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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#10101: Oct 12th 2024 at 4:39:04 PM

It probably won't happen, but it would be funny if Joker 2's underperformance goads DC to dial back on having the Clown Prince of Crime or at least not have with so much BS moral philosophy.

Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#10102: Oct 12th 2024 at 5:12:23 PM

When was the Joker part of a band of playing card themes swindlers? Was that a one-off story?

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#10103: Oct 12th 2024 at 6:37:54 PM

Riddle of The Missing Card, back in 1941.

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TomWithoutJerry Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good. from Where Might Makes Right and I have no Might. Since: Dec, 2023
Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good.
#10104: Oct 14th 2024 at 8:16:29 AM

The Joker also formed the Royal Flush Gang in Super Friends.

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#10105: Oct 15th 2024 at 12:12:57 PM

[up] Or if we want to get technical, roped them into working for Darkseid. (And I only know this thanks to MeTV Toons showing that specific episode a while back!)

How does Darkseid being in the same room as the Joker work, anyway? You'd think a nigh-powerful man-sized mountain of evil like Darkseid would just smack Joker around. (Or even fry him with the Omega Beams.)

TomWithoutJerry Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good. from Where Might Makes Right and I have no Might. Since: Dec, 2023
Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good.
#10106: Oct 15th 2024 at 12:43:34 PM

Super Friends Darkseid was an Adaptational Wimp who simped for Wonder Woman.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#10107: Oct 15th 2024 at 8:36:41 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_129.png

I mean there was that one time when Joker and Darkseid teamed up to get Trump elected.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#10108: Oct 15th 2024 at 8:39:59 PM

That was in The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child

The third sequel to Dark Knight Returns released after the Master Race

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#10109: Oct 15th 2024 at 8:40:21 PM

Yeah I know, I just wanted to see the reactions.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#10110: Oct 15th 2024 at 9:52:33 PM

...but....Joker died in the original Dark Knight Returns, didn't he?

It was an entire thing. He broke his own neck.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#10111: Oct 15th 2024 at 9:55:32 PM

He got better.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
TomWithoutJerry Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good. from Where Might Makes Right and I have no Might. Since: Dec, 2023
Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good.
#10112: Oct 16th 2024 at 6:21:11 AM

The story doesn't say 100% he's the original Joker or some successor.

He might even be Dick Grayson who survived falling in lava somehow.

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#10113: Oct 17th 2024 at 2:21:25 PM

Found an old comic that contains what I think is the first instance of Pietà Plagiarism involving an apparently dead Robin.

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Snoketrope Barb / Temporary Kylo from California Since: Oct, 2020 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Barb / Temporary Kylo
#10114: Oct 17th 2024 at 9:03:17 PM

Scott Snyder did a really cool interview about Absolute Batman. He gave some light spoilers about what will happen in the future and discussed some bits of What Could Have Been.

I recommend watching the vid for yourself, but for some stuff I found interesting.

  • Initially, he was just gonna have the gang(Harvey, Oz, Ed, Waylon, Selina) be the villains from the start. But during the writing process he really liked the friendship they had and the history they had. So he decided to hold out on that.

  • He discussed the whole Swapped Roles dynamic with Joker and Batman. He said how the way he imagines Joker is that he's like the actual Joker card. Something that when pulled will be anything that opposes the other card. Joker, whether consciously or not, is essentially the ultimate challenge for Batman. Whatever Bruce is, Joker will be the thing that can challenge him. Sense Bruce here is the chaos, the underdog, Joker is the system. He did also say that Joker won't be like, a satire of any specific billionaire. He won't be like Elon Musk or whatever. He will just be based on the whole thing with people in power being able to do things without consequence or care for others.

  • When details on Ultimate Spiderman was coming out, with Uncle Ben being alive, he was reconsidering the choice to have Martha survive. But he decided to keep it sense he likes how Bruce and Martha's relationship is in the series.

Those are just some details, but I thought they were interesting.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#10115: Oct 18th 2024 at 4:36:12 PM

Our first look at the Absolute Batmobile

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000016641.jpg

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Snoketrope Barb / Temporary Kylo from California Since: Oct, 2020 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Barb / Temporary Kylo
#10116: Oct 18th 2024 at 4:49:20 PM

Its a fucking monster truck LOL.

