{"id":1927,"date":"2008-03-10T06:58:07","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T06:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2009-01-14T15:55:06","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T15:55:06","slug":"batman-absolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2008\/03\/10\/batman-absolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman: Absolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Batman: Absolution\" src=\"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/batman-absolution.jpg\" alt=\"Batman: Absolution\" width=\"250\" height=\"377\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Batman: Absolution<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By <strong>J. M. DeMatteis<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Brian Ashmore<\/strong> (DC Comics)<br \/>\nISBN: 1-56389-984-5<\/p>\n<p>This original graphic novel is a passable adventure with great aspirations that regrettably falls short of its intentions. Early in his career Batman survives a terrorist bombing of the Wayne Building which kills many of his employees. His helplessness amidst the tragedy resonates with the night a ten year Bruce Wayne couldn&#8217;t stop his parents from being murdered. When a video message from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Children of Maya\u00e2\u20ac\u009d claims credit for the atrocity he has a face and a name to hunt\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>Over the next ten years he almost catches Jennifer Blake a number of times, but always she eludes him. Each time however he gets a little more of the puzzle and he knows that one day she will pay for her crimes. Eventually he tracks her to a mission in India, but once cornered she reveals a stunning secret. She has reformed, seen the light. In fact the locals believe her to be a true saint\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>The attempt to bolt on a deeper meaning is painfully heavy-handed in places as DeMatteis&#8217; usual subtlety seems to have deserted him in this tale which careens from obsessional parable to mystery-thriller, and Brian Ashmore&#8217;s painted art is painfully hit-and-miss, varying from moody brilliance to rushed and insubstantial daubing.<\/p>\n<p>In a career that has seen some truly unforgettable comic stories this is one that perhaps should be.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a9 2002 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By J. M. DeMatteis &amp; Brian Ashmore (DC Comics) ISBN: 1-56389-984-5 This original graphic novel is a passable adventure with great aspirations that regrettably falls short of its intentions. Early in his career Batman survives a terrorist bombing of the Wayne Building which kills many of his employees. His helplessness amidst the tragedy resonates with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2008\/03\/10\/batman-absolution\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Batman: Absolution&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[198],"class_list":["post-1927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batman","category-graphic-novels","tag-batman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4AFj-v5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}