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?

Okay, the second one down on this page of Superman is a Dick is the funniest cover EVAH. It's Superman's and Batman's smiles that make it so damn funny.

I personally love, in addition to the one I tagged and Teppy quoted the last one on this page. [link]

I can't believe those are real. Are they really real? I cannot believe it. Those are Photoshopped, right? Really well?

I can't believe those are real. Are they really real? I cannot believe it. Those are Photoshopped, right? Really well?

Well, I don't know about the others but I have read that first one with the bubble-car. I can believe that they're real.

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?

As noted above, The Batman Strikes is the current "all-ages" Batman title and ties into the current The Batman cartoon. However, the two previous "all-ages" Batman titles, Batman: Gotham Adventures and Batman Adventures, tied into the earlier Batman cartoon and is, IMHO, the superior title. There are many trades collecting the series.

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.

Interesting note: The Batman: Gotham Adventures/Adventures series I mentioned above used the Joe Chill character as the one who killed the Waynes, but Batman never caught him. In the last issue of the series, though, there was an interesting, bittersweet coda to that story.

However, Bruce Wayne is just pretending to be a pampered, billionaire playboy. Bruce Wayne is the disguise, while Batman is the real person.

I recently read an interview, I think it was of Scott McDaniel, where he noted that Chuck Dixon once told him that the real person was the one who was in the Batcave, with the costume on, but with the cowl off.

Red Son = I didn't have the last-page OMG reaction that you did, but still -- that is a *seriously* good comic.

Another curious note: the ending came from an idea that Grant Morrison gave to Mark Millar.

the real person was the one who was in the Batcave, with the costume on, but with the cowl off.

That's it for me. I like that idea best.

That's it for me. I like that idea best.

It's a appealing in its resistance to binary thinking.

Indeed. My women's studies training cheers.

Pleides! Action Comics #827!!!

New Astounishing tomorrow?

I have many comics to pick up -- what with begin too broke and too far away from the shop to pick up my comics last week.