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#10117: Oct 19th 2024 at 5:14:37 AM

Did he say why he picked Black Mask for initial Big Bad. Not complaining as even from issue 1 guy has been scary af.

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#10118: Oct 19th 2024 at 12:16:19 PM

The Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb reunion got confirmed at NYC. Sequel to Hush

Edited by Zarius on Oct 19th 2024 at 12:16:47 PM

number9robotic (Experienced Trainee)
#10119: Oct 20th 2024 at 5:27:48 PM

Plugging in a work page I just made for this old, fairly obscure miniseries, Batman: Jazz, who I swear nobody outside of watchers of Atop the Fourth Wall would know even exists.

It's a weird one.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brothers_54.png

It's also, just like, not very good lol

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thebatmanwithnoneck.png

Some things of interest:

  • It was written by Gerard Jones, the guy who would write Batman: Fortunate Son a few years later (and much later would be sentenced to prison for CP-related stuff, so there's that).
  • It's more or less the same story as Fortunate Son of Bats being a supporting character to the story of a kinda-real/kinda-fictional musician, but instead of a weird Kurt Cobain expy in Fortunate Son, it's a fictionalized counterpart to Charlie Parker (one who hypothetically faked his tragic early death in 1955).
  • Honestly, it's more competently-written than Fortunate Son — the not-Bird Parker is fairly likeable, it doesn't have any of the weird "rock music is evil" proselytizing, actually seeming like it was written as a respectful tribute towards jazz music.
  • But like, this is barely a Batman comic. Batman fights off three weird musician-themed villains who are basically glorified assassins targeting this one old saxophone player — it feels like they exist just to justify this being a superhero story, even though they still feel really out of place.

Anyone have any thoughts on this series? Kinda shot in the dark just because it is so rare, but I'm curious lol

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ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#10120: Oct 21st 2024 at 12:49:22 AM

I can't stop laughing at how stupid the Trump image is.

How is Waid and Samnee's "Batman and Robin: Year One"? The first issue has been getting positive reception from review sites.

RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#10121: Oct 21st 2024 at 1:02:12 PM

Wait a minute, the nonce who wrote that infamous Hal Jordan/Arisia comic also wrote Batman Fortunate Son?

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#10122: Oct 21st 2024 at 1:09:45 PM

That's anything but fortunate, it seems.

Fortunate Son is bad, right? That's kinda the impression I got.

Because if not, I just wasted a good pun.

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TomWithoutJerry Tyranny Bad, Democracy Good. from Where Might Makes Right and I have no Might. Since: Dec, 2023
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#10123: Oct 21st 2024 at 1:11:27 PM

[up][up]And Prime, where a Billy Batsonesque kid turned into an adult hero the girl the kid liked and who was the kid's age had a crush on.

Edited by TomWithoutJerry on Oct 21st 2024 at 4:11:44 AM

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Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#10124: Oct 21st 2024 at 2:06:25 PM

He also wrote the original English scripts for Viz's initial publication of Rumiko Takahashi's works—Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2 and so forth.

Not that that has anything to do with what he's best known for now.

But no, Fortunate Son is not particularly good. The art's okay, but the story doesn't convey even what little punch it might have if you didn't grow up being told that Rock'n Roll is evil, or were otherwise heavily repressed in regards to popular culture. I mean, if you want to read a good Batman story that intersects with Rock 'n Roll, look up "Dead...Until Proven Alive" by Frank Robbins and Irv Novick from Batman # 222.

Edited by Robbery on Oct 21st 2024 at 2:13:34 AM

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#10125: Oct 22nd 2024 at 3:38:07 AM

Over in Detective this week, Taylor begins his run by introducing Joe Chill's daughter Scarlett. Thomas Wayne treated both her mother, Evelyn, and Chill after an accident, but Evelyn begs Thomas to fake her child's death after the accident triggers an early labour, as Chill is abusive to her. Martha and Thomas discuss it and agree. Scarlett grew up in foster care at one of the Wayne orphanages and reunites with Bruce as a grown up

Edited by Zarius on Oct 22nd 2024 at 3:41:44 AM


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