• Light/Dark
  • Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
  • We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.

Batman and Superman being friends

Bor Gullet

Bor Gullet

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
12,399
761611.jpg

There's a lot of media and comics that often show the conflict of Batman and Superman, but how about times where Batman and Supes are genuinely being friends?

This scene in Injustice where Bats figures out Lois is pregnant
c57db6344dcbf705788dcf8ec0670915b7a6f84e.jpg


Or this scene in JLU, where Superman is about disbanded the league, Green Arrow gives a big hero speech, everyone claps, but it's Batman's approval that matters most to Supes. True bromance.

3c5d16dc18f203f55bd8d34f1d625d35.jpg


Post some stuff of these dudes being pals.
 
Metallix87

Metallix87

User Requested Self-Ban
Banned
Nov 1, 2017
10,533
I do like them being best friends. I think it works very well in the comics, and I'd love for it to transition into future live action films.
 

Deleted member 25606

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 29, 2017
8,973
You can say what you want, writers can write what they want, any amount of comics, movies, and televisions can show what they want, but the guy who has an emergency plan that includes being able to kill you "just in case" isn't really anybody's best friend. That's just facts.
 
IDreamOfHime

IDreamOfHime

Member
Oct 27, 2017
14,440
Say what you will about BvS, 30 years reading comics I never noticed their moms were both called Martha. 🤷‍♂️
 
Teenage Fansub

Teenage Fansub

Member
May 24, 2019
22,195
Einchy said:
Tom King wrote the best Bat and Supes friendship story.

XaWjv9q.jpg
BCmFydN.jpg
V7jpzI2.jpg
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

You can't leave out THAT page (Bruce/Selina and Clark/Lois are going on a double date to a 'dress up as a superhero' carnival night dressed in each other's costumes, if that wasn't clear)
fQRW2Hx.jpg


Also love this one with Lois and Selina meeting beforehand.
nVxL6fe.jpg


This is the trade you want, y'all.

Amazon.com: Batman Vol. 5: Rules of Engagement (Rebirth) (Batman: Dc Universe Rebirth, 5): 9781401277314: King, Tom, Jones, Joëlle: Books

Amazon.com: Batman Vol. 5: Rules of Engagement (Rebirth) (Batman: Dc Universe Rebirth, 5): 9781401277314: King, Tom, Jones, Joëlle: Books
www.amazon.com
 

Deleted member 60295

User requested account closure
Banned
Sep 28, 2019
1,489
jon bones said:
fucking LOVE this story

best two issue comic in history god damn
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

I just don't understand what the fuck happened with Tom King. For the first few years of his career as a comic book writer, he had the midas touch. Everything he wrote was solid gold. And he's still apparently doing fantastic work on Miracleman. But his batman comics have completely jumped the shark, and he also penned an extremely shitty Bendis-tier event comic that undid all the good-will DC: Rebirth earned early on.
 
deadman322

deadman322

Member
Oct 29, 2017
2,396
nah according to the last titans book, batman and superman are against friends being on a team together. therefore, batman and supes can't be friends.
 
Weiss

Weiss

User requested ban
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
64,265
I'm fine with them starting off confrontational, because it's a good way to establish their own ignorance and juxtaposition, but it's been decades and there's no reason these two aren't the tightest of bros.
 
Yams

Yams

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,844
CyclonatorZ said:
I just don't understand what the fuck happened with Tom King. For the first few years of his career as a comic book writer, he had the midas touch. Everything he wrote was solid gold. And he's still apparently doing fantastic work on Miracleman. But his batman comics have completely jumped the shark, and he also penned an extremely shitty Bendis-tier event comic that undid all the good-will DC: Rebirth earned early on.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

some people aren't good with certain characters
 

Deleted member 12790

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
24,537
I liked the part in the Injustice comic, not in that frame, when Superman confirms it, and batman smiles.
 
thetrin

thetrin

Member
Oct 26, 2017
7,651
Atlanta, GA
BvS was an exercise in futility. We should've gotten a World's Finest movie instead, where the two work together the entire movie, and are already bros.

