![]() When Batman arrives at Arkham Asylum, he finds that Poison Ivy has indeed escaped from her cell and has taken over the Asylum. On his way to pay a visit to Poison Ivy, who is locked up at Arkham Asylum, Batman reminisces about his previous child sidekicks and thinks that if he ever teams up again that it will be with a well-trained adult partner. ![]() After a quick fight that ties back into the opening sequence, Nightwing disappears to leave Batman to investigate a mystery involving a med student that appears to have been murdered by Poison Ivy. Thankfully the opening sequence is just setup for what is to come later, and the story quickly goes from innocent to a bloody two-page spread of Batman and Nightwing in a supermarket. The opening sequence is written in the tone of being a really poorly written Batman comic book from the sixties. "The Widening Gyre" kicks off with a short fight between Batman and Robin and Baron Blitzkrieg and the Atomic Skull. While the first issue dealt mainly with Poison Ivy's takeover of Arkham Asylum, the central underlying plot seems to be developing as what if Batman had an adult partner instead of the child partners he has had in the past. ![]() ![]() If you haven't read the first issue yet, then be warned that there are spoilers ahead. So what is Kevin Smith's new Batman mini-series "The Widening Gyre" like? Based on the first issue, it looks to be a sometimes funny, often violent, and interesting take on Batman and many of his supporting cast. ![]()
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