I'm okay with Jiro being a Batman. The explain why he took that identity whereas other recruits probably wont, but yeah, I wish that his Batsuit was styled differently. Even a new chest emblem would help.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited December 2010
Maybe Batman Japan has a white oval with a red bat logo?
Kind of surprised they introduced French Batman/Nightrunner in an annual. That's where I would expect Batman Hungary to show up.
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Some future catastrophe is going to require all the batmen get together and no one is going to know which batman is which.
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I was just a little disappointed that Mr. Unknown's Batsuit was so identical to Bruce's. But not really.
Me, too. Especially since
Nightrunner got his own specially designed suit in Batman Annual.
It's Nightwing-chic, which makes sense. They even played up the similarities by having Dick train him, with Nightrunner noting "this Batman's quicker, more fluid. like me"
and then Japanese Batman's suit is just Bruce's.
I'm starting to second guess myself.
Looking at him in that splash page, now I'm thinking the cowl's all different. Like, the ears don't point up, but actually point back at an angle? Like he's got a sleeker, runner thing going on.
I was just a little disappointed that Mr. Unknown's Batsuit was so identical to Bruce's. But not really.
Me, too. Especially since
Nightrunner got his own specially designed suit in Batman Annual.
It's Nightwing-chic, which makes sense. They even played up the similarities by having Dick train him, with Nightrunner noting "this Batman's quicker, more fluid. like me"
and then Japanese Batman's suit is just Bruce's.
I'm starting to second guess myself.
Looking at him in that splash page, now I'm thinking the cowl's all different. Like, the ears don't point up, but actually point back at an angle? Like he's got a sleeker, runner thing going on.
What do you guys think?
It's not the same suit. The cowl's different (it also seems to curve more at the front of the face), the armor on the gloves is gone, as is the piping on the body. Honestly, if they had made one or two more changes it would be distinct enough.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
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Batman The Dark Knight #1 is pretty much what you expect it to be. A mixture of early Spawn issues (including bums) with a Wolverine-like trope of someone from Bruce's past showing up that we've never heard of, and the usual Bruce monologue about how his world was shattered because his parents are dead. We also get a scene which seems to be Bruce getting his first erection (Finch had to know this when he drew those panels).
As far as the art, it actually looks very similar to when Finch was on Ultimate X-Men, and Thibert inked him. During Second Coming and some X-Men covers last year, Finch went overboard with cross hatching, but with Williams as the inker it's pretty much all gone, and looks much cleaner. Finch's Penguin is rather badly drawn (looks more like Mojo from X-Men), and it seems Cobblepot is suffering the same fate as the Riddler is in going back to being pure villain. And Finch's version of the batmobile is streets behind compared to the super cool B&R flying car.
So in all, this is basically the same thing as Tony Daniels Batman book, only darker and almost certain to be repeatedly delayed. There's just nothing new here, and even a touch of batdickery with Bruce being a chump to Alfred. Basically every cliche about Batman and his world is in this book (even what seems to be a reference to the Detective mode from the Arkham Aslyum game with the bat-vision)
I was flipping through it at the store, but I decided to leave it.
Sounds like I made the right choice.
And you're right about the delays. The second issue is now scheduled for February 9th. We'll see if that sticks. If there's one thing I can give Tony Daniel credit for, it's that he is very punctual.
Batman The Dark Knight #1 is pretty much what you expect it to be. A mixture of early Spawn issues (including bums) with a Wolverine-like trope of someone from Bruce's past showing up that we've never heard of, and the usual Bruce monologue about how his world was shattered because his parents are dead. We also get a scene which seems to be Bruce getting his first erection (Finch had to know this when he drew those panels).
You know, uh, Finch wrote this too, right?
His first erection? Good lord.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited December 2010
It's an exaggeration of what really happened, which is Finch trying to make us believe that this new girl we've never seen before is actually Bruce's first crush (I always liked Zatanna being his first crush). But it's a page that is very odd with the last panels in that it involves them wrestling on the ground with Dawn pinning his arms back, and Bruce is going "um......don't--" and the last thought box of the page is "I was starting to think maybe Dawn wasn't so bad after all."
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augustwhere you come from is goneRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
I think the new baseline for bad Batman stories is whether or not he shits his pants. Does he not shit his pants? Well then it's not that bad!
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edited December 2010
Zatanna being his first crush is dumb
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
I'm more appalled that this crush's name is Dawn Golden. I mean, really?
I wish that if someone writes a gritty, or mature comic, they'd pause and consider that maybe their audience has read things other than the comic, somewhere in their lives.
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I think the new baseline for bad Batman stories is whether or not he shits his pants. Does he not shit his pants? Well then it's not that bad!
