Posted in Comics, Review on 11/26/2008 11:19 pm by fanboi
BEWARE SPOILERS AHEAD!
I really didn’t try that hard to read this. I came in right before the point that Bat-Mite was introduced in the story and was waaay to confused to bother buying more. I found Batman’s behavior prior to his meltdown to be completely implausible and out-of-character, and turns out I was right. he was “acting” for Jezebel’s benefit. Also seems like wasn’t the only one to find it convoluted and confusing enough to be put off.
Now that I read the synopsis, it sounds like it was an interesting read and an excellent example of how Batman can outsmart anyone, even when he’s out of his mind. But I found it hard to swallow as a monthly story. Buy the issues if you like, wait months for the trade paperback, check out the detailed wiki synopsis or just read fanboi’s CliffsNotes version below.
A bunch bad guys meet some guy named Simon Hurt of the Black Glove to screw with Batman and invite Joker to join in. Commissioner Gordon tries to stop a news story calling Batman’s mom a drug addicted slut who was photographed at orgies and got knocked up by the butler causing Thomas Wayne to plot her murder and fake his death. After a henchmen cuts Batman with a knife coated with a mind-wiping drug, he uses the Batcomputer, brings up the phrase “Zur-En-Arrh” and triggers a mental collapse just as the bad guys break in. Dr. hurt gets Batman all jacked up on enough drugs to make a brontosaurus trip heavily.
Batman makes a pink costume and starts to see the animated Bat-Mite as his side kick. The Batman in control is actually a back-up-personality that Bruce Wayne instilled long ago as a defense against mind-wiping psychological attacks. Open hearing that there is still a Batman out there, Dr. Hurt takes the red-headed Jezebel and seeks the Joker. Batman and Joker fights and Jezebel Jet shows her true colors as Joker gloats. Batman is placed in a deathtrap coffin and escapes. The Batman Family rallies and starts taking out the various superhenchmen.
Batman reveals he was onto Jezabel long ago and was playing along and “pretending” to love her. Joker runs but the Bat Bastard runs him off a bridge. Dr. Hurt claims to be Thomas Wayne, but Batman calls bullshit. Hurt says be my bitch or the story about Martha Wayne the druggie slut is front page news. Batman refuses, jumps onto the helicopter bringing it down in flames. Nightwing stands with Batman’s cowl(anyone have a scan of that page – heard it was a great pin-up)… Jezebel Jet is released but her plane is brought down by Talia’s army of Ninja Man-Bats.
Posted in Holiday on 11/26/2008 09:17 pm by fanboi
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I wish everyone lots of turkey with all the trimmings and a pleasant day with family and/or friends. Many LGBT people end up with a family of friends and those kind of families are even more special for their common bonds. Celebrate your connections every day.
Holidays are about celebrating your “family” – which may or may not include your relations. “Family” loves and supports you through thick or thin and will always be there for you. A relation who can’t do that isn’t someone on whom you should waste turkey, much less your time, tears or anger.
Posted in Action Figures on 11/26/2008 05:14 pm by fanboi
DC Direct has released images for the first 2 series’ of History of the DC Universe – based on the art of legendary comic book artist George Perez. Both series are due in summer 2009.
Series Two consisting of Aquaman, classic 70’s Black Lighting, the Creeper and the Flash (OK – hardcore Flash fans… lightning belt circling waist marks him as silver age Barry, right?) hits shelves about a month later on July 15 2009.
I am eagerly anticipating Blue Devil, Aquaman (I have the one with the cheesy golden age smile that came with Garth and a giant seahorse), Black Lightning (as cool as the modern age JLA version looks, nostalgia calls for the classic look) and I also want the Flash (which I prefer to the upcoming Justice League of America Series 3 Wally West version)
I am so glad to see that there are people of faith who do not live in fear of gays and lesbians being able to live and love completely openly and equally. The folks at Mission Gathering posted the reasons they took out the billboard here at the blog Our Hearts Are With You. They believe “God’s love and grace is for ALL people, regardless of race, creed, sexual identity, or life circumstances.” Which sounds a lot more Christian than what I usually hear from a pulpit.
Mission Gathering Christian Church is sorry for the narrow-minded, judgmental, deceptive, manipulative actions of those who took away the rights and equality of so many in the name of God.
The San Diego billboard is sparking discussion from both sides of the fence. Depending on whose blog you are reading you might find it called a “wonderful outreach” or a Church selling out Christ to make a buck.
The church was founded by a group of young adults who say they wanted “to embody God’s grace to the emerging/postmodern culture they were a part of.” It’s affiliated with The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) which has approximately 723,000 members throughout North America and is the denomination Ronald Reagan was baptized in. So, despite having a Facebook page and a podcast that includes titles like “Sexuality & Spirituality: Sex, Lies and Craigslist”, the apologetic Christians sit squarely within the mainline Protestant tradition.
San Diego has been arguably the epicenter of the Prop 8. protest movement, with over 25,000 people marching in the streets in last week’s “Day of Impact Protest“– the largest group anywhere.
I myself am a lapsed Catholic (raised churchgoing but gave it up first day away from home at college – it was never anything for me but a place to think – I got the same level of meditation while mowing the lawn), but I do like to hear that there are people who believe yet still have the ability to think for themselves.
Newsarama talked to DC Universe Executive Editor Dan DiDio to ask a number of reader questions about what’s been happening in the Superman titles and more. Some highlights…
The new stars of Action will be the new team of Nightwing and Flamebird. Flamebird is a character we’ve seen, but this is the first time we’re seeing her in costume. Nightwing is a character that we’ve known in the DCU for a little while, but he’s new to the Nightwing costume as well
A new series called Superman: New Krypton is coming from the creative team of writer, Andrew Kreisberg and artist, Pete Woods.
Geoff Johns and Gary Frank will be doing Superman: Secret Origin, the “definitive origin of Superman,” incorporating past and present changes that “we’ve seen or suggested since Infinite Crisis”.
Plus titbits about Batman, All Star Wonder Woman, Owl-Man and the Outsiders, Trinity and Final Crisis and Adventure Comics #1.
Posted in Preview on 11/26/2008 02:19 pm by fanboi
Of the thousands and thousands of heroes and humans affected by the Skrull invasion, one man’s horror and heartbreak rises above the rest. This is the story of Luke Cage!
Who’s a Skrull? Jessica or the baby? Neither? Who didn’t tell Jessica that Jarvis was a Skrull and therefore NOT an appropriate baby sitter? If the baby ISN’T a Skrull, what does Jarvis want with it?
Lock your doors. Close the curtains. Call the police. The sexy strangers are out there, and your ass isn’t safe. Legendary director Joe Gage injects sultry suspense into his latest masterpiece, a tale of unlawful entry and the ties that bind. One dark night at a secluded house, a businessman is held captive by three intruders. But when the father’s three sons come home, the criminals get more than they bargained for— learning that the family that stays together plays together. Who’s the most twisted of them all?
Below is a preview of Officer Enrique Currero’s scene with muscle stud (and fanboi fave) Tyler Saint, who fills the cop’s holes as thug Tony Buff strokes his massive meat from afar…
