Manga Batman: Death Mask

[Watson]

I thought this might be of interest to some folks since we will also be getting the Anime DVD Tie-In to TDK in July

Batman: Death Mask #1 (of 4)

Written by Yoshinori Natsume; Art and Cover by Natsume

Acclaimed artist Yoshinori Natsume (Toguri) makes his American comics debut with this Prestige Format miniseries that presents an original Batman manga tale! There's a new serial killer in Gotham, and he may have ties to the training Bruce Wayne acquired as a young man in Japan. Does the murderer know Bruce Wayne is the Batman?

Batman | 48pg. | B&W | Prestige | $5.99 US

On Sale April 9, 2008

I like the use of the japanese masks. Reminds me of a lot of the old samurai flicks. But like a lot of fans I am apprehensive about the growing popularity of magna for mainstream characters. I like it as a style, but is it right for Bats?

Here is another example of his work

 

[Kaizer]

not really a big Manga-fan, but I am, of course, a big Batman-fan, so I guess I'll be looking into this

 

[Joker]

Batman with his mask on looks good there, but I hate everyones faces without the masks.

 

[IRON_Lad]

awesome

 

[Watson]

Batman with his mask on looks good there, but I hate everyones faces without the masks.

Yea I prefer the style we've been seeing for the TDK anime tie ins a lot more.

 

[BubbaGump]

not really a big Manga-fan, but I am, of course, a big Batman-fan, so I guess I'll be looking into this

Same here.

 

[JokerLedger]

There are way better artists that could've took on this other than Yoshinori Natsume. His art is rather mediocre in my opinion.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

I like it as a style, but is it right for Bats?

Read Batman: Child of Dreams. It's already sown that it can be right for Batman.

 

[xisaacx]

not a big fan of manga faces all looking alike

 

[BubbaGump]

Here are some unfinished pages from issue 1.

Spoilers just in case.

Spoiler

 

[BubbaGump]

Continued:

Spoiler

 

[Watson]

That first page is freaky . I think I will pick this up, it looks intruiging. It's as if Bruce grew up in Tokyo instead of Gotham.

 

[gqxsensazn]

Do we read it as a regular manga from right to left?

 

[Aristotle]

Oh, fantastic. Manga with talent. I'd forgotten that could exist.

 

[Cobblepot]

I might get a trade of that.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

Ew.

 

[Saint]

I wasn't going to pick this up, but those preview pages intrigue me.

 

[gqxsensazn]

I picked it up yesterday after being disappointed All-Star was moved to the 30th. I loved how they made this a manga. It feels much more authentic. The splash on the 2nd page was awesome. I'm really looking forward to reading the rest.

It also gets me pumped for Batman: Gotham Knight.

 

[IRON_Lad]

Again, Awsome.

 

[ThreeActRomance]

the first issue is good. Very good.

i've never really read manga before it, and the whole reading backwards thing is annoying at first

 

[deathshead2]

It was pretty good. I'm sort of hoping DC tries Manga with some of their other characters.

 

[gqxsensazn]

Is this the first time either DC or Marvel tried the manga format?

 

[ironman29758]

no they did it alot of times

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Do we read it as a regular manga from right to left?

Yes.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

I really enjoyed it. I was surprised because the only Manga i've read is the Spider-Man J stuff, which kind of sucks (imo)...

I gambled with this one, and it was well worth it.