Batman and Joker technically team up in New 52 Batman #1 to quell the arkham breakout if i remember correctly. Pretty neat panel of them fighting side by side if i remember as well.
That was Dick Grayson disguised so he could infiltrate Arkham, right?
haha i reread that issue the other day (i had only read it once or twice) and i realized that and was like "oh crap i forgot all about that, someones gonna call me out on the forums haha"
Morrison Rule #678: Only Morrison can Retcon Morrison.
Damn it, Morrison WHY U NO MAKE SENSE?!?!?
@KnightRise said:
Something that just irks me: and it takes an estute eye to hone in on, Batman Inc 3 when Dick and Bruce are looking at a web of interconnected characters (and Grant Morrison arcs) theres a picture of the Club of Heros from the 70s. Briefs, pixie boots, exposed legs and all. In fact, most of the web is made up of pre-New 52 appearences. Damnit, Morrison follow the established design continuity!!!
That the part that bothers me!!! If they HE just omitted the damn map, everything would be ok!
@hoole100 said:
Batman Inc aside from Snyder's and Tomasi's titles is by far the best featuring the bat. Far better than Dark Knight and Detective Comics.
If you cant handle sifting through the continuity then maybe comic books shouldn't be your hobby. lol
First time that happens to me! And I've past a hole year reading comics like crazy and nothing, I mean NOTHING have gotten me as confused as with this :S
Read some older Retcon series like Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinite Crisis and what not. Now that is some confusing stuff.
I think that there's a backlash against The Dark Knight Returns because the Batman mythos and it's audience have matured enormously since it was written and Frank Miller is now better known for being a complete racist. Dark Knight Returns has some great elements going for it, not least of which is the art (still one of the most iconic images in the Batman mythos is Batman leaping before the flash of lightning). But it's a really, really dumb story. The leader of the mutants is completely one-dimensional, the Batmobile is turned into a giant tank that's really good at crushin', and the final battle between Batman and Superman involves Batman wielding a giant gun (yes, a gun - you know "the weapon of the enemy"), charged by the energy of Gotham (you know, the place he's sworn to protect) and plugged into the street lamp, under which his parents were killed (do I have to stress how significant that location is in building his notion that guns are essentially evil), aimed at Superman (the personification of the innate, idealistic nature of superheroes that continues to make them inspiring and more than just escapism). And, in the end, what is Miller's final prescription for the sick and corrupt world in Dark Knight Returns? Batman must give his mantle, train an army, and become a warlord. Great message there, Miller. Great message.
Ddoesn't really differ much from what Morrison is doing in Batman Inc.
The whole Red Hood/Killing Joke concept is cool and all, but after reading Lovers and Madmen i really gravitated toward that whole joker origin. I find it more frightening in a way really.
I read this thread and lol'd because i just came across a different thread praising Dark Knight Strikes Again.
Did you guys get the books confused? lol
By now you guys should know what your getting into when reading a Miller. Just like you know what your getting when your reading a Morrison or a Johns or a Snyder.
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