Batman: Earth One

[Colonel Kurtz]

Superman: Earth One was horrible, Supes vs the Kiss Army??? I have very low expectations for Batman: Earth One. DC tried to do the Ultimates with All Star Batman, and look where that's at. This will be yet another failure.

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

Eh, I don't see what's worth getting worked up for.

It's out of regular continuity, so no one's screwing up the character. You check it out of the library. If you like it, add it to your collection. If you don't, no harm done.

But no, people will plunk down 20 bucks on it blind so they'll have something to complain about afterwards.

 

[Cain]

Eh, I don't see what's worth getting worked up for.

It's out of regular continuity, so no one's screwing up the character. You check it out of the library. If you like it, add it to your collection. If you don't, no harm done.

But no, people will plunk down 20 bucks on it blind so they'll have something to complain about afterwards.

Basically.

 

[Drz]

It's the reason god created comic books and forums.

 

[Kokomo29]

Geoff Johns and Gary Frank? I'm in!!!

 

[cryptic name]

bruce wayne is so GOSH DANG boring. what are we going to do, go back to penguin trying to take over crime syndicates, two face being indecisive, joker poisoning the watering hole and catwomans unrequited love OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER..... ill take grayson, damien, professor pyg, flamingo, jason todd/red hood ANY DAY ANYTIME ANY PLACe over the same old bruce wayne deduced your riddle crap anyday.

after reading your posts, i know i should know better than to take you seriously but... REALLY? a Batman fan who's anti-Bruce Wayne?

 

[CConn]

after reading your posts, i know i should know better than to take you seriously but... REALLY? a Batman fan who's anti-Bruce Wayne?

Because we all know that if Bruce was Batman, Damain, Professor Pyg, Flamingo, Jason Todd would never have existed.

 

[The Cocreator]

Dc tries to make ultimate dc but they never get that straight, all-star is basically ended and now this, if they in least tried to make more publications instead of one graphic novel per year then they would succeed.

 

[Drz]

Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! NO WAIT! IT'S ACTUALLY ALIVE?! IT'S:
Batman: Earth One! Coming May 2012!

Announced in December 2009 along with the bestselling Superman: Earth One by J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis, Batman: Earth One takes Bruce Wayne back to Crime Alley, where tragedy set him on the path to become the world’s greatest detective. Both graphic novels were originally set to debut in 2010, but obviously only Superman hit that target date. Batman is listed for release on May 8, 2012 (not necessarily set in stone), a little more than two months before the opening of The Dark Knight Rises. Here’s the Amazon description:

Geoff Johns, the writer of BLACKEST NIGHT, GREEN LANTERN and INFINITE CRISIS re-teams with superstar artist Gary Frank, his collaborator on SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN, SUPERMAN:BRAINIAC and SUPERMAN & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, to create this original graphic novel that gives new insight into Bruce Wayne’s transformation into Batman and his first year as The Dark Knight. This follow-up to the # 1 New York Times bestseller, SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, by J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis is the latest in the series that features the industry’s top writers and illustrators and their unique takes on DC’s characters. It’s the perfect book for new readers of graphic novels as well as longtime comic book fans.
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[batman44]

Yay, it coming Boo, I gotta wait till May:

 

[Young Superman]

I don't like the fact thw Bruce's eyes are exposed. Also I am a little surprised Johns and Frank went with the blue and grey color scheme for the Batsuit. But I am still looking forward to this.

 

[CConn]

...it's blue and grey?

 

[Rocketman]

I hope it's everything All-Star wasn't.
I'm highly anticipating this!!

 

[The Squirrel]

Super.

 

[TwilightPro101]

Looking forward to seeing this take on the character.

Just hope it plays out better than S:EO (which I was mixed on).

 

[Rocketman]

Personally, I love it when DC steers away from the main continuity. I'm completely uninterested in where Batman is going right now (with Morrison's Batman Inc., and everything else pertaining to DC and the Justice League). I get unbearably frustrated with how screwed up everything is.

So, for me, the more non-continuity stuff, the better. I love stand-alone pieces that aren't a part of something else, where DC was sneaky enough to trap you into buying $200 worth of graphic novels to understand what the hell is going on. (And even then, I still don't know what the hell's going on.

) It makes me feel so alienated, like there's something wrong with me, because I "just didn't get it," or because I wasn't willing to go through hundreds of more dollars of back stories that are incoherent drivel.

