This alternate universe Thomas Wayne is basically a very brutal Batman who also uses firearms and is willing to drop people.
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In Batman #77 ex-CIA mastermind Tom King kills a major DC character, and things will never be the same again. Unrelated: anyone wanna buy a bridge?
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It's...not really convoluted at all.
In the reality this Thomas is from, Bruce died in front of him, which drove him to become batman. In the same way that there are a billion different spider people that somehow got bit by the spider and became spiderman in marvel. There's even a great movie about it called Spiderverse, lol.
Oh please this won't take a reboot to get undone
Honestly it great
I wish more batbooks was as fun as that book
I agree. I would also say Tom King's cold writing coupled with fun superhero mundanity has been a better fit for Superman in the little I've read where he's writing the character.
I would probably be more interested in both books if Bendis and King swapped seats.
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Wait, nevermind.
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Really? Been a good while since I read it. But, I thought it was super short. Granted, I read a bunch of issues at once when new trades come out, not monthly.
King's Batman run is one of the reasons I stopped reading weekly comics. Batman is one of my favorites, and Tom King has written some fantastic books! What could wrong? I tried so hard but couldn't take it anymore after all the meandering and repetition. Think I called it quits after the initial Bane confrontation in his run. Honestly surprised it's still going.
As a huge Stephanie Brown fan; this shit just gave me massive anxiety. Like, don't do her dirty again. Hahaha
Otherwise, i'm sure this one will stick, right??/
Otherwise, i'm sure this one will stick, right??/
overall I'm not a Bendis fan but I have to admit Batman Universe is a great book. Derington is a great artist.
Tell me more about this bridge...
Hopefully this wasn't the real Alfred. If it was, then maybe we'll get enraged Batman, but will that anger be directed at Thomas or Damian? Either way, they better bring back Alfred.
Also, does this mean they'll be ending Catwoman's solo book? Kinda hope so.
Hopefully this wasn't the real Alfred. If it was, then maybe we'll get enraged Batman, but will that anger be directed at Thomas or Damian? Either way, they better bring back Alfred.
Also, does this mean they'll be ending Catwoman's solo book? Kinda hope so.
DC already killed Stephanie when they rebooted and ended Bryan Q Miller's run.
Who cares about Alfred. He's not even the good Alfred.
AKA the best Batman run ever
Who cares about Alfred. He's not even the good Alfred.
AKA the best Batman run ever
Yeah, I think it was the straw that broke the camel's damn back for many.
Broke their damn back.
Their damn back.
Damn back.
Broke their damn back
I have enjoyed all of the run. Bane taking over the city, actually doing it to piss off batman, Thomas being taken from his universe because of Doctor Manhattan is great to me.
I enjoy it all, and while this probably won't stick, the whole point of bane this run is to break batman, took his love, took his city, now taking his family. With how batman is usually written as a demi god who can do no wrong, these issues have really written him to be a guy just on the edge.
I enjoy it all, and while this probably won't stick, the whole point of bane this run is to break batman, took his love, took his city, now taking his family. With how batman is usually written as a demi god who can do no wrong, these issues have really written him to be a guy just on the edge.
God, that Morrison run was fucking something else. I really loved RIP, BnR and Return of Bruce Wayne.
It was until it all turned out to just be stringing a wedding along that didn't even happen people got pissed and he immediately tried to string them along again by "maybe it will happen 50 issues from now.
Batman book became a PoS and he freaking destroyed Wally West, dude is absolute garbage.
Yeah I love this version of Batman. He starts out broken in issue 1, and he is put through a meat grinder for 70 issues.
The ultra competent trick up his sleeve Batman is boring, glad to see such a long series that explores his broken psyche.
Some people just suck at long form storytelling. King is kinda being up his own ass and doesn't understand what makes Batman comics Batman comics
And yet manchildren still point to representation as the reason comics are on the way out. *sigh*
I've loved this run. Some of my favorite Batman moments.
Snyder's run was better, but King has had some amazing shit. I think it's helped that I waited until I had like...60 issues or so, so the repetition or "stringing along" didn't feel so bad to me.
The Date issues with Lois/Selena/Supes/Bats is one of my favorite comics ever. Iuno, I just dig the way King writes.
Snyder's run was better, but King has had some amazing shit. I think it's helped that I waited until I had like...60 issues or so, so the repetition or "stringing along" didn't feel so bad to me.
The Date issues with Lois/Selena/Supes/Bats is one of my favorite comics ever. Iuno, I just dig the way King writes.
I don't read DC regularly, so hearing about this kinda shit always gives me the impression that The Vision was a fluke. I'm probably wrong though.
When you got a lazarus pit that can bring back the dead you read this and think how many months?
Omega Men and Mister Miracle are both legitimately good. I have no idea what's going on here
Well there is Mister Miracle in more recent times, another 12 issues run from him that is critically acclaimed. Maybe he needs to stick to these kind of runs or such lol. He is working on another one that is about Adam Strange.
No it's really his Batman and Heroes in Crisis that hasn't been gotten huge praise
Everything else he did has gotten acclaimed and love if anything those two are flukes
Okay yeah I've heard so much praise for Omega Men and Mister Miracle. I need to actually get around to them!
I still want to read this Batman run eventually but I'll be weary for the latter half...
I still want to read this Batman run eventually but I'll be weary for the latter half...
