Batman: The Last Knight on Earth #3 Review

Writer: Scott Snyder / Artist: Greg Capullo / DC Comics Batman: The Last Knight on Earth was pitched to us as Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s last Batman story together. This book was always going to sell itself. Snyder and Capullo are lightning in a bottle when it comes to Batman. But there’s not a world in the multiverse where you’d be prepared for what they decided to do with this story. They went in on this book.  Last Knight on Earth is everything it promises. It’s a love letter, a deeper exploration, and a send-off all rolled into a Kevlar cowl. But it’s how all of that is executed that really puts it over the top. For instance, they gift us a headless Joker in a Robin mech suit, a Wonder Woman wearing Dr. Fate’s helmet, and a Lex Luthor who regrets his culpability in Superman’s death. This is a DC Black Label book, which means it isn’t tethered to anything in the main DC continuity. These are also two of DC’s two hottest talents. So, they were really able to do what they wanted and swing for the fences. Snyder combined his classic Batman take with some of his more recent, absolutely crazy concepts that he’s explored in Justice League, and it was a marriage that worked perfectly. Who knew that I wanted to see Scarecrow with needle nails riding Bane’s back like a horse? I sure didn’t. But somehow Snyder did. And Capullo executed all of this stuff effortlessly. Because we’ve seen his versions of these characters over the years, it was nice to see him stretch his legs and …