After 20 issues, this series is finally about Batman! Bruce realizes that Hush is behind the Architect's attack on a new Wayne Enterprises building, but Snyder and Tynion clearly make us wonder if he's the mastermind behind all the attacks in Gotham lately or just this set of them. We're clearly not getting an answer to that conundrum anytime soon.
On the issue at hand, the Architect apparently had some grand scheme for the construction of the Beacon, a new Wayne Enterprises building, though Bruce foils the attempt before we ever discover what it is. I'm not entirely sure what we're supposed to believe about the Architecht at this point, since "Batman: Gates of Gotham" happened in the DCU (and wasn't all that clear about the character and his motivations in the first place). I guess it's enough for us to know that Hush was manipulating him in the background and go from there. But, at some point, it would be nice to know why Hush needed him specifically and what role the Beacon played in that plan, particularly since the Architect knew that he was racing against the clock before Batman stopped him.
*** (three of five stars)
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