Batman: One Dark Knight
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Summary
Iconic Batman artist Jock delivers a bare-knuckle brawl through the blacked-out streets of Gotham！
All they had to do was get him across town。
It was the sort of mission Batman had run a thousand times。 From high above the sweltering summer streets of Gotham， Batman would escort the GCPD as the dangerous metahuman super-villain known as E。M。P。 was transferred from a temporary holding cell to his permanent home at Blackgate Prison in Gotham Harbor。 E。M。P。's electrical powers posed a dangerous threat， but the situation was well in hand。
Until it wasn't。
Now every light in Gotham is out， the police have been knocked into disarray， and a broken， bleeding Batman must fight his way to Blackgate， block by block， dragging E。M。P。 behind him。 But it's not just the gangs who want to make life difficult for him。 The dark corners of Gotham contain many surprises。。。and E。M。P。 has many more shocks to deliver before the night is through！
One of the most iconic Batman artists of the 21st century， the incomparable Jock （THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS， BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR）， has focused all his storytelling powers on the tale of one very， very dark night in Gotham City。 It's always darkest before the dawn--if it ever comes。。。
Collects Batman: One Dark Knight #1-3。
All they had to do was get him across town。
It was the sort of mission Batman had run a thousand times。 From high above the sweltering summer streets of Gotham， Batman would escort the GCPD as the dangerous metahuman super-villain known as E。M。P。 was transferred from a temporary holding cell to his permanent home at Blackgate Prison in Gotham Harbor。 E。M。P。's electrical powers posed a dangerous threat， but the situation was well in hand。
Until it wasn't。
Now every light in Gotham is out， the police have been knocked into disarray， and a broken， bleeding Batman must fight his way to Blackgate， block by block， dragging E。M。P。 behind him。 But it's not just the gangs who want to make life difficult for him。 The dark corners of Gotham contain many surprises。。。and E。M。P。 has many more shocks to deliver before the night is through！
One of the most iconic Batman artists of the 21st century， the incomparable Jock （THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS， BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR）， has focused all his storytelling powers on the tale of one very， very dark night in Gotham City。 It's always darkest before the dawn--if it ever comes。。。
Collects Batman: One Dark Knight #1-3。
Reviews
Eric
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This is a fill-in story without anything to say and I don't know why it got the standalone DC Black treatment。 The art is nice but it also doesn't do anything to validate the oversized format。 I guess I'm just left wondering why this wasn't a two-issue story in-between a real arc in Detective Comics。 This is a fill-in story without anything to say and I don't know why it got the standalone DC Black treatment。 The art is nice but it also doesn't do anything to validate the oversized format。 I guess I'm just left wondering why this wasn't a two-issue story in-between a real arc in Detective Comics。 。。。more
Ben
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3。5 🦇 Glad the finally issue came out so I could finally tick this one off ✔️
Stefan
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Really enjoyed this。 Great art， solid story。 Recommended。
Rory Wilding
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Jock is one of the best artists working in comics today。 My introduction was upon reading his Vertigo work from Faker to The Losers， and then eventually his collaborations with Scott Snyder where he illustrated Black: The Black Mirror and Wytches。 Especially when it comes to the Dark Knight， Jock has proven himself to be one of the best artists on that character， so anytime he gets to do anything Batman-related， it might as well be an event。Haven’t written anything since his days in 2000 AD， Joc Jock is one of the best artists working in comics today。 My introduction was upon reading his Vertigo work from Faker to The Losers， and then eventually his collaborations with Scott Snyder where he illustrated Black: The Black Mirror and Wytches。 Especially when it comes to the Dark Knight， Jock has proven himself to be one of the best artists on that character， so anytime he gets to do anything Batman-related， it might as well be an event。Haven’t written anything since his days in 2000 AD， Jock was given his own Batman comic to draw， colour and write。 