Batman General Discussion

Is that punchline with the sirens? Ugh

The official announcement for the series.

The cowboys are half naked? Why not just send Wonder Woman to round them up? Or a SWAT Team if you don't care if the cowboys get sniped. What's the deal with characters that are not Nigh-Invulnerable wearing costumes that aren't protective of vital areas?

Edited by bookworm6390 on May 9th 2024 at 4:37:09 AM

That almost reads like the porn parody of itself, honestly.

If your familiar with Leah Williams past work, this is very in her wheelhouse.

Her X-Terminators books starring Dazzler, Jubilee, Boom-Boom, and X-23 was extremally horny.

Is that the one where Draculas douchey grandson tries to kidnap and sell them. I read it (wow this dude was a loser compared ro his dad and grandpa)

Shame! Come back, Shame!

Sad fact: The miniseries is inspired by a true story. :(

"It wasn’t until years later, when Williams spotted the same animal in a Texas animal sanctuary, that she discovered she’d come upon an African Impala, one that had likely imported for, and escaped from, an exotic game hunt.

“Ever since then,” Williams said, “I’ve been stewing over the idea of Who does that? Who imports exotic animals to Montana just for the sport of killing them? That is so foul to me, but it’s also legal there; completely within bounds.” Williams thought it was a perfect situation to unite the Gotham City Sirens, as lovers of animal (and plant) life with a pick-and-choose relationship with the law.

Wonder Woman: "I would like to personally thank Mr. Barrow and Mr. Faye for their hard work. But for Senegal and The Gambia to remain beacons of progress these incarcerations cannot continue in the absence of evidence..."

Oracle: "Diana, come quick! Harley, Ivy and Catwoman are fighting four shirtless cowboys with rotary cannons on neglected farmland!"

WW: "Babs, I am trying to keep one of the most peaceful countries on the world the way it is and prove even an unstable dictatorship can follow the example it sets. Can these single digit Gotham skirmishes wait until Tyr's day?"

O: "You told me you had a light schedule this week!"

WW: "I am advancing the emergence of a world where autocracy and democracy exist in harmony, and you interpreted that as light? Very well, if this rustler situation is truly so dire I can spare Yara and Jerry..."

O: "Never mind, we'll take our chances with the cowboys!"

Edited by IndirectActiveTransport on May 10th 2024 at 4:51:13 AM

Revealed in Titans this week, Dick Grayson has his own backup personality, Bruce has Zur-En-Ah, and Dick has Circ-En-Arrh, it's through contact with Circ that Dick deduces that Raven isn't herself

Nice to copy your mentor's self induced psychosis, Dick. No way this will backfire horribly on you...

Given that Dick isn't a walking stew of psychoses like Bruce, I imagine his backup personality is significantly less, uh, batshit.

For fucks sake, this is just ripping off an idea from a 2008 story and running it to the ground.

Eh, it's only Dick, he probably won't go full stupid with it.

From the sounds of if this appears to be an asspull to get the plot moving cause the book couldn't be assed to just have Dick figure out what's wrong with Raven. No an alternate personality has to tell him the answer despite all the already obvious tells.

It really kills the Bat's detective cred, doesn't it?

Why can't we just go back to solving the case of the week? I've read fanfics that were less bonkers and they weren't even supposed to be serious.

What's annoying in Titans case is that it's also doing a repetitive plotline.

It's another Evil Raven and Trigon story. Yes because of all the stories Taylor would have went with, especially in the book that's supposed to sell the Titans as the new Justice League tier team, he instead is devoting his run to redoing the Terror of Trigon all over again.

If he has to copy any story, Taylor should be copying something like the Morrison-Waid run on JLA, having the Titans tackle big, high-concept super-threats.

There's a domino meme of some wacky one-off Silver Age story leading to this BS. That said, I am curious as to what the Joker's version of this was. Like it'd be an interesting twist if a "Joker without the human identity" persona is actually notably different from how he usually behaves as it could show his pre-insanity/normal self isn't dead like we thought

At this point, I'd just assume that the clown wants to be his own Zur. Surprising that they don't have Batman and co. call him "Jack" as a taunt more often. Putting him a face.

That would require the Joker taking an L. Which is something DC won't ever do now, considering how the latest story has the Joker get his back and neck broken and thrown into a prison with Zur ignoring him, and Joker is acting like this it's all going according to plan and he's getting everything he's wanted.

Somehow.

Batman: Dark Age has synopses for issues 4 and 5 of 6.

4: Batman's world begins to grow as the people of Gotham realize they only need a costume to justify their problematic behavior. Fortunately, with Robin at his side and an empowered populace, Batman begins to turn the tide in his war against crime. But he isn't the only one preparing an army — Falcone is readying his own recruits to take the battle to new lows. Will a figure from Bruce's past play a key role in the battle to come?

5: IT'S BATMAN VS. RA'S AL GHUL! Ra's al Ghul has come for Gotham! When Bruce's former mentor becomes his greatest enemy, he is forced to recruit some of the unlikeliest allies out there… the Rogues Gallery! Will their team-up be enough to save this city on the brink of destruction?

Oh right, shit, I forgot those books were a thing.

The Long Halloween just got a lot longer!

Batman The Long Halloween: The Last Halloween is coming September 25th, 2024!

Redundant much? Why not just call it Batman: The Last Halloween?