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.
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Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2005 4:58:09 am PST #7501 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
P.M. Marc - Feb 13, 2005 7:38:46 am PST #7502 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
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.
Kalshane - Feb 13, 2005 1:32:25 pm PST #7503 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
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.
DavidS - Feb 13, 2005 3:23:42 pm PST #7504 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
esse - Feb 13, 2005 6:48:49 pm PST #7505 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
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.
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2005 6:51:48 pm PST #7506 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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?
Kalshane - Feb 13, 2005 6:53:44 pm PST #7507 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Someone posted this link on the Firefly OB: Superman is a Dick
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2005 6:58:55 pm PST #7508 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Heh. From Superman is a Dick:
List of more pratical uses Superboy can make of a machine that can see through time:
1. Betting on the outcomes of sporting events.
2. Forseeing natural diasters and catastrophhe.
3. Letting Bruce Wayne know that his parents are going to be gunned down in front of his very eyes in a filthy alley, you dick.
esse - Feb 13, 2005 7:04:38 pm PST #7509 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Red Son = I didn't have the last-page OMG reaction that you did, but still -- that is a *seriously* good comic.
I think my OMG reaction was mostly because I didn't see it coming at all. I'd like to blame part of it on being distracted on the train, but most likely I just wasn't astute enough. I really liked it though.
Oh! And how did things work out with the roommate sitch?It remains unresolved. The chick still hasn't checked out of my room yet, which is posing a problem for me as the RA's are beginning to get testy at me since I'm the only one they see--not her.
I set up my pull list at my comic book store on Saturday. I was afraid that they would be as somewhat unknowledgeable as they'd been in the past, but it seems to be better managed. They're working on organising, too, which is excellent news. And they may actually be able to get me back issues. All of which is exciting.
However, the length of my pull list was astonishing, in a where's-my-money-going sort of way. And as I noted to Steph when I saw her the other day, I never thought a year ago that this would be me. I remember coming back from Rome and buying Plei Batman socks because I thought she'd find them cute, and not being comics-oriented at all. A year later, I'm as involved as she is. Well, perhaps not quite as involved.
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2005 7:05:46 pm PST #7510 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The chick still hasn't checked out of my room yet, which is posing a problem for me as the RA's are beginning to get testy at me since I'm the only one they see--not her.
But are you and B. still in the same room, or did you get kicked upstairs to F suite?