Batman #26 Storytime

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Pardon the wait.

Just finishing up business elsewhere...

>>93654322

KING'S RUN IS GARBAGE AND ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS A NEWFAGGOT WHO HASN'T READ A LOT OF BATMAN AND THEIR OPINION SHOULD BE DISREGARD INSTANTLY.

>>93655486
Time for bed, kiddo.

>>93655425
>Elocution
What's that?

>>93655464

>King beating everyone to the 69

son of a bitch.

>>93655501
>Expert breaks down in existential dread during the intreview.
Shit this book is fantastic

>>93655539
>gay henchman
RIP Big Gun

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Thanks for reading.
Support your local comic shop.

Hey, it's that 37 panel page mentioned a while back.
https://twitter.com/TomKingTK/status/864857832470052864

>>93655486
>SNYDER'S RUN IS GARBAGE AND ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS A NEWFAGGOT WHO HASN'T READ A LOT OF BATMAN AND THEIR OPINION SHOULD BE DISREGARD INSTANTLY.
>MORRISON'S RUN IS GARBAGE AND ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS A NEWFAGGOT WHO HASN'T READ A LOT OF BATMAN AND THEIR OPINION SHOULD BE DISREGARD INSTANTLY.
History repeats itself

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elocution
n. The art of public speaking in which gesture, vocal production, and delivery are emphasized.
n. A style or manner of speaking, especially in public.

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Green Lanterns: >>93655596
Injustice: >>93637704
Prez/Flintstones: >>93651270 >>93654322

>>93655501
>>93655567
I think I like these pages the best because it put in words how I feel it would be like living ing a world populated by Supervillains and Superheroes.

>>93655576
So, is this King's version of zero year?

>>93655567
>>93655576
Riddler's team is clearly better.

>>93655627
Yep. Like how "I am Bane" was pretty much Death of the family.

Thinking about it, King has been coping Snyder's run.

>>93655599
Both of the runs are honestly garbage.

Though, casuals aren't liking King's run either.

>>93655507
Is that hook nosed Danny Devito looking fella with the umbrella Penguin?

>>93655567
>>93655576
Besides freeze and grundy Joker's team would get wrecked.

>>93655693
I thought the same but further down hes a henchmen given a name.

>>93655672
Morrison's is one of the best in the character's history

>>93655672
How the fuck is I Am Bane like Death of the Family? That's a bit of a stretch, lad.

>>93655567
Yeah, I like Riddler's team way better.
Killer Croc, Clayface, Deathstroke, Poison Ivy, etc. Zsaz is really the only person I straight up don't care about.
The only villain I care about on Joker's side is Man Bat.

>>93655714
Oh please, I have read Morrison's so called epic Batman story because of /co/ hyping it and I end up rolling my eyes at the pretentious writing.

It was seriously overrated.

>>93655501
is the second last panel meant to be visual reference to the time when Joker was wearing his own severed face stretched across his skull?

>>93655567
When will Scarecrow get his fucking hat back?

>>93655425
Thanks for the storytime!

>>93655714
It might be in the top 5, don't know honestly.
>>93655775
>pretentious
How is it pretentious?

>>93655501
It's always a tragedy to see a sad clown.

>>93655775
Then what Batman run do you actually like, anon?

>>93655583
Batman is so gay 20 17.

>>93655533
holy shit he stole that from my 11th grade teacher

>>93655865
How did you only learn that in 11th grade? That's an elementary school thing here.

>>93655599
Though, to be fair King focuses to much on giving meaning to catchphrases and randomly generates names that don't give any weight to the victim. One would think that any member of the Falcone family, no matter how removed or unrelated to the criminal family, would make the Falcones involved.

>>93655514
It refers to speech

>>93655719
Bane beats up the Bat Family same as how Joker kidnaps them. But yeah, other than the Main Villain using his colleagues to get to him there's not much similarities.

>>93655775
Batman is an inherently pretentious character and is not suited for low-brow stories at all

>>93655514
Google is your friend.

