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The ability to harness that Toku and DC energy and channel it in creative ways is a hallmark of the creative team, as Immortal Legend Batman features the talents of Kyle Higgins (Shattered Grid, Radiant Black), Mat Groom (Mighty Morphin, Inferno Girl Red), Erica D’Urso (Inferno Girl Red, Power Rangers Prime), Dan Mora (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Superman), Igor Monti (Radiant Black, Inferno Girl Red), Tamra Bonvillain (Justice League Unlimited, Batman/Superman: World’s Finest), and Becca Carey (Absolute Superman/ Radiant Red). It’s a creative team that fundamentally understands how to move the needle and create uniquely immersive worlds, and that is unmistakably present throughout the series’ debut issue.
The issue throws you knee-deep into this unfamiliar world, moving at a frenetic pace as you attempt to latch onto the familiar elements along the way. It helps that D’Urso, Monti, Bonvillain, and Carey hit the ground running with a stylish and insanely cool chase sequence that effortlessly pulls you in, especially with an early twist that shifts your perceptions of what this issue is actually about and who you are following.
Higgins and Groom then shake things up even further, bringing old west elements and a murder mystery into the mix, with the reader continuously questioning not only what is actually happening in the bigger picture but who they can trust in the midst of it all. That leads to a thrilling showdown that truly embraces those Toku and Power Rangers hallmarks, as the set pieces swirl with big pops of color and movement that leap off the page and feel bigger than life. We’ve even got shout-outs of signature moves right in the thick of it, and all Batman was missing was a random blue and yellow explosion popping off behind him as he posed.
