His way of reinventing characters, bringing new personalities or perspectives to them, is really what makes his books so interesting and timeless to read. Like the first, this book was met with an incredible amount of glorious reviews and feedback and the secret that Murphy has here to his success is bringing forth things that the readers have never seen before. We see a more human-side to Azrael here which offers a new level of understanding of him for the audience. Murphy reinvents the character Azrael as well who was introduced back in the 80’s in his debut comic, “Sword of Azrael.” The character soon of which making a notable appearance in the 90’s “Knightfall” comic series. The book was met with incredibly positive feedback and reviews from top critics as many of them, like myself, were simply blown away by this take on the Dark Knight, setting a standard for books to come.Ī sequel released in the summer of 2019 titled, “Curse of the White Knight” discusses the character Azrael and the great secret or “curse” behind the Wayne family.
Charting to the grand finale that shows what happens when Batman goes over the deep end and the trust that begins to loosen within his own family. Tackling the idea of Batman being accountable for the damage and deaths caused by his reckless behavior in the book, elites taking advantage of his war on crime creating the “Batman Devastation Fund,” and how the city has been overrun with racism at its core.
What was most interesting was the way the book dealt with real world issues. His art is unique, immensely detailed, and dark. With Batman being Gotham’s “Dark Knight,” Napier decides to become the city’s “White Knight.” In addition to a captivating and original story, Murphy’s artwork is simply incredible and is completely fitting to the mature, gritty, and graphic story at hand. The true enemy of the book however, is Batman, where he himself is on the verge of losing his own sanity. Exploring an alternate timeline where the Joker is cured of his madness and becomes Jack Napier, he begins his campaign to repair an exhausted, corruption-ridden Gotham City. Sean Gordon Murphy absolutely remastered the character of Batman when he released critically acclaimed, “Batman: White Knight” back in 2017 under DC’s prestige format “Black Label” line of comics.
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