Comic Review: Batman #13

In this review of Batman #13, Batman stars in his own version of The Raid: Bad Seeds edition.Batman #13 main cover by Matteo Scalera (DC Comics)BATMAN #13 Written by MATT FRACTION Art and Main Cover: MATTEO SCALERA Variant Covers: DAN MORA, DUSTIN NGUYEN, RYAN SOOK, DAVID AJA, JOSÉ LADRÖNN, GUILLEM MARCH Page Count: 40 pages Release Date: 9/2/26This review contains spoilersBatman saves a man from deadly plants in the building across from the GCPD HQ, then bursts through the police window and beats down the TUCO resistance. The officers tell him Savage is waiting on the roof. He beats his way up the stairs through dozens of TUCOs, saving more officers from indiscriminate and sloppy TUCO fire. The TUCOs chant as their “Big Boy” enormous champion faces Batman in the stairwell, but though he gets some hits in and throws Batman down the stairwell, Batman quickly firehose-suffocates him. The TUCOs are struck with fear at the defeat of their Big Boy, and let Batman pass all the way up to the roof. Next to a huge tank of Ivycide chemical, Savage welcomes Batman with “You’re under arrest.”AnalysisWhen Matt Fraction was announced as the next Batman title writer, I did a 2 part podcast for TB...