Batman himself poses a different problem. A man seen in the background sleeping in a cardboard box looks as if the cleaning crew have been around an hour before. The Bayside scenes resemble dressed film sets rather than depictions of the dispossessed, with only the bare minimum of what’s necessary provided, which is strange as Ross isn’t a man who shies from detail, as seen on so many other pages. ![]() Yes, his painted photorealism is as spectacular as ever, but he’s unable to get to grips with real urban poverty. ![]() ![]() Businesses have moved away from the Bayside area of Gotham, causing unemployment and squashing hope, and Dini emphasises the connection between that and increasing crime as desperate people commit desperate acts.īatman and Gotham presents a different type of challenge for Ross, used to making superheroes resemble gods, and he doesn’t entirely pull it off. Each of these has the superhero run up against a real world problem, and in Batman’s case it’s the connection between poverty and crime. War on Crime is the second of five spotlights on DC icons produced at treasury size by Paul Dini and Alex Ross.
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