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Frank Miller is no more. His evil twin took over and is trying to ruin everything.
Batman preview shows the RHGang burning down Wayne Manor and Bruce is basically wearing the LOS ninja suit from BBegins... lol.
Just finished #23
I am enjoying Zero Year. I think the Riddler is being written well as the over-confident and arrogant puzzler. Quite enjoyed his exchange and defeat of Philip Kane. I can't say that I care for the sideburns, but haters gonna hate I suppose. Anxious anticipation of the Riddler/Batman showdown. I have no words for the RHGang. They strike me as a vehicle for Riddler shenanigans at the moment.
Zero Year has given me an excuse for a Riddler binge. I went and bought#452-#454 "Dark Knight, Dark City". I had thought that the Barbathos/Bat Demon bit was Morrison's creation. Not too keen on a violent Nigma, but I suppose being possessed makes it less bad?
Also ordered an original #179 and will likely order #171 in the near future. I expect some good old fashion Silver Age wackiness.
I don't know whether to be excited or just facepalm. Also why the hell is Action Comics being forced to tie into this Zero Year story in a couple of months? can't Snyder just create a Bat arc without it turning into a DCU spanning event? freaking current day DC editorial man they need to learn that sometimes they just need to let certain books and their writers BREATHE.
Why does everyone think that Snyder forces everyone to do these tie in comics? Does Scott Snyder really have that much say over all of DC Comics? Really?
Why does everyone think that Snyder forces everyone to do these tie in comics? Does Scott Snyder really have that much say over all of DC Comics? Really?
So... Thomas Wayne convenienty left his son some magic ball that projects a cave, therefor leads to him seeing digital bats and to become Batman in the New 52?
MEH.
They totally ruined a very epic original sequence. Why even retread that if you're rebooting? It makes no sense, once again he shakes things up for no reason to just keep shoving in things we've already seen to try and make us old school comic guys feel somewhat ok that they're are half-rebooting.
It's written by Pak, so just think of it as an extension of Superman/Batman.
So... Thomas Wayne convenienty left his son some magic ball that projects a cave, therefor leads to him seeing digital bats and to become Batman in the New 52?
MEH.
They totally ruined a very epic original sequence. Why even retread that if you're rebooting? It makes no sense, once again he shakes things up for no reason to just keep shoving in things we've already seen to try and make us old school comic guys feel somewhat ok that they're are half-rebooting.
I also appreciated the Easter Egg from Batman BeyondNygma mentioning he was going to work for the Powers Family.
So mechanical and lifeless ! It takes everything off Batman being almost supernatural. I mean with Court of Owls he tried to make everything in Gotham orchestrated, a big conspiracy that is shaping The Wayne's lives for centuries and then he does this stupid thing. What was wrong with the origin we had ? What the hell was wrong with Morrison's Arkham Asylum treatment ? that the Bat as an entity and symbol was always around Gotham. It fits perfectly with the Court of Owls. Why make it so sterile ?He gave Bruce the mapping/scanning sphere when he was a kid, he dropped it in the cave where he fell, it scanned the cave. It was left in the house, undisturbed after the death of the Waynes, until Bruce came back that night. I actually thought it was kinda cool. No more sacreligious than the shifted nods to the Silver Age DC writers were doing in the reboots in the 80's.
So mechanical and lifeless ! It takes everything off Batman being almost supernatural. I mean with Court of Owls he tried to make everything in Gotham orchestrated, a big conspiracy that is shaping The Wayne's lives for centuries and then he does this stupid thing. What was wrong with the origin we had ? What the hell was wrong with Morrison's Arkham Asylum treatment ? that the Bat as an entity and symbol was always around Gotham. It fits perfectly with the Court of Owls. Why make it so sterile ?
I also appreciated the Easter Egg from Batman BeyondNygma mentioning he was going to work for the Powers Family.
They were mentioned in Gates of Gotham too IIRC.