Batwing is a representative of the city of Tinasha in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Batman of Africa was introduced by Grant Morrison in BATMAN INCORPORATED #5 and has been given his own book as part of DC's NEW 52. It's written by Judd Winick and illustrated by Ben Oliver.
And to be honest, I find it a beautiful looking book that does nothing for me.
It begins with a battle between Batwing and a villain named Massacre who attacks with his big, bad machete. We flashback 6 weeks where, in a nutshell, Batwing's alter ego, David Zavimbe, a police officer for the Tinasha P.D., is investigating a massive murder. We get greeted by a pile of decapitated bodies with the word WRONG painted in blood. Apparently it was a meeting place for someone named Blood Tiger. Batwing heads to his version of the Batcave, for lack of a better description, and we discover that one of the bodies belonged to a super hero named Earth Strike, who was part of the super hero team The Kingdom. Zavimbe goes back to the police station and discovers the police force massacred. The words STAY AWAY is painted on the walls in blood. That's the point where Massacre runs Zavimbe with his Machete. So how did he survive?
Turn in next month, I guess.
There isn't much here. Winick is such a great writer and there's nothing here. The writing isn't bad, there's just so little in these pages. The whole story could have been told in about four or five pages. The artwork is beautifully painted and every image just pops. But, like many of the books in the New DC Universe, it's a bloody romp. I found myself not caring about the characters and even an appearance by the original Dark Knight can't save it. BATWING is three dollars I can't get back and 10 minutes of my life I can't get back either.
BTW: the mysterious hooded woman is seen next to a police car, four pages from the end of the book.
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