>>93655539
Would these mobster be okay with a gay dude? Aren't mobsters big on machismo?

>>93656011
What's more macho than fucking a guy?

>>93655501
I missed some parts. What happened to the Joker? Why he's so sad and angry?

>>93656011
I'm more wondering how the hell they were married if this is the start of Year 2, meaning its like eighteen years prior to the present

>>93655521
Dick Sprang is also the name of a Golden Age Batman artist

>>93655425
that is a nice cover

>>93655462
that's not bad either

>>93655567
I can't get over how shittily drawn that hat is.

Batman 026 (2017) (webrip) (The Last Kryptonian-DCP).cbr
http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/nUt9CNj0/file.html

>>93655539
an axe batman? seriously

>>93655501
Sure it's poser, but who could hate Janin's art? He makes it work so well.

I liked this issue.
I'm kinda surprised with all the emphasis on the personal lives of Joker and Riddler's victims.

>>93656101
>but who could hate Janin's art?
People with some semblance of good taste.

>>93655775
>>93655672
>>93655486

You sound so fake.

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Tbh I haven't felt a tingle like this reading a Batman comic since Snyder's run

Hope it stays

>>93655486
Thankyou for outting yourself as a newfag who only reads snyder batman.

>>93655501
Joker is using already the gas and he's white so whatever Bruce did and what Riddle was talking about at present wasn't that matter of throwing Joker into the tank I guess the theory of batman gassed Riddle died too.

>>93655464
So the taxi driver doesn't think it's weird at all that a guy that looks and dresses exactly like the Joker is in his cab?

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>>93655479
Nice callback.

>>93656042
Apparently Batman had already formed the Justice League by this point

>>93655576
I feel like Deathsroke and Clayface could take most of them down (especially Slade). Unless Mad Hatter has a card up his sleeve (hee).

Also it's weird that Scarecrow >>93655567 is on Riddler's side. His fear thing seems more chaotic for the Riddler who's suppose to be all about Order. I would have though he'd be on the Joker's side (til he tried to betray him like in knightfall).

Is there a single good batman run or is it all trash?

>>93655490
>>93655495
OK, I can understand the Riddler killing cops, but the Riddler killing a doctor that presumably saved his life is just too much. They're making him way too "edgy".

>>93656160
I don't understand, It seems people don't believe Joker is weird. Green hair and white skin and you know, his body count

>>93655583
>Kite Man
Is this some fucking inside joke I'm not getting? I've seen the dude popping up every now and again usually as a punch line or gag villain, what is his deal? Why's this dude been getting so much ink?

>>93656167
but what was the purpose here with Riddle.

>>93655507
So, why did Carmine never have the Joker killed?

>>93656194

Mostly a running gag, but King is planning on explaining more about him later.

>>93656194
It is a meme that both King and reddit think it is "so funny".

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>>93656201
>>93656167

King is implying he wants Jack Nicholson to play the Riddler or Jim Carrey as the Joker

Jokes and riddles are different sides of the same coin or some deep shit

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>>93656181
>Also it's weird that Scarecrow is on Riddler's side. His fear thing seems more chaotic for the Riddler who's suppose to be all about Order

This. I really wanted him to be on Joker's side.

>>93655546
>>93655554
Fucking plot armor, how did Joker shoot all of those guys before they could shoot him?

>>93655576
>Fucking Cluemaster
Pack it up, Riddler's finished.

>>93656210
What hit man would take on the Joker?

>>93656247
Literally Hit Man.

>>93656181
>>93656225
This.
Joker and Scarecrow are a much better match than Scarecrow and the fucking Riddler.

>>93655567
What the fuck is Zsasz doing picking sides? Why would anyone even want him on their side? And if he really wanted to pick a side, why would he join Riddler and not Joker?

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>>93656246

Don't mock Cluemaster, man. Remember Batman Eternal.

>>93655567
>>93655576
Where's Penguin?

