I snagged this from TokyoPop's Facebook feed. It's Sengoku Batman by Scott Wade. DC needs to snag this concept and put it into production like yesterday, with Wade handling the art. This is my favorite Batman since the Batman the Animated Series version, which I liked because of the sweet Bruce Timm designs and the Denny O'Neil-inspired characterization of Batman. More human than the one in the comics and a lot more likable.
Sengoku, in case you don't know, is a Japanese word meaning the "Warring States period." This was the nearly 200-year era starting with Hojo Soun and ending with the three unifiers Nobunaga Oda, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, a time of high drama when various warlords vied to forge Japan into a single nation rather than a lot of fiefdoms or domains, and invaded Korea twice. Lots of great stories from that time, plenty of intrigue, schemes, betrayals, set-piece battles and bold personalities. This Batman would fit right in there.
Yes. It's good!
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