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Task Force Z issue ten is an issue where we get some answers to some mysteries, have some new curve balls thrown at us, and have some pretty fun moments tossed in the mix too.
If you've been reading this series, but not picked up The Joker you might be in for a bit of a surprise to learn this issue that Bane isn't really Bane. Since the reveal in The Joker a few months ago that Bane faked his death on A-Day I've been wondering where this series fits in, if it even does. Was this a case of the writer on this book got told Bane was dead, but didn't get told it was a fake out?
Well no, because as we see here via a series of flashbacks, the zombie Bane we've been following isn't Bane at all, but was made to think he was. You see, it turns out that Doctor Bloom and Harvey Dent, with the help of Amanda Waller and some of her people, developed a method for implanting memories, effectively making one person into another.
This process was done onto a corpse that was then put into a Bane costume and pumped full of Venom, effectively making a zombie Bane copy. This was all done to help get Jason on side, as he'd jump at the opportunity to hurt the man who killed Alfred Pennyworth.
However, this tech comes back to bite our protagonists in the butt when we learn that Bloom has used it to turn several members of Task Force Z into sleeper agents who will turn into copies of him when needed. This leads to some inter team fighting, and some frankly delightful moments from Solomon Grundy.
The issue ends with a reveal as to who the person behind the Bane mask was that I won't spoil, but is certainly going to be interesting going forward.
This is a series that keeps throwing new and interesting things at the reader, and manages to pull it off consistently well. I've had fun with each and every issue, and always look forward to seeing what new wild crap is going to happen.
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