This story is a pretty simple one, with Bruce using Kurt Langstrom to get at the much more dangerous Francine Langstrom or, as she now calls herself, the Bat-Queen. I'll admit that I wonder why Layman decided to return to the Langstroms, in part because I feel like their story was pretty adequately told in issue #19. Although this story is a sad one, with Kurt still reeling from the revelation that Francine was really a corporate spy who married him to steal the Man-Bat formula, it doesn't have that many twists and turns to make it exciting. Moreover, we don't really get all that much insight into Bruce, other than the fact that he's smart enough to know that a tranquilizer gun is unlikely to pierce Francine's hide and instead uses Man-Bat (and his sharp teeth) as his antidote delivery-mechanism. All that said, Layman still delivers a tightly scripted story, even if it's not the most thrilling one. I have no idea what happens at the end, with the odd appearance of Catwoman, though it seems to have something to do with the upcoming "Gothtopia" arc.
*** (three of five stars)
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