Gotham Academy #12 Review

Writers: Brenden Fletcher, Becky Cloonan / Artist: Karl Kerschl / DC Comics 12 issues deep, Gotham Academy wraps up its second volume and brings answers to mysteries planted back as early as its debut. And what can we say at this point? This is a fun, charming, beautifully drawn comic. That last part is especially credited to artist Karl Kerschl, and if you finished issue #12, you just read his farewell to the series. He’ll definitely be missed, but he gave us a dozen classics to remember him by and fans should flock to whatever project he works on next. But enough with the softness! What better way to celebrate the second volume of Gotham Academy and Karl Kerschl riding out in the sunset than with a hype review? Fam, toss me the black duffel with the double desert eagles and cover me with the turret, I’m going in. Issue 12 ends as promised by solving the mystery of Calamity, and I can’t reveal those spoilers, but it starts off with officer Darryl-from-The-Office in his post-Dunder Mifflin job getting conned by 14-year old. And why was he gettin’ played? Because Maps’ mother listened to Destiny’s Child when she was in the womb and Independent Women didn’t hit #1 on the charts for her to start asking help from cops now.

Nah bruh, Maps went to the stash spot and pulled the C3H8O3 for fake tears! She kept a stash of glycerin, yo! That’s some abnormal foresight, man. Do an audit of the random shit Maps keeps on her for “just in case” scenarios and you’re gonna find more than Bat…