History ComicBook / BatmanOdyssey

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Primus and his people: They are a race of "evolved dinosaurs" descended from the raptor line with five fingers, ear flaps, hair, and [[NonMammalMammaries mammary glands]].

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: The trolls encountered in the Underworld are scrawny, grey-skinned, blue-haired, green-eyed humanoids who "thrive on abuse and small rewards." They also happen to be the oldest upright creatures on the planet, and a product of "separate evolution". Whatever that means...

* OurHeroIsDead: Batman is killed by his one weakness. [[Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Bullets. From a gun.]] [[spoiler:He's faking it]].

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: The trolls encountered in the Underworld are scrawny, grey-skinned, blue-haired, green-eyed humanoids who "thrive on abuse and small rewards."

* TheReptilians: Primus and his people. Humanoid to the point that they don't really resemble reptiles that much at all.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The person who Naked Bruce is telling his story to? It's Franchise/{{Superman}}.]]

* NestedStory: Naked Bruce's recollection is not the only flashback going on, which makes things rather confusing in the early issues.

->''"Here’s how Neal Adams described the first volume in a Newsarama interview: “In the first six issues, moving up into the seventh issue, I tell you these stories that seem to be separate stories, having nothing to do with one another.” That is the most concise plot summary I can imagine."''

Batman: Odyssey is a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' miniseries drawn by legendary illustrator Neal Adams, one of the defining artists of ''Batman''. On the downside, it is also ''written'' by Neal Adams, which leads to some... issues. It is very, very strange.

Batman: Odyssey is a ''{{Batman}}'' miniseries drawn by legendary illustrator Neal Adams, one of the defining artists of ''Batman''. On the downside, it is also ''written'' by Neal Adams, which leads to some... issues. It is very, very strange.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The person who Naked Bruce is telling his story to? It's {{Superman}}.]]

* MindScrew: A meandering plot that wanders from flashback to flashback, fights coming out of nowhere, Batman verbally assaulting Alfred, all narrated by a [CarpetOfVirility shirtless Bruce Wayne.] Things like coherency and sanity do not fly here.

* MindScrew: And how!

* CrazyPrepared: Batman, Batman, Batman. Specialized weaponry? Check. FauxDeath tricks? Check. [[ActionBomb Rigging Robin to explode?]] ... ... ... Check.

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Batman: Odyssey is a ''{{Batman}}'' miniseries drawn by legendary illustrator Neal Adams, one of the defining artists of ''Batman''. On the downside, it is also ''written'' by Neal Adams, which leads to some... issues. It is very, very strange.

Over drinks, [[WalkingShirtlessScene Naked Bruce Wayne]] tells a story to a friend sitting BehindTheBlack. The story he tells is meandering and bizarre even by comic-book standards, but eventually coalesces into the tale of Batman traveling BeneathTheEarth to battle a deadly enemy, rescue Talia Al-Ghul, and solve an ancient mystery.

The writing and plot are simply ''weird'' in every way, and as such the comic has developed a following to track [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/03/08/batman-odyssey-neal-adams-insane/ the insanity of it all.]]

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!! ''Batman: Odyssey'' provides examples of:
* BeneathTheEarth: Featuring trolls, giant bats, dinosaurs, wizards, and all-around weirdness.
* CarpetOfVirility: Naked Bruce Wayne.
* CrazyPrepared: Batman, Batman, Batman. Specialized weaponry? Check. FauxDeath tricks? Check. [[ActionBomb Rigging Robin to explode?]] ... ... ... Check.
* GodGuise: The Egyptian Gods are actually ancient genetic experiments. [[VoodooShark Wait, what?]]
* HollowWorld: Neal Adams does not believe in plate tectonics.
* MindScrew: And how!
* NestedStory: Naked Bruce's recollection is not the only flashback going on, which makes things rather confusing in the early issues.
* OurHeroIsDead: Batman is killed by his one weakness. [[Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Bullets. From a gun.]] [[spoiler:He's faking it]].
* TheStarscream: Sensei wants to take over Ra's Al-Ghul's underworld empire. It turns out "underworld" is literal.
* SuperDickery: Several examples, but the one where Batman [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3554261.html detonates Robin]] after Robin [[RecklessSidekick gets himself captured]] takes the cake. [[spoiler:Naked Bruce explains in the next issue how he designed Robin's armor to self-destruct without harming him]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The person who Naked Bruce is telling his story to? It's {{Superman}}.]]
* UnstoppableRage: Batman nearly beats a fake Riddler to death after he believes that he shot a little girl.
* WhatsAHenway
* WriterOnBoard: Neal Adams is an advocate of "Expanding Earth Theory".

* UnstoppableRage: Batman nearly beats the Riddler to death after he believes that he shot a little girl.

Batman: Odyssey is a ''ComicBook/Batman'' miniseries drawn by legendary illustrator Neal Adams, one of the defining artists of ''Batman''. On the downside, it is also ''written'' by Neal Adams, which leads to some... issues. It is very, very strange.

* MindScrew

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Seriously, the dialogue sounds too bizarre to make any sense.

* FauxSymbolism: Finally, Naked Bruce Wayne puts on a shirt. It's a ''GreenLantern'' shirt. There is no immediately evident meaning to this.

* SuperDickery: Several examples, but the one where Batman [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3554261.html detonates Robin]] after Robin [[RecklessSidekick gets himself captured]] takes the cake. [[spoiler:Naked Bruce explains in the next issue how he designed Robin's armor to self-destruct without harming him]].

* OurHeroIsDead: Batman is killed by his one weakness. [[TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Bullets. From a gun.]] [[spoiler:He's faking it]].