This was something I was trepidatious about， considering the danger of artists having 100% control over the creation of a comic， a key example would be early 90s Image comics， where the art may be eye-popping， the writing has often been uninspired。So what is Batman: One Dark Knight about？ From high above the sweltering summer streets of Gotham， Batman would escort the GCPD as the dangerous metahuman super-villain known as E。M。P。 was transferred from Arkham Asylum to his permanent home at Blackgate Prison in Gotham Harbor。 However， when rival gangs battling out what to do with the metahuman， his electrical powers go out of control， causing a city-wide blackout。It takes the whole first issue for that set-up of the blackout to happen， so initially you are reading a Batman story you have seen many times， which is our hero escorting a villain （albeit a new creation for this book） with help from the police， at least from Commissioner Gordon。 However， once the lights go out， that’s when the book kicks into gear， with Batman， not having many resources， having to physically carry E。M。P。 and escort him to the prison with a few obstacles along the way。While there is a plot going on， in terms of how E。M。P。’s past crimes influencing the current situation involving street violence， vengeance and the occasional superpowers， One Dark Knight is at its best when it just embraces its action-filled premise that evokes John Carpenter’s films such as Escape from New York。 As a DC Black Label title， sure you have characters dropping F-bombs， but it is really an excuse for Jock to go unhinged with his art， which is some of his best work to date， with a greater use of double-page spreads， as well as Batman’s extravagant case having a mind of its own。Jock’s art is never slick and polished， but rougher and messier than conventional standards， which always work when it comes to darker stories and certainly when it comes to the streets of Gotham， there is a constant grittiness to that world， with an over-emphasis of shadows given the context of the story。 The action is gnarly with a classic black-and-blue Batman being a brawler when it comes to the fights， especially his confrontation with Killer Croc where blood spurts out and our hero just looking battered and yet still manages to get up。While the writing doesn’t reach the emotion or even horror of Scott Snyder when he was writing Batman， Jock gets just the character and celebrates him in his own way through his always-great art and simple action-filled premise。 。。。more
Shaun Stanley
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Batman: One Dark Knight collects issues 1-3 of the DC Comics Black Label series written， drawn， and colored by Jock。 During a major heatwave， Gotham is at a boiling point。 Rita Vasquez， the head of the Prison Bureau of Gotham City， is in charge of transporting villain EMP From Arkham to Blackgate。 Gangs all around Gotham and set out to attack the prison convoy in an effort to either rescue or kill EMP。 During the raid， EMP detonates forcing Batman to escort the villain to Arkham with many of veh Batman: One Dark Knight collects issues 1-3 of the DC Comics Black Label series written， drawn， and colored by Jock。 During a major heatwave， Gotham is at a boiling point。 Rita Vasquez， the head of the Prison Bureau of Gotham City， is in charge of transporting villain EMP From Arkham to Blackgate。 Gangs all around Gotham and set out to attack the prison convoy in an effort to either rescue or kill EMP。 During the raid， EMP detonates forcing Batman to escort the villain to Arkham with many of vehicles， gadgets， and toys not working all the while fighting off every gang in the city。 One Dark Knight was my most anticipated book of the year and it delivers。 Jock’s art is outstanding through out but especially shines in the single and double page spreads showcasing Gotham City as well as the final issue’s bridge battle。 Batman grizzled appearance by the end of the book is iconic。 I hope they make a statue out of pieces together costume。 Jock has been one of my favorite artists since hitting the scene and finally gets to be showcased in an oversized DC Black Label series。 I am honestly surprised it took this long for him to get a Black Label book。 The story is also great。 You get the built up tension of Gotham with a street-level story。 I also like how Jock created his own Gotham and you can feel Batman battling through it。 Jock also doesn’t rely on focusing on the usual Batman rogue gallery other than a for a cameo in the last issue。 Otherwise， Jock creates two new villains for the book。 I hope Jock gets more chances to write Batman as he has a great feel for the character。 。。。more
