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[jbruce308]

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[dailydccomics]

Batman by Joshua Middleton

[evilhorse]

Maybe a little competitive about who wore green best.

(Green Arrow #4)

[wwprice1]

Great stuff from Knight Terrors: Batman #2.

[mikyapixie]

🦇HAPPY BATMAN DAY🦇

Happy 85 years of Batman

V2

I made this while listening to The Future by Mystery Skulls, unexpectedly it was good motivator!!!

[bess3714]

Batman and Robin 2

I read this in a very disgusted and sarcastic voice, but if I were Damian then yeah, I'd be feeling some kind of way about going to school

[zahri-melitor]

Yeah I couldn't help myself.

Here's Damian and Alfred in Battle for the Cowl #3, aka the scene where Damian is first given a Robin tunic.

"So I'm going to help you out." ... "What the hell are you pulling here, Al?" "It's time for you to earn your keep. If you're up for it."

And here is Joshua Williamson's rewritten version of the moment of getting the Robin costume (pushed back to R.I.P. even though Damian's appearances in R.I.P. mostly involved him trailing after Talia in his assassin whites)

"Father is not dead, Pennyworth. You know that." "Bruce tends to surprise me. As do you. But what I do know is...he'd want you to have this."

Now this? This is pretty clearly not a rewrite of the Battle for the Cowl scene, but intended to be a conversation with Damian right as he gets his own custom Robin costume...aka it fits in at the start of Reborn. Not R.I.P.. So not only does everyone in that building aside from Tim believe that Bruce is very very very much dead, which is just the slightest plot point at that stage you know, but this is specifically taking any of Dick's autonomy over choosing Damian as Robin away from him, even more so than what we already have in terms of what's on page in Batman #687, Batman #688, Batman & Robin #1 and Red Robin #1.

I mean. It's in conversation with Alfred's behaviour in Batman & Robin #1 2009, but it's placing all of the decision making entirely on Alfred 'because Bruce would want it'. It's the way Morrison writes Alfred as at that point, having lost Bruce, instinctively prioritising Damian as Bruce's blood son above and beyond Dick and Tim, who he actually has long term relationships with.

But seriously as a retcon this is incredibly insulting in terms of how much it's stealing from both Dick and Tim's Reborn storylines.

[welcometogrouchland]

Batman #149 by chip zdarsky is mostly unremarkable, but I'm really fascinated by how it makes a great case for 'good' endings not saving 'bad' stories*. Because there's a lot of interesting concepts in this issue (bruce having to deal with his rapidly aging and decaying clone making him think about his own life, re-establishing a 'nest' so to speak for his family after pushing them away, etc) but bc of the OOC slog that came before it, almost every moment w/ the batfamily comes off as unearned and disingenuous imo.

Like, everything with Damian is the perfect example in this. Because in isolation it's...fine. admittedly it's a missed opportunity to not go deeper into how Damian would feel about a clone of his dad who tried to kill considering Damian's relationships with clones of himself (the heretic rejects and respawn) or with former enemies who wanted him dead but who were manipulated and/or brainwashed (like suren and maya).

Zdarsky doesn't go into any of this but you could maybe excuse it as the issue not being about Damian. However, coupled with the previous bizarre characterizations of Damian in 147 and 148, it ends up not being fine- instead it starts to feel...icky how Damian (who, despite often being drawn and written as white, will never have his connection to the non-white al ghuls forgotten and will always be effected by racism even when not portrayed as a poc) is constantly written as overly violent, uncaring and narrow minded in this run. Coupled w/ trying to recanonize the morrison origin for Damian it's like. OH this is badly written and laden with subtle bigotry, sick**

That's me going into detail on it with Damian but it's applicable to other things in this issue- the way Cass, Steph and Duke have all been ignored or turned into jobbers makes their inclusion in the 'family' here feel hollow instead of satisfying. Bruce proclaiming that Zur was still a part of him and he needs to accept responsibility for his actions (when it means taking in clone son) wrings hollow when just last issue zdarsky was bending over backwards to separate Bruce and Zur bc otherwise the Jason thing would get really awkward. Ends are achieved through means that feel hollow or strange. I'm at my destination but damn why'd the bus have to do all that???

