Batwing was an okay book. Nothing overly spectacular about it. Plenty of room for improvement. But I think it was better than most people would expect it to be. The main problem though, of almost all of these new titles, maybe this one is the one that should have been a true origin story. If DC's trying to get new readers, and more minority readers, then shouldn't this book give this minority character a backstory that the new readers can follow? Just jumping right into the story without so much of a "Hi, I'm Batwing. Let me tell you a little about myself" just seems dumb. He's still new enough to be re-introduced without stripping away years of history. I feel they missed a prime opportunity there. The art could also be more dynamic. Some panels are really beautiful, while others are as bland as can be. Very inconsistent. It did have a nice ending like Detective Comics, but unlike that title, you can't be too shocked since it was a flashback. Not a bad first issue, just nothing that grabs you.
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