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Bat-Thread: Bruce Wayne, International Hairy Chested Love God of Mystery

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Covers to Batman: The Return and The Dark Knight #1:

    batmanthereturn1.jpg

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    Looks like Bruce goes back to the yellow symbol design. If Dick still gets to be Batman he keeps the black on grey outfit?

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Looks like Batman finally ditched the trunks. The gauntlets seem a little reminiscent of the ones he wore in the Arkham Asylum game too.

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGER Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Those covers don't really scream 'I'm back' to me.

    And that second cover looks pretty beat up for what I'm assuming would be a brand new suit.

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Looks like the Gary Frank Earth-One redesign:
    tumblr_kuavgt4heV1qzvw5po1_500.jpg

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Is Gary Frank the guy who did Superman: Secret Origins? I really like his art.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    I am kinda wondering what they are going to do about Vale. Tim's ruse isn't going to make her give up the whole thing.

    She knows the is at least mostly right, and just needs proof.

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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 August 2010
    i wonder what the boots look like on Batman's new costume

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    They're fluorescent pink.

    Also, here's a brief interview with Morrison, where he discusses Batman as a character, as well as Batman Inc.

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Chances BATMAN INC will be similar to KICKERS INC?

    Kickers5.JPG

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    One would hope not. Really, it seems like it's going to be in the same vein as The Web, with franchised superheroics. Which was itself a lot like an old Chuck Dixon pitch for a Blue Beetle relaunch.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    which was kind of a hysterical title, I suppose, if you think about it...

    GM: It's a greattitle. "Batman Family" -- you just want to see him sitting there in a his Bat-slippers while Batgirl gets him his dinner. [laughter]

    GB: It all made sense to me as a kid. Here's the ultimate orphan and now he's created this strange family and there's even room for Man-Bat, who sort of the ugly cousin. Did you enjoy that book? I only bring it up because it presented a sort of confederacy led by Batman.

    GM: I did love that book at the time. What we're doing is somewhat in the tradition of that. Nothing I've done with Batman is so shockingthat it hasn't been seen before. I've tried to tell fans: 'Don't worry about time travel, he's done it before, we're just going to see it in more conventional, more down-to-earth way." Don't worry about the aspects of this stuff, we're re-drawing aspects of Batman's history all the time. He had team-ups before and, as you say, had "Batman Family." This is a lot like "Batman Family," I suppose, except the family is very extended in this case and it's global. I tell people not to worry. Batman can take it. He'd done it before.
    That sounds amazing. I've been day-dreaming this for a while now.

    I'm not terribly familar with the current state of things, but I would love for Batman to make a Bat-army, of sorts. Something to rival the League of Assassins and all of Luthor's stuff. Batman and his family and their army vs Ra's and his League and Luthor and oh man it would be great.

    I have no idea how it would work in the shared universe, because you would always be wondering why one of the Flashs didn't take a minute of his day and build a jail and put the entire League of Assassins in it, or why a Green Lantern didn't just put Ra's and Luthor in a forcefield, or why Superman didn't... etc

    I need to start getting the trades of Morrison's Batman stuff asap.

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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 August 2010
    I like the idea. I just hope it's not "Batman X" "Batman Y" like The Web and more like different people trained by and associated with Batman

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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 August 2010
    The Road Home covers all together

    guess he didn't get the memo on Red Robin's costume changes

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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 August 2010
    also i just have so much trouble taking The Outsiders seriously anymore

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Keith wrote: »
    also i just have so much trouble taking The Outsiders seriously anymore

    Is Didio still making fun of that scans daily person or whatever?

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    TexiKen wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    also i just have so much trouble taking The Outsiders seriously anymore

    Is Didio still making fun of that scans daily person or whatever?

    The only SD poster who would deserve that would be Box_in_a_Box, and he rarely posts there anymore anyway.

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  • TairuTairu Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Not a fan of those Shane Davis covers. They just aren't that aesthetically pleasing. :?

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  • Futt BuckerFutt Bucker CTRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I wish DC would get their own Marko Djurdjevic to do fancy multi-part covers.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Josh Middleton could do something purdy.

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Still, I have to say that this is the most excited I've ever been for a series of cash-grab oneshots.

    Possibly because some of them are more or less just that month's issue (Red Robin, Batgirl).

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  • Futt BuckerFutt Bucker CTRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I'm just grabbing the Nicieza issues + the Morrison one.

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Same here, but if I read Batgirl I'd be pretty psyched for that as well.

    It seems like half of these are nearly guaranteed hits, and then one or two more may be pleasant surprised.

    It's certainly not Battle for the Cowl all over again.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    They could have thrown Secret Six a bone and given them a one-shot, give them a bump in appearances.

    At the very least over Outsiders, but that's Didio's book so it can tie into any event (like War of the Superman).

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  • Futt BuckerFutt Bucker CTRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    TexiKen wrote: »
    They could have thrown Secret Six a bone and given them a one-shot, give them a bump in appearances.

    At the very least over Outsiders, but that's Didio's book so it can tie into any event (like War of the Superman).

    Well, Outsiders is still considered part of the Bat-Family I suppose.

    And Mike Barr is writing it, not Didio.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I didn't know about that writer switch at all. Did he take Philip Tan with him too?

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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 August 2010
    Mike Barr is just writing the Road Home one-shot

    also Batgirl is awesome people should read it

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  • Unco-ordinatedUnco-ordinated NZRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Keith wrote: »
    The Road Home covers all together

    guess he didn't get the memo on Red Robin's costume changes

    Wow, Tim looks fucking terrible there. What's with his midget right arm and enormous left arm?

    Otherwise, I think it looks pretty good.

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Keith wrote: »
    The Road Home covers all together

    guess he didn't get the memo on Red Robin's costume changes

    Wow, Tim looks fucking terrible there. What's with his midget right arm and enormous left arm?
    perspective

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  • Silver_MageSilver_Mage Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    He gave Batgirl a strap around her hip to make it appear as if she is wearing a thong outside of her costume. It bugs me so much.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    It's a utility thong.

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  • Unco-ordinatedUnco-ordinated NZRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Keith wrote: »
    The Road Home covers all together

    guess he didn't get the memo on Red Robin's costume changes

    Wow, Tim looks fucking terrible there. What's with his midget right arm and enormous left arm?
    perspective

    Yes, I know what perspective is and I'm saying he messed it up. It reminds me of this Batman cover from Andy Kubert:

    batman685cover.jpg

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    He gave Batgirl a strap around her hip to make it appear as if she is wearing a thong outside of her costume. It bugs me so much.

    I actually didn't mind those covers until you made me go back and find this.

    Now I do not like them anymore.

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Wait!

    Apparently the Batgirl design has had that strap for awhile!

    In the clear!

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    Keith wrote: »
    also Batgirl is awesome people should read it

    ~Terrorist Fist Jab~

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    The Halloween issue has her and Supergirl fighting black and white movie Draculas

    it is impossible to top that

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Yes, I know what perspective is and I'm saying he messed it up.
    I'd disagree. It looks like simple forced perspective to me.

    For example:
    29bimus.jpg

    If he screwed anything up, I'd say it was putting Tim's right shoulder up too high and far back, which makes the top portion of his arm look really short. Though really, people can contort their bodies in weirder ways than you'd expect. Artist Alan Tew has a really neat video on his blog where he kind of gets into the weird contortions the human figure can pull off.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Munch you are the most dedicated GV poster

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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 August 2010
    Furu you are the seventh worst GV poster

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Furu, I'm going to take that as an insult, though I don't think you meant it as such.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Man, I just can't win.

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