Procure Batman: False Faces Depicted By Brian K. Vaughan Represented In Print

was pretty good! This was my first ever Batman comic I've ever read, and can't wait to read more! This four story collection by writer Brian K.
Vaughan and various pencillers and inkers wasn't anything special, Except the first and lengthiest story, the others was either poorly written, poorly drawn or too short, This tpb gets a/only for thepart "close before striking", the plot was intriguing and somewhat different from the casual neonoir batman norme and Scott McDaniel's design tied in nicely.


Storiesamp, "Mimsy were the borogoves" and "a piece of you" were ultimate crap in every aspect, and theth one, "Skullduggery" was a four page prequel of the shorts, so you can't form an opinion based on that.


I would reccomend only if found on a good price, It happens thatdays ago I read "The Pride of Bagdad", another comic where Vaughan writes the script, "Batman" being my second attempt with this writer, I wander why all the fuss, Still I haven't tried Ex Machina or Y, or even Saga, so I hope this impression changes, Batman by Brian K. Vaughn collects all the things Vaughn wrote that feature an element of Batman, It contains a three issue Matches Malone story, a one issue Mad Hater tale, and two issues of Wonder Woman where she fights Clayface,

The Clayface story is fun but has a better idea than execution, The Mad Hatter story has good art that tells the story itself but the dialogue in this story left me wanting at times, and the Matches story I like.
I enjoy the exploration of identity by adding a third one to Batman and Dick trying to bring him back around is never a bad thing.
My problem with the Matches story is that while it's a cool idea that's executed well both in writing, art, and continuity upkeep it's a story I don't think the Batman title ever needed to tell.


Yeah you could say that for most of comics or stories about Batman but this one feels contrived because Matches to my knowledge has always been a made up entity by Bruce and this is the one exception.
That's probably because this is the best I could see a story like that being and as is this collection is worth a look especially if you like Vaughn and is interesting to look at because there are so many references to a point in continuity I'm only passingly familiar with post No Man's land but before Morrison or Brubaker got on the title.
Seriously though Nightwing went to the Police Academy at this point in time,

Overall if anything I just said spiked your interest it's worth checking out,

stars. I'm not going to hold Brian to this book too much, This is really early work, when he was still finding his way, and it shows, There's some decent dialog at play but Batman doesn't sound very Batman and even Wonder Women feels off, I still enjoyed it, as it's a quick and easy read, but at the same time I won't be remembering this much, Early work from Brain is interesting because he does become my favorite writer of all time but this isn't a good showcase for him, I actually read this a while ago, but forgot to mark it read on Goodreads, It was pretty good. I ship Batman and Wonder Woman, so it was nice to see them team up on a case in this, Unfortunately, I don't remember a lot of this, so I'll just have to leave it at I enjoyed it, : Certainly a mixed bag. One story isn't even Batman it's Wonder Woman facing off against a Batman villain Clayface, Glad I borrowed from the library instead of buying, Seems like a cheap grab at customers who will buy solely on name recognition,
The Matches Malone story was okay I love that alterego, but I don't think the story went a way that fit with Batman's training, The Mad Hatter oneshot was a very unique story, The Wonder Woman story was original but ultimately didn't go anywhere interesting, Lastly, Skullduggery was supposed to be the start of a new villain, but the arc never went any further,
Barbra: "Yeah, but Batman isn't exactly your average Narc, Dick, For god's sake, he's the best there is, bar none!"
Dick: "So was Sherlock Holmes, . . and he was a heroin addict, Being the greatest doesn't mean you're infallible, "
Barbra: "Well, that's debatable about Holmes, Besides, Sherlock's a fictional character, Bruce Wayne is real. "
Dick: "Now that's debatable, I mean, in a lot of ways, Bruce is just a mask that Batman wears when he needs him, right"

I really enjoyed the first story Close Before Striking.


I don't actually think Batman would ever lose hold of himself quite like that, but I liked the story all the same,
There were a lot of good elements that made this story the best of the volume, . . Nightwing was very on character and I always love him and Batman together, . . especially when Dick is trying to take care of Bruce,
The opening was strong and funny and also a little sad as Batman is overly critical of Nightwing's performance,

I liked how Nightwing went to Barbra to talk about Batman and there's a bit of sexual tension and a lot of hurt when he tries to call her Batgirl.


I liked the Ventriloquist as the main baddy here,
Close Before Striking is a bit of a mob story, but it's also a bit psychological thriller, getting Batman's "personalities" side by side with the Ventriloquist's.

