Review — Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1: Batman and Joker, To the End

Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1 — Scott Snyder, Writer; Greg Capullo, Penciller; Jonathan Glapion, Inker; FCO Plascencia, Colorist

Ratings: Ray — 10/10

Corrina: Batman Into the Future! (Dystopian-style)

Ray: There’s no question that the Snyder/Capullo run is one of the all-time great DC runs. A package of five major stories each pitting Batman against a massive threat, starting with the underground menace of the Court of Owls and ending with Jim Gordon standing alone against the eldritch Mr. Bloom, it showed that Batman could go wild and bizarre without losing an iota of the gritty charm that sets the character apart.

Now, the creative team returns for one last go Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1, this prestige format, triple-sized three-issue miniseries taking Batman on his final mission. Almost every key Bat-writer has their own take on what the end of Bruce’s mission looks like, and it’s no surprise that Snyder’s is a lot darker than most. He set up the bones of this idea with Batman creating a machine to clone himself in his run, and this story is the conclusion of that. But calling it a “story” almost doesn’t do it justice — it’s a collection of…