Follow TV Tropes

Following

History ComicBook / TheNightOfThanksButNoThanks

Go To

OR

Added: 4

Changed: 149

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->--Bruce Wayne to Alfred Pennyworth in the ending

to:

-->--Bruce Wayne to Alfred Pennyworth in the ending
-->-- '''Bruce Wayne'''



!Tropes For "The Night Of Thanks, But No Thanks!"

to:

!Tropes ----
!!Tropes
For "The Night Of Thanks, But No Thanks!"



* BroadStrokes: The story is "continuity-light" and could easily be fit into either the pre-Crisis or post-Crisis DC continuity. However, due to it being the first Batman story published after the pre-Crisis continuity got its big send-off in Batman #400, it is considered to be the first post-Crisis Batman story.

to:

* BroadStrokes: The story is "continuity-light" and could easily be fit into either the pre-Crisis or post-Crisis DC continuity. However, due to it being the first Batman story published after the pre-Crisis continuity got its big send-off in Batman ''Batman'' #400, it is considered to be the first post-Crisis Batman story.



* ShaggyDogStory: The entire story is basically a comedy of errors induced by Batman trying to find action on a particularly boring night patrol, all of which end with either situations that, despite initial appearances, involve no criminal activity, or situations where the crime is resolved before ''he'' can. Bats finally throws in the towel and ends night patrol early, heading back to Wayne Manor to grumble about the situation to Alfred.

to:

* ShaggyDogStory: The entire story is basically a comedy of errors induced by Batman trying to find action on a particularly boring night patrol, all of which end with either situations that, despite initial appearances, involve no criminal activity, or situations where the crime is resolved before ''he'' can. Bats finally throws in the towel and ends night patrol early, heading back to Wayne Manor to grumble about the situation to Alfred.Alfred.

----

Changed: 239

Removed: 332

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


''Detective Comics #567'' is an issue of Creator/DCComics long-running ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' series published around late 1986, notable for featuring "The Night of Thanks, But No Thanks!", the first of two ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' stories written by critically acclaimed writer Creator/HarlanEllison (the other being "Funny Money", a story in the anthology series ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'').

to:

''Detective Comics #567'' is an issue of Creator/DCComics long-running ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' series published around late 1986, notable for featuring "The ''The Night of Of Thanks, But No Thanks!", Thanks!'' is the first of two ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' stories written by critically acclaimed writer Creator/HarlanEllison (the other being "Funny Money", a story in the anthology series ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'').
''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite''). It was published in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' #567 around late 1986.



The comic also has a short backup story featuring Green Arrow (written by Joey Cavalleri), "The Barricade of Fate!" This issue also features the final appearance of Green Arrow's feature in ''Detective Comics'' and his last Earth-One appearance. He would subsequently receive his own mini-series in Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/detective_comics_567.jpg]]

->"Worst night of my life, Alfred. Absolutely, without a doubt, the most miserable night of my life."
-->--Bruce Wayne to Alfred Pennyworth in the ending

''Detective Comics #567'' is an issue of Creator/DCComics long-running ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' series published around late 1986, notable for featuring "The Night of Thanks, But No Thanks!", the first of two ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' stories written by critically acclaimed writer Creator/HarlanEllison (the other being "Funny Money", a story in the anthology series ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'').

This is a story that writer Harlan Ellison promised to write for editor Julius Schwartz, during Schwartz's tenure as editor of Batman. However, Ellison delayed the script so much that it was published in this issue, a whopping eight years after Schwartz had left the Batman editorial office. For this reason, this story is dedicated to Julius Schwartz.

The comic also has a short backup story featuring Green Arrow (written by Joey Cavalleri), "The Barricade of Fate!" This issue also features the final appearance of Green Arrow's feature in ''Detective Comics'' and his last Earth-One appearance. He would subsequently receive his own mini-series in Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters.

!Tropes For "The Night Of Thanks, But No Thanks!"

* BigDamnHeroes: Hilariously subverted when Batman tries to come to the rescue of a lady who is getting mugged--while running to her aid on-foot, he gets cut off by a delivery truck passing by, and then he finally reaches her, he's shocked to see that she was more than capable of defending herself, having beaten up the crook all on her own. She even uses the opportunity to mock Batman right there, much to his aggravation.
-->"Hey, ''you''! Yeah, ''you''! [[BuffySpeak Mr. Big Time Crime-Crusher!]] Make yerself useful...go call a cop."
* BroadStrokes: The story is "continuity-light" and could easily be fit into either the pre-Crisis or post-Crisis DC continuity. However, due to it being the first Batman story published after the pre-Crisis continuity got its big send-off in Batman #400, it is considered to be the first post-Crisis Batman story.
* InterruptedSuicide: Batman comes across a teenager during his patrol who is just about to jump off a building to his death. Bats tries to save him, only for a tactical forces officer to suddenly leap up and save the kid just in time (who then notices Batman and politely tells him they have the situation well in hand).
* ShaggyDogStory: The entire story is basically a comedy of errors induced by Batman trying to find action on a particularly boring night patrol, all of which end with either situations that, despite initial appearances, involve no criminal activity, or situations where the crime is resolved before ''he'' can. Bats finally throws in the towel and ends night patrol early, heading back to Wayne Manor to grumble about the situation to Alfred.

Top