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« Reply #40 on: 05:02 PM | Thursday, February 28, 2013 » |
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We talked about this on the show last night, NO ONE should be upset that Damian is dead. NO ONE.
1) It's comics -- very few people ever stay dead in comics no matter how they die
2) It's Damian Wayne, son of Talia Al'Ghul, grandson of Rhas Al'Ghul -- I mean people, is there not a cleaner character in comics to have come back if/when a writer wants him!?!??!
you don't know how happy it makes me seeing you as a former Batman neophyte no less than 5 years ago throing out facts about the Al'Ghul family, it warms the heart. |
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« Reply #41 on: 05:02 PM | Thursday, February 28, 2013 » |
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I've said before how little Morrison's Batman did for me in his initial run. But I'm thinking I should give his post R.I.P. stuff a go. I think he had a better stable of artists during this stretch, which should be a good window into Grant's Bat-work.
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« Reply #42 on: 06:02 PM | Thursday, February 28, 2013 » |
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Fantastic issue.
As other people have said it was fitting that Dick was there at the end. Loved the callbacks in the fight scene to the Morrison & Quitely's Batman And Robin issues.
Don't know where Morrison is going go with the remaining 4 issues of his run. To be honest I'm not that fussed about whether he comes back or not. He's a popular character associated with DC's most lucrative property so even if Morrison leaves him definitely, permanently, irrevocably dead he will be back someday. It's the nature of the beast, and we all know what issue number of Batman had Damian's first future appearance in...
Ultimately he is a tool, like any fictional character used to tell a story and I'm o.k. with him not been around anymore if he's served his purpose. He died a hero's death, protecting one single person that he wasn't even aware of five minutes earlier and to quote Doctor Who, we're all stories in the end, just make it a good one eh?
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« Reply #43 on: 05:03 PM | Friday, March 01, 2013 » |
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Finally got to read the issue last night and i thought it was fantastic. It was the first time i got emotional reading anything book or comic in a long time and it was kind of the final wake up call to me that Grant's run (which has been my favorite ongoing serial since 2006) is going to be over in 4 issues. The meta side of it reminded me a bit of Grant last 2 arcs on New X-Men, just about that bittersweet nature of cyclical storytelling in big 2 superhero books.
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« Reply #44 on: 09:03 PM | Friday, March 01, 2013 » |
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folks go read Batman 666 from a few years ago, asap
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« Reply #45 on: 09:03 PM | Friday, March 01, 2013 » |
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folks go read Batman 666 from a few years ago, asap
At this point I'm thinking that's the Other clone. |
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« Reply #46 on: 02:03 AM | Saturday, March 02, 2013 » |
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Loved the scene between Dick and Damien. I really wish those two had more time together as a team. Even when Dick moved back to Nightwing, a Dick and Damien team book would have rocked.
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« Reply #47 on: 08:03 AM | Saturday, March 02, 2013 » |
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I reread Batman 666. I don't see how it can be the clone since that Batman said he promised his dad that he would not kill and that was Damian's promise. Plus, the Batman has a pet cat named Alfred, who was introduced in present time in Batman Incorporated. Besides that, everything was there.
I did some reseach and totally forgot that Morrison's Leviathan (including the kid army) was introduced in Seven Soldiers Klarion mini-series. Wow.
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« Reply #48 on: 09:03 AM | Saturday, March 02, 2013 » |
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I reread Batman 666. I don't see how it can be the clone since that Batman said he promised his dad that he would not kill and that was Damian's promise. Plus, the Batman has a pet cat named Alfred, who was introduced in present time in Batman Incorporated. Besides that, everything was there.
I think that is Damian, and the one he kills in that issue is the bigger Clone. In the flashback panel when Bruce supposedly dies, he is pint sized robin again. He also says something about making a deal to protect Gotham, to get his Soul back. It all connects. |
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« Reply #49 on: 10:03 AM | Saturday, March 02, 2013 » |
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I think that is Damian, and the one he kills in that issue is the bigger Clone. In the flashback panel when Bruce supposedly dies, he is pint sized robin again. He also says something about making a deal to protect Gotham, to get his Soul back. It all connects.
That is what I am thinking as well. |
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« Reply #50 on: 02:04 AM | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 » |
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The last page of #10 was such a FUCK YEAH! moment.  |
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« Reply #51 on: 07:04 PM | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 » |
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Seriously guys, I hardly ever vocalize when I read, even something I love. But when I turned to that last page I flipped out and kept alternating between "aw shit!" and "YEAH!" I know it's way early, but it's definitely a scene to keep in mind come Eleven O'Closcars time.
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« Reply #52 on: 07:04 PM | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 » |
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Seriously guys, I hardly ever vocalize when I read, even something I love. But when I turned to that last page I flipped out and kept alternating between "aw shit!" and "YEAH!" I know it's way early, but it's definitely a scene to keep in mind come Eleven O'Closcars time.
I agree. I completely forgot about the WTF cover, because I got lost in the comic, and when that scene came, coupled with the narration, it just felt so damn good and exciting, and a lot less cheesy than the cover implied. I wore a grin long after I bagged and boarded the comic and stuffed it in my short box. |
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« Reply #53 on: 08:04 PM | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 » |
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I really wish they hadn't told me that was coming on the cover.
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If I was a butterfly I would fly you to the moons. Thank you Grant Morrison. The boycott is lifted.
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