These are the types of comics that I miss.
There were dynamic characters--ALL of them. They didn't have to come out and say the change but you saw the character change in the last issue.
This was a very personal story for the characters. I tip my hat to writer Chuck Austen for such a well-paced and emotionally deep storyline. It was emotionally deep without being cheesy.
I really like the antagonists being that family that developed super powers. If Batman were created today, he would have gone after the person that killed his parents and killed him, just like the woman in the story. He may have stopped, but like in Spider-Man the movie, Spider-Man didn't have to kill the robber who killed Uncle Ben. The robber "luckily" tripped and fell out the window on his own. That to me is a cop out to the writers--they appeased both sides, one wanting the robber to fry for killing poor Uncle Ben, the other wanting Peter to be the bigger man and spare his life. But an accident works on both sides.
The Punisher is just a modern day Batman. Look at both of their stories. The Punisher was pretty much kept around because the readers at the time needed a good guy that went around and killed the bad guys. There have been stories about Batman almost going over the edge and killing the Joker to prevent all the unnecessary future deaths. However, he doesn't and more deaths occur. Yes, he stood for higher morals. I applaud that. But then shouldn't an aspect of Wayne Industries or whatever it's called be leading the forefront in treatment of the criminally insane? (Sorta like Daredevil's character of punishing the goons that got away legally.) But I really digressed here.
This series was great because it built on what we knew of the characters and it pushes them on in the future. We see them living with the pain and understand.
This series was exponentially better than the John Byrne and Claremont arc that previously came. DC--this is what the real fans want. Decent stories that affect our characters. Not mindless Vampire nonsense to promote a new book. (Doom Patrol will fail, by the way. I give it no more than 15 issues--less than that if John Byrne gets bored of it, which he ususally does.)
Great storyline. My highest recommendation.
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