History ComicBook / BatmanOdyssey

* {{Gorn}}: Batman getting shot, El Maniaco getting shot, Batman getting shot, [[TheJoker the Joker]] slicing a guys face open, [[RunningGag Batman getting shot]]...

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Talia's dress.

* StuffBlowingUp: A train blows up in the first issue, and the explosion lasts several pages! A much [[{{Gorn}} gorier]] example happens later when Batman blows up the Roc.
* 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]].

* WhatsAHenway

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Zigzagged. Adams seems to have a passing knowledge of paleontology, and gets a few things right, including the correct spelling of ''T. rex'', and the portrayal of neanderthals as intelligent and human, but still manages to make some common anatomical errors in the illustrations. And then there's Primus. Just Primus.

->''"[[ShrugOfGod I cannot give you an overview of the plot.]]"''

->''"Really, the plot of the series would make a lot more sense if it were a porno. People show up out of nowhere, get physical for the most bizarre, tenuous reasons and then cut to other scenes at unconnected times where it all happens again with different configurations of people."''
-->--'''[[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-odyssey-neal-adams-insane/ Laura Hudson]]'''

''Batman: Odyssey'' is a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' miniseries drawn by legendary illustrator Neal Adams, one of the defining artists of Creator/DCComics. On the downside, it is also ''written'' by Neal Adams, author of the legendarily execrable ''Skateman''. His second opus sets out to lampoon ''Batman'' in all his incarnations (both [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]]), {{Crisis Crossover}}s, homoeroticism in comics, the comics industry as a whole, people who ''[[StrawFan read]]'' comic books, good taste, and perhaps sanity itself.

Over drinks (really), [[WalkingShirtlessScene a nude Bruce Wayne]] relates '[[KudzuPlot a story]]' to the reader, seated BehindTheBlack. The tale he spins is meandering and bizarre even by comic-book standards, but eventually coalesces into Batman traveling BeneathTheEarth to battle a deadly new enemy, save Talia Al-Ghul, and solve an ancient riddle.

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

''Batman: Odyssey'' is a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' miniseries drawn by legendary illustrator Neal Adams, one of the defining artists of Creator/DCComics. On the downside, it is also ''written'' by Neal Adams, author of the legendarily execrable ''Skateman''. His second opus sets out to lampoon ''Batman'' in all his incarnations (both [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]]), {{Crisis Crossover}}s, homoeroticism in comics, the comics industry as a whole, people who ''[[StrawFan read]]'' comic books, good taste, and perhaps sanity itself.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Neil Adams really, really wanted to write about Batman discovering the Hollow Earth in the DCU. [[TheWarlord It already existed.]]

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Neil Adams really, really wanted to write about Batman discovering the Hollow Earth in the DCU. [[TheWarlord It already existed.]]

* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover (see page image) shows Batman riding what appears to be [[PteroSoarer a badly-drawn pterodactyl]]. This never happens anywhere in the comic. There are pterosaur-like creatures in the underworld, but they look nothing like this.

* PteroSoarer: The creature ridden bay Batman on the cover, as well as the one that attacks Robin are never explicitly identified, but they certainly fit the criteria.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Talia verbally, ''and physically'' beats up Ra's al Ghul after she learning about how he used her.

''Batman: Odyssey'' is a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' miniseries drawn by legendary illustrator Neal Adams, one of the defining artists of DC Comics. On the downside, it is also ''written'' by Neal Adams, author of the legendarily execrable ''Skateman''. His second opus sets out to lampoon ''Batman'' in all his incarnations (both [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]]), {{Crisis Crossover}}s, homoeroticism in comics, the comics industry as a whole, people who ''[[StrawFan read]]'' comic books, good taste, and perhaps sanity itself.

!! ''Batman: Odyssey'' provides examples of:

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Neal Adams' grasp of language is... interesting at times, contributing to the general weirdness.

''Batman: Odyssey'' is a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' miniseries drawn by legendary illustrator Neal Adams, one of the defining artists of DC Comics. On the downside, it is also ''written'' by Neal Adams, author of the famously execrable ''Skateman''. His latest opus sets out to lampoon ''Batman'' in all his incarnations (both [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]]), {{Crisis Crossover}}s, homoeroticism in comics, the comics industry as a whole, people who ''[[StrawFan read]]'' comic books, good taste, and perhaps sanity itself.

Over drinks (really), [[WalkingShirtlessScene a nude Bruce Wayne]] relates '[[KudzuPlot a story]]' to the reader, seated BehindTheBlack. The tale he spins is meandering and bizarre even by comic-book standards, but eventually coalesces into the tale of Batman traveling BeneathTheEarth to battle a deadly new enemy, save Talia Al-Ghul, and solve an ancient riddle.

->''"[[ShrugOfGod I cannot give you an overview of the plot.]]"''\\
--'''Neal Adams''' illuminates his readers

->''"Really, the plot of the series would make a lot more sense if it were a porno. People show up out of nowhere, get physical for the most bizarre, tenuous reasons and then cut to other scenes at unconnected times where it all happens again with different configurations of people."''\\
--'''[[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-odyssey-neal-adams-insane/ Laura Hudson]]'''

* PteroSoarer: The creature ridden bay Batman on the cover, as well as the one that attacks robin are never explicitly identified, but they certainly fit the criteria.