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>>93655576
>>93655567
>Scarecrow and Hatter not on the same side
D R O P P E D

>>93656298
Ivy is also missing from Eddie's side.

>>93656306
They'll apparently be fighting each other.

>>93655576
>>93655567
I think people are underestimating Joker's team.

Grundy can fight Superman, Deadshot is a better marksman than Deathstroke and almost all of Riddler's guys are weak to being shot in the face, Freeze is smart and is well suited to dealing with Ivy and Clayface.

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>>93656318
I'm looking forward to that.

>>93656318
>>93656329
I'd rather seen them team up and combine their powers and intelligence. Oh well.

>>93655583
Why the fuck is he posing? Is that a mother fucking JoJo's reference? Seriously why is King's Batman so robotic? It's almost to the point he comes off as autistic and sociopathic. Otherwise pretty stellar issue.

>>93656329
Ventriloquist beating Two-Face makes me laugh. Dissociative Identity Disorder vs Dissociative Identity Disorder

Man-Bat is so dead

>>93655462
Great cover.

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>>93656147
>he said while defending King's Batman

>>93655539
>married to a guy
what year is this set in??

>>93656402
Year 2.

>>93655490
>Riddler is edgy nihilist cutter
God damnit King, tone it the fuck down.

>>93656402
Maybe Batman recognizes civil unions or purely ceremonial marriages with no legal standing.

Or they got married in Canada

>>93655627
its meant to be a kind of sequel i think

>>93655462
Fucking great cover.

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NEXT
Davide Gianfelice (The Flash) fills in for Mikel Janin.

>tfw fell hard for the King is good meme

>>93656011
They might not have know, which could be why his husband "shot himself" two weeks later.

>>93656584
I think it might be Clay Mann.

>>93655554
>Carmine's mother...she lives in Metropolis
Why are you snitching?

>>93656651
Are you slow?

>>93655425
Im really not getting this saga.

>>93656631
King said that there are only two issues in this arc that are not drawn by Janin; the next issue is one of them. The Clay Mann interludes are coming next month and the next.
Sauce: https://twitter.com/TomKingTK/status/879816318769393665

>>93656042
Well not exactly, Rebirth still has New 52 has a starting point. Justice League formed Batman's Year 2 since Zero Year is the new Year One. So it's closer to 8 years ago.

>>93655546

>two fucking guys pointing their guns at joker
>Somehow the joker is able to kill both before getting shot himself.

So now joker is has god-tier marksman skills? Like seriously, he'd be able to make a living off of just doing god-like marksman shit.

>>93656706
>had to lead a gang for X amount of time and was shown to be pretty competent at it
>has been dealing with Batman for at least a year

It's not like he's lacked practice.

>>93655472
>at Sheldon and Moldoff
>not Bob and Kane
Based

>>93655554
>>93655546
>joker demands riddler dead in 1 hour
>manages to get inside some mafia dude's mansion
>manages to pull ALL the teeth out of someone
>someone who's 3 hours away from his current location
>he did this in under 1 hour
And people say joker is such a great villain

>>93656287
Didn't he die right after his triumph?

>>93656839
Joker could have kidnapped or attacked her before he called Falcone.

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>>93656855

Yep!

>>93656839
Come on. You are why people call King haters stupid.

>>93656413
So when we say year 2 are saying one or two years after zero year?

>>93656860
You know I think it'd be great if Tommy Jr. actually tried doing something that didn't end with some giant crossover or pointlessly long bullshit

While the writing itself isn't total garbage, I really dislike this Riddler.

>>93656863
Its stupid, anon.
>shot 4 guys who had their guns pointed at him
its becuz he's such a god of randomness, amirite?

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>>93656882

>>93656903
>i know if i retype a different thing from what people were calling me dumb for nobody will know my first complaint was stupid
You sure pulled a fast one on me.

>>93655507
>Penguin being Carmine's umbrella boy

Nice.

>>93656949
>commenting before you've even finished the comic

>>93655533
>>93655539
Babyface is the name of a Batman villain, a gangster that literally has the face of a baby.