I thought he just peed.
It's going to get retconned in 10 years where Batman will confide in someone, "You know that famous, classic moment where I peed my pants during my first big pyro gag? I...I also shit myself..."
I'm okay with Jiro being a Batman. The explain why he took that identity whereas other recruits probably wont, but yeah, I wish that his Batsuit was styled differently. Even a new chest emblem would help.
It's Morrison's way of bringing Bat-Manga into continuity.
This week's issue of Batgirl costars Robin again. Which means that it's one of the best issues of Batgirl. Or at least it's one of the issues that I like enough to buy.
The past two issues of Batman and Robin may have been pretty mediocre, but I think this new one made up for it. It was surprisingly introspective on the characters Batman and Robin themselves, which is something the other issues lacked.
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TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited January 2011
I really liked that alternate outfit Tim wore in RR #19 this week. It was Nightwing + Red Robin put together, and looked more in line with the Bat-Family than Dr. Midnight.
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This week's issue of Batgirl costars Robin again. Which means that it's one of the best issues of Batgirl. Or at least it's one of the issues that I like enough to buy.
I love Steph/Damian team ups
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admanbunionize your workplaceSeattle, WARegistered Userregular
edited January 2011
Backstory question from the new Batgirl:
On the page where Damien is dressed up like an elementary school kid, Cassie thought bubbles, "I must never let him know" or somesuch. What's she talking about?
On the page where Damien is dressed up like an elementary school kid, Cassie thought bubbles, "I must never let him know" or somesuch. What's she talking about?
I had assumed she was just saying that she must never let him know that her heart breaks for him, which was the sentence that immediately proceeded it..
That issue made me wonder, have Bruce and Damien ever had a father/son moment the way Bruce and Tim have had? It seems like a huge inevitability that Damien will go all evil if his father doesn't stop for a moment and hug the poor kid.
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
edited January 2011
The closest we've seen so far is in The Return, where Bruce tells Dick about him and Damien being Batman and Robin (paraphrasing here) "Alfred...Jim...they love you." Dick responds, "Yeah, well, you should smile more."
Damien's in the room at the time, and, for some reason Bruce doesn't speak to him directly...
But that's as close as we've gotten to that moment. Bruce probably knows that if we ever see him and Damien happy together, the kid will get killed off by DC.
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edited January 2011
Birds of Prey #11 cover:
Their first date, awww.....
And in other BoP news, Jesus Saiz is the next regular artist with #12. I think that makes him the 5th artist on the book in 12 issues.
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On the page where Damien is dressed up like an elementary school kid, Cassie thought bubbles, "I must never let him know" or somesuch. What's she talking about?
I had assumed she was just saying that she must never let him know that her heart breaks for him, which was the sentence that immediately proceeded it..
I've gotten behind on Batman and Robin quite a bit, would anyone recommend catching up on it?
I picked up Batman Inc. issues one and two today and I'm happy I did that now, I also picked up Batman : The Dark Knight issue one out of curiosity. I've been out of the loop for a tiny bit, but I'm working on catching up and staying up to date per usual. Is Dini doing anything else that's current?
Their first date, awww.....
And in other BoP news, Jesus Saiz is the next regular artist with #12. I think that makes him the 5th artist on the book in 12 issues.
Wow. That's a fantastic cover. Also, if Catman is dating Huntress, does that mean Huntress has had recent appearances in Secret Six?
And yeah, its a bit frustrating to see all the artist changes on Birds of Prey. I dropped the book after Benes left. Has it been any good since then?
See, I dropped it in large part because there was no way I was going to buy an Ed Benes book every month. I love Jesus Saiz's work though, so I may check that out.
The thing is, I still have no idea what the point of BoP is. What's going on in that book? What's the mission statement? It seems like every team book nowadays is just an excuse for writers to have characters they like talk at each other.
See, I dropped it in large part because there was no way I was going to buy an Ed Benes book every month. I love Jesus Saiz's work though, so I may check that out.
The thing is, I still have no idea what the point of BoP is. What's going on in that book? What's the mission statement? It seems like every team book nowadays is just an excuse for writers to have characters they like talk at each other.
It's a consequence of the notion of a superhero network, I think. Everyone already knows each other, so writers don't feel the need to pull groups together with a common threat or interest. Instead, the network is such that Oracle and Captain America can just hold recruitment drives whenever they want instead of relying on happenstance or fate.
Writers could still bring teams together the old-fashioned way, of course, but they choose not to for the sake of convenience.
TexiKenDammit!That fish really got me!Registered Userregular
edited January 2011
Mission Statement: the purpose of Birds of Prey is for characters named after birds or flying rodents to get together to fight crime, have tickle fights, and talk about boys, while giving back to the community and doing so in an environmentally friendly way.
