Official Batman Titles thread 2.0 - Part 9

[JTStarkiller]

this. anybody got an answer?

Scott Snyder said her name is Harper, and that she will be back.

 

[spiderbob]

that's because Jesus has gone undercover since the last time someone really saw him.

Ah. Okay, that makes a lot more sense. I wonder why he never explained that in class. Would have saved me a lot of confusion over the years.

 

[CConn]

LOL! Just leave your life vest on the river bank. t:

That would be kinda hard for me to do, considering there's no river banks near an ocean.

 

[Mystirious]

Steam boats are where its at

You may board mine but only once you don a top hat and monocle

Batman #7 was pretty damn good. Though I do have a few questions/complaints.

Who was that girl who jump started Batman with the jumper cables? I don't recall seeing her in previous issues. That felt a little awkward only because I didn't know who she was.

I find it a little odd that Batman is stabbed through the stomach after being poisoned and beaten down and then almost drowned to be at about 75% healthy in this issue. Unless that girl sewed him up and he was unconscious for several weeks, which I don't think was said at all.

The stuff with the Talon being Dick's great grandfather, while interesting, felt random. Especially the bit about Haley's Circus offering up the Court of Owls promising children. I suppose that was more relevant in the Nightwing title, which I'm not reading anymore, but here it felt forced and kind of pointless considering it's introduced and dismissed within 2 pages. It kind of incriminates Dick's parents doesn't it? And all of Haley's Circus? Unless I need to read Nightwing to understand the fine details, in which case I'll pass. Maybe it'll factor in later in the story as I recall Snyder saying he had plans for Dick and his relationship with Bruce later in his run.

Other than that, I thought it was a pretty good book. I loved the opening pages and anything dealing directly with The Court. The writing was top-notch there. But that retcon about Haley's Circus and Dick's family were "meh"

I think Dick's parents probably didn't know of the Court of Owls connection to the circus. It was probably just the people running things who knew what the owls had planned

 

[CConn]

I thought you didn't let dudes enter your steamboat.

 

[Mystirious]

I see what you did there

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

Steam boats are where its at

You may board mine but only once you don a top hat and monocle

 

[Shazam]

That would be kinda hard for me to do, considering there's no river banks near an ocean.

LOL!! Leave the vest anyway!!t:

 

[Mystirious]

More people should wear a monocle

 

[Roose Bolton]

Penguin would agree with that sentiment.

 

[Mystirious]

He's a man who knows how to dress

 

[Roose Bolton]

Yeah Oswald has made some great life choices.

Coincidentally I've realised that my favourite Batman story is the one where Penguin and Mr.Freeze discover that they're twins and set out on a road trip together to find their birth mother

 

[Mystirious]

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

maybe i just havent seen it yet, but for such a major retcon to a characters history there hasn't been much fan backlash for the whole evil circus change

 

[HighFivingMF]

maybe i just havent seen it yet, but for such a major retcon to a characters history there hasn't been much fan backlash for the whole evil circus change

Well, other than what it did for Dick I don't think anybody really cared about the Circus. Like the killer of Bruce's parents. As long as it kills who it's supposed to kill and begins the birth of a hero, you can tweak it all you want.

 

[Cosmic]

Okay, so I had a random thought that probably doesn't have anything to do with the current conversation (haven't been following it) and one that I haven't thought all the way through to validate or affirm the repercussions of entertaining such a thought, however...


Does Barbara Gordon once again acquiring her ability to walk necessitate the need for being Batgirl? Could she have remained Oracle even with her legs back and still been a well written character (not trying to imply she's not now, haven't been following it closely).
Would that have been received well? It would certainly allow for Cassandra and Stephanie to exist without complication (presumably) and keep Barbara in the role she's grown into and gained respect for.

Thoughts? Opinions? Should I just crawl back into my hole?

After seven issues, there's been virtually no mention of her past role as Oracle, nor anything about the other Batgirls.

IMHO, It's all about playing off the longstanding popularity of, and fans' familiarity with, TKJ. Minus the nude photographs.

 

[Mystirious]

Well, other than what it did for Dick I don't think anybody really cared about the Circus. Like the killer of Bruce's parents. As long as it kills who it's supposed to kill and begins the birth of a hero, you can tweak it all you want.

I'll be pretty sad if it turns out Dick's parents were part of the Court of Owls but I'm okay with the circus owners being crooked

Poor Dick though. Finding out that the circus he loved was planning to have him turned into a Talon

 

[Roose Bolton]

After seven issues, there's been virtually no mention of her past role as Oracle, nor anything about the other Batgirls.

IMHO, It's all about playing off the longstanding popularity of, and fans' familiarity with, TKJ. Minus the nude photographs.

I demand more of the Nude photographs

 

[Mystirious]

Oh Oberon

 

[The Bruce]

Scott Snyder said her name is Harper, and that she will be back.

Funny for some reason I saw her as the pro bruce helped in the morrison comics.

 

[antsman41]

Batman 8 (Capullo, not the variant) cover might be one of the best covers I've seen since 2000...

 

[WompuM]

This???

Also, it looks like you can buy prints of comic covers off of dccomics.com now. That's clever.

 

[Mystirious]

Batman: The Dark Knight's first arc concludes tomorrow. I really hope that Bane is going to be written well here and that its going to be a good finale

Also Scarecrow seems to be getting lots of love lately. He's one of the main villains in this arc and the next and he's going to be in Detective Comics too

 

[antsman41]

This???

Also, it looks like you can buy prints of comic covers off of dccomics.com now. That's clever.

Yeah, so beautiful...

I'm not seeing the cover/poster link, where is it?

 

[Mystirious]

This???

Also, it looks like you can buy prints of comic covers off of dccomics.com now. That's clever.

I am totally going to buy prints of all the Batwoman covers