Damian Son of Batman #3 Review

Second rate Batman needs a second rate Joker.



Sometimes I wonder why Kubert is doing this. I mean, there must be something beside financial remuneration? Does he read this and understand the story is going nowhere? That we didn't need this story, we were happy to fill in the blanks?

Ughhh..........................

The art though is still fabulous and nothing would stop me from picking up a Kubert drawn book. But a Kubert written one? Pass.

SPOILERS FOLLOW......................

Damian is out cold, leaving a very old Alfred (Dark Knight Returns old) to save him. Guess somethings never change.

Where is Tim Drake and Barbara Gordon by the way?

Anyway, Alfred operates on him and then apparently dies of exhaustion (poor chap, couldn't finish his tea) and when Damian wakes up, it's the cat Alfred which tells him everything. So, did Alfred pull a Ra's on the cat or is it a Liam Neeson plot exposition illusion type thing?

I don't think we'll ever know cause apparently Damian is too busy with the cat to notice the dead human across the room.

Damian Batman takes on Jacknapes (didn't he die already?) and a King Shark mob boss (huh) and immediately I felt like they jumped from point A to Z. Did we see Pyg? How did King Shark (assuming it is him) become a Pyg stooge?

Anyway, we have no time as Kubert needs to set the final battle fast. So he beats them up and then goes to father Gordon (or is it the Joker? I have no idea anymore) for some soul-searching.

Back at Wayne Manor, Damian finds his father gone with a Joker card on the bed. Talking with the cat, he goes back to the spot when Dick died (exploding fish. You forgot that? Good.) and finds him father tied up with a Batman Beyond type Jokerz gang waiting for him.

And leading them is....................the Joker. No, not the real one. A young wannabe.

Ugh.

SPOILERS END........................

I know Kubert was stretched for time and he has a few good ideas (I said a few, not a lot), but this is a miniseries that didn't need to happen.

I may have loved it if there were no word captions, cause the art is great. You can feel the chaos Damian is facing radiating through the pages. But the rest feels like 'I need to fill up these pages so I can set up a Damian vs Joker fight blah blah blah'.

Don't read it, Damian fans. Or burn it, if you can.

So, I give it 4.0 out of 10

+The art is still great

-Everything else is just bad and rushed