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Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel : The Batman Thread

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    The Joker/Robin issue of Detective Comics is the best.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    when you say Teen Titans do you mean the current shitty McKeever version or the good Geoff Johns version

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  • sportzboytjwsportzboytjw squeeeeeezzeeee some more tax breaks outRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I am not Keith but I would recommend anything about Tim that Chuck Dixon wrote. If you come to realize (like a rational person) that Tim is the best thing, then you'll probably sort of enjoy Beecher's (or whatever that dude's name is) run and Willingham's stuff too.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    no, Adam Beechen's run on Robin was not good.

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  • sportzboytjwsportzboytjw squeeeeeezzeeee some more tax breaks outRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    That's why I felt comfortable mentioning it only as a "once you reach a certain point" type of thing. You're right though.

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    The Joker/Robin issue of Detective Comics is the best.

    What issue is that
    Balefuego wrote: »
    when you say Teen Titans do you mean the current shitty McKeever version or the good Geoff Johns version
    I read for a while when it started, stopped for a while, then picked up again briefly after the OYL timeskip.

    I honestly can't remember who was writing it.
    I am not Keith but I would recommend anything about Tim that Chuck Dixon wrote. If you come to realize (like a rational person) that Tim is the best thing, then you'll probably sort of enjoy Beecher's (or whatever that dude's name is) run and Willingham's stuff too.

    I'd like a story arc or something that's pretty self contained really. Do any Dixon-written ones come to mind?

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    PiptheFair wrote: »
    killing children would be hilarious
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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    If you can find Robin: Year One there's that

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Wait wasn't Robin Year One about Dick?

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    PiptheFair wrote: »
    killing children would be hilarious
    Olivaw wrote: »
    HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE PENNY ARCADE FORUMS

    PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY

    AND THIS PENIS
    Man, I don't want to read about this lady's broken vagina.
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I am sitting here trying to come up with a tiered system for rating child molesters.
    cock vore is fuckin hilarious
  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Balefuego wrote: »
    If you can find Robin: Year One there's that

    Yeah, it was pretty good.

    And the Detective Comics issue I'm thinking of is 826.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Wait wasn't Robin Year One about Dick?

    nope

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Wait wasn't Robin Year One about Dick?

    nope

    Am I looking at the right one?

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    PiptheFair wrote: »
    killing children would be hilarious
    Olivaw wrote: »
    HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE PENNY ARCADE FORUMS

    PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY

    AND THIS PENIS
    Man, I don't want to read about this lady's broken vagina.
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I am sitting here trying to come up with a tiered system for rating child molesters.
    cock vore is fuckin hilarious
  • sportzboytjwsportzboytjw squeeeeeezzeeee some more tax breaks outRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Here are some good ones:

    Robin: A Hero Reborn : Good story with him and Lady Shiva doing some cool stuff.

    Robin: Flying Solo: Collects some of the same issues as the above one, but has more issues further into the series too. I'd probably recommend Hero Reborn of the two, but either one will set you up well.

    Robin Year One: Deserves mention for being awesome, even though it's Dick, not Tim. Tim Sale did the art!!!!

    The entire Batman: War Games:
    Pretty good series, sort of Robin-centric (although focuses more on Spoiler)

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  • sportzboytjwsportzboytjw squeeeeeezzeeee some more tax breaks outRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Wait wasn't Robin Year One about Dick?

    nope

    Yes it was. Still wonderful though.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    oh I was thinking of the one with Lady Shiva

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  • sportzboytjwsportzboytjw squeeeeeezzeeee some more tax breaks outRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Yea, that one is my fave. King Snake is still one of my favorite villians.

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Here are some good ones:

    Robin: A Hero Reborn : Good story with him and Lady Shiva doing some cool stuff.

    Robin: Flying Solo: Collects some of the same issues as the above one, but has more issues further into the series too. I'd probably recommend Hero Reborn of the two, but either one will set you up well.

    Robin Year One: Deserves mention for being awesome, even though it's Dick, not Tim. Tim Sale did the art!!!!

    The entire Batman: War Games:
    Pretty good series, sort of Robin-centric (although focuses more on Spoiler)

    Cool, thanks, I'll have a look at these.

    I remember that I was reading Batgirl and Nightwing and no other Bat-books at the time of War Games and not knowing what the hell was going on.

