DC Comics & The Next Batman: Second Son #5 Spoilers & Review: Second Son Betrays Father?! First Son Rains Down Furious Vengeance On Ratcatcher!

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DC Comics and The Next Batman: Second Son #5 Spoilers and Review follows.

Second Son Betrays Father?!

First Son Rains Down Furious Vengeance On Ratcatcher!

Looks like Tim Fox aka Jace is now working for his dad Lucius Fox, who has Bruce Wayne’s billions, but…

…all is not as it seems as he appears to be betraying his dad for corporate espionage or something.


Elsewhere, Jace’s brother Luke as Batwing is hunting Ratcatcher over his poisoning of his sister.

Elsewhere, on a merc mission or something, an incognito Jace gets to a social media darling, stops him from being beaten, but tells him to get off social media despite have a million plus followers.

The book ends with Batwing having tracked down the Ratcatcher and…

…being attacked by his new “rats”; are they street urchins?

The Pulse:

Another intriguing issue, but art was weaker this week. Still a compelling story. 6 out of 10.

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