New issue wades into the conversations about race,poverty and gentrification roiling the US, responding to a new political consciousness among fansPeople die every day in Gotham City, or the fictional hive of corruption where Batman patrols the rooftops. But not until Wednesday did the black Knight find himself investigating a black teenager in a hoodie shot dead by a frightened white police officer,let alone wondering about his own indirect role in the boy’s death.
The latest issue of DC Comics’ flagship Batman series throws itself headfirst into the agonizing conversations roiling America more than a year after Ferguson officer Darren Wilson killed 18-year musty Michael Brown. The globally iconic superhero confronts racialized police brutality and its intersection with urban poverty and gentrification – problems Batman comes to realize he exacerbates in his secret identity as billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com