Have we featured The Cult here yet? You really can't do Batman's Got a Gun Month without spotlighting Batman: The Cult, a comic that wants to be The Dark Knight Returns so badly that it's actually kinda cute. Who wants to be a big grown-up Frank Miller book? You do! Awwww, you do!
Anyway, if you want an armed Dark Knight, here you go.
Panels from Batman: The Cult #2 (1988), script by Jim Starlin, pencils and inks by Bernie Wrightson, colors by Bill Wray, letters by John Costanza
And let's face it, The Cult #4 may be titled "Combat," but it pretty much could be just all called "Batman's Got a Gun."
Cover of Batman: The Cult #4 (1988), painted art by Bernie Wrightson
Panels from Batman: The Cult #4 (1988), script by Jim Starlin, pencils and inks by Bernie Wrightson, colors by Bill Wray, letters by John Costanza
Damn...! I was never a fan of Starlin, but Bernie Wrightson has done some amazing work in his time. This looks terrible.
ReplyDelete^ Yeah. I was so disappointed when it came out. I didn't care for the story and the art was not just subpar Wrightson but subpar art period, so I dropped it after the first issue.
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