Personally I would love a comic series that has Batman fighting against iconic horror characters or have Batman crossover with HBO tv shows such The Oz, The Wire, or The Sopranos.

Jack nicholsons Joker portrayal is more accurate to the concept of the joker than any of the versions hamill has voiced have been.

Yes, hammills voice is the definitive joker voice, but voice is ultimately secondary to portrayal. If you imagined nicholsons Joker with Hammills voice, he would EASILY be considered the most definitive joker no question.

The reason is because Nicholsons Joker is actually a "joker"-- he's a guy who thinks reality is an actual joke and has no care for anything anymore.

The Arkham Joker is way too philosophical and faux-deep, like Ledgers joker. He's sort of just a comic book skin of Ledgers joker. He doesn't want to have fun and amuse himself to forget life's cruelty. He doesn't just want to play with Batman, and make Batman lose sense of meaning. He wants to corrupt batman and make him evil, for some reason, even though he's supposed to be a true nihilist.

There's only 1 (albeit major) way that Nicholsons Joker fails in comparison to hammills versions-- his relationship to batman. In 1989 joker has no particular love for fighting batman like hammills jokers. He just considers batman a random enemy. But I think in terms of getting the joker right conceptually, it is better to be missing something than to add something that doesn't fit (like Arkham Jokers political/philosophical style)

Finally, of course the thing people get caught up on with 1989 joker is, his backstory. He kills Bruce's parents which is a dumb addition but this is beside the moment-to-moment portrayal of him and you can easily just ignore it. This is why I said nicholson is the most CONCEPT ACCURATE joker not comic accurate, because as we know the joker of the modern comics is a complete psychopath who cuts off his face, etc. And has little to do with jokes. 1989 joker is the most accurate adaptation of the overall concept of the joker as a guy who decides to just stop caring and have fun with life in a quasi-suicidal fashion by committing crimes and facing off with his friend batman. Etc.

The one which was circulating here where Batman's face gets smashed to pavement ( or dry wall) and then he fights ww with a magic suit or something and then it was all a dream?

Why did the creators give them all black hair? Most of them have blue eyes, too. Wouldn’t it be smarter to differentiate them a bit more?

I keep looking at what Ed Brubaker vol 1+2 collect as well as the Murderer and Fugutive storylines (both new and old) collective and its frustrating how much the volumes overlap while at the same time Batman #575 and #581 remain uncollected. How did you all go about collecting these issues?

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I’m not sure if this is appropriate for the sub, or if there’s any resources already available that i’m missing out on. i don’t know anyone who’s into DC.

batman has been a passive interest for a while, but i really want to get into all the lore and understand the canon. it’s borderline impossible to know where to start- there’s so many alternate universes and endings and different media. it would be great if someone could help me out!! thank you :)

I’m looking to buy the knightfall omnibuses, but I don’t know which to buy. There’s this one: https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knightfall-Omnibus-Chuck-Dixon/dp/1779523408 Then there’s this one: https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knightfall-Vol-Doug-Moench/dp/1401233791 Why is the first one about 300 pages longer? Does it include more of anything? Both of them also have two other volumes, but of course with the cheaper/shorter one the volumes after it are also cheaper/shorter. Can anybody help me out?

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I’ve always thought that Bane is ridiculously boring and tedious as a villain. Beating him almost always happens one of two ways: either his venom line gets cut or disconnected; or the controls get damaged or overloaded and burns his body out. So why waste time fighting him? Just go for the venom and get it over with.

I'm watching The Dark Knight Rises for the first time, and when Bruce is fired from Wayne Enterprises and is ousted from the company, it looks like he had planned for that. Did he?

Been loving these movies so far, too, by the way.

And here are my thoughts on the first two episodes.

HOLY FIVE STARS, BATMAN! This show is amazing! Always a treat to hear Kevin Conroy’s voice and the animation is beautiful. Really the only thing I don’t like is the intro, and not even the music, just the visuals. But modern streaming means I can skip it and like I said, this show is already peak.

But holy heck, Terry killed two guys!

Okay, I know Derek Powers survived, but as far as Terry knows, he just dumped a butt-ton of nerve gas on the guy. And Mr. Fixx definitely drowned. And Bruce was just okay with that? Alright maybe Mr. Fixx wasn’t Terry’s fault, but still, two casualties on the first night is not a good start, Terry.

Jokes aside, this show is appropriately dark for the DCAU and Terry’s a likable, relatable character. Love Bruce and Ace, can’t wait to see how Terry’s brother develops, and what other villains we see.

Wouldn’t the World’s Greatest Detective figure out that the dogma of the Filioque and Papacy of Rome are false teachings and innovations made by the RC post-shism 1054? I know it’s fiction, but Batman would figure this out.