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TO QUOTE Sun Tzu: 'Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move'.
THE REVIEW:
One evening, while Jim Gordon is walking home from the
shops, an old friend of his from the Marines named Berenger approaches him and
asks for some help. It turns out that a while back Jim, Berenger, and the rest
of their crew uncovered something suspicious during their tour of Afghanistan ,
and that now, for some unexplained reason, members of their squad are getting
killed off, one by one, because of this. But before Gordon can ask him any questions, suddenly, a
suicidal terrorist then pops up and kills both Berenger and himself with a
knife and a pill.
Yet as we all know Jim Gordon isn't going to leave things
like this, despite calling it in! So in a flip of a page he packs his Bat-suit and heads off to
Afghanistan to
investigate matters further (Please note: This story obviously takes place
prior to the events seen in Batman
#50. So if you haven't read that particular story yet, please check it
out).
Once he arrives in Afghanistan Jim meets up with a hand full
of his old army buddies that are still alive, most notably Sergeant Naroda (who
he likes), Captain Stone (who he doesn't) plus a number of others as well as Sergeant
Fucci (who's new to the team). More importantly though, Jim actually gets down
and does some real detective work, snooping around the army base in the cover
of darkness as well as confronting Stone and another suicidal terrorist in a
Eastern cafe.
But wait up. Before I tell you too much about this issue I
think it best I stop there or else I might spoil things. That said,
however, what I can say is that on the whole this was a pretty decent issue of Detective
Comics, decent enough for me to praise it on a number of different levels.
First off I have to applaud Fernando Pasarin for his very polished artwork, as he managed to give this tale an obvious tone that was both cinematic and rustic at the same time. I also have to give Peter Tomasi some kudos too; not only for giving this tale a no-nonsense attitude, but also because his characters had character, and his story had a nice tinge of Middle Eastern mystery.
First off I have to applaud Fernando Pasarin for his very polished artwork, as he managed to give this tale an obvious tone that was both cinematic and rustic at the same time. I also have to give Peter Tomasi some kudos too; not only for giving this tale a no-nonsense attitude, but also because his characters had character, and his story had a nice tinge of Middle Eastern mystery.
Obviously I can't tell you too much about this mystery
because of my aforementioned stance on not wanting to give away too many
spoilers. Although, what I am willing to divulge is that this mystery is starting
to come across like a conspiracy, or a cover up, something that may be a hit or
a miss depending on what transpires within the next couple of issues. Where
this issue is concerned though, well, let's just say great art, intriguing tale, we're off to a good start,
and leave it at that for now.
THE MUSIC:
Whenever I see some sort of adventure or news story about people
in the Army, for the life of me, I can help but think about the following song performed
by the English rock group, Status Quo. Yeah, baby! You're in the army now.
THE COMPARISON:
John Travolta starred in an amazing film called 'The Generals Daughter', where we saw this
one-time greaser investigate the death of a young woman who was murdered in an army
barracks. Now if you've not seen this film yet, don't worry, because in many
ways this issue follows a similar path, just replace John with Gordon,
Afghanistan with a local Army base, and suicidal terrorists with... errrr... no
comment, Bang!
Comparison made. Ha!
THE CONCLUSION:
At the very end of
this issue Jim Gordon tells Darryl and Julia about what he and the rest of his
army buddies saw all those years ago in Afghanistan . So, just for fun, can you guess what they
saw out of the following eight options? Could it be...
- Saddam Hussein doing his best impression
of Nick Nolte.
- A monkey riding a bike with his banana.
- Ten camels smoking a fish.
- A torture chamber housing both victims
and assailants.
- Barry Manilow rapping.
- A deleted scene from 'Batman v Superman'
where the two titular characters have a three-way with Wonder Woman.
- Miley Cyrus licking a landmine.
- A Politicians conscious.
DETECTIVE COMICS #51
Reviewed by David Andrews
on
April 19, 2016
Rating:
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