Posts Tagged ‘Batman’
The other day in New York Batman and Superman got in trouble with the long arm of the law and surprisingly enough it was Batman who went quietly and Superman who put up a fight.
When asked for ID and unable to provide their superhero registration act papers Batman was promptly handcuffed and given a comfy deck chair to recline in and Superman screamed “I’m not getting arrested” and then he took off.
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A flying Batmobile?
Really?
The Batmobile now flies like the vehicle in The Jetsons?
Really?
Seriously this is the biggest problem I had with the new Batman and Robin comic book line.
Unless you have no interest in comic books at all then you’ve probably heard the news, Bruce Wayne is dead and someone else is taking up the mantle of the Batman. Now I know how Wayne died but please don’t ask me to explain it, it was one of those mishandled events in my opinion and even after reading Final Crisis I’m still a little fuzzy on the whole thing.
I just hope he isn’t brought back via another faith healer (once was quite enough thank you).
So I thought I would break my trade-paperback-only rule and buy a copy of the new Batman comic line Batman and Robin (I don’t know what’s happening to Detective and Batman, are they still ongoing?). I’m glad I did because this one comic has given me so much to think about.
You see I’m coming into this fairly fresh as I’ve been avoiding Batman comics for the last year or two. I read Knightfall once already, that was enough and also I didn’t feel like I had it in me to get up to speed on all the new characters including Damian, Bruce Wayne’s son who’s mother I assume is Talia? There is also Red Robin? Well Red something anyway and of course Jason Todd is running around again.
Talk about days of our lives.
So all that aside Dick Grayson the former Robin and Nightwing is now Batman and his Robin is Damian Wayne, I don’t know where Tim Drake (the last Robin) is but I don’t think that is important at this stage anyway.
Damian is a punk.
He’s angry and arrogant.
This doesn’t worry me as I’m sure he’ll come to respect Grayson as Batman, that or he’ll be clubbed to death by the Joker somewhere in the Middle East… hang on a second, that happened already.
I’m also perfectly happy with Grayson as Batman, this was the natural progression of the Batman line and I look forward to him taking his place amongst the DC universe heavy hitters.
The artwork was different, but crisp and I find myself digging it, the writing as well is perfectly fine. But the damn Batmobile flying? What happened to the Batcopter? Or the Batwing?
I just don’t like it.
PS: I know, I know it’s incredibly crass to try and jam an extra syllable into the Jetsons theme to accommodate my title.
It has been a while since I really liked a Batman comic, I got back into reading them just before the whole Batman RIP thing started and found it was harder than an X-Factor comic for me to work out what was going on and who was doing what and that Bruce Wayne has a son.
Right.
Lot’s changed since I was reading them in the 90s.
But I’m just this minute about to settle down to read me some Battle for the Cowl and noticed the very last cover which I instantly loved!
The cover artist is Dustin Nguyen whom I don’t think I’ve heard of before and should not be mixed up with the Power Ranger actor (a mistake wikipedia made immediately). I like the sketchiness and the capture of movement in their hair. It feels like a fresh cover which is appropriate for a new age of Batman that I might even try and get back into.
Now in related comic book stuff I found a figurine in the local toystore that I was very tempted to buy. The greatest DC comics character of all time, G’nort.
I’m reasonably sure that only Dan of the blog All that comes with it will understand why this figurine even exists in the first place, I believe he and are the only ones in the blogosphere who have read or at least remember (or own up to) reading Justice League International.
Just to clarify, yes that is a dog, yes he is wearing a Green Lantern outfit, no I don’t get it either and even though it is Australian dollars it is hard to fathom who would pay $44.95 for such a figurine.
