I would have liked another half-to-whole issue in the middle, but I am nevertheless in awe every time I revisit this one. Bruce and Alfred’s interactions and a cameo from the conveniently-in-Europe Agent 37 provide some levity, and we end up with a punchy, focused Batman story that covers an awful lot of the character’s usual ground in a short space. Percy has said that he likes to touch on the raw nerves of our cultural moment, and he does so expertly with a tale of terrorism and mass infection.
The lines are greasy, the colors mostly flat, and Percy’s prose dark and authentic as the story explores a biological threat at the Gotham Airport and a race against the clock to find a cure. “Terminal” is his debut, and he is here paired with the most excellent John Paul Leon, Dave Stewart, and Jared K. We reviewed all of these issues individually as they were published, so if you’d like a more in-depth (and different) perspective, you can find those reviews here:Ī two-month rest for Manapul and Buccellato provided writer Benjamin Percy (now on his second tour with Green Arrow) with a prime opportunity to break into comics. The volume closes with “Futures End: Anniversary”, from Detective Comics: Futures End #1, written by Brian Buccellato, with art by Scott Hepburn, Cliff Richards, and Fabrizio Fiorentino, colors by Buccellato and Lee Loughridge, and letters by Dezi Sienty. An “Endgame” tie-in is next in line, from Detective Comics: Endgame #1, written by Brian Buccellato, with art by Roge Antonio and Ronan Cliquet, colors by Nick Filardi, and letters by Dave Sharpe. Next comes the volume’s title arc, spanning #37-40, written by Brian Buccellato and Francis Manapul, with art by Manapul, colors by Buccellato, and letters by Jared K. We begin with the two-part “Terminal” story from #35-36, written by Benjamin Percy, with art by John Paul Leon, colors by Dave Stewart and Leon, and letters by Jared K. 7 actually collects several distinct stories, picking up where the previous volume left off and (largely) following a straight line from there. For their second arc on Detective Comics, Brian Buccelato and Francis Manapul set out to change that. Other than an appearance in a Green Lantern Corps tie-in to Batman’s Zero Year, the sometimes-villainous, sometimes-something-else Anarky was absent from DC’s New 52 relaunch.
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