>>93655546
What if Falcone did kill the Riddler?

>"Oh well, I just happened to take your mom's teeth anyway, lolsorandom"

>>93656039
Because he's realised that his cycle of violence with Batman is predictable and therefore not funny. He makes a plot, Batman stops him.

>>93656926
Good thing I wasnt replacing but adding

When will this joker god shit end already

>>93656178
>>93656042
8 years, not 18.

Though AFAIK gays marrying was still illegal at that point? no idea what state they are in.

>>93657085
2003 was when gay marriage started.

>>93655425
This is only a filler story, right?

>>93657093
Jesus I feel old now.

but thinking about it, I think its more like 15-18 years ago. Jon is 10 years old, so Clark and Lois would married around 12-13 years ago, when they were both in their early 20s. 22 IIRC.

>>93655490
CRAAAWLIIIIIIIING IN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIN

>>93657104
Yes, till the METAL starts.

>>93656882
Considering Prime Earth Bruce is also a Thomas Jr. himself, I doubt Linc was really his brother.

>>93656011
Nothing's more macho than gay sex. You win sex against a man.

>>93657111
>>93657093
And in a few years they'll have to change Batwoman's origin once "Don't Ask Don't Tell" is too far in the past.

>>93655567
Now that Riddler has red hair and sideburns, his green outfit *really* makes him look like a leprechaun.

>>93657247
>seamus o'ridley

>>93655490
>last issue
>people complain about Riddler becoming edgy like Zsasz
>defenders say that isn't true at all

>this issue
>literally starts carving shit into his skin

P O E T R Y
O
E
T
R
Y

>>93657306
Not to mention that Zsasz is on his team instead of Joker's.

>King writes pretty good meme story about Gotham and I'm suicide
>writes cool button crossover
>writes really great issue with Swamp thing
>and now this trash
What the fuck is this? I really want to like this "war", but, damn, they just turned Riddler into MUH EDGE and Joker into INVINCIBLE I CAN'T LAUGH LMAO SO RANDOM KILLING XD and literally nothing notable happens during two issues. When will we have actually decent Joker story again? New52 was pure trash. Now this.

>>93655533
This spread looks like absolute garbage. This 3d art shit needs to stop

>>93656160
This is set in the earlier days of Bruce's career. Joker isn't that famous yet.

Am I the only one who finds this art fucking disgusting

>>93657385
You're not alone. Poser-traced art is trash.

>>93655554
lol penguin calling joker on his bluff.

>>93655462
Where can I find this image without text? I need it

>>93657385
No, you are not the only tasteless faggot here.

>>93657455
king pls.

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>>93657441

>>93657477
You're a good man, anon. Thanks

>>93656839
it means he already killed the woman and took her teeth before calling the guy probably because he knew they would fail

>>93656860
>having the mask on his head and not on his face
but why

>>93655583
they got wayne brady

Why is this feels so....mediocre? I mean, it's Snyder-level tier shit.
>edgy Riddler
>blant Joker
>nothing happens

>>93657226
On the MCU side, Frank is already now an Afghan war vet and not Vietnam.

>>93656011
No, it'd have to be kept secret. There's a Sopranos arc where a mob boss has to wreck shit because his lieutenant founds out he licks pussy and mentions it at a golf game.

And, y'know, an arc where an enforcer comes out as gay and is immediately killed.

>>93656194
A nerd writer is having a favorite d-lister villain show up a lot.

Not exactly new or ground breaking my dude it's comics.

wasn't Bane's Conquest out today too?

Is Eddie banging Ivy or something? He looks handsome in this.

>>93657625
That Mayflowers bit showed that she was too absorbed in herself to actually get that the Riddler was punning despite the lead-up. I doubt she even thinks about it.
I doubt Edgelord Eddie is dumb enough to try/consider it.

>>93655472
Did he change consumes again, is that the BvS movie one?

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>>93657625
No. He's got his eyes set on Joker.

