What a great creative team
Haven't bought anything but Star Wars related comics in over a year (Ric really bummed me out) but I'm in for this mini-series.
HYPED!!
God all I've wanted is a book that presents the "core iconic" Gotham team of Batman, Robin, Batgirl, and Nightwing with room for extra players in the margins.
I hope this is also an opportunity for Dini to give the BTAS version of Tim Drake some more characteristics that distinguish him from the main universe Jason Todd, since he basically absorbed his origin. I wonder if this version of Jason will be someone who was killed by The Joker and resurrected... I kind of hope they find a new way to explain Jason's fractured ties to Bruce, since again the "Robin falls to the Joker" is already sort of done in this universe with Tim in "Return of the Joker." Although I suppose it could work if history essentially repeated itself with Tim but idk.
Unlike the main continuity, the DCAU isn't tainted by every character having died and returned to life... it'd be nice to keep it that tidy and grounded.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
*clap* *the* *clap* *true* *clap* *bat* *clap* *family* *clap* *returns*
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I’m loving the way this sounds...
...But I’m also really, really, praying that Dini doesn’t touch the Babs/Bruce relationship that the DCAU invoked at any level.
That’s like the one single element that I always found just got worse the more they delved into it.
Because the second I saw Batgirl on that cover, I had flashbacks of the Batman Beyond comics deciding that’s Babs getting pregnant and suffering a miscarriage by Bruce, or of Timm and co. doing what they did in their Killing Joke adapatation.
It was only ever useful for one maybe semi-decent reveal for why Babs and Bruce were embittered in the Beyond Cartoon, but otherwise it’s just always a mess.
Like action, adventure, rogues, and outlaws? Like anti-heroes, femme fatales, mysteries and thrillers?
I wrote a book with them. Outlaw’s Shadow: A Sherwood Noir. Robin Hood’s evil counterpart, Guy of Gisbourne, is the main character. Feel free to give it a look: https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asi...E2PKBNJFH76GQP
Will I finally see Killer Moth, BTAS style and continuity?
I'll be buying this. Love B:TAS and Paul Dini's one of the great Batman writers ever.
A dream become true.
«It's like kids trying to write stories for adults or something.»
There is an huge difference among write a good story and try to write a great one.
«Heroism is not about being perfect or always winning, but breathing hope into the hopeless.»
Batman's world isn't realistic. It's grounded in psychological realism… In real life, Batman's crusade would be a horrible idea.[…] But in the world Batman inhabits, it not only makes sense, it's absolutely the right thing to do.
My thoughts exactly. Finally, my patience has paid off.
From my experience, every one of those DCAU tie-in comics felt like high-quality stuff with lots of effort put forth by the creative teams.
Considering the time period, those were still great years and well worth the purchase (IMHO).
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I forget that TNBA has 90s Nightwing. That hair is the second thing I don't like about this animation era. The first thing is BruceBabs romance.
«It's like kids trying to write stories for adults or something.»
There is an huge difference among write a good story and try to write a great one.
«Heroism is not about being perfect or always winning, but breathing hope into the hopeless.»
Batman's world isn't realistic. It's grounded in psychological realism… In real life, Batman's crusade would be a horrible idea.[…] But in the world Batman inhabits, it not only makes sense, it's absolutely the right thing to do.