The show, Gotham, is probably one of the most underrated shows and most overrated at the same time. I believe it is underrated, as most of the rogues’ gallery that has been on the show. I also believe this show is overrated because it comes off a cartoonish, where some believed including me, that it would have matched Smallville’s ambition. As the show has primarily focused on not Bruce Wayne but James Gordon.

In its current season, it has steered the ship in the right direction, as we now have seen the League of Shadows, as well as the Court of Owls. I bring the show and really the mythos of Batman up, as he was, like The Flash, a hero borne from tragedy. As their motivation, is not purely out of a sense of justice, but a need to avenge and protect. This brings me to the fourth issue of Buraaq, as we get a sense of who Yusuf was, before he became Buraaq.

We are taken to when he was teenager, who loved racing street cars with his friends and as most kids his age, were rebellious. His life turns upside down, when a gunman takes the lives of his parents in a massacre. In a moment of serendipity, a meteor crashes, as he races home to meet his grandfather shortly after finding out the news. By issue’s end, his superpowers are at their fullest, as a new evil waits in the shadows.

Overall, a strong origin story, that gives the reader, a little more background of who Yusuf and Buraaq are as two sides of the same man. The story by Adil and Kamil Imtiaz, gets even better in this issue. Th art is 190% better, with the new artists from Lucid Concepts, as the art is luminous and vibrant. Altogether, an excellent book that has upped its game in both story and style.

Story: Adil Imtiaz, Kamil Imtiaz Art: Anas Riasat, Adnan Ali, Shahan Zaidi, Saad Rafan
Story: 10 Art: 10 Overall: 10 Recommendation: Buy