>>93655464
Ow the edge

>>93655567
>>93655576
Riddler has the Better team in terms of "danger", but I find myself liking Jokers team more, for some reason

>>93655495
Anyone else sick of the cliche of "dr being killed by the villain for doing a bad job under poor circumstances?" It's Probably just me

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Literally the whole reason this "war" even started was because Eddie wanted that clown ass but Joker had to go all tsundere about it and shoot him.

>>93657354

I'm still gonna give this story a chance since we're only 2 issues into it, but so far I'm just not really digging it. I liked King's previous works as well, but man, I am getting some mental indigestion from this.

I get that the Riddler is dangerous, but I don't think he should be this edgy. I thought the gist of the Riddler is that his riddles were a product of insanity, that he wanted to be the greatest riddler and would do anything he could to become that?

Instead, he's just more like an edgy guy who riddles all the time while slaughtering anyone who he feels like slaughtering. He doesn't seem to even care about just creating awe-inspiring riddles just to outsmart others. He's just mostly talking about riddles as he's killing people. He doesn't feel insane like he should.

And man, Joker's god modding has gotten a bit worse. Hell, at least when he was invincible, he was laughing while doing it. Now he can't laugh, and it's just like he's way too serious to even be called the Joker. I get that he's trying to laugh or some shit, but come on... I can actually kinda see where King is trying to get at with this being a unique situation wherein the Joker has a problem laughing, but the guy laughs at his own twisted jokes. It shouldn't be that much of a problem with him.

>>93657720
this is set in the past

>>93657720

It's set back in the day so his costume is the older one before Rebirth.

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>>93657556
This war is hell..
RIP Master of improv
You're choking bitches in heaven..

>>93656182
There's plenty. O'Neil, Englehart, Grant/Breyfogle, Dini, Morrison, plus a bunch of OGNs and minis

>>93655486
(You)

>>93655554
>woodpacker
heh

So, is this set in the past or not?

>>93658848
Set shortly after zero year

>>93655559
Quads tell us how to handle bitches.

Janin's 'art' is a crime against humanity.

>>93658985
I don't really get it. So is he using 3D models or something?

>>93655462
Well, now that Sale is finished here I guess I'll either drop it. You're my source now, Norrin. Thank you as always.

>>93659052
Janin uses 3D models and then traces over them. I don't hate it as like some people on /co/ but I can see why they wouldn't like it

>>93659079
Nigga, Middleton is so much fucking better than Sale.

>>93656210

Because there's always that terrible dread you fuck up and the Joker comes after you.

>>93656160
What are you going to do if the Joker gets in your cab? Deny him? Call the cops? That's just a more certain death.

>>93655507
Nice, same penthouse as Year One.

>>93656420
I mean if you have to have a huge scar on your stomach you might as well make it look thematically appropriate.

>>93656954
It is the Penguin. It's a bit confusing but the three names belong to the three henches who died.

>>93655583
I really wish Mikel Janin was not drawing this book. He's becoming a more powerful tracer than Greg Land. Also this colorist makes everything look even more robotic than it should.

>>93659356
I'm honestly more upset by the philosophy he's spewing than the whole cutting it up thing.

>>93659386
It's not philosophy. It's a classic riddle.

>>93656306
They hated each other in Long Halloween.

>>93656311

cause she's going to betray Riddle, curiously she's with Joker

>>93659110
In your opinion.

>>93659416
>a riddle can't be philosophical

>>93655533
>babycheeks
>>93655539
>babyface
what?

>>93659416
The riddle is just the medium to convey his thoughts, aka. the edgy answer.

>>93656402
pandering cause they are so inclusive and that SJW bullshit

King's Bane and Riddler are terrible. I don't mind sad Joker.

>>93659505
Sale was literally phoning it in, it's not an opinion that his art looked not great on covers.

>>93656706
that part was lame

>>93659104
Isn't this just basically rotoscoping then? Except instead of movie frames, it's 3D models. Though I think the definition is also for animation, not paneling so I guess maybe not.

