The end of batman is always a fascinating concept, because Batman can’t die. Not really. He’s not a mortal man, he’s an idea a legend which is what makes him able to still be alive after so many years, changing and evolving to be a vigilante in whichever time period that doesn’t need him, but totally deserves him. The story takes place at the wake of Batman. We enter a small Gotham City bar in an alley where a lone bartender guards the entry to […]
Batman’s Finest Villains
I’m new to Batbooks, having only dipped my toe in with the launch of the all-ages Gotham Academy title and then being blown away by the short-lived We Are Robin book. If the rest of the Batbooks are anything like what Scott Snyder did/is doing in All-Star Batman, I have been missing out. Ends of the Earth is a new arc, and you won’t need Volume 1 (My Own Worst Enemy) to jump in. Ends of the Earth cedes center stage to the Bat’s rogues […]
Geoff Johns’ Reimagining of Batman Continues to Be Great
In a very recent previous post, I talked about how much I loved Geoff Johns’ take on heroes such as Booster Gold and Wonder Woman (movie version). While he’s a big deal at DC now, there’s a famous story about how we wrote a letter to DC suggesting a storyline that was soundly rejected as being dumb. Years later, as a DC writer, he fan-fictioned that story into DC reality. I love that, and I think it captures why I like Johns so much – […]
The Answer Is In Plain Sight
Right before I read Hush, I read a mystery that was not afraid of the female gaze. There was a fair amount of commenting on men’s thighs. I was primed to notice the musculature of Batman’s thighs. Those are some powerful thighs. Batman has always been a television or movie character to me. I grew up on Adam West’s Batman. I have watched every live action Batman film and many of the animated movies. I love Batman: The Animated Series. I haven’t been a Batman […]