Final Crisis and RIP were largely disappointing, and I have no desire to continue Morrison's work. And Blackest Night and Brightest Day seem like total cash-grabbers. Just my opinion, of course. I like a DC that welcomes me and makes me feel comfortable, and invites me to enjoy new things. But for the most part, DC's main continuity makes me feel like the guy who showed up to a party he wasn't invited to, and everybody at the party has been there for 30 years.

This is one of the core reasons why comics are dying. Continuity completely alienates new readers who are otherwise eager to jump in, but have no idea how, and who don't have enough money for an impossible undertaking.

 

[The Bruce]

Rocketman you're dead on. I've been saying this for years. Great post!

 

[Spider-Nerd]

Because we all know that if Bruce was Batman, Damain, Professor Pyg, Flamingo, Jason Todd would never have existed.

Dick Grayson's wayyy cooler than Bruce. Call it sacrilege if you must. I'm a huge Batman fan and I'll always buy Batman books, but given the choice between reading about Bruce or Dick, I'll take Dick.

 

[kit1982]

I'll take Dick.

Seriously though like many have said, I've grown tired of the current Batman and actually look forward to ANYTHING thats abit different, someone on these boards described Batman as the "Twilight" of the superhero world, at first I thought get out of town but now.....

 

[Hurm...]

Personally, I love it when DC steers away from the main continuity. I'm completely uninterested in where Batman is going right now (with Morrison's Batman Inc., and everything else pertaining to DC and the Justice League). I get unbearably frustrated with how screwed up everything is.

So, for me, the more non-continuity stuff, the better. I love stand-alone pieces that aren't a part of something else, where DC was sneaky enough to trap you into buying $200 worth of graphic novels to understand what the hell is going on. (And even then, I still don't know what the hell's going on.

) It makes me feel so alienated, like there's something wrong with me, because I "just didn't get it," or because I wasn't willing to go through hundreds of more dollars of back stories that are incoherent drivel.

Final Crisis and RIP were largely disappointing, and I have no desire to continue Morrison's work. And Blackest Night and Brightest Day seem like total cash-grabbers. Just my opinion, of course. I like a DC that welcomes me and makes me feel comfortable, and invites me to enjoy new things. But for the most part, DC's main continuity makes me feel like the guy who showed up to a party he wasn't invited to, and everybody at the party has been there for 30 years.

This is one of the core reasons why comics are dying. Continuity completely alienates new readers who are otherwise eager to jump in, but have no idea how, and who don't have enough money for an impossible undertaking.

I couldn't agree more Well said.

 

[CConn]

Superman: Earth One was horrible, Supes vs the Kiss Army??? I have very low expectations for Batman: Earth One. DC tried to do the Ultimates with All Star Batman, and look where that's at. This will be yet another failure.

Why would the suckitude of Superman: Earth One and ASB&R make you think Batman: Earth One will be bad?

Both ASB&R and Supes: E1 were written by ****** ass writers. Geoff Johns is actually pretty decent.

 

[CConn]

Dick Grayson's wayyy cooler than Bruce. Call it sacrilege if you must. I'm a huge Batman fan and I'll always buy Batman books, but given the choice between reading about Bruce or Dick, I'll take Dick.

No, Dick Grayson is, was and always will be a whiny little *****.

Every series he's been in, from Nightwing to B&R, he had to whine at some point about being in Bruce's shadow

Now Tim Drake? Much cooler than Bruce. He's actually his own man most of the time.

 

[Lord]

Why would the suckitude of Superman: Earth One and ASB&R make you think Batman: Earth One will be bad?

Both ASB&R and Supes: E1 were written by ****** ass writers. Geoff Johns is actually pretty decent.

It depends, i didn't like Superman: secret origin for example

 

[CConn]

It depends, i didn't like Superman: secret origin for example

Hence why I said "decent".

Johns can be hit or miss. But it's not like with Miller where we all knew it was going to be awful.

 

[Superman_200]

Has there been a Batman origin book similar to "Birthright" that is more of a book like those than a single comic? I want to find a Batman and a Spider-Man origin book that would be good for a first timer. I did enjoy "Superman: Earth One" so I am looking forward to "Batman: Earth One", but is there any other real good origin book? (Preferably that has more of the modern Batman tone to it than the older more campy versions)