>>93659537
Compared to peak Sale it is not as good. And I've personally said it since they blacked his joker and harley out (admittedly it would have looked silly half hidden under the logo.)

Compared to middleton I'd prefer sale with a blindfold using his left hand. Difference between us is, I don't present opinion as fact, faggot.

And it's my money. I'll spend the shit as I please.

>>93657533
then, why did he bother?

>>93657625
Interesting we'll see.

>>93659636
>I don't present opinion as fact, faggot.
Opinions are facts when they are objective, nigger. Sale is past his prime. But by all means flush your money down the toilet, I don't give a fuck.

>>93655507
The Penguin worked for Falcone?

>>93659698
>opinions are ever facts
yeah, we found the teenager.

>>93659698
also
>I don't give a fuck
>After clearly giving a fuck enough to tell me my subjective opinion is objectively wrong

I'm not a critic. This isn't an objective forum.

Leave, you fucking child.

>>93659614
>Isn't this just basically rotoscoping then?

Pretty much

>>93655425
Daily reminder that Batman finally raped the joker so hard, the Joker had no option but to rehabilitate himself and work for Batman inside the batcave.

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>>93659516
>Queer people didn't exist until present day

>>93659734
>he's still hiding behind the "opinions can only be subjective" meme in the year 2 thousand and 17
Pretty pathetic tbqh senpaitachi famalamborghini.

>>93659649
The Joker doesn't need a reason. He's the mother f*cking Joker.

>>93659759
>Ribbit spacing
You first.

>>93659614
Whatever is it, it's lazy and pathetic and not creating comic book art. The guy shouldn't be treated as a comic book artist.

>>93659855
isn't a thing faggot.

>>93659830
"I'm not a critic. This isn't an objective forum."

>>93659904
Fully agreed.

>>93656011
they would not be okay with it.

>>93658137
Not just you. It's fucking stupid.

>>93655486
>You must be 18 years old to post on this site

>>93655627
it's year two-ish I think he said at one point.

>>93660175
Who are you quoting?

>>93659836
yeah, now "he's crazy" is the excuse for everything...it has been like that for a while

>>93659815
"queer" people bullshit. The next step is the love between a man and the dog he wants to fuck, It'll be so queer.

This was the most atrocious shit I read in a while. Call me Snyder fag but he is the best writer out of morrison and king

>>93657120
Metal isn't crossing over the main Bat Book. There's already a checklist of its tie-ins

I liked it, but I feel like King needs figure out if he wants to tell this story as a flashback or as Bruce telling a story, cause right now it bounces back and forth a little.

>>93655490
Zsasz 2.0. Well done King, might as well just call it Zsasz vs Joker

>>93660514
though often Snyder is remaking Morrison, ideas by Morrison and his plots.

>>93660514
>Snyder better than Morrison

Alright it's time to shut down /co/. There's nothing left

>>93655627
No, this is like the Long Halloween is to Year One.

Oof the art Ooof
idk if its the colorist or the inker or the penciller but this is not what i consider comic-book art

its so unnatural

>>93655583
>entire story narrated by a shirtless Bruce Wayne
Getting Odyssey vibes here

>>93655517
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>>93655533

>tfw there will never be Riddler/Ivy couple

>>93655523
Christ this art is trash

>>93655546
>>93655554
>people actulaly thought those were his mom's teeth

>>93656584
God I want to fuck the Riddler so bad.

>>93661884

They are. We literally see her corpse later in the issue.

>>93660514
I hope you realize this is like saying Odell Beckham Jr is the best wide receiver ever because of one good catch in his rookie season.

>>93660990
it's 3d render "art". Some call it "poser".

I think we all agree nobody who does this should be employed but here we are.

>>93656839
Joker's been doing this shit since the 40s, the time limit's a literal reference to his announcing the time of death of his victims in his first story.

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>>93656680
Jesus , I always have to deal with people like this, listen in organized crime your never say nothing to anyone no matter what.

It doesn't matter what they claim or show you or have actually done, code of silence hangs above all else.