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    PiptheFair wrote: »
    killing children would be hilarious
    Olivaw wrote: »
    HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE PENNY ARCADE FORUMS

    PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY

    AND THIS PENIS
    Man, I don't want to read about this lady's broken vagina.
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I am sitting here trying to come up with a tiered system for rating child molesters.
    cock vore is fuckin hilarious
  • sportzboytjwsportzboytjw squeeeeeezzeeee some more tax breaks outRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Yea, the collected War Games was pretty good. Also, you might check a comic shop and see if they happen to have any older Robin issues for cheap. Dixon wrote the first 100+ issues, so you should be able to get a run or two if they have decent prices.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I didnt like War Games at all

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    The only comic shops near me are fairly terrible for back issues, so that probably won't work. Still, might have a look.

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    PiptheFair wrote: »
    killing children would be hilarious
    Olivaw wrote: »
    HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE PENNY ARCADE FORUMS

    PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY

    AND THIS PENIS
    Man, I don't want to read about this lady's broken vagina.
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I am sitting here trying to come up with a tiered system for rating child molesters.
    cock vore is fuckin hilarious
  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I have all of War Games and I will totally sell it to you

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Your eagerness to sell it is making me rethink how much I want it

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    PiptheFair wrote: »
    killing children would be hilarious
    Olivaw wrote: »
    HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE PENNY ARCADE FORUMS

    PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY

    AND THIS PENIS
    Man, I don't want to read about this lady's broken vagina.
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I am sitting here trying to come up with a tiered system for rating child molesters.
    cock vore is fuckin hilarious
  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    My friend loves Spoiler, so apparently it is against the law for me to like War Games.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited September 2008
    Here are some good ones:

    Robin: A Hero Reborn : Good story with him and Lady Shiva doing some cool stuff.

    Robin: Flying Solo: Collects some of the same issues as the above one, but has more issues further into the series too. I'd probably recommend Hero Reborn of the two, but either one will set you up well.

    Robin Year One: Deserves mention for being awesome, even though it's Dick, not Tim. Tim Sale did the art!!!!

    The entire Batman: War Games:
    Pretty good series, sort of Robin-centric (although focuses more on Spoiler)

    Tim Sale did not do the art for Year One, Javier Pulido did and it's awesome. It reminds me of Darwyn Cooke but more detailed. It's still an awesome book.

    Really though, check out any of Dixon's Robin stuff. It's best to start at the beginning because he uses stuff continuously throughout the series.

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  • Futt BuckerFutt Bucker CTRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    So what's the consensus on Batman Confidential? I was thinking of picking up the first hardcover but I remember hearing a lot of bad things about Lovers and Madmen. Did it start out well and kinda fall flat on its face or was it always terrible?

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    It seems terrible through and through to me.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I enjoyed the first arc with Batman/Bruce fighting a corporate war against Lex. It was an interesting story. The art was kinda goofy, but the story was interesting.

    The joker arc was terrible.

    The current arc "The Bat and the Cat" which just ended was just sort of silly fun. It was enjoyable, but it was not ever a comic I would take seriously.

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  • Unco-ordinatedUnco-ordinated NZRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    I enjoyed the first arc with Batman/Bruce fighting a corporate war against Lex. It was an interesting story. The art was kinda goofy, but the story was interesting.

    The joker arc was terrible.

    The current arc "The Bat and the Cat" which just ended was just sort of silly fun. It was enjoyable, but it was not ever a comic I would take seriously.

    You need to take it seriously? I thought Bat and the Cat was pretty refreshing really, what with all the melodrama going on in the main titles.

    Oh and you forgot Bedard's "Wrath" arc, it was pretty good.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Is Bat Woman a real character?

    I mean, I've read 52 and she's been in FC: Revelations, but other than that, she's practically not even a real part of the DCU. She never shows up in any regular monthly books. Seems like she's contained only to special events and limited series. I really like Renee Montoya too. They need to put a good writer and artist on a new book and have some sort of a Bat Woman / Question collaboration book.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Supposedly there is a whole bunch of isses of a Batwoman series that Rucka wrote and I think even the art was drawn for it, but DC never released it.

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  • sportzboytjwsportzboytjw squeeeeeezzeeee some more tax breaks outRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Is Bat Woman a real character?

    I mean, I've read 52 and she's been in FC: Revelations, but other than that, she's practically not even a real part of the DCU. She never shows up in any regular monthly books. Seems like she's contained only to special events and limited series. I really like Renee Montoya too. They need to put a good writer and artist on a new book and have some sort of a Bat Woman / Question collaboration book.

    She was an old character I think that got ret-conned...

    Checking Wiki...

    Here's the opening from Wiki
    Batwoman (originally referred to as The Bat-Woman) is a fictional character and female counterpart to the superhero Batman, created by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff. This character appears in publications produced by DC Comics and related media. Batwoman made her first comic book appearance in Detective Comics #233 (1956). Originally named Katherine "Kathy" Kane, the character was introduced as a love interest for Batman to disprove allegations of homosexuality in response to the backlash from the book Seduction of the Innocent (1954).

