BARBARA GORDON: BREAKOUT #2 (DC COMICS)
Barbara Gordon s finding out the best laid plans never go quite right.
After sacrificing herself to save the Bat-Family from Vandal Savage’s raid, she’s now wound up at Supermax prison. With innocent people being murdered, Gordon has taken it upon herself to try saving them from the inside.
She’s quickly finding out that’s a lot easier said than done.
BARBARA GORDON: BREAKOUT #2 by Mariko Tamaki, Amancay Nahuelpan, Tamra Bonvillain & Ariana Maher (DC COMICS) continues its’ ambitious story.
Let’s take a deeper dive into recent events.
BARBARA GORDON: BREAKOUT #2 by Mariko Tamaki, Amancay Nahuelpan, Tamra Bonvillain & Ariana Maher (DC COMICS)
*** POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING ***
Tamaki keeps progress moving forward, but holds back on making true headway. The opening is the aftermath of whoever took Gordon out. Tensions are high as Gordon is reliving her own personal Hells. She appears to have found an ally in Sparrow, a fellow inmate. This leads to an assist but not without complications. Gordon’s injuries have made her a bit delusional in what she sees. A demonic Batman is prime example of this.
The story breaks to catch Jim Gordon up with Nightwing to recap. It is a good pivot point for resetting but doesn’t add too much to the overall scheme. Once events get back to Supermax, Gordon’s struggles begin to arise once more. Readers watch as her mind drifts back to the torture of the Joker. As events snap back to reality, the mood goes back to familiar ground. It teases more deception behind the walls before the last pages take hold. Events close teasing more but to what degree is anyone’s guess.
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Nahuelpan & Bonvillain bring out Barbara’s pain in the starting moments. Panels re-enact the Joker’s “Killing Joke” exchange to snap her back to the prison infirmary. The full page shot shows Gordon trying to cypher through her questioning. The introduction of of Sparrow leads to a trippy escape. readers watch as a full page image brings a possessed Batman into the wavy hallway. From here, events take a more calm turn.
Jim Gordon’s night of action delivers some quick action. Nightwing’s full page save leads to a brief exchange. It leads to more prison delusions as Gordon recovers from her attack. A ghastly image haunts the pages as more death looms. The art team throws in another Joker sequence before heading to the closing stages. Panels indicate all is it what it seems. This become evident with the parting panel. More is teased but a question of definition lingers.
FINAL GRADE: 8
Barbara Gordon heads into survival mode as the dangers inside Supermax become too much to handle. Tamaki throws more gas on the burning drama. Nahuelpan & Bonvillain lean heavily into Barbara’s past traumas. Where this is all heading is very much up in the air.
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