MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN #1: I've been looking forward to this adaptation for a while now. This mini is more of a Director's Cut of the film than a direct adaptation since it 'corrects' a lot of things the production had to compromise in order to get the movie made. Night shots, for example, which were a problem for the film, will not be for the comic and we will get to see the story as it was meant to be. Heck, for some of us, it's getting to see the story at all since Bruce is only screening it at signings for his new book, "How to Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way". 
BATMAN STRIKES #9: Almost a year in for the new Batman animated title and I think we've seen the Joker about 4 times, with the Penguin being the next most-used villain (or is that on the TV show, they're starting to blur together). Still, considering this is Batman's third year in the crime-fighting gig, it would make sense that he didn't have a full-fledged rogue's gallery just yet. And these are one-shot stories, not the 11 part multi-title crossovers you get in the mainstream DCU, so it takes a lot more to get tired of the characters here than it does over there.Anyway, I'm still enjoying the series as each subsequent issue gets a little bit better than the one previous. Bill Matheny is finding his voice and those of the characters nicely and Christopher Jones (from the get-go, really) was the perfect choice to draw this title and continues to be so.
Until next week!
mike
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