REVIEW: The Brave and The Bold Batman and Wonder Woman #2

There really isn“t anything that could have prepared Wonder Woman for the wild magic and chaos of the Celtic gods. Tir Na Nog, the home of the De Danann is not like the orderly pantheon of Greek gods that she is used to. She had been pulled into this world to act as a peace negotiator, but swiftly finds herself in charge of a murder investigation.

In the meantime, Batman finds himself a victim of wild Celtic magic when he encounters the last of the druids in Gotham“s Irish Quarter. (I really need to get a map of Gotham City.) The druid is trying to find a way back to De Danann and it isn“t clear that he understands how is magic is affecting people around him.

Batman, with Alfred“s help, manages to shrug off the effects of magic and recover in the Batcave while trying to figure out some way to detect and restrain the magical forces.

Wonder Woman is finding out that solving the murder of a dead king may not be as easy as she is used to. When everyone has access to magic that creates illusions and no one is sure what is reality, her golden perfect (a.k.a. golden lasso) isn“t the useful tool that she has come to expect it to be.

Tensions continue to rise among the near warring factions and the threats of war are becoming too real. Diana needs to refocus everyone on finding the king“s killer in order to negotiate peace. But she knows that she“ll need someone who can cut through all the illusions and get to the facts. Who does she recruit? Well, if the series title doesn“t give it away, I don“t know what will.

I really like the way this series is shaping up. Both of the heroes are needed to use the skills they are best known for. But at the same time they are thrown in a place where all the usual rules fail to apply. It is fun to see how they each learn to adjust to the new reality they find themselves in.

Liam Sharp (Testament, Justice League, Red Sonja) has a lot of experience with Wonder Woman and it is fun to see him pair her with Batman, since they are very much the opposites of one another. His writing is tight and his dialogue is distinctive for each character. While I am not sure where this story is going, it is clear that Sharp does. Additionally, he is giving us a new world to explore these character s and see how they can adjust to this new environment.

This six-issue series has started off right and been a lot of fun so far. I really want to continue to follow this story. It is an inventive looks at both of these characters who tend not to be paired as partners with one another as much as with other superheroes (ahem, Superman). It will be cool to see them getting used to working together.

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Writer: Liam Sharp
Artist: Liam Sharp
Colorist: Romulo Fajardo Jr.

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Andy Hall

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