Batman: False Faces is a collection of stories written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by various artists. The stories are chosen for their theme, “Identity,” and were written in 2000, 2001 and 2003, during Vaughan’s early period of comic book writing, i.e. pre- “Pride of Baghdad” and “Y: The Last Man.”
Overall, the collection falls a little flat with me. The stories are okay, but not great, in my opinion. Certainly, if I had picked these up as comic book issues, I would have been happy enough, I guess. On the other hand, one reason I stopped buying monthlies was that I was tired of merely okay story lines, and hoped that graphic novels would collect the better ones for me.
The book is interesting in that it lets you get a glimpse at the work of someone who went on to bigger and better things. Pick it up at the library, or buy it if you love Brian K. Vaughan.
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