Dan Adkins’s inks are a mess here. Because of them, there’s barely one good panel of Don Newton drawing Batman versus a werewolf. The story’s something of a surprise–with Conway concentrating solely on Batman; I assumed the issue, since Conway did Werewolf by Night, would be Batman meets Jack Russell, but it’s anything but.
Since the majority of the story takes place in Alaska, after Conway does some background plotting in Gotham with Batman battling a politician, it’s sort of hard to judge. It’s got a lot a of potential, but not much of it is realized. When Batman gives his reason for wearing his costume in the Alaskan wilderness, it just made me think about how much cooler it would be if he were just Bruce Wayne.
The Batgirl backup features her going after a hunchback killer. It’s not bad, but the Delbo art is weak; he’s really hacking.
Wow, to hear Dan Adkins inks are a mess is really sad. I always considered him one of the best in the business, inks wise. He was an assistant to Wally Wood, I believe. Now Jose Delbo being a hack, that I believe. Delbo’s work was always a disappointment, to an art wank like me.
@vernon wiley – it seems just to be a bad issue for Adkins; usually the art is fantastic on the book.