After a touching moment of catharsis with this Earth's Alfred, Batman follows Red Mask, and the back half of the issue is devoted to a visual romp through the multiverse.
The arc has been building up to their ultimate face-off, which takes place across multiple Bat-universes in the show-stopping pages of Batman #900.īatman #135 / #900, by Chip Zdarsky, Mikel Janín, Mike Hawthorne, Jorge Jiménez, Adriano Di Benedetto, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles, concludes "The Bat-Man of Gotham" by offering the ultimate definition of who Batman is, even across a multiverse's worth of "Batmen." Red Mask, after finding a way to connect to the Joker's mind, jumps into the multiverse in a desperate attempt to break his own mind and become more like his unhinged alternate self.
The major threat of "The Bat-Man of Gotham" is Red Mask, this universe's "sane" but just-as-evil version of the Joker. Bruce Wayne has been exiled and lost in an alternate Gotham-one without a Batman, despite its intense darkness. One would think that after eight decades of Batman stories, the book would start to fall short, but the latest arc has been delivering an exciting multiverse story. Though this latest issue is technically Batman #135, DC has done the math: with the previous volumes of the Batman title added in, Batman #135 is also Batman #900, a major milestone for one of the longest continuously-running superhero comic books. This milestone issue explores Batman's legacy across page and screen, and, more than anything else, it is a true artistic triumph.
Warning: SPOILERS for Batman #135 / #900The Caped Crusader is still going strong after eight decades, and Batman #900 is a must-read for any Bat-fan.
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