Line #32 ComicBook/NightOfTheMonsterMen


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3	''Batman: Night of the Monster Men'' (also known simply as ''Night of the Monster Men'') is a 6-issue BatFamilyCrossover event, the first of the ComicBook/DCRebirth era. It ran weekly from September 21 to October 12, 2016 through the Rebirth volumes of ''Batman'', ''[[ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth Detective Comics]]'', and ''Nightwing''.
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5	On the night a massive hurricane is to make landfall, Batman, Batwoman, Nightwing, and others are preparing to help evacuate Gotham citizens to safety. However, giant, mutated monsters begin springing up all over the city and wreaking havoc. The team must not only get citizens to safety before the storm hits, but also neutralize several monsters before they can cause too much damage. And on top of this, they must develop a cure to stop others from mutating as well.
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7	The crossover is not split up by title; that is, the ''Nightwing'' issues of the story don't focus primarily on Nightwing, for example. Instead, the story is presented linearly through the titles, rotating through ''Batman'', ''Nightwing'', and ''Detective Comics'', and then repeating that order once.
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9	The exact issues involved in the crossover are:
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11	* ''Batman'': #7 - #8 [[note]]Parts 1 and 4[[/note]]
12	* ''Nightwing'': #5 - #6 [[note]]Parts 2 and 5[[/note]]
13	* ''Detective Comics'': #941 - #942 [[note]]Parts 3 and 6[[/note]]
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15	The crossover was scripted and guided by Steve Orlando, with input from Tom King, Tim Seeley, and James Tynion IV (the writers of each of the series involved) to make sure continuity and storylines for the individual titles stayed straight. New artists were also brought in just for the event: Riley Rossmo for ''Batman'', Roge Antonio for ''Nightwing'', and Andy [=MacDonald=] for ''Detective Comics''.
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19	!!''Night of the Monster Men'' contains examples of:
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21	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Hugo Strange]]
22	* CallBack:
23	** The first monster to appear was grown from the corpse of Robert Castro, a man who killed himself in ''Batman'' #2. Batman and company watch security footage of his suicide.
24	** Batwoman references her monster-fighting experiences (including name-dropping La Llorna, an antagonist from her solo series).
25	* TheCameo: The Justice League helps out with cleanup efforts after the hurricane in a single-page scene.
26	* CoolBike: Batman and Batwoman get ''rocket-powered'' motorcycles in part 2.
27	* CrazyPrepared:
28	** Batman and Duke Thomas created holographic pre-recorded evacuation messages and installed dozens of projectors around Gotham.
29	** The Wayne Watchtowers, complete with giant personalized glowing logos for each pilot.
30	* EatMe: Nightwing jumps down the throat of the final monster and injects it with a serum that causes it to violently dissolve.
31	* FreeFallFight: Batwoman fights [[spoiler: a monsterized Nightwing]] while falling through the air.
32	* MythologyGag:
33	** The monster serum has similarities to patents by Dr Penelope Young and Dr Jackson Chappell. Young was part of the Titan project in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and Chappell sold "slappers" in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "The Winning Edge". Like Strange's formula, both of these were derived from Bane's PsychoSerum, Venom.
34	** A Golden Age ''Detective Comics'' story in #46 also featured large mutated creatures called Monster Men [[spoiler: created by Hugo Strange]].
35	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Averted with Batwoman and [[spoiler:the monsterized Gotham Girl and Nightwing.]] She gets her line in, but is ''instantly'' forced back on the defensive when her weapon of choice is shattered faster than she can blink.
36	* TakeAThirdOption: When finally confronting Hugo Strange, Batman's left with two options - hit him and Strange dies or let him go and he wins. [[spoiler:He has Clayface cover the building [[BatmanGambit in the hopes that he can hold his breath longer than Strange]].]]

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