CyclonatorZ said:
I just don't understand what the fuck happened with Tom King. For the first few years of his career as a comic book writer, he had the midas touch. Everything he wrote was solid gold. And he's still apparently doing fantastic work on Miracleman. But his batman comics have completely jumped the shark, and he also penned an extremely shitty Bendis-tier event comic that undid all the good-will DC: Rebirth earned early on.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Tom King writes the same general theme over and over again: the real effects of a neverending war, dealing with PTSD, and the impossibility of keeping a normal life from falling apart in the wake of that PTSD. Turns out, that doesn't work for every character, and every story.
 
ViewtifulJC

ViewtifulJC

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
21,020
I never bought the idea that they were really good friends. Their team up comics seem more commercially driven then having two guys from totally different kinds of worlds being BFF

I see them more as strong co-workers. They respect each other and work together well, but I don't think they'd hang out on weekends.
 
Weiss

Weiss

User requested ban
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
64,265
CyclonatorZ said:
I just don't understand what the fuck happened with Tom King. For the first few years of his career as a comic book writer, he had the midas touch. Everything he wrote was solid gold. And he's still apparently doing fantastic work on Miracleman. But his batman comics have completely jumped the shark, and he also penned an extremely shitty Bendis-tier event comic that undid all the good-will DC: Rebirth earned early on.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

To be fair he was under a lot of editorial duress. Like I think he was straight up forced to use Booster Gold, Harley Quinn and Wally West as his leads, and I know he wanted to write about a mental health retreat for superheroes instead of a murder mystery.
 
TheGreatDirector

TheGreatDirector

Member
Oct 26, 2017
11,039
Einchy said:
Tom King wrote the best Bat and Supes friendship story.

XaWjv9q.jpg
BCmFydN.jpg
V7jpzI2.jpg
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Teenage Fansub said:
You can't leave out THAT page (Bruce/Selina and Clark/Lois are going on a double date to a 'dress up as a superhero' carnival night dressed in each other's costumes, if that wasn't clear)
fQRW2Hx.jpg


Also love this one with Lois and Selina meeting beforehand.
nVxL6fe.jpg


This is the trade you want, y'all.

Amazon.com: Batman Vol. 5: Rules of Engagement (Rebirth) (Batman: Dc Universe Rebirth, 5): 9781401277314: King, Tom, Jones, Joëlle: Books

Amazon.com: Batman Vol. 5: Rules of Engagement (Rebirth) (Batman: Dc Universe Rebirth, 5): 9781401277314: King, Tom, Jones, Joëlle: Books
www.amazon.com
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Lol these are pretty good.
 
KtotheRoc

KtotheRoc

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 27, 2017
56,645
ViewtifulJC said:
I never bought the idea that they were really good friends. Their team up comics seem more commercially driven then having two guys from totally different kinds of worlds being BFF

I see them more as strong co-workers. They respect each other and work together well, but I don't think they'd hang out on weekends.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

I get that vibe more from Spider-Man and Wolverine when Marvel teams them up. Sometimes you'll see Marvel try to present them as best buddies, but it never really feels right to me.

With Batman and Superman, I think they do need Wonder Woman thrown in to really work. They start off as begrudging allies, but Batman and Superman do work well together. I really do think they need Diana there to keep them in line.
 
amoy

amoy

Member
Oct 28, 2017
1,230
That was my best friend and you just killed him!

And something something hand and glove.

World's Finest was cool, BvS could have lifted ideas from there.
 
grand

grand

Member
Oct 25, 2017
24,973
The Justice League cartoons portrayed it best. They grew up as complete opposites but their common goal for the good of humanity made them respect each other & develop an everlastingly friendship.
 
NeonZ

NeonZ

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 28, 2017
9,377
CyclonatorZ said:
I just don't understand what the fuck happened with Tom King. For the first few years of his career as a comic book writer, he had the midas touch. Everything he wrote was solid gold. And he's still apparently doing fantastic work on Miracleman. But his batman comics have completely jumped the shark, and he also penned an extremely shitty Bendis-tier event comic that undid all the good-will DC: Rebirth earned early on.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

In a post-DC interview, Didio outright said that he regretted some aspects of Rebirth and thought it went too far in attempting to bring things to how they were before, which were problematic and led to the reboot in the first place.That easily explains Heroes in Crisis. Undermining Rebirth was editorial's overall goal. Although, yeah, King's Batman somehow just didn't work even on its own.
 

JDSN

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
5,129
Glad someone already posted the King issue, it's also the only time where his need to show another character as a shorts of mirror of Batman work.

Batman-Superman-Double-Date.jpg


dude really loves that device.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.