Even the Nolan movies understood this and they hardly focused on the crime families, when Bruce and Gordon know for a fact they're involved or behind something and try to make them slip they only ever say so much to retain plausible deniability. It's only with people they intend to kill or pit against others do they lapse and Batman and Two-Face still had to threaten and torture Maroni to get scraps of useful information.

Only someone writing the equivalent of a dilute horror story would make a member forget this one simple rule to crudely inform the audience how intimidating the threat is. There is no other reason to distill this information. Nobody in that room asked where Falcone's mother was, if she's dead Joker already knows if she isn't Joker doesn't, so Cobblepot is speaking hamhandedly to us, the audience.

And Falcone is right there listening to him squawk, so there should be no reason anyone after this trusts Penguin. He should be known as the guy who randomly starts gabbing about details. But he won't, because King will just ignore it, readers like you who gleefully hand wave a lack of internal consistency resulting in the degrade of characters like Joker will just ignore it. Until we get to a point where regardless of whether or not someone like Joker could already know something, Bruce will just walk up to him and tell him that he's Bat-OH WAIT!

Man King makes me feel retarded. I barely have any idea what's going on here. I thought this was a current story and had no idea it was a flashback until the last page.

I think edgy Riddler is hot thb

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>>93657455
>>93660990
>>93663012

ja

>>93659787
Why are you so obsessed with sexual violence?

>>93656839
What is it about this run that has people being so willfully retarded?

>>93656706
He's certainly more competent than a normal human. His brain works faster, super sanity and all that.

>>93663406
that's not on king. indefensible as his run is becoming. anybody who didn't know this was a flashback either hasn't been alive for the last month and/or didn't read the last issue.

>>93657477
I do love me a good waifubait variant cover.

>>93655462
this is amazing. Shame my LCS got hit with the late holiday delivery.

>>93666066
Current-cape fans, they never liked the stories, they just like one of the characters and references to old comics

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>>93656364
That's what happens when "artists" become lazy and actually think using Poser is a good idea for comic books. I miss the 80's

>>93655490
Is this 3d cg art?

>>93667374
yes. I'd appreciate if comic review sites started to call this garbage out. Saw King did a fucking interview with WaPo talking about this. Kinda wanted to just spam the social media posts demanding actual art.

>>93655554
so they're going to take that from Gotham, that's Penguin

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>>93667374

Yep, it most definitely is. It really becomes 100% clear when seeing this panel >>93655523

Whoever's drawing this needs to be fired.

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>>93669288
I mean that's just what Janin does. I'm glad he's not on Nightwing anymore

>>93655486
>KING'S RUN IS GARBAGE AND ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS A NEWFAGGOT WHO HASN'T READ A LOT OF BATMAN AND THEIR OPINION SHOULD BE DISREGARD INSTANTLY.

at least he's better than Snyder

Snyder at least wrote about Batman not about everything except him. The only time King did was in I am Suicide and we got the "I am dead inside" meme out of it

>>93656178

That's literally always been the case with Batman, even pre-Flashpoint. He meets Superman and joins the Justice League within his first year or so. Dick should be Robin at this point as well, but I have a feeling he just won't be mentioned.

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>>93669331
I actually enjoyed his work on Grayson. He does good layouts. But yeah, I admit the art on this Batman run has been really stiff and obviously traced.

>>93659104

He's not tracing over them anymore, just adding some shaders. His art in Grayson was streets ahead of this. He put more effort into backgrounds as well.

>>93655567
I don't fucking get it. How is his rogue gallery in full force if it still Year One? This fucking story is so dumb. Might as well read the Long Halloween. Abandon all hope ye who read King's Batman.

>>93670201
the headbutt to beat bane was my last straw. I'd put up with enough stupidity at that point. I've still been pulling two copies of it for the Sale covers but now that they're gone I'm done. Might leave one on just for my autismo and because I know I'd end up picking it up off the shelf anyway and the owner likely wouldn't even reduce the order.

