Dark Nights Metal #2 Review

Writer: Scott Snyder / Artist: Greg Capullo / DC Comics As we so eloquently stated in the review for #1, Dark Night Metal looks to be taking on quite a lot. So much so that it could be the perfect wrap-up to years of storytelling if they stick the landing. Or… further jumble up DC continuity if their eyes were actually bigger than their stomachs. But, as issue #2 starts to prove, if anyone can pull it off it’s Snyder and Capullo. Issue #2 picks up with the entire Justice League and all of its affiliates in the middle of a worldwide search for Batman, who’s doing an awfully good job of Batman-ing. Not only do they struggle to find him, but they’re getting their a##es handed to them while they do it. It’s not until halfway through the issue that we start to see just how in over his head Batman truly is. Which I’d argue is a continuation of a growing trend of showing Batman’s flaws as he’s gotten far too over-powered in mot continuities.

As far as he knows, his entire life is a lie. Honestly? The entire history of the Wayne family is a lie as strings have been pulled going back to the beginning of time as we know it. Suddenly, plot points going back as far as the early days of Snyder/Capullo start making even more sense than they already did. And these two were masters of tying up loose ends! Usually, when creative teams try to retcon a story and connect previously unrelated events, it comes off as forced. But Snyder, and even Tom King, have established a universe where all o…