Joshua Lawson
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Jock can illustrate cityscapes in darkness like no other and demonstrates here that he knows how to right to is own strengths。
Robert
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Clearly inspired by half a dozen classic films but still an enjoyable read on it's own merits。 Clearly inspired by half a dozen classic films but still an enjoyable read on it's own merits。 。。。more
Nicko Almario
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I don’t think I’ve read a Jock book before。 This was fun。 I thought the first issue was a tiny bit sub-par and very set-up-y， but book 2 and 3 deliver。 If Jock was aiming to make an action thriller with a ticking clock， he succeeded。 There’s a bit of depth to it with EMP， Vasquez， and Brody that delivers， albeit a little simple and surface level， but it works。 His art is gorgeous too。 I love how Jock is able to make you feel how much time is left and that time is of the essence and how much ener I don’t think I’ve read a Jock book before。 This was fun。 I thought the first issue was a tiny bit sub-par and very set-up-y， but book 2 and 3 deliver。 If Jock was aiming to make an action thriller with a ticking clock， he succeeded。 There’s a bit of depth to it with EMP， Vasquez， and Brody that delivers， albeit a little simple and surface level， but it works。 His art is gorgeous too。 I love how Jock is able to make you feel how much time is left and that time is of the essence and how much energy Batman is using/has left。 His voice is written perfectly here I think。 Fun blockbuster-y comic。 。。。more
Lucille
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Le transfert d'E。M。P。， metahumain aux pouvoirs électriques， d'Arkham à Blackgate ne se passe pas comme prévu et Gotham se retrouve dans le noir complet。。。 Batman est en mauvaise posture mais va faire son possible pour aider EMP et l'amener en "sécurité"。J'ai bien aimé ce tome qui se passe en une nuit， le style de dessin moderne， les couleurs qui ressortent bien dans cette ambiance sombre， la course contre la montre avec un batman comme j'aime qui va plus être dans l'aide aux autres que le combat Le transfert d'E。M。P。， metahumain aux pouvoirs électriques， d'Arkham à Blackgate ne se passe pas comme prévu et Gotham se retrouve dans le noir complet。。。 Batman est en mauvaise posture mais va faire son possible pour aider EMP et l'amener en "sécurité"。J'ai bien aimé ce tome qui se passe en une nuit， le style de dessin moderne， les couleurs qui ressortent bien dans cette ambiance sombre， la course contre la montre avec un batman comme j'aime qui va plus être dans l'aide aux autres que le combat。 。。。more
Adriana
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The art is as eye-catching and impressive as one could possibly expect from such a huge artist as Jock， with his trademark darkness and shadows taking center stage and being a big part of how the story is told。 Expect this to be more visual action than talking heads。 The story starts out pretty good and sets up what I was expecting to be an epic faceoff but it sadly fizzles a bit at the end。 It feels almost like Jock was expecting to have one more issue for action but had to cut it short and wra The art is as eye-catching and impressive as one could possibly expect from such a huge artist as Jock， with his trademark darkness and shadows taking center stage and being a big part of how the story is told。 Expect this to be more visual action than talking heads。 The story starts out pretty good and sets up what I was expecting to be an epic faceoff but it sadly fizzles a bit at the end。 It feels almost like Jock was expecting to have one more issue for action but had to cut it short and wrap up early。 Overall， it's not the best Batman story I've ever read but I appreciate that it had a baddie that's not one of the typical ones and a plot that contains all the best elements of what makes Batman and Gotham so memorable。 。。。more
Ethan
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I really could've done anything with my time but instead I read another mid Batman comic I really could've done anything with my time but instead I read another mid Batman comic 。。。more
Frédéric
