Batman: Odyssey (2011-2012) #7 by Neal Adams
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Note: As part of my profession and training involves cartooning and comics, I’m trying to include these in my reading material. I’m trying to read something of graphic novel length a month.

Here’s part 1 of the second set of …No, it’s the 7th part of a 2 part of a… No, it’s….Frankly, in this case, it doesn’t really matter.

This mini-series, or whatever it is, seems a matter of DC Comics/Warner Brothers/ AOL/ etc./etc. handing Neal Adams a check to do whatever he wanted. Earlier efforts should’ve had DC attach some controls. Adams went about re-re-creating Batman and much of what else he created while at DC Comics. Apparently things went long and two parts of two sets of comics were created. This review if of the first of the second set.

It’s pretty clear with the second offering that Adams or someone realized the tale needed to be straightened out a bit. After six issues of utter confusing mess, this issue has quite a bit of explanation in it. But it’s trapped in the worse, so far, of Adams’ inability to tell a story as woman chop through walls, apparent convicts being slaughtered, more seemingly endless unfocused dialogue and Batman riding an enormous bat among dinosaurs.

Wasn’t this reviewed before publication? Did no one suggest psychological treatment for Adams and every single person who let this get printed? How on earth did this see print? ….I ask again.

The artwork is better than the latter part of the first set of this series. But, I am now subtracting for that as it’s clear waaaaay too much time was spent drawing and not enough time given to creating a decent story to tell.

Bottom line: i don’t recommend this book. 2 out of ten points.

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