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DavidS - Mar 31, 2005 1:36:13 pm PST #7792 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Psycho.

You know, I've been thinking about that.

re: the Scary Bat God vision? I don't think Batman is currently psychotic (or psychopathic), but it is possible to have a psychotic break and then spontaneously get well. It's always surprised me that narratives continue to beat on the amnesia trope (which is actually very rare) and nobody writes stories about the fact that you can go psychotic and then just get better. Psychotic here specifically referring to auditory and visual hallucinations.

Of course, he's got a really good reason to be paranoid right now.


Sean K - Mar 31, 2005 1:43:13 pm PST #7793 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

and nobody writes stories about the fact that you can go psychotic and then just get better.

I would say the this does happen in the Cerebus comics, as Dave Sim has written at length in the comics about his own psychotic breaks.

But I don't think Sim ever got better, so it doesn't really count.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2005 4:12:40 pm PST #7794 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

So he's not evil, just crazy?

Or is it more a Drusilla two-for-one special?


Sean K - Mar 31, 2005 4:13:55 pm PST #7795 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Or is it more a Drusilla two-for-one special?

Considering some of the seriously whacked out crap he's been spewing in his later years, I think this is the case.


Betsy HP - Mar 31, 2005 5:11:54 pm PST #7796 of 10000
If I only had a brain...

I honestly don't think you can separate the two. He was weird oppressive beliefs about religion and sex. Whether they're the cause of the craziness, part of the craziness, or independent of the craziness, who can tell?


sumi - Mar 31, 2005 5:28:05 pm PST #7797 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!

The Green Lantern Rebirth stuff is supposed to have been done by the time of Countdown, right? Because otherwise -- no Hal Jordan.

And are there innumerable Spectres as well as Green Lanterns?


P.M. Marc - Mar 31, 2005 6:57:28 pm PST #7798 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

There's one Spectre at a time, far as I can recollect.


victor infante - Mar 31, 2005 6:58:01 pm PST #7799 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

Sumi, You're right, FL: Rebirth has to take place between IC and Coutndown. Also, there's one and only one Spectre.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2005 7:12:55 pm PST #7800 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

There's one Spectre at a time, far as I can recollect.

Except for that J.M. DeMatteis Hal Jordan Spectre story that revealed bazillions of duplicate Spectres pursuing the cause of vengeance"redemption" all over the cosmos.

Yeah, I prefer to pretend that whole series never happened.


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2005 1:41:36 pm PST #7801 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Heh. Comic book motivational posters.