Detective Comics # 1013 2019 Cold Dark World: Thawed! pg 11 by Doug Mahnke & Keith Champagne

Detective Comics # 1013 October 2019
"Cold Dark World: Thawed!" pg 11
Inks over pencils on 11 x 17 DC Comics art board
Pencils: Doug Mahnke
Inks: Keith Champagne (Signed lower left)
Writer: Peter Tomasi (Signed lower right)

Mr. Freeze is so close to reviving Nora but Batman can’t let it happen. Mr. Freeze has never been more vicious or more deadly. There’s nothing more dangerous than a desperate man with a cold gun and Gotham City is going to learn that firsthand!

For an issue that's effectively a prolonged chase scene, there's a lot of great character work here. Freeze is tragically grotesque in his actions, carelessly experimenting on innocent women in the hope of restoring his wife. Batman, meanwhile, proves that he has the right tool for any job, and adds a sense of welcome goofiness to what could have been a dour narrative. Factor in some wonderful dialogue and a pitch-perfect team if artists and this is another winner from Detective Comics.