was the Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, part of the DC/Looney Tunes crossover event. What could have easily been a one-joke concept turned out to be a fascinating noir dramedy that reinvented classic cartoon characters as detective archetypes. Now, as part of the strange “Knightmares” arc, King revisits that bizarre universe as Batman goes up against the one character no one could ever catch — the Road Runner. The issue opens with Batman and a mysteriously masked criminal who only speaks in “Beep Beep”s standing over a body (look at the shape of the body’s mask for an easter egg). The mostly silent story kicks off with an elaborate chase through Gotham’s roofs, alleys, and hallways. There’s very little context to this issue — we don’t know who the Road Runner is or why he killed someone, but he’s quickly proving to be one of Batman’s trickiest fans.
With so little dialogue until the last pages and little context to the plot, the artists have to carry most of the weight this…
