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The Official Batman Comic Thread

This was pretty damn good. The solicit was way off, but I really didn't mind. Some intense moments and a nice build-up for future events. I think 665 was Morrison's best work since this run began.
 
I agree this is easily Morrison's best work in this run so far. The set up in this issue is awesome and I can't wait to see where he takes his three storylines.
 
Okay, about the bit with Batman rubbing himself with his business suit and calling himself "alpha male plus"...what the f**k is that? Seriously, that makes no sense, in context or in character.

Batman has been many things, personality wise--he's been a brooding detective, a disturbed man-child, a wild adventurer, even a dick, but never has he been an aristocrat. EVER. Even in his original stories, he's never had the personality of a socialite--he's had to play the game, but that has always been an act.

This, and from what Moorison has said about other stories, I'm afraid that he's going to turn the act of the playboy socialite into the dominant personality of Batman, and that shouldn't happen. EVER.

Maybe I'm overreacting, but this is the current direction of the wind, and this is what it appears to be at this moment. If it does happen, Moorison should just get out of the title and make his own title with his own main character, because that is what he would be doing.
 
I think you're over reacting a little bit I think Morrison wants to show us more of the socialite Bruce Wayne. The return of the penthouses were cool.

The 'Alpha Male' Bruce Wayne, he stole Monty Browns gimmick.:cmad:
 
glad to see bats getting help from somebody other than Alfred- nice to see the penthouse bats i remember from the 70s- grim is fine, but over used, it makes bats 1 dimensional (not to mention fascist; yes, frank, i'm looking at you)- i applaud morrison for doing something different with the characters, even if it means going back to the age of bellbottoms for inspiration- and is it just me, or does it seem Everybody struggles with how to make robin's outfit look less gay? can we just ditch the colors first? can we Go with something darker, less conspicuous (unless the point is to use robin as a decoy, which is even worse)- looking at the feathered robin we see a darker orange on the chest with a back plumage of grey- we could start there and lose the green, keep him in the earth tones; worst case, it looks like he maxed out his banana republic gift card- best case, knocks some of the homo off him- orange is unfortunate, since it Is the int'l color for hunters to announce their presence to others of their ilk so as not to get shot, which in the boy wonder's case would work in reverse, but still- reason i noticed this mostly was the advert for the new run of figures- they all look terrible, but robin....Jesus, that's bad. scrap the whole damn costume and Start Over, folks. and while yr at it, fix nightwing's costume too. is there some mandate says batman's the only one who gets a costume that Doesn't identify him as the 5th village person? really.

there- that's my 2cents for the minute-
 
Definitely liked this latest issue and I'm really into this new story arc. We got to see what happened with Talia and Damian. That's pretty cool. And the possibility of the three ghosts of Batman is an interesting storyline, plus the fact that things are connecting from earlier in Morrison's run and from previously in the Batman series.

I like that Morrison is bringing Bruce Wayne's playboy personality back up to the forefront. I mean wasn't it just a few years back that people on here were constantly complaining about Batman constantly being depressing and a dick? Now he's not and that's not good enough? Jeez, no wonder writers and artists don't come on the Internet, haha.
 
I like that Morrison is bringing Bruce Wayne's playboy personality back up to the forefront. I mean wasn't it just a few years back that people on here were constantly complaining about Batman constantly being depressing and a dick? Now he's not and that's not good enough? Jeez, no wonder writers and artists don't come on the Internet, haha.

agreed...the grass is always greener for the haters. let grant do his thing; at least bats ain't a damn nazi anymore.

btw-
when gordon asks bats why he had to pick a foe bigger than everybody and older than time, who exactly do u think he's referring to? the obvious? i know what the next issue's number is, but are they Really gonna get That metaphysical on us? if so, i'd rather see bats against gaiman's Lucifer (here ya go, bruce, keys to hell, have fun, peace out)- that'd be fun, but i'll take bats vs Any version of the debbil over bats vs osama, just like i'll take bats vs vampire midget hookers from pluto over whatever GI friendly propaganda FM's pushing (come on frank, quit punishing us for diggin ya)-
 
Well, with the August solicitations up I thought I'd post this. It looks like there isn't one solicited for the regular title, but there is an annual solicited:

BM_ANNL_Cv26.jpg

BATMAN ANNUAL #26: HEAD OF THE DEMON
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by David Lopez & Alvaro Lopez
Cover by Tim Sale
The definitive origin of Ra’s al Ghul, Batman’s greatest foe, is finally revealed in this annual from writer Peter Milligan (JLA CLASSIFIED, X-Static) and the art team of David Lopez & Alvaro Lopez (CATWOMAN)! A deadly rivalry between two immortals spanning more than 400 years of history causes a chain reaction that not even Batman could have predicted! Learn how the secret past of this legendary villain has a reverberating effect on the future of the Dark Knight.
On sale August 29 • 48 pg, FC, $3.99 US Edited by Jeanine Schaefer
 
btw-
when gordon asks bats why he had to pick a foe bigger than everybody and older than time, who exactly do u think he's referring to? the obvious? i know what the next issue's number is, but are they Really gonna get That metaphysical on us? if so, i'd rather see bats against gaiman's Lucifer (here ya go, bruce, keys to hell, have fun, peace out)- that'd be fun, but i'll take bats vs Any version of the debbil over bats vs osama, just like i'll take bats vs vampire midget hookers from pluto over whatever GI friendly propaganda FM's pushing (come on frank, quit punishing us for diggin ya)-

I'd understand if it was Batman vs. Iraq, but otherwise what's the problem?
 
