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Batman #28: The Bluebird of Harper-ness (CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE SPOILER)

 

Oh, Bruce. You say that to all your future meat shields… I mean, partners.

 

Ever since DC Comics (isn’t "DC Comics" "Detective Comics Comics"?) decided to initiate a poorly-planned mess of a reboot in 2011, creating the universe of the "New 52" (or Prime Earth), which combined the already existing DC universe with that of Vertigo and Wildstorm (only to largely dispose of those elements later), it hasn’t been easy to find solid, compelling DC titles that wouldn’t vary in quality from week to week. After all, they didn’t just restart the timeline, they skull fucked continuity with a diamond dick and blew their load through the back of its head. The Teen Titans’ history? Gone. Superman? He wears a t-shirt and jeans and then switches to battle armor, all the while romancing Wonder Woman (he’s no longer married and was in fact never romantically involved with Lois Lane). Also, he’s kind of a jerk now. Wally West who? Cassandra Cain who? Donny Troy who? Also, the Amazons rape men and throw out the male babies (sort of a reverse China). Amanda Waller is thin and attractive, somebody thought Cyborg would make a good Justice League member, Billy Batson is a little prick, the Justice Society lives in a parallel world again, Roy Harper wears a trucker hat, and nobody’s quite sure what happened and what didn’t happen in the past, which has been relegated to a six year time frame. read more

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Flashpoint Paradox Trailer

I’m glad they’re finally doing a Flash storyline for one of these animated movies, even if it’s the one that gave us the confusing New 52 status quo (seriously, how was Damian Wayne ten if Bruce Wayne has only been Batman for six years?). Kevin Conroy is Batman (just, uh… not the one in this trailer), Dana Delany is Lois Lane, Nathan Fillion is Hal Jordan, and Tim Daly’s son Sam is Superman (you’ll understand when you see). Oooh, and Ron Perlman is Slade/Deathstroke! Cary Elwes is Aquaman! Oh, and Cyborg’s in it (who gives a fuck about Cyborg?).  read more

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Batman: Year One Review

Batman: Year One
 

****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Billionare Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City after being gone for years. Meanwhile, Jim Gordon arrives in Gotham, becoming a police lieutenant in the corrupt force. Wayne trains himself to fight crime, donning a bat suit to strike fear in criminals. When Gordon is blackmailed for having an affair, he has to admit it to his wife. Mobsters and policemen alike try to take down the Batman, but he avails, and Wayne even saves Gordon’s son. Batman forms a bond with Gordon.
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