Asking whether or not Batman is crazy is likely to lead to a 2000-word essay by Plei.
Hee, yes. I'll save that for a day when I can enjoy it, properly.
Ben says Bruce doesn't seem to be grumpy when he's Bruce--just when he's Batman. I don't know if he's taken that from
Static Shock,
or from JLU. Does that sound right?
If I wanted to start him on
Batman
comics, which would be a good one? Are they too dark for a 9 year old? Are there current (i.e. not old collector's issues) series that might be good for him to read?
The voice actor who does Batman does a really good job of it. When he's Bruce Wayne, he uses a completely different tone of voice than when he's Batman.
However, Bruce Wayne is just pretending to be a pampered, billionaire playboy. Bruce Wayne is the disguise, while Batman is the real person.
However, Bruce Wayne is just pretending to be a pampered, billionaire playboy. Bruce Wayne is the disguise, while Batman is the real person.
Oh. I'd never thought of that before (because my only exposure to Batman is the Adam West Series, and--I think two of the films), but that's quite true.
There's a Saturday morning cartoon, called The Batman, which is aimed at a younger audience than even the JLU cartoon is. An all-ages comic, called The Batman Strikes! is based on the cartoon.
Bruce Wayne's parents were shot when he was eight years old, in a street alley, while he watched. In the movie it was the man who would eventually become the Joker. In the comic book, it wasn't the Joker, it was just some random mugger.
They've retconned it to 10 now, I think.
(Of course, post-Crisis, pre-Zero Hour, Batman had learned the identity of the man who shot his parents, and they retconned that, too, which means that Full Circle is out of continuity, drat it.)
Still, canon, comics or 'toon, starts with the basic premise that Thomas and Martha Wayne went to a movie with their son Bruce, were mugged and shot in front of him, leaving him a rich and emotionally scarred orphan who devotes his life to fighting crime to prevent others from suffering the pain he suffered, blah blah blah.
The all-ages comic would be the only one really appropriate at his age--the rest are a bit on what you might call the grim side, plus there'd be too much backstory to explain.
Just saw last night's JLU. While it was nice to have the Flash back, I didn't care for the story itself, though this could be because I wasn't remotely familiar with any of the characters beyond Flash, Martian Manhunter and EM.
I didn't care for the story itself, though this could be because I wasn't remotely familiar with any of the characters beyond Flash, Martian Manhunter and EM.
Whereas I'm a huge fan of Jack Kirby's 4th World Stories, so it was a treat for me. You really get the sense that for this last season they just wanted to run around and play with all the toys in the toybox while they could.
So, I have a question: if you were pimpin, what ONE title of all the titles you read would you suggest your peeps add to their pull?
In order, I'd say: Ocean, Powers, Manhunter.
I have to get Manhunter back issues because SA is an evil pimp.
But a cute one! And wasn't I right? Great title.
I have to get Manhunter back issues because SA is an evil pimp.
But a cute one!
The cutest!
And wasn't I right? Great title.
Oh, wait. I think the "evil pimp" comment was from Holli. But you ARE an evil pimp.
Red Son = I didn't have the last-page OMG reaction that you did, but still -- that is a *seriously* good comic.
Oh! And how did things work out with the roommate sitch?
Someone posted this link on the Firefly OB: Superman is a Dick
