Dark Knight’s Death Metal: The Darkest Knight
Author: Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Williamson, Tomas, Priest, Manapul, Barrows, Gedeon, Daniel, Mahnke
Publisher: DC Comics
Publishing Date: 2021
Pgs: 216
Disposition: Hoopla ebook via Irving Public Library - South Campus - Irving, TX
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REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
Darkness rises. The Batman-Who-Laughs is gathering his forces. He will be the survivor, the one left standing, not as a henchman of Perpetua, but as master of his own multiverse. He plans on the victory of the echo over the voice. Tales here include the Robin King, Batmanasaurus Rex, the battle of the Flashes, the Trinity vs Anti-Monitor, Superboy-Prime, and Darkseid. And much more as the war sweeps through the multiverse and the dark multiverse. Perpetua is coming and the Darkest Knight rises.
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Genre:
DC Comics
Superhero
Supervillain
Graphic Novel

Why this book:
I like comics.
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Cover Art:
Pretty damned cool. The art on this all the way through is pretty awesome.

Favorite Character:
George the mutant hyena is a fave. Shame the Harley in the Prime Universe doesn’t have one that does that. Now that would be an awesome addition.

Favorite Scene:
The peeks at the other Batmen in the other universe...dark universes are disturbing. The cannibal Batman who eats his villains, including The Joker.
The Bat-nomicon giving birth to its own set of horrors.

Love looking over the Justice League’s shoulders as they race out to face a new crisis. It is a unique image. I don't know that I've ever seen that image from that angle before. Usually, when they show this kind of thing, they always show them from the front as they're rushing toward you, instead of rushing out to face the danger and you see them head-on.

Jarro saying that he's the greatest psychic in the universe...and then turning to Wonder Woman and asking “right?” And her reassuring him, “Of course you can [do it]” It's kinda sweet.

Great scene where Jonah hex encourages Harley and in appreciation, she kisses him on the cheek, on the side where his cheek is gone. And she says “Did you just slip me the tongue?” And he responds, “I got no cheek on that side. There ain't nothing else to kiss.” And she responds, “Fair enough.” That's comics.

I could have gone a long time without seeing that Captain Carrot with the Zoo Crew dead all around him scene. It’s great, but it’s heart-wrenching for one of their fans.

Favorite Quote:
I am the bullet. BLAM!

Favorite Concept:
The Batman-Who-Laughs origin story is pretty good. That is exactly something The Joker would do: A failsafe, The last laugh.

The Robin King story is horrific.

Hmm Moments:
The Crisis splash pages are beautiful.

Meh / PFFT Moments:
The predominant Superman design used throughout this crossover event was meh, in the extreme.

Missed Opportunity:
A missed opportunity that we didn't get a Jarro and Jonah hex series.
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Last Page Sound:
Good book. I wanted to look past Death Metal. Guess I need to find the other pieces. Hope they do an omnibus version.

Conclusions I’ve Drawn:
I prejudged this by everything that was said about the event online. I should know by now that that isn’t the way to see things that I end up enjoying.
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