    Although Batwoman made a number of appearances during the late 1950s and early 1960s, declining sales of both Batman and Detective Comics led to the editorial retirement of the character. When Julius Schwartz became editor of the Batman related comic books in 1964, he removed non-essential characters including Batwoman, Bat-Girl, Bat-Mite and Bat-Hound. Kathy Kane is later killed and her existence as Batwoman in the DC Universe is retroactively erased by the conclusion of the 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths.

    The modern incarnation of the character, Katherine "Kate" Kane, first appears in week 7 of the maxi-series 52 (2006), operating as Batwoman in Gotham City during Batman's absence following the events of the seven issue miniseries Infinite Crisis (2005). The modern Batwoman is written as being of Jewish descent and as a lesbian in an effort by DC editorial staff to diversify its publications and better connect to modern day readership. Batwoman's sexual orientation has been both criticized and praised by the general public and the character has been described as the highest profile gay character to appear in stories produced by DC Comics.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Yes, I'm quite aware that she's a new Batwoman, not the same as the one from 300 years ago. But that doesn't change the fact that she's been in existence for 2 years now and has appeared in only a handful of issues.

    I like Rucka and he usually is given a pretty good artist to work with. I wonder why they didn't release it. Too controversial maybe?
    Batwoman's sexual orientation has been both criticized and praised by the general public and the character has been described as the highest profile gay character to appear in stories produced by DC Comics.

    High profile is hardly the term I would use, considering she isn't even around most of the time. Right now she's just a character that makes cameos in limited series. She isn't even the lead character of the limited series. She's just a freakin' cameo character. Hardly high profile. In fact, I would say Grace is a much higher profile character, because she actually appears in comics.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    She's probably getting little exposure because she's fucking boring.

    I doubt much of DCs readership gives a damn about a character who thus far has the following traits of note:

    Lesbian
    Is often a damsel in distress for Renee to rescue

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    She's high profile only because DC made a big deal about her and issued a press release when they first introduced her in 52

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  • sportzboytjwsportzboytjw squeeeeeezzeeee some more tax breaks outRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Yes, I'm quite aware that she's a new Batwoman, not the same as the one from 300 years ago. But that doesn't change the fact that she's been in existence for 2 years now and has appeared in only a handful of issues.

    I like Rucka and he usually is given a pretty good artist to work with. I wonder why they didn't release it. Too controversial maybe?
    Batwoman's sexual orientation has been both criticized and praised by the general public and the character has been described as the highest profile gay character to appear in stories produced by DC Comics.

    High profile is hardly the term I would use, considering she isn't even around most of the time. Right now she's just a character that makes cameos in limited series. She isn't even the lead character of the limited series. She's just a freakin' cameo character. Hardly high profile. In fact, I would say Grace is a much higher profile character, because she actually appears in comics.

    I'm just saying: She is a real character. I wasn't sure what you were asking based on your original question.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    the Batwoman book is still coming out and i'm gonna buy it solely for the art

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    the Batwoman book is still coming out and i'm gonna buy it solely for the art

    Have they said who the artist is gonna be? or when its coming out?

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  • Unco-ordinatedUnco-ordinated NZRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Yes, I'm quite aware that she's a new Batwoman, not the same as the one from 300 years ago. But that doesn't change the fact that she's been in existence for 2 years now and has appeared in only a handful of issues.

    I like Rucka and he usually is given a pretty good artist to work with. I wonder why they didn't release it. Too controversial maybe?
    Batwoman's sexual orientation has been both criticized and praised by the general public and the character has been described as the highest profile gay character to appear in stories produced by DC Comics.

    High profile is hardly the term I would use, considering she isn't even around most of the time. Right now she's just a character that makes cameos in limited series. She isn't even the lead character of the limited series. She's just a freakin' cameo character. Hardly high profile. In fact, I would say Grace is a much higher profile character, because she actually appears in comics.

    Grace isn't gay, she's bi. Besides, when has she ever had a higher profile than Renee?

    As for the Batwoman book, didn't they officially announce at a convention that it's coming soon?

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    the Batwoman book is still coming out and i'm gonna buy it solely for the art

    Have they said who the artist is gonna be? or when its coming out?
    it's JH Williams III and when I asked him at comic con he said october but it'll probably be later since DC delayed like everything a month

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  • ZeromusZeromus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    JH Williams III can take as long as he want it is so beautiful omgz

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    The art looks damn fine from what I saw at comic con

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