Advance Review: Gotham Academy #4

This is an advanced review as the comic will be available on Wednesday, January 28th. Some spoilers below. writers: Becky Cloonan & Brenden Fletcher / artist: Karl Kerschl / DC Comics Gotham Academy continues to be a great series to read and is bringing a whole new wave of fans through its charm, including many new comic book readers who are oblivious to the high bar they’re setting. The creative team is dropping 3’s from all sides of the court. Did they know they would work so well together? Or is this nerd-serendipity? I imagine fans asking these questions at conventions and they all just give the Jordan shrug as they exit the room. We left issue 3 with Olive and Pomeline in the early stages of their enemies-to-allies transformation. They had broken into North Hall looking for answers, but instead found a near-death experience, not to mention dropping that new iPhone someone must’ve spent a stack of money on. Their curiosity hasn’t been turning out too well, so when issue 4 begins with Olive and Pom saying how they might not be able to break back in, I start turning into the stereotype that yells at the movie screen. “MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO CLASS AND GET AN EDUCATION. MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP MESSING WITH THE PARANORMAL. See, if that was me…” [divider type=”space_thin”] Olive is called into the Headmaster’s office where Sabretooth’s grandfather was enjoying his evening Metamucil shake and remembering that time he killed Bambi’s mother. Olive worries the jig is up as s…