The Batman (June 25, 2021)

[ironwez20]

Wait, Barbara can walk again?

Yea I don?t get it either. Reasons why I don?t read comics. The continuity is awful

 

[Prime Clone]

Thanks for posting that, Prime. I’m gonna check that out.

No problemo!

I can’t believe The Killing Joke was 30 yrs ago.

Yeah, scary. As a "grownup" I got back into Batman with the Death in the Family storyline. Was a great time with the 50th anniversary, a flood of great stories and the first Burton movie just around the corner.

Wait, Barbara can walk again?

Yes, surprised me too.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Speaking of nostalgia, and say what you will about Geoff Johns, but the new Three Jokers comic is a fitting sequel to The Killing Joke...

Why does Batman have statues of his villains in the Batcave? And a giant 8 ball? And a giant T-rex?

Batman is a weirdo. Not even Joker keeps Batman souvenirs. Deep down, I think Bruce has a fetish for pain and physical and emotional pain.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I think you are right.

Batman would actually make a much better villain than a hero.

 

[Victοr]

Batman keeps stuff like the Penny and T-Rex in the Batcave to make it more lively and “fun”. He did it when he first adopted **** and wanted him to feel more comfortable as Robin, seeing the whole thing as an adventure. At least that was the last explanation I read years back. I can’t remember where it was from though.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Batman keeps stuff like the Penny and T-Rex in the Batcave to make it more lively and “fun”. He did it when he first adopted **** and wanted him to feel more comfortable as Robin, seeing the whole thing as an adventure. At least that was the last explanation I read years back. I can’t remember where it was from though.

That's some Willy Wonka ****. Look over there, D i c K! It's your dead parents, I had them stuffed so you always remember them. Did I tell you about about the night my parents died and my mom's pearl necklace?

Come with me, D i C K,
and you'll be in a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
your dead parents...

 

[Victοr]

Yeah, well, Batman's a psycho. The whole "muh no kill rule" should've tipped everyone off. "But", you might say, "Batman's a hero, he has to set a better example". Sure, nobody's saying go kill da Jokah in broad daylight. But there's nothing that stops Batman from kidnapping him one night, putting a bullet in him and disolving him in acid. And that's it. For all anyone knows, Jokah got drunk and fell in the water, or figured it wasn't funny any longer. Or Hell, Batman could dress up as BulletMan and kill da Jokah like that.

Anyway, they're comic books, they'll never change and it's not worth "discussing" them.

 

[generalszabo]

Batman is a weirdo. Not even Joker keeps Batman souvenirs. Deep down, I think Bruce has a fetish for pain and physical and emotional pain.

Agreed, he can't/doesn't want to let go of the past because that's what drives him. Has anyone read the doomsday clock? There's a great part where rorschach is looking round the batcave and comments, "only monster would keep trophies like this"

 

[jye4ever]

So Batman is like Michael Jackson with ChimChim

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

So Batman is like Michael Jackson with ChimChim

 

[Wor-Gar]

See, I grew up at a time where basically the above WAS Batman. It was always Batman AND Robin. He wasn't solo, he wasn't dark, he wore tights... and he was very suspect in his relationship with a young boy.


I felt James Bond and Indiana Jones were much better masculine archetypes for me.

 

[ZE_501]

Batman is a weirdo. Not even Joker keeps Batman souvenirs. Deep down, I think Bruce has a fetish for pain and physical and emotional pain.

I think one in-universe explanation for our detective is that he firstly uses these things as mnemonic devices to help him when he's meditating on the criminal mind, and secondly as grim reminders of his purpose.

Well, that's just awkward.

 

[jye4ever]

Richard by day

D**K at night

 

[ZE_501]

See, I grew up at a time where basically the above WAS Batman. It was always Batman AND Robin. He wasn't solo, he wasn't dark, he wore tights... and he was very suspect in his relationship with a young boy.

I felt James Bond and Indiana Jones were much better masculine archetypes for me.

I was probably less than ten years old when I came across a comic where Batman was harming and maiming criminals in street fights, and was shocked, because I grew up with Adam West reruns and the Superfriends cartoon. Really loved '89 Bats but I was a teenager by then.

His relationship with a young male ward wasn't even on my radar until I was much, much older, more aware and cynical. But for the most part I look at that as a leftover from a (supposedly?) more innocent time.

I think most of my masculine role models as a small child were probably more along the lines of Bond and Jones, definitely...along with a bunch of '80s TV action dudes.

 

[jye4ever]

See, I grew up at a time where basically the above WAS Batman. It was always Batman AND Robin. He wasn't solo, he wasn't dark, he wore tights... and he was very suspect in his relationship with a young boy.


I felt James Bond and Indiana Jones were much better masculine archetypes for me.

Dirty Harry
Bond
Indy
Conan
John McLane
Axel Foley lol

 

[ZE_501]

Dirty Harry
Bond
Indy
Conan
John McLane
Axel Foley lol

Arnie and Stallone defined '80s manhood.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Richard by day

D**K at night

Alfred knows too.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Arnie and Stallone defined '80s manhood.

Those guys weren't smooth though. I mean, neither bedded any women... I preferred the smooth heroes, like Connery. Cool, wealthy and desired by women seemed like the ideal adulthood to me. I had no interest in muscling up, going into warzones and screaming at the sky as I gatlin'd down a choppa. Indy was rugged enough for me. And he could form a cohesive sentence.

 

[The Buffinator]

Alfred knows too.

 

[screamingmetal]

Alfred knows too.

I don't think husbands and wives kept their beds that close back then.

You may think it was a more innocent time back then but, in actuality the artists on those books fully knew what they were doing, they were having a laugh.