REVIEW: BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #5 (OF 7)

• The Caped Crusader is forced to not only fight off the most evil version of himself, but the growing desire to turn his back on his moral code and commit cold-blooded murder. Any other time, Batman would be able to stay on the straight and narrow, but as the Joker serum finally takes over his body, Bruce Wayne may just succumb to pure evil, and kill the Grim Knight.  All of this is foreseen by the Batman Who Laughs, who has been planning for the corruption of Bruce Wayne, banking on him activating the “Last Laugh” protocol and turning Gotham City into an incubator for evil.  All the Batman Who Laughs needs is one last “Happy Bruce” from another dimension to make his serum work…but only Batman knows where the last Bruce is going to show up.

In the last issue of Batman starts the process that would turn him into a diversion at the Batman who laughs can see and hear and must think like the Batman who laughs who has up to this point and one step ahead. This time Batman’s plan to stay to try to keep up with the Batman mask results in the murdering of Commissioner Gordon, and now the Gotham police had turned their guns on Batman in order to avenge Commissioner Gordon.

• The current issue of the  Batman Who Laughs # 5  commences right around the same time with Batman being under Fire. The only way to escape for the Batman Who Laughs is to tap into the deepest fears of is aggressors.
• It is revealed that crows that follow the Batman Who Laughs are actually James Gordon Jr (Batman #407 )at least alternate realities versions.
• We are also treated to the Batman Who Laughs addressing the court of owls it’s revealed that and one of the alternate realities Bruce Wayne was the leader of the court of the owls.
• The Batman Who Laughs, goes on a villain dialogue and tells Batman that the last laugh program was produced to make Gotham a seat of power and incubation City for biological diseases.

Is there any interior cover artist that is as hot as duck I don’t think so his stuff is just too good to clear the lines are very clear,and panel is just really great

The center of gravity that keeps pushing the series forward for me is the easy to understand lettering done by Sal Cipriano. The differences in voices of the characters is very important to understanding what has happened, and giving context to what is happening and Sal Cipriano is doing a very good job.

The Batman Who Laughs # 5 commercial who covers the first cover a by jock and second cover by variant by Victor Kalvachev.

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• Written by Scott Snyder art by Jock, lettering by Sal Cipriano, David Baron on colors.
• Published by DC Comics