DC Comics and Batman #127 Spoilers and Review follows.
Who Created Failsafe and Who Can Stop It?!
BATMAN #127
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
Backup art by BELÉN ORTEGA
Wraparound variant cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
Variant cover by ALEX GARNER
Harley 30th variant cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
1:25 variant cover by INHYUK LEE
1:50 variant cover by JOCK
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)With brutal efficiency, Failsafe hunts the Dark Knight, leaving a trail of injured heroes! Batman retreats to the manor as he prepares for a final assault…will the last few surprises he has in store be enough? And in the backup, Catwoman reaches a shocking conclusion in her search!
The story directly continues from last issue’s cliffhanger ending.
We learn that the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh is a personality of Batman stripped of Bruce Wayne and he created Failsafe.
This was after the classic Justice League of America (JLA) Tower of Babel storyline from 2000 by Mark Waid that saw Ra’s Al Ghul take down the team using Batman’s contingencies for his teammates in case they ever went rogue.
After that, Superman challenged, and asked him who would take out if Batman if went rogue?
Enter the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh who created Failsafe for this purpose.
In fact, the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh actually wiped his own memory about how to stop Failsafe knowing that Batman would eventually call on this persona to help take out Failsafe.
In modern day, Bruce Wayne fights the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh for control of his body and Batman’s persona reasserts himself.
However, he is still not enough to take out Failsafe.
Perhaps Superman will be?!
The book ends with a back-up tale featuring Catwoman where we learn the Penguin faked his own death and is very much alive in hiding and looking different.
The Pulse:
Overall, from front to back, engaging stories with solid art. I am intrigued by the Failsafe arc and the impending back-up focusing on the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh. I was entertained. 8 out of 10.
