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Batman and the Monster Men by Matt Wagner

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Batman and the Monster Men by Matt Wagner is the first part of the two-part Wagner story along with Batman and the Mad Monk (my review). If you’ve read one, then you’ve read both. They are in the same style of writing as well as art. The only difference is the villain. So, who are the monster men?

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Batman and the Mad Monk by Matt Wagner

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Matt Wagner is an underrated Batman writer/artist. While he isn’t as good as Frank Miller (that list is fairly short), his Batman stories are very good. He started with the Batman/Grendel and then moved into his Batman: Faces story from Legends of the Dark Knight. He also worked on Trinity, featuring Superman and Wonder Woman along with Batman. Then he did his two part Dark Moon Rising story line as standalone mini series. The first was Batman and the Monster Men and then followed by Batman and the Mad Monk. Both of these are set immediately after Batman: Year One and feature a younger Batman who is still figuring out his way around the whole crime fighting scene. I haven’t read the first one yet, so let’s check in with the Mad Monk.

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Grendel: Devil’s Legacy by Matt Wagner

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Grendel: Devil’s Legacy, written by Matt Wagner with art by the Pander Brothers. Matt Wagner created Grendel in Comico Primer #2 and then did a three issues for Comico (since re-released as Grendel Archives) before it was prematurely ended. While he was working Mage, he reworked Grendel and released it as Grendel: Devil by The Deed. But, at the end of this, the protagonist (the super villain Grendel) is dead and his antagonist (the cop Argent) is confined to a wheelchair. What Matt Wagner decided to do was continue Grendel, but make the story about the Grendel spirit inhabiting other people. The first story (published in Grendel #1-12) tells the tale of Grendel’s adopted daughter’s daughter, Christine Spar, and her need for revenge. It moved Grendel for a conventional hero/villain battle to something more.

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