You can read my review at Batman on Film!

Read it at Batman on Film!

Read it at Batman on Film!

Read it at Batman on Film!

Read it at Batman on Film!

This issue shared its arrival last week with the 72nd birthday of Detective Comics #27, which introduced Batman in 1939.

And even after more than seven decades, new writer Scott Snyder is still finding new ways to make history in yet another A+ effort.

You can read the review on Batman on Film — hosted as always by our good friend Bill “Jett” Ramey, the hardest working Batman fan on the planet! — by following the link or clicking on Jock’s amazing cover!

… hosted at Batman on Film by our good friend Bill “Jett” Ramey, the hardest working Batman fan on the planet!

Review: Batman: The Dark Knight #2

Review: Detective Comics #875

Review: Streets of Gotham #21

Streets #21 was that book’s final issue, and I’m really going to miss Paul Dini’s stories.

I noticed something in the flashback that really got me wondering; vile mobster Sallie Guzzo says some familiar things to a young boy he and his goons have taken from Dr. Leslie Thompkins’s clinic (and the care of Bruce Wayne’s future parents, Thomas Wayne and Martha Kane) and forced into servitude.

So I checked out #19 again and realized where I’d read those words before. The Joker speaks them to Sallie Guzzo — right before he guts him.

Coincidence?

I asked Paul on Twitter, and he was kind enough to respond:

Tweet 1:

“@johnbierly No coincidence. That kid was the Joker, age seven. Martha & Thomas were the only ones who were ever kind to him. Irony!”

Tweet #2:

“@johnbierly I set it up way back in the “Case Study” story I did w/Alex Ross. One of the hoods says one of Joker’s early names was ‘Sonny.’”

Awesome! It brings a whole new dynamic to the story.

And then! And then!

A few days later, Paul transmitted this:

“A really nice review of our last STREETS OF GOTHAM issue. Thanks, John. http://tinyurl.com/3k22v4k”

Gaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Awesome. I am beyond honored.

And Paul, thank you. You get Batman like no one else does, and we need your voice in Gotham City now more than ever.

Hosted as always by our good friend Bill “Jett” Ramey — the hardest working Batman fan on the planet — right here on Batman on Film!

There’s only one issue of this title left; I’m really going to miss Paul Dini’s voice and Dustin Nguyen’s art in Gotham City.

UPDATE

Just got this from Paul Dini on Twitter:

“@johnbierly Thanks for kind words about Streets #20. We had to cut out a lot, but I think it all wraps up nicely next issue.”

Thank YOU, Paul. And you’re more than welcome.

Click the cover to read my review hosted by our good friend Bill “Jett” Ramey — the hardest working Batman fan on the planet — on Batman on Film!

Earlier this week my request to interview writer Scott Snyder was approved by DC Comics. I’ve been in touch with Scott — an incredibly nice guy, by the way — and we’re going to wait until the end of the month so we can discuss issue #875 (which comes out March 30).

Can’t wait! This issue, just like the rest of Scott’s run on the book so far, is the stuff great comics are made of.