Mission Statement: the purpose of Birds of Prey is for characters named after birds or flying rodents to get together to fight crime, have tickle fights, and talk about boys, while giving back to the community and doing so in an environmentally friendly way.
On the page where Damien is dressed up like an elementary school kid, Cassie thought bubbles, "I must never let him know" or somesuch. What's she talking about?
I had assumed she was just saying that she must never let him know that her heart breaks for him, which was the sentence that immediately proceeded it..
Birds of Prey is an outlet for Gail Simone to return to doing a book that was fucking awesome under her last time. And while it's not as good as Secret Six at the moment, it's a good book. Gail's one of the best writers at DC, IMO.
I don't see why people are implying that the book exists because of Benes when it's really Gail's baby.
And Robos, there was an actual storyline reason that the team was pulled back together in the first arc. Also, these characters, minus Hawk and Dove, are close friends who WANT to work together. You're making it sound like they just randomly threw the group together. There's a history here.
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Kind of surprised they introduced French Batman/Nightrunner in an annual. That's where I would expect Batman Hungary to show up.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I'm starting to second guess myself.
What do you guys think?
As far as the art, it actually looks very similar to when Finch was on Ultimate X-Men, and Thibert inked him. During Second Coming and some X-Men covers last year, Finch went overboard with cross hatching, but with Williams as the inker it's pretty much all gone, and looks much cleaner. Finch's Penguin is rather badly drawn (looks more like Mojo from X-Men), and it seems Cobblepot is suffering the same fate as the Riddler is in going back to being pure villain. And Finch's version of the batmobile is streets behind compared to the super cool B&R flying car.
So in all, this is basically the same thing as Tony Daniels Batman book, only darker and almost certain to be repeatedly delayed. There's just nothing new here, and even a touch of batdickery with Bruce being a chump to Alfred. Basically every cliche about Batman and his world is in this book (even what seems to be a reference to the Detective mode from the Arkham Aslyum game with the bat-vision)
Sounds like I made the right choice.
And you're right about the delays. The second issue is now scheduled for February 9th. We'll see if that sticks. If there's one thing I can give Tony Daniel credit for, it's that he is very punctual.
You know, uh, Finch wrote this too, right?
His first erection? Good lord.
I wish that if someone writes a gritty, or mature comic, they'd pause and consider that maybe their audience has read things other than the comic, somewhere in their lives.
I thought he just peed.
It's going to get retconned in 10 years where Batman will confide in someone, "You know that famous, classic moment where I peed my pants during my first big pyro gag? I...I also shit myself..."
Which is a a thing that Batman would do really.
It's Morrison's way of bringing Bat-Manga into continuity.
I love Steph/Damian team ups
Damien's in the room at the time, and, for some reason Bruce doesn't speak to him directly...
But that's as close as we've gotten to that moment. Bruce probably knows that if we ever see him and Damien happy together, the kid will get killed off by DC.
Their first date, awww.....
And in other BoP news, Jesus Saiz is the next regular artist with #12. I think that makes him the 5th artist on the book in 12 issues.
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I picked up Batman Inc. issues one and two today and I'm happy I did that now, I also picked up Batman : The Dark Knight issue one out of curiosity. I've been out of the loop for a tiny bit, but I'm working on catching up and staying up to date per usual. Is Dini doing anything else that's current?
Wow. That's a fantastic cover. Also, if Catman is dating Huntress, does that mean Huntress has had recent appearances in Secret Six?
And yeah, its a bit frustrating to see all the artist changes on Birds of Prey. I dropped the book after Benes left. Has it been any good since then?
The thing is, I still have no idea what the point of BoP is. What's going on in that book? What's the mission statement? It seems like every team book nowadays is just an excuse for writers to have characters they like talk at each other.
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It's a consequence of the notion of a superhero network, I think. Everyone already knows each other, so writers don't feel the need to pull groups together with a common threat or interest. Instead, the network is such that Oracle and Captain America can just hold recruitment drives whenever they want instead of relying on happenstance or fate.
Writers could still bring teams together the old-fashioned way, of course, but they choose not to for the sake of convenience.
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Add in some hot yoga and I'll buy it.
Also, that's not Cassie. That's Stephanie.
That is all it is.
Did Benes leave DC or something? What exactly do you mean here?
I don't see why people are implying that the book exists because of Benes when it's really Gail's baby.
And Robos, there was an actual storyline reason that the team was pulled back together in the first arc. Also, these characters, minus Hawk and Dove, are close friends who WANT to work together. You're making it sound like they just randomly threw the group together. There's a history here.
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