BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #5

Golden Dawn, Part Five

October 2011

Written by David Finch

Pencils by Jason Fabok

Inks by Sal Regla, Batt, Jaime Mendoza, Ray McCarthy, Greg Adams

Cover by David Finch

Synopsis

Batman agrees to remain with Dawn Golden and protect her from her father.  Just then they are attacked by hundreds of tiny winged demons.  They are both knocked unconscious.  When Dawn awakens, she is tied to a table, the sacrifice her father needs to become immortal.  When Batman awakens, he is confronted by Ertigan and Blaze.  Batman convinces Etrigan that he doesn’t need Blaze to regain his power. Then, together they confront Dawn’s father.  They are able to take him down and defeat him, but they are too late to save Dawns’ life. Later…the girl who stole the Batmobile hands over an encrypted communication device to an unknown group.  This was done at the behest of Batman, who is about to take on the group… 

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

With the relaunch of the DCnU effectively canceling all comics with a cover date of October 2011 combined with my perpetual lateness with reviews, the following few words will suffice so I can concentrate on the new #1s. 

Poor.  It is an incoherent mess.  There were a couple of scenes that seem to be missing, as if the story was intended to be six issues but got cut short by the relaunch.  Rather than re-write, Finch just cut out scenes altogether.  Plus, I won’t even get into the lack of resolution to the Gordon storyline or even the Penguin plot.  To top it off. the cliffhanger is odd; I wonder if Finch will follow-up with the relaunch. 

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