RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Comic Books Batman RIP

Bruce explodes in an helicopter, but GA already proved that's something you can recover from.

They all die and they all come back. It never last long or ever means much.

So who was Black Glove?

The most popular theory is that Dr. Hurt was the Devil, which was actually hinted several of times since his introduction.

Who woulda' guessed that the newly introduced retcon-inspired characters would be the mystery villains!?

You guys talk about "black Glove" and I get an ad for "GayEbonyDating.com" again.

So. Teleportation or superspeed save?

Rob, I posted something long(ish) and the board ate it. Someone needs to be fired over this.

That's all you man. I'm getting barack obama and leah remini pic ads. Anyone else seeing gay black men?

We don't want to hear about your dating life.

Beardguy, assuming he isn't dead.

Least I'd have one. beeyitch.

BAM!

It's like, how much more black could this be? The answer is none. None more black.

zur en ahhr= zorro in arkham

probably cuz you were posting some sorta spoiler!!!

It was only the last page of the comic, Rob.

the boards knew!

I just read the entire storyline.

Batman went batnuts and is in Arkham. He's not dead, just crazy.

Oh well, wouldn't be the first time. Untold Legend of the Batman was one of my favourite Batman stories from the 80s.



LOL.

I'm also getting Muslima.com, urging me to hook up with the Islamic woman of my dreams.

Take the Batman Quiz.

I'll do no such thing.

Dammit Snarf!

Remarkably stupid story, not just because the plot is embarrassingly told but because the timing is horrible.

We reach the point where the character of Bruce Wayne is shown, in the right hands (i.e., Nolan and Bale), to be worthy of carrying a story that is both a blockbuster and potential Oscar nominee. We finally have a mainstream comic book character who is shown to be capable of starring in, for lack of better term, literature.

So what does DC do? They "kill off/retire" the character, replace him with one of his sidekicks (gee, never saw THAT before) and appear to shit all over the relationship with his father that served as one of the main things that made the character worthy of mainstream critical and public acclaim...all for a cheap retread "event" that offers nothing particularly new or interesting.

Great work, DC. You stupid fucks.

Didio wants to take the big three out of the picture to show why the DCU really needs them. It's something that hasn't been done since just before Infinite Crisis, 52, Trinity, Final Crisis, JLA, and I could go on.

unbelieveable....that was the whole point of 52. A year without the Big 3 but not a year without heroes!

So, basically, this is the "new" DC: they've replaced the tired cliches of the past with new cliches.

...that repeat every six months.

Read the entire R.I.P. thing today.......I had to skim somewhat. I just couldn't stomach all of it.

It was absolutely disgusting.

If ever I wanted to convince someone not to drop acid, I'd force them to read Grant Morrison's trash.

There's crazy and then there's stupid. It's apparent which of these adjectives Morrison strives to characterize himself as, but he's forgotten that they're very close cousins.

Within the process of Morrison spitting on the pages of Batman--with Didio's endorsement of course--they've both engineered the destruction of the literary credibility of one of comics' most critically reinforced characters. Now when someone will try to bring up Batman as a legitimately deep and intriguing character worthy of note in the world of literature beyond comic stereotypes, one need not do much else but bring up Morrison's mass implementation of comicbook cliches and deus ex machina to show exactly how much the past attempts to make him even half way practical as a character, analogue, and/or allegory in the 80s/90s have been ineffectual. Because after all: "Batman's just a comicbook character."

I personally have never cared for such lip-service and never felt it to be a decent excuse for writing any "comicbook character" in such a mediocre fashion that tries to make a story as hokey and outlandish as possible in the interest of trying to make it fit into the genre it belongs to--as if said genre is actually dependent upon Silver Age-esque writing.

I thought 01-06 was bad, but this is even more abysmal than the other arcs forced down our throats this past decade. Until now, I always thought Batman's biggest problem was how he was being condemned to massive crossovers that eliminated the strength behind character individuality, the writers shoehorning the character into situations where his appearance would be uncharacteristic. But this escalated into retcons and the incorporation of writers who drop more acid than God. I long for 1986.


P.S. ComicBookGuy caught me reading this in store and decided that I had to pay for it lest I be banned from the only comicshop in my area. I choose to blame this on Morrison. I realize this may not be the most rational choice, but I just can't contain my resentment.








































WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF!!!?? WHY!? FUCKING WHY!?

Don't hold back pariah. Tell us how you really feel about it.

"Literary credibility"?

See? Now Pro has got Morrison agreeing with him!

Go easy on Pro, Keith Olberman's ratings have tanked, he's a in a bit of a depression...

How long are you going to pout because I won't tow to your opinion, basams? Your obsession with me is obvious, and kind of pathetic...

I sold him the acid!

Is this where Promod calls "breaking Batman, exposing a dark secret from the past and replacing the character" a "new and fresh" concept?

What's wrong G? Did I insult your boyfriend? You sure do come running to his defense at every turn...

Well, Pariah hates it; so that means that I have to read it now. Mxy, give me a good link to a download.... er... 'online comic shop' so that I may 'purchase' this story arc in its entirety.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Not if it's digital.