Gates of Gotham #4

[zechs80]

Three scans under the cut.



Just a nice Dick/Cass moment:





In case you're wondering, McCarthy didn't do the art this issue. I guess this has to do with two issues coming out this month and Dustin Nguyen filled in this issue. But Ryan Parrott also filled in on writing. Funny how even this DC mini is being effected as well and it shouldn't.

Comments

[18lemons]

I'm not bothered by the artist being different, Dustin Nguyen is a favourite of mine.
I'm looking fprward to picking this issue up once I go back to university and visit my LCS there.

[red_menace]

My but Nguyen draws a pretty Cass.

[shadowpsykie]

yes he does... her hair almost looks like it's a hood (or is it actually a hood?) either way, it looks GREAT!

[kenwyn89]

Really? I thought her head looked a little odd in that first panel. But I think it's just that I prefer her look in the early days (being the comics I have access to).

[sunaya]

I don't know why, but I'm strangely delighted to see Cass driving the batboat/sub.

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

Been funny if she made Dick seasick like when she was learning to fly the Batwing.

[sunaya]

Are there scans of this? Please tell me there are scans of this. I may explode with joy.

[bariman]

Here ya go.

[sunaya]

Thank you!

[bariman]

No problem! That was from Gotham Knights #48, by the way.

[darkknightjrk]

"Funny how even this DC mini is being effected as well and it shouldn't."

Well, Higgins is writing Nightwing, so I guess they wanted to make sure that he had a few issues scripted and in the bag before the relaunch.

This is a great moment between Cass and Dick by the way, great interaction between the two, and it also fits with a lot of the themes that Snyder's exploring over on Detective about how Gotham chews up anyone who dares try to protect it.

quite the philosophical chatty Cathy now, isn't she?

[bluefall]

.... if you hadn't said that was Cass, I would have thought it was Helena.

Re: quite the philosophical chatty Cathy now, isn't she?

[01d55]

Now imagining: Cassandra Cain written by Bendis.

Re: quite the philosophical chatty Cathy now, isn't she?

[q99]

Yea, the writer's a bit chatty. Cut down on the wordage and what she says isn't bad, but she was better done in the previous issue, and especially in Red Robin.

Re: quite the philosophical chatty Cathy now, isn't she?

[shobogan]

Yeah. I like the sentiment, but the way it's expressed isn't really Cass.

[silverzeo]

Not that is sucks to have Cass back in action... but doesn't anyone want to see how she lives her citizen life now? I know it's nitpicking, but still...

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

1. Does anyone else think that "The Architect" is going to turn out to not actually be Nicolas? The teaser for the next issue make it seem that way.

2. I'm kind of surprised and disappointed at Alan Wayne being a double crossing/ elitist ass. In what little I've heard and seen about him before, I thought he was supposed to be a decent guy; like he met his wife while saving her from an assault or something.

Actually I was always under the impression that the Wayne family were perpetually good folks who generally tried to usher Gotham into the right direction throughout it's history, but with Thomas Wayne/Simon Hurt and now this, I see the Wayne family tree has created it's share of bad apples as well.

[rickperry]

Tim is either drawn so big and bulky or skinny and slim (like here). It's confusing!

[philippos42]

Character models are so 1970's!

[q99]

- Dustin Nguyen filled in this issue.-

Watch me not complain!

I LOVE Dustin Nguyen art, nice to see him on Cass. Makes the Black Bat look look good ^^

[eyz]

This series been quite good. Couldn't they continue it under the DCnU? Instead of, like that half dozen of Bruce Wayne centered books?

[zechs80]

This series was supposed to be much longer then five issues, but the DC relaunch knocked it down to five. I guess they didn't want Cass or Dick as Bats stretching into the relaunch. :(

[eyz]

But...but...and Batman Inc will still be around!

*will miss a lot the Black Bat and Bat!Dick

[blackruzsa]

Nguyen interior art is something new to me, and I LOVE it.

[bluestar86]

I agree with Cass, except for one minor thing: ARKHAM ASYLUM IS BUILT ON A LEYLINE! Which certainly isn't doing anyone any good. Sadly I can't really think of a better way to clearly communicate what Cass is saying, using too many less words, and I'm pretty good with words, while she isn't. So I will let this slide....for now.