Batman: The Brave and the Bold

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Batman is crazy for thinking he can help the Joker, and while Joker’s rationale is insane, he at least recognizes the futility. but a series of missteps have made many comics feel more like a repetition of other soft relaunches, like Infinite Frontier and DCUniverse. There might be some truth to that, but King’s story only has 3 parts and all of the first five covers feature Joker. Kevin Michael Richardson – Black Manta, B'wana Beast, General Steppenwolf, Detective Chimp, Lex Luthor, Despero, Blockbuster, Monsieur Mallah, Starro (in "The Siege of Starro" Pt. Throughout the story, Batman’s actions are often framed as delusional to the point of being comedic.

The theme essentially boils down to the same thing you’d hear any parent say: “I remember when they were young and now they’re grown”. This was released for Free Comic Book Day of 2011 and contained an exclusive story "Let Me Tell You About Bruce Wayne".The new creative output itself has been fine, many just feel like DC dropped the ball on some golden opportunities. In a vacuum, Some of the text could be read as sincere, and work similarly to Taylor’s story I mentioned earlier.

The show launched a video game, two tie-in comics for a combined 38 issues, and a pretty great Scooby-Doo team-up movie. A Blu-ray set for the first season was released manufacture-on-demand on November 5, 2013, via Warner Archive. If there’s anything worse than using an anthology story as a promotion for a different series, it’s using one as a tie-in for some big event. This new take was inspired by the early Haney stories where any grouping of heroes could be seen working together, but with a modern twist—it would all be a continuous story, with one super team-up passing their baton to the next in each issue. Ignoring the fact that Bane also broke Batman’s mind, (it was sort of a big part of the plot of Knightfall) having the person who “broke his mind” doesn’t mean much in what appears to be a street brawl that somehow “destroyed Gotham”.I don't want to read dialogue where every sentence has a slur in it that I have to create in my head to fit the context of the rest of the sentence. We will not refund ratios (IE 1:10, 1:15, 1:20, 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, 1:200, 1:500 or any other type of ratio) for any reason. To be sure, this is a lighter incarnation, but it's certainly no less valid and true to the character's roots than the tortured avenger crying out for mommy and daddy.

I’ve said before that this story is for those who want to see gorillas battling aliens with lasers, and that still holds true. You have your classic tale from King and Gerards, your Bat-adjacent story with Ravager and the new Stormwatch from Brisson and Spokes, his best friend Superman's story from Cantwell and Rodrguez, and an exciting alternate Batman from Mora.You get Mitch Gerads's filtered-photograph art, a grim, miserable atmosphere, dead kids, and Batman making morally uncharacteristic choices. Coming off the spectacular success of Batman - One Bad Day: The Riddler, the Eisner Award-winning team of Tom King and Mitch Gerads reunite for a horrifying four-part retelling of the first bloody clash between The Joker and the Batman.

Everything you need to know about Dawn of DC — which books are part of the relaunch, when they’re coming out, and more — can be found right here. though this episode centers around Kid Flash and Jay Garrick) while Hal appeared in the first-season episode "The Eyes of Despero!The publisher teased, "Throughout DC’s history, The Brave and The Bold has been the launching pad for some of DC’s most beloved and enduring characters and teams, including The Suicide Squad, Justice League of America, Metamorpho, The Element Man, Teen Titans and more. Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a celebration of DC's history, both in the style and quality of storytelling. It’s like if Neil Gaiman’s famous story “The Gentleman’s Gentleman’s Tale” from Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Announced as part of the " Dawn of DC" publishing initiative, Batman: The Brave the Bold is relaunching in May 2023.