Batman - The Road to Arkham
Showing posts with label Detective Comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Detective Comics. Show all posts
Batman Best Panels
Batman #700
With the release of Batman #700, a pretty huge milestone for the series (if, you know, you ignore the fact that there were also a #0 and a #1,000,000, making this the seven-hundred and second issue of "Batman"), and in celebration, We have gone through the archives of Batman stories to find the all time favorite panels!
With 702 issues of "Batman," 800+ issues of "Detective Comics," a couple hundred "Justice League" and Outsiders and various other series to work with, We had to chose the best.
#5: Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams
From: "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" (Batman #251)
With the release of Batman #700, a pretty huge milestone for the series (if, you know, you ignore the fact that there were also a #0 and a #1,000,000, making this the seven-hundred and second issue of "Batman"), and in celebration, We have gone through the archives of Batman stories to find the all time favorite panels!
With 702 issues of "Batman," 800+ issues of "Detective Comics," a couple hundred "Justice League" and Outsiders and various other series to work with, We had to chose the best.
#5: Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams
From: "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" (Batman #251)
#4. Len Wein and Jim Aparo
From "The Man Behind the Mask" ("Untold Legend of the Batman" #3)
From "The Man Behind the Mask" ("Untold Legend of the Batman" #3)
Batman Gotham’s rooftops
More than any other hero, Batman is known for his nightly patrols of Gotham’s rooftops. From his perch amongst the gargoyles, he can efficiently watch large swaths of darkened alleys and dramatically swoop in when the time is right.
Batman for Adults
Super heroes were no longer only for kids. The kids who grew up with comic books now continued to read comic books as adults. They wanted something more mature. Something darker. More gritty.
The hyper-bright yellows and greens and oranges are gone. Dark grays, washed-out blues, and occasional yellow accents became the norm in Batman comics (and still are, in most Batman comic book lines). The comics move more towards heavy plot lines and ideas, and display the grisly aftermath of Batman's decisions in vivid detail.
As a no-longer-kid, I can see the advantages of the grim, dark, subdued art style. Kids like the lighter, funnier Batman because he is THEM in their imaginations. They imagine themselves kicking bad guys and tying them up with Bat-rope and leaving them for Bat-mom to collect as she cooks dinner.
But adults have a darker view of life, and it is displayed in their comics. For an adult to associate with Batman, the hero must have the same inner struggles as the reader, and must follow the same "laws of the world" that the reader follows.
Batman R.I.P storyline
One rumor I’ve heard from people who know so much more about comics than I do, is that the whole idea for this Batman R.I.P storyline, is so they can give the Batman character a complete new reboot.
After 80 years of Batman stories and 681 issues of the character (not to mention Detective Comics and the hundreds of other issue spin-offs), they believe the character has gone as far as he could possibly go and the universe just doesn’t make that much sense anymore.
How many times can we really see Batman battle The Joker and not kill him, the many deaths of Robin’s etc?
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