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Batman: Masque (1997) #1 (DC Elseworlds) Kindle & comiXology

by Mike Grell (Author, Penciller, Inker), Andre Khromov (Colorist) Format: Kindle Edition

4.3 33 ratings

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Elseworlds. Distinctive stylist Mike Grell brings a new twist to Batman in the grand tradition of The Phantom of the Opera! In turn-of-the-century Gotham City, rising young ballet star Laura Avian has acquired an “admirer,” a stalker whose infatuation leads him careening down a path toward obsession and violence. She soon finds herself ensnarled in a treacherous web of murder, betrayal and deadly deception when the fan perceives that there are rivals for his affection. But who is the secret admirer? Rich playboy Bruce Wayne, the mysterious vigilante Batman, or is it the work of another sinister, scarred mind?

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07H8R9LB5
Publisher ‏ : ‎ DC (September 10, 1997)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 10, 1997
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 184356 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 48 pages

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Caroline Kohlman

I love it. I also listen to the Phantom of ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2015

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I love it. I also listen to the Phantom of the Opera musical while I read it and it goes well. It's a 5 out of 5 book.

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2021

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It was kind of more terrible than I remember comics from the 90s being. Woe to the couple of bucks if you are a Phantom of the Opera fan, maybe. But really that story only has a threshold of one masked man. Two is excessive.

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Phantom / Batman Elseworld.

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2019

One of my two favorite Batman Elseworlds tales. This is a single-issue prestige format comic, about fifty pages, so a good deal of compression was necessary to fit the story in. The result flows somewhat like an hour-long silent film adaptation and may be most accessible to people who already know how to "read" compressed material (and are comfortable with the sources). The art of writing shorter, rich comics like this has been all but lost in the couple of decades since it was first published.

The artwork is gorgeous and the story is heartrending. The contrast between Bruce and Harvey, as two men each receding in his own way into his separate darkness, is one of the best presentations I've found of this theme in ANY Batman comic. Based on some negative reviews I read elsewhere, I'd expected a muddle of gothic cliches. It is no such thing. Perhaps the negative reviews were by people who didn't know Leroux's novel..? Two-Face derives from the nineteenth-century psychological horror novel. The whole Batman world is heavily indebted to that period in literature and its early twentieth-century film adaptations, so it felt to me like a natural setting for an Elseworld.

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RDD

One of the Most Enjoyable Elseworlds Tales!

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2017

Mike Grell's "Batman: Masque" adapts Gaston Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" to the Batman universe. As an Elseworlds tale, the story is set outside of canon and self-contained. Bruce Wayne/Batman's origin is mostly the same, though in this rendition he plays the role of Vicomte Raoul de Chagny when he's not working as the Batman. Laura Avian, the understudy who becomes prima ballerina, takes the place of Christine Daaé and, like in Tim Burton's 1989 film, she attempts to lead Batman out of the darkness. Finally, Harvey Dent, a skilled dancer, suffers horrible burns, so that he combines the roles of Two-Face and Erik, the Phantom. Grell's retelling captures the basic details of Leroux's novel while also contributing its own interpretation. Additionally, as writer and illustrator, he knows when to let the images speak for themselves. The art is somber, maudlin, and perfectly suited to the gothic nature of the story. This is one of the most enjoyable Elseworlds tales, though it doesn't receive the attention it deserves.

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fmwaalex

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2014

BATMAN
MASQUE

I am a huge fan of the DC Comics “Elseworlds” series. In “Elseworlds” they would take heroes and villains from the present and put them in times or places that they would never be elsewhere. Some are better than others but all have been enjoyable. This one in particular is very fun as it is a take on Gaston Leroux’s “Phantom of the Opera”. Here it is Batman and 1890 Gotham that take center stage or is it Harvey Dent that does that?

In 1890 Gotham City a big production of Edgar Allen Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death” with a talented actor named Harvey Dent headlining. All is well until a young actress starts to attract a stalker who may have murderous tendencies. She feels fine though as she also knows she as a dark protector who watches her from the shadows. With him watching her she feels safe and protected but the problem grows larger as things start to happen to cast members, is she really safe?

It is really interesting how they took the two stories and wove them together and they fit so perfectly. That time period is perfect for a character like Batman in fact it really feels like this is the place he should have been. Gotham has never felt more gothic and dark which is perfect for the imperfect Wayne. Also the way Dent is used here and how his stories of the two worlds play out it absolutely perfect as well. Written by as well as illustrated by Mike Grell this is a very fun read and a new yet familiar story for the Bat.

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