^^ This was, and frankly still is, the number one draw for me to Luke as a character.
I still don't get how DC managed to not make something good come out of it.
Especially considering the number of not so great books that have been published and cancelled between then and now.
There's a whole other thread on why people hate Luke which could be summerized with "He's not a grim character and he's too perfect".
Guess it's safe to say the criteria for being a member of the Bat Family includes angst and grimness.
I guess the Batfamily tends to be written with a "no good deed goes unpunished" mindset. Hence why the characters who aren't driven by tragedy (Tim, Barbara, Luke) tend to go through one later in their career.
Luke's solo did the best version of it to me personally.
Last edited by the illustrious mr. kenway; 09-03-2020 at 09:53 AM.
Yeah this seems to track with what I thought would be the case with Ridley writing in Joker War Zone, also Batwing art
https://www.gamesradar.com/dc-teases...-batman-title/
Edit: well I guess we wait and see
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/no-l...er-war-zone-1/
Last edited by sifighter; 09-03-2020 at 10:15 AM.
"It's fun and it's cool, so that's all that matters. It's what comics are for, Duh."
Words to live by.
I'm glad they're sticking with bearded Luke. I can't help but feel they're only doing it because they have Duke Thomas now and they needed to make a way to differeniate two young black male characters with low cut; which I can't entirely hate on, I love the beard look.
Last edited by lemonpeace; 09-14-2020 at 10:46 PM.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
I saw Luke as more "frivolous" than perfect. He can feel like a wish-fullfillment avatar at first but Palmiotti and Cray do a good job making him feel like "grounded". He is rich and skilled but often felt like a normal 20-something year old.
Plus its hard to single him out as perfect when that's the Batfamily MO to me. Batman is a master of all trades so by association his family has to be. Even if they often aren't and various individual members have problems they have to work at.
^^ LOL. Not literally (paraphrasing) but it did sort of end up being that way. Here it is:
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=batwing
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."