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Wow, epic win. There were a couple of more fantastic Kubert pencils released before this. In case anybody missed them:

http://io9.com/5125738/gaimans-batman-a-lover-not-a-fighter

"I was here at the start. I'm not going to miss the end."

Awesome.

Not bad. Can't wait to see the rest!

I've always thought that "Whatever happened to the Cowled Vigilante?" might be catchier.

I have been really disappointed with Gaiman's writing and the Kubert's lack of performance, so I will probably skip this. "Whatever happend to the Dark Knight?" sounds like a real winner.

Writing and art are already a huge step up from Morrison and Daniel,but I'm disappointed at what looks like hints of even more metafiction from DC.

Kitchy and self-aware, for if you're into those things.

Zee, the kitsch part I actually like. If I have to endure more self-aware metafiction, at least have it so that it's kitschy and tongue-in-cheek over pretentious and taking itself too seriously. Overall i think this will be good.

I'm really, REALLY hoping this doesn't turn out to be another "1602"...where I loved the first 7 issues of the project, and was severely disappointed in the 8th. (And worse, this is only 2 parts, not 8....)

That is some beautiful artwork. I was stunned by the depiction of Gotham on the first page. Too early to comment on the story though. But Gaiman seldom disappoints.

Cool. Myspace commenter gives a bad name to Ryans the world over. First, he has that horrid Bush avatar. Going further, he makes the ridiculously ignorant query: "Is this going to be a comic or a 2-part graphic novel"

Don't read the comments, they will ruin the greatness that is that preview.

If I had to guess T, I think the metatextual stuff will only be in a sort of framing story. I agree that more metatext is probably not what we need but I'm willing to give Gaiman the benefit of the doubt.

this will be awesome. i'm already more satisfied reading those few pages than i have been reading morisson's run since they resurrected ra's!

I caught the Jim Aparo reference on the highway exit sign for "Aparo Bridge." Anyone else catch any other references? Does the giant typewriter billboard refer to anything? Or the movie playing at the theater (something with "Whispers")?

looks interesting.

But I am a bit confused. I didn't have to click through a million different pages to see all of the preview. You can have more than one picture on a page? Does not compute!

david m - the typewriter was a bill finger reference...the movie playing at the theatre was "the bat whispers"...there's a wanted poster that seems to be for the dick tracy villain flattop...i can't quite make out the name on the bakery truck though

I dig the Catmobile, but that really looks like a care bear head mounted on the grill.

I didn't really have any interest in this until I saw those first couple pages. This looks like it could be really cool. I'm definitely picking this up...

Knowing how ungodly slow & lazy all Kuberts not named Joe are, I wonder how many years ago the pencilling started?

If the Kuberts are so lazy and slow, why could they do monthly books when they were at Marvel? I'm not defending them, I'm just wondering what happened. At least Frank Quitely is slow everywhere he draws regardless of the company.

Awesome.

Well, I think that's too bad for Catwoman. Her boots will be soaking with that guys blood when she returns to her Catmobile. She should've worn galoshes.
Just calling it now.