“Blackest Night invades Gotham”

Blackest Night: Batman #1 is the first issue of three issues.  This is the first of the mini-series brought out by D.C. to supplement the Blackest Night on-going storylines.  The story starts with the new Batman and Robin investigating the desecration of Bruce Wayne’s grave by the Black Hand.  It seems that the Blackest Night is going to greatly affect the denizens of Gotham but also another of the D.C. Universes heroes: Deadman.  We also get to see several of Batman’s deceased villains return from the grave to cause their own brand of havoc.

I’ll have to say that I can get very leary of books that are brought out to support the big event titles, in this case Blackest Night.  Many times in the past, these books and series fall far short from the quality and interest generated by the main books.  But, I found this issue interesting and having the potential of adding to Blackest Night, instead of diluting it.

This is a solid book that I hope continues to entertain.

4 out of 5

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