I've added myself to the list of people who anxiously await an announcement of his departure. Though I don't think it's likely. And I just pray we don't have to deal with scott snyder in any major way after his ASB and this Dark shit ends

>>93670274
I thought King would bring the noir, detective side of Batman. Nope so far the Three major arcs have been dumb shit. I don't know why I had hopes for this arc, but he just doesn't fucking get it.

>>93670403
this, we really need a slower and simpler Batman story

>>93670790
that french dude is our only hope. he's been posting the goodies on instagram here and there. looks fucking spectacular.

>>93655490
Is /ourguy/ Prime back?

>>93670403
Batman was always around the top, but it really exploded in sales and becomes the number 1 comic like this when they went into this constant high stakes storytelling. Unless sales fall from this level, whoever takes it over likely will keep this direction.

>>93657104

yes its a filler.... an 8 issue filler....

>>93659382
It's not really a problem of tracing 3d models, as it's a problem of poorly choosing rendering style for the coloring and plain brushes for the inking/drawing. It feels as if he were using poser or some other software. But it's not a problem of the drawing itself.

Is it me or they're making the Joker more attractive than not in recent comics?

>>93670872
>really exploded in sales and becomes the number 1 comic like this when they went into this constant high stakes storytelling
You know this is the exact same logic that got us endless Big World Changing Events That Will Change The World FOREVAH!!!one!!!eleven!! over at Marble, right? And while Secret Empire is still a top seller the numbers are off from Civil War II which was in turn off from Secret Wars III ... because when everything is REALLY IMPORTANT ... then nothing is.

It's like Bruce getting his ass handed to him at the start of Snyder's run: it was brutal and made you wince and think "jesus he went through some shit when he was starting out" ... AT FIRST. But as he KEEPS getting beat to shit over and over and over again issue after issue; arc after arc; year after year; run after run; you start to wonder if he's ever going to learn how to block or dodge a blow ( remember when he was basically a fucking ninja? ) and eventually just ignore it because *clearly* he's got a Wolverine tier healing factor going on at this point to even be able to get out of bed in the first place.

>>93655479
>referencing Batman 89

But why?

>>93655490
>I will become....The RiddleMan

>>93655517
>>93655523
>>93655533
what the hell are they talking about here?
fucking christ king tell the fucking story. stop with the pseudo-psychological wordplay.

People are shouting EDGE on Eddie, but so far the edge has been clear expressions of OCD.

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>>93656268
Historically though, they haven't gotten along.

>>93672428
The Mayflower was a ship that brought Pilgrims.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower

I suppose there's really nothing more to it other than King seems to be trying to setup a parallel between Joker and Riddler

>>93655464
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>>93672685
They teamed up briefly in Knightfall, but then that ended badly too.

>>93670201
To be fair, it's a Year Two story, and The Long Halloween and others were just as guilty of introducing the full-on rogues gallery early on. It was a big thing in the 90s that anytime a villain's first appearance was retold, they tried to cram it into that "Year One" setting regardless of when they originally appeared.

Honestly, I lost all interest in this storyline when I realized it was yet another story set in that period.

>>93670978
well semi filler as we get present bruce telling Selina about the war in the present after they just had sex. If I was Selina I'd be thinking (I signed up for 20-30 years of bruces autistic stories about Joker after sex ? Does he just wanna fuck joker ? Is it too late to say no ?)

>>93655599
Snyder's run is actual garbage though. I don't think many people disagree on that

thanks OP

>>93655576

Fuck yes, Cluemaster.

>>93655583
>Christ Bruce, we were supposed to be fucking already.

>>93674878
Many people don't really have taste too.

>>93670840
Who?

Why would anyone join team Joker? He kills people for no reason all the time? Maybe I can understand a dumb thug joining him but these are supposed to be smart criminals.

The more I read King's Riddler, the more I feel like I should shoot him and dump his body in the nearest Hot Topic. Ow, the edge.

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>>93672685
I still think they're cute together.

>>93655713
No, he's not.