I only really have opinions on this latest arc of zdarskys Batman bc it's the one I've read the closest (bc I'm a hater, masochist and avid follower of even the bad damian storylines) but it's not saying great things.

Bc zdarsky can do one thing good in this book, and it's write Bruce and Tim. And yet this entire story, whether of his own volition or editorial mandate, includes other characters who aren't Bruce and Tim, the fabric starts to unravel in very telling ways.

(p.s, I think pennyworth manor is an interesting idea but I feel like in execution it's just gonna be 'bruce living in a house haunted by the memory of the people he couldn't save' but with a different dead guy this time. Illusion of change and whatnot)

*whether or not the ending is good is up to you ofc, as is your opinion on the proceeding arc! I saw some ppl complain that the ending was too "WFA" for them, which I get even if I dont think it'll literally be the same premise. If anything it's probably a lead into the new tec run. Likewise many ppl who aren't in the weeds of Damian and Jason characterization liked the previous arc! But I have my opinions and rest my case before the bench

**disclaimer, I'm white and portrayals of bigotry in comics are complicated and subjective, but I am basing my point here off what other poc comic fans on socmed have been saying about 149. Also the "sick" is sarcasm incase that wasn't obvious

[youngbounty]

Let’s do a comparison. Zdarsky, take notes!

In Batman and Robin, Damian is able to recognize his former trainer right off the bat, then Shush based on voice recognition. Even before, he recognized his former trainer and that one of her students was being trained by her based on his knowledge of Mistress Harsh and how she trained him. While he may’ve got it wrong on Principal Stone being Mistress Harsh and Shush, this comic shows where Damian shines and why he earned his place as Robin.

Meanwhile, you have Zdarsky, who decides to make Damian act so stupid that he would instantly fall for a robo Batman being his father because of… knowing about his nightmares? No testing any verbal recognition or speech patterns. He’s just taking this robot’s word for it without ever considering that any alter personality inside his father would know everything about him, including memories. This is set aside that this “proof” is something straight out of a fan fiction and not anything that happened in any comic book storyline. Imagine if Robo Bat mentioned a line he said that was only between him and Damian such as this one at the end of Bad Blood.

Not only would this have been a great nod to Bad Blood, but considering what time this took place in, it’d have been a great way to play with Damian’s emotional psyche. This line was said to Damian alone without anyone (not even Alfred) watching or hearing them when explaining to Damian why he doesn’t kill and how important it is for him to stick to that principle as Batman.

The reason fans, including me, theorized Damian was playing double agent at first was because the Damian from the other past comics would never be THIS stupid. This line “Batman and Robin. Father and son. We don’t need anyone else”? This conflicts with past comics of Damian wishing for his dad’s trust of independence to make his own decisions. He doesn’t need Daddy’s approval or to be with him. Damian is with his dad because it’s his job as Robin to care for Batman and will go to hell or high water to protect and care for him.

Whether you like Batman and Robin or not, it’s clear Williamson does like Damian and writes him in the best light. Just compare the beginning issues to later ones.

Fans complained about Damian looking too much like Tim. What does Joshua Williamson do? He hires a different artist to make Damian look more like Damian. Fans complained about Damian getting bullied. What does Joshua Williamson do? He builds up Damian to go all out and kick the bully’s ass. Williamson doesn’t beat around the bush or make any other Robin more superior, he listens to the fans and gives them what they want. Zdarsky, on the other hand, has yet to give us a proper Damian and if he is listening to fans, it’s only a section of them.

[theeboyracer]

Batman and Robin, vol 1: Father and Son

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[dailydccomics]

a Darkseid-centered universe is born DC All In Special #1 art by Wes Craig

[wwprice1]

Excited for DC All In in October! Great art here by Wes Craig and Daniel Sampere.

[gl1tchr]

Your Bruce Wayne WIP looks like 2010’s Kieran Culkin

yknow what, I can't say you're Wrong

[evilhorse]

Years ago, Batman and I were able to combine using Hal Jordan’s ring.

(Superman Volume 6 #18)

[viaov]

Joshua Swaby, Selina Kyle