Having Matches speak for himself was also pretty great,


Nightwing to Batman: "But, . . what if you lose yourself again"
Batman: "I trust you'll be there to help me find my way, "
lt

This story on its own getsfrom me,


The rest of the volume is OK, but not great,.other stories that don't hold up the book as well,

Mimsy Were The Borogoves is OK, I don't know how I feel about the whole plot revolving around the Doctor starting to wear a yarmulke to work, As a religious Orthodox Jew, it's rare if ever for me to see any kind of representation in comics, And I dunno I was just underwhelmed by it I thought it was a throwaway I'm not sure,
It was interesting that the Doctor thought Hatter was just trying to get his Doc

to understand himself better by making him into a confused monster.


I actively disliked A Piece Of You, I didn't like the art or the story, Wonder Woman was written stiffly, . . Oddly Not sure, but I didn't like it,
The only thing that made me chuckle was the MTA employee that yelled at Clayface for skipping the turnstile,

The last story/vignette Skullduggery is weird amp I'm obviously missing something,

for the whole volume, which is only held up by the first story, Normally I love Brian K, Vaughan, but man, this collection of short comic stories two Batman stories, a Wonder Woman story, and the introduction of a Batman villain might be the worst thing of his I've ever read.
The stories are lighthearted and quick, which is actually kind of a nice change from the typically brooding, super serious Batman of the last few decades.
However, Vaughan's writing is overly wordy and heavyhanded, and his depiction of Batman feels very paintbynumbers, There's nothing here that even the casual Batman fan hasn't seen done, and done better, numerous times before, He fares slightly better in the Wonder Woman story, enough so that I can say I'd be interested to see what he could do with the character in a longer format.
The final story, which clocks in at a scant five pages, is pretty much a throwaway, It comes off like the kind of idea a high school kid might scribble down in the back of a spiral notebook,

The art is similarly uninteresting with the exception of Scott Kiolins work on the Wonder Woman story, Well, to be fair, Marco Martins work on the last story isn't bad, but it's hard to make out through the overwhelming volume of bright pink panels that crowd every page.


I would recommend this title to youngeryear old fans of Batman, but I don't think most older readers are going to get anything out of it.
Picked this up mostly because I saw Brian K, Vaughans name on it and I enjoyed this,

Never sure on how to review comics but I do love reading about the different stories that can happen with Batman and the people he works with.
Theres Nightwing and Barbara, and seeing Nightwing reminds me I need to pick up a comic about him and read his story! In this we get to see Batman turning into his alterego Matches and making a promise that defies his moral code.


There are two stories here about Mad Hatter and Wonder Woman after the MatchesBatman story which took up the most space this bind up.
Its different stories and Im still not sure if theyre linked and maybe it isnt, But I dont like when comic books do that, Suddenly a different story and different illustrators and it could be that its a glimpse into another bind up or series but I dont even know if that is the case.
I usually read it at another time so I dont confuse myself with the ending of the first story, Some early BKV obviously not his best work, but still more readable than some of what passes for good comics nowadays, Recommended for fans of Vaughan and/or Batman, Or Matches Malone, for that matter, I'm a huge Brian K, Vaughan fan but this was not his best work, In fact, it might be some of his worst, I have never cared for Bruce Wayne's portrayal of Matches Malone and this story was all about Matches in the past and present, Unfortunately, it was forced and unnatural, It was not helped by Nightwing's overprotectiveness of Batman, especially considering everything they've both been through, The art by Scott McDaniel didn't fit the storyline very well at all, The second half of the book involving Wonder Woman's fight with Clayface was very one note and was pointless, Overall, a disappointing read. I quite enjoyed this, to be honest,

Vaughan does that thing I love and don't see enough in the Batsy books I've read where, instead of just telling a story, he actually delves into who Bruce is as a person.
It's quite a crazy thing for someone to decide, their best course of action would be to dress up as a giant bat and fight crime.
The psych major in me desperately wants to pick his brain to understand what years of that work has done to his brain,

The first story is mostly about Dick chasing Bruce who's devolved into more of Matches Malone's personality than is entirely healthy, Dick wants to make sure that he won't break his one rule and kill Scarface, It's interesting and I like seeing more of Dick worrying about his father,

There's a story about Man Bat that really just made me wonder about Bruce's philosophy on mental illness, Some writers write him with more sympathy and compassion for his enemies, Those stories are mainly Bruce trying to get them back in Arkham where they can get the help they need, Some writers write him as a bit merciless, In this one, Bruce basically admits that he doesn't have the patience and temperament that his father had, It's interesting, if a bit sad,

I didn't really like the Wonder Woman story, But, that's okay. I very much enjoyed the rest of this book, .