The Riddler: Year One Review #1: A Twisted Story of Thespian

Batman Possibly the biggest superhero movie from Warner Bros. of 2022, the dark thriller offers new iterations of classic heroes and villains. Perhaps no character has been so radically altered as Paul Dano’s The Riddler, whose question mark-covered outfit has been replaced with leather clothing that made Eddie Nashton look closer to the Zodiac Killer than any previous iteration of the Puzzle Master. With the actor who portrayed Riddler coming on board to write his character’s origin, he does The Riddler: Year One Live up to expectations even though this is the actor’s first work in comics?

To start, Dano apparently spent a lot of time thinking about Eddie Nachton’s motives, his life up until the events of the movie, as well as the dire circumstances in Gotham City that would push the man to become a horror icon. Riddler’s backstory from his unfortunate circumstances doesn’t begin as a dark reflection on Bruce Wayne, who was also an orphan without millions of dollars and a personal butler to depend on, instead, Nachton works a day job at the company where honors are earned by management and Eddie can’t stand these abuses. Dano as a writer also has a clear understanding of story structure, using plate layout to explore Riddler’s quirky mind from this last vision of Gotham City. There’s a stylized blend of first-person narration along with pages from the Riddler magazine working symbiotically with one another to paint a quirky picture.

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By telling the story from Eddie’s perspective, readers can see how his online activities have radicalized him, while also revealing his mental health issues thanks to Dano and Subic using full-page landscapes to provide an unconventional introduction to Nashton’s mind. Dano also does an effective job of showing how Eddie was able to discover the secret that was hovering over the events of Batman Long before Bruce Wayne knew there was a mystery to be solved.

Dano and Subic work exceptionally well together, which is evident throughout this first issue, as the artwork is appropriately terrifying and confusing for a character who has clearly been struggling with her mental health for many years. There are countless pictures in The Riddler: Year One This isn’t quite like anything else seen in DC Comics before and in these disturbing panels the mini-series really shines through. Readers never feel like they have a foothold, which does well in helping fans relate to what Nashton goes through on a daily basis.

very much like BatmanDepicting real life, this version of Gotham City is one that exudes ambiance along with the gloom that shaped this futuristic villain. There is a certain moment in which readers see The Riddler’s first interaction with the Dark Knight, where the issue seizes the opportunity to imagine Batman as something other than human – making a conscious decision not to flash the skin that he leaves available for all to see on the lower half. from his hood. This game on Batman does well not only in showing how terrifying Bruce can appear to the ordinary citizens of Gotham, but also showing how a warped mind can look at the Caped Crusader and create his own concept of a masked crime fighter.

Paul Dano and Stefan Sobeck kicked off their run with their co-stars in The Riddler, providing a story that could stand on its own outside Batman, while also giving movie fans an excuse to pick up a comic book that reveals the grotesque beauty of Eddie Nachton’s early life. Whether you are a fan of the latest Dark Knight movie or you are simply a fan of everything Batman related, The Riddler: Year One It offers a new perspective on Gotham City and diabolically details how the mind becomes twisted by its surroundings.

Posted by DC Comics

on me October 25 2022

written by Paul Dano

art through Stefan Sobeck

Colors Stefan Sobeck

Messages by Clayton Cowles

cover by Bill Sienkiewicz

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