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Jock is a fine artist。 He can storytell a story。 He just can’t write them。I’ve seen the plot 2 billions times already- a prisoner has to be transferred from A to B in hostile territory- but I can live with that if the story is well told with good pacing， tension points and stuff in between。 And here lie the problems afflicting the book。 If the action is decently managed the plot itself reads as a rulebook which isn’t very entertaining when you’ve read so many already。 An then the holes and the c Jock is a fine artist。 He can storytell a story。 He just can’t write them。I’ve seen the plot 2 billions times already- a prisoner has to be transferred from A to B in hostile territory- but I can live with that if the story is well told with good pacing， tension points and stuff in between。 And here lie the problems afflicting the book。 If the action is decently managed the plot itself reads as a rulebook which isn’t very entertaining when you’ve read so many already。 An then the holes and the corny ways used to get the story going on。 All of Gotham gangs unite to get to E。M。P。 but we never know how it got done。 How did the antagonist ever managed to do such a trick？ （view spoiler）[Even the Police is in on it， to the point of murdering one of their own without any plausible reason given。 （hide spoiler）]。 Said antagonist is obvious from issue one。 Eh， good luck trying to surprise the reader after that。 But I was actually surprised when I saw Gordon literally abandoning a wounded Montoya with an unarmed civilian with gangbangers closing in。 As for Montoya she might be dead in a gutter somewhere as far as I know since that’s the last time I saw her。 No more of Gordon from then on before he conveniently pops up in the last pages for a hackneyed twist。 I was also surprised when Batman let opposed factions of gangbangers kill each other without intervening。 But these weren’t good surprises。I can’t imagine how Jock got through the editing process with these holes and characters so。。。off-character but the result is this book which I don’t particularly recommend。 The art is good， the storytelling is good and I liked the dark/bright color chart （seems Jock colored the book himself） but this isn’t enough to redeem this boring and poorly constructed plot。 。。。more
Valéria。
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This is definitely one of the better Black Label things for me， I’ve always enjoyed Jock’s work and this one not exception。 Croc’s fucking amazing。 Bat’s amazing。 Alfred’s almost sassy behavior made me giggle inside。 It’s not as good as his previous works though。 But definitely enjoyable and quick read。
Matt Hazlett
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The first book was really good and then it just got more tepid as it went。 Felt dragged out。
A
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Rating is for the artwork。
Subham
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This was so good omg！Its simply the story of Batman taking a criminal named EMP back to Blackgate in a blackout and well having to fight so many criminal and gangs and that fight with Killer croc was so cool and we learn who the villain is and when his child Brody comes into the pic and this woman named "Vasquez" also enters the scene and when all the pieces fit into place， its one of the most epic scenes of how Batman stops it and saves the day！Its not the greatest Batman story and sure has fla This was so good omg！Its simply the story of Batman taking a criminal named EMP back to Blackgate in a blackout and well having to fight so many criminal and gangs and that fight with Killer croc was so cool and we learn who the villain is and when his child Brody comes into the pic and this woman named "Vasquez" also enters the scene and when all the pieces fit into place， its one of the most epic scenes of how Batman stops it and saves the day！Its not the greatest Batman story and sure has flaws like it could have used more fight scenes of Batman vs other gangs but it does its work in 3 issues and I love the art here， Jock is a master at that and he makes you feel for the character of EMP and also has some great art pages here and I think thats the main draw of this story。 So yeah its a good one-time read with wonderful art and a good action-heavy and heartfelt Batman story！ 。。。more
Matty Dub
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I hate to shit on Jock， he’s one of the most iconic Batman artists out there but man， this wasn’t good at all。 The premise and introduction did the work well enough but the middle and ending were just so dull， it was hard to stick to it given how little interest I had in seeing the arc play itself out。 The art also isn’t Jock’s best， this isn’t as good as his Black Mirror， GA Year One of his many amazing covers。 It isn’t bad by any stretch but his dull story didn’t get the save from his art that I hate to shit on Jock， he’s one of the most iconic Batman artists out there but man， this wasn’t good at all。 The premise and introduction did the work well enough but the middle and ending were just so dull， it was hard to stick to it given how little interest I had in seeing the arc play itself out。 The art also isn’t Jock’s best， this isn’t as good as his Black Mirror， GA Year One of his many amazing covers。 It isn’t bad by any stretch but his dull story didn’t get the save from his art that it needed。 。。。more
