Batman begins a tense, terrific new origin story from Daredevil scribe

polygon.com:

There are many, many Batman origin stories, but, judging by its first issue, few are as ambitious or explorative as Batman: The Knight.

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A 10-issue miniseries that charts Bruce Wayne’s emotionally fraught odyssey from vengeful boy billionaire to the world’s greatest detective begins cuts straight to the core of what makes a troubled young man do terrible things in its first installment. A superhero romp this is not: Chip Zdarsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico have tossed Wayne into a gauntlet of growing pains and hubris, where psychological distress is just as vital to the story as its gorgeously rendered fist fights.

It’s mean, it’s moody, it’s good.

Batman: The Knight #1 unites Eisner Award-winning writer Chip Zdarsky with artist Carmine Di Giandomenico. Both have had recent brushes with Gotham City: Zdarksy wrapped up a 6-issue run on the anthology series Batman: Urban Legends last August while Di Giandomenico illustrated three issues (#991-993) of James Robinson’s short stint on Detective Comics. The issue is colored by Ivan Plascencia (a frequent collaborator with Di Giandomenico during his run on The Flash) and lettered by industry stalwart Pat Brosseau.

Batman: The Knight #1 isn’t so much about how Bruce Wayne started on his path to the Batcave, but what he was feeling when he did it. This issue traces Wayne’s last disastrous semester at Gotham Academy: He’s tormenting bullies, generally freaking out his would-be girlfriend Dana Dunlop, and sneaking out of his mansion to pummel strangers in underground fight clubs. Bruce is, putting it gently, a mess, and his dutiful butler Alfred Pennyworth is at the end of his tether.

This is why Dana suggests that he see her family psychiatrist, a curious doctor who