Detective Comics #15 Preview/Discussion

[Cryptid]

Wow yeah now that I took another look at his artwork for this issue you're right, Fabok is definitely showing us his storytelling abilities.
I've always appreciated artists who are talented at emphasizing the drama for a particular sequence -- much like George Perez. Obviously Fabok has a talent for this. DC better keep this guy.

Glad to hear I'm not just seeing things. Perez isn't a bad comparison -- another artist who thinks about the story when he chooses his angles. And, yes, let's hope that Layman and Fabok stick to this book for the long haul.

[xpaperxherox]

Another solid outing for Detective Comics. I dropped this book from my pull list not because of anything wrong with the title I just had to cut some where. That said I still picked up #15.
I can't keep getting 25 titles, I must cut it down to 16 and this is a very good book.
Man having to cut titles sucks when you can't make your mind up about what to keep and what to cut!


John

I wrote this in another thread about Detective Comics #15 but I am putting it here since this seems to be the main one.


John

[maxpower00044]

Excellent issue. The new team is really bringing their A-game. One thing I don't quite get though. In the scene in Penguins office; is the Joker really there, or is that in Penguin's head? Was he supposed to be shadowed so much that no one in the room saw him? That scene was a head scratcher, for me.

[tiptupjr94]

Alright, wow. Layman's run on Detective so far is some of the best New 52 I've read. I'm digging (dirt-based pun) just about everything I see, except...

- some of the Batman dialog in the first issue. I like the internal thoughts about which charity to donate to, but some of his monologue didn't jive quite right. The "Aha!" was a bit 60s TV show for me. But that's not always a bad thing, so whatever.
-Love the Clayface back-up in this issue, but isn't Clayface like, a shapeshifter? So far we haven't seen him utilize this ability. And Clayface isn't supposed to be a total idiot; as Basil Karlo he was a moderately successful actor and you'd think he'd have at least a small slice of intellect. Oh well.

Yeah, the orange Batsuit is awesome and you can tell Layman has plans for this Ogilvy character. Hopefully it pays off. I bet it will.

Also, darn... I stopped reading Tony Daniels' run after the Night of Owls issue and missed the introduction of this Natalya character. Another girlfriend? Really?

[InformationGeek]

Excellent issue. The new team is really bringing their A-game. One thing I don't quite get though. In the scene in Penguins office; is the Joker really there, or is that in Penguin's head? Was he supposed to be shadowed so much that no one in the room saw him? That scene was a head scratcher, for me.

I'm suspecting it was just in his head, sort of just making it feel like he is always being watched or under the prescene of the Joker.

[Power Torch]

Great issue! I am really loving the Ivy story! What a great run on Detective so far!

Do you guys think Ivy is going to be in 16? Just wondering, or do you think the ending in that back-up will be for later?

That back up was so sad, I feel bad for Clayface, but at the same time, I love Ivy XD so I have to be on her side here :P lol.

[Captain Jim]

I'm on vacation this week, and catching up on some of my reading. Just had the chance to read Detective #13-15 for the first time...

As for the Death of the Family banner, I thought the tie-in was week, and could have just as easily been done without.

Wasn't really much of a tie in to the Death of the Family storyline, but it still rocked.

I fault the people who decided to add these "mask" covers--sometimes making some odd choices. This was in no sense a tie-in; it was a teaser at best. But, as others have said, still a great issue.

Poor Clayface

I know! I've never cared much for the character, but I was really feeling for him here.

Ugh...I really didn't care for this.

Did he phone this one in, or what?

I don't really like the current Poison Ivy design to begin with, but this was just more by the numbers style filler stuff as far as I'm concerned.

Somebody save Detective Comics. Please.

Huh? Is this from a Bizarro poster? I think Layman's doing a great job.

Do you guys think Ivy is going to be in 16? Just wondering, or do you think the ending in that back-up will be for later?

The solicitations give no hint that this ending will be followed up on any time soon.

[Captain Jim]

I must say, on the basis of their first three issues, I'm quite happy with the new team of Layman and Fabok (and Clarke on the back-ups). I liked how each issue had a different main villain (Penguin, Ivy, Clayface), while maintaining the same ongoing storyline. Some nice touches were the cameos by Nightwing (in #13) and Robin (in #14), done in a very natural, unforced way. I also thought the back-up stories were very effective, and added to the main storyline (in no sense "filler," as these are often accused of being). And the reference to recent activities in BOP, keeping the continuity correct, was also appreciated. I'm hoping this creative team is around for a good long while.

[Captain Jim]

So is the Joker there or is he there is a metaphorical sense?

I took it that he was there... literally.