A。J。 Anders
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Batman must help the G。C。P。D。 escort a dangerous metahuman known as E。M。P。 from a temporary holding cell on one side of the city to his permanent home at Blackgate Prison on the other side。 When this ends up going awry， a bloodied Batman must fight his way to Blackgate， dragging E。M。P。 along with him before the rest of Gotham City catches up to them。。。Oof I fucking hated this。 But it’s not you Jock， it’s me。 I just felt it was way too self-serious at times， the story never expands on any of the Batman must help the G。C。P。D。 escort a dangerous metahuman known as E。M。P。 from a temporary holding cell on one side of the city to his permanent home at Blackgate Prison on the other side。 When this ends up going awry， a bloodied Batman must fight his way to Blackgate， dragging E。M。P。 along with him before the rest of Gotham City catches up to them。。。Oof I fucking hated this。 But it’s not you Jock， it’s me。 I just felt it was way too self-serious at times， the story never expands on any of the cool ideas Jock throws at the reader， and the mapped-out Gotham feels underused somehow。 I also found Jock’s art to be lacking in some spots， his voice for Batman to be all over the place， and both the story itself and the subplots that run throughout it to feel extremely shallow and underbaked。All of the villains of this， including Vasquez & a Batman rogue who pops up in issue 3， feel like cliches rather than fully-fleshed out characters。 Vasquez is the main threat I guess， but her plan is stupid as fuck and laughably bad in execution。 The ending for her character also feels like something out of a sitcom or an episode of Scooby-Doo。 It’s excruciatingly dumb。 E。M。P。 is technically a villain and a new character I guess， but he’s more of a plot device than anything else。 Not even worth diving into further。I will say the art is gorgeous in spots， but other points can feel a bit under-drawn and rushed。 It’s like Jock was given too many pages and didn’t know how to properly utilize each one with his pre-written story， which feels especially weird for a seasoned artist as talented as Jock。 But other pages， like the shots of Gotham City’s skyline or the bridge action scene in the final issue， show just how amazing of an artist Jock can be when given the time and space。 So it really isn’t all bad， it’s just severely lacking in a couple places。 If it was more consistent， this probably would have gotten another star。This book as a whole was just not my thing at all though， and I appreciate my roommate for letting me read all of the singles he bought。 I’m not going insult people for enjoying a book that wasn’t my cup of tea， so I’ll just say this wasn’t the kind of Black Label Batman story that works on any level for me personally。 I still applaud Jock for doing his own Batman book though， as it was probably rewarding for him to get to do that after drawing the character for so many other writers for so many years。 And I would still recommend this to those who like Jock’s Batman art or street-level Batman tales though。 If you are a fan of Jock’s work， this will probably be amazing for you。 The art is all blown up in the magazine-sized format， and the eventual hardcover will be well-worth any Jock fans' time。 Just make sure to read physically and not digitally。 I’ll just stick with books he draws for more talented writers for now。 I probably wouldn’t have even read this in the first place if I wasn’t such a big fan of Black Label。 。。。more
Kylesnooze
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First issue was a 5/5， then like。。。 Wtf？ They set up this sick ass warriors/Batman thing and then just went completely off the rails for no reason
Georgia
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jock just gets it。 knows how to bleed together the serrated edge and overwhelming compassion of the character。 one of the best looking comics coming out this year。
John Funderburg
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3。5 stars。 It's an exciting premise， and it's visually well told， but it petered out in the third act。 Worth a look。 3。5 stars。 It's an exciting premise， and it's visually well told， but it petered out in the third act。 Worth a look。 。。。more
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