This "Black Casebook"-Thing confuses me. Aliens, ghosts and this stuff isn't something special in the DC universe. Is Morrison trying to cut the regular Batman off from the rest of the DCU?!
 
He says the black casebook was from the start of his career, where they used to keep things like that...if you're just starting out as a crime fighter, and then start to encounter aliens, ghosts, and other stuff you've never knew about before, putting those cases in it's own little section makes sense...then as those things became more common place to you (ala working with 2 aliens on a team) you'd probably stop at some point, which is what I got the impression he did.
 
This was pretty damn good. The solicit was way off, but I really didn't mind. Some intense moments and a nice build-up for future events. I think 665 was Morrison's best work since this run began.
I dunno. Morrison just isn't doing anything for me.

Like 665, the whole issue builds up to Batman and Gordon talking about how corrupt the city has become/still is and this third "ghost" that's out there. And then Bats decides to head to Venice and see a model. Whuhh? :huh:
 
^^^yeah, the whole "playboy bruce" thing is just distracting. whatshername has no point in the story aside from being there, no problem with bruce having a love intrest, i'd just like her to be somehow connected to the story.
 
Why does every chick that Bruce is nailing have to be part of the story? The guy dresses up like a bat and beats the crap out of bad guys and experiences cosmic events on a yearly basis. The guy needs to let off some steam. A lot of steam apparently.
 
I really dug this issue. It was funny and gritty and absurd and pure Batman. The scenes with prostitutes, the dialouge (You're hostile, Batman!), the playboy stuff, silver age vibe :up: :up: :up:
 
Definitely liked this latest issue and I'm really into this new story arc. We got to see what happened with Talia and Damian. That's pretty cool. And the possibility of the three ghosts of Batman is an interesting storyline, plus the fact that things are connecting from earlier in Morrison's run and from previously in the Batman series.

I like that Morrison is bringing Bruce Wayne's playboy personality back up to the forefront. I mean wasn't it just a few years back that people on here were constantly complaining about Batman constantly being depressing and a dick? Now he's not and that's not good enough? Jeez, no wonder writers and artists don't come on the Internet, haha.

Truly agree. It's a long overdue change, that's been necessary.
 
Well, with the August solicitations up I thought I'd post this. It looks like there isn't one solicited for the regular title, but there is an annual solicited:

BM_ANNL_Cv26.jpg

BATMAN ANNUAL #26: HEAD OF THE DEMON
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by David Lopez & Alvaro Lopez
Cover by Tim Sale
The definitive origin of Ra’s al Ghul, Batman’s greatest foe, is finally revealed in this annual from writer Peter Milligan (JLA CLASSIFIED, X-Static) and the art team of David Lopez & Alvaro Lopez (CATWOMAN)! A deadly rivalry between two immortals spanning more than 400 years of history causes a chain reaction that not even Batman could have predicted! Learn how the secret past of this legendary villain has a reverberating effect on the future of the Dark Knight.
On sale August 29 • 48 pg, FC, $3.99 US Edited by Jeanine Schaefer

Sounds like an interesting story. Seeing his origin does seem questionable but I've liked Peter's writing, so I'm going to give this one a shot.
 
I was a little behind on my comics this past month so, I just read the latest Batman last night. Once again I love what Kubert and Morrison have done!

To see one of my favorite artists on Batman has been a dream come true.

I haven't seena decent artist on the comic since Jim Lee, and Hush was nowhere near as good as these stories. every other artist on the nook has just been generic.

And the writers obviously didn't get the characters. I was away from Batman for a few years and from what I've heard of the last few years I didn't miss anything. I quit about when the earth quake happened, it just seemed stupid, like something out of a 70's disaster movie.

Now Batman is back to the way he should be. I hope he stays that way.
 
To see one of my favorite artists on Batman has been a dream come true.

I haven't seena decent artist on the comic since Jim Lee, and Hush was nowhere near as good as these stories.

Do you mean decent artist or superstar artist? Because Doug Mahnke was freakin' awesome during Judd Winick's run. And Eduardo Risso did a story arc with Brian Azzerello and Risso is a fantastic artist in his own right. So I highly disagree with your statement.
 

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