Batman 106 Discussion

[DragonPiece]

Didn’t see a threat yet, but wanted to see what everyone thought. IMO, Tynion and Jorge delivered the best issue of this run yet.

[thwhtGuardian]

I still feel like Ghost Maker is a fairly thin character, barely more than a simple shonen rival trope,but the tone of the story was solid and I like the plot with the Magistrate so I'm hoping things improve.
For my money, the Robin back up was the real highlight of the issue. I loved the characterization of Damian, and his interaction with his mother was perfect.

[prepmaster]

Ghost Maker will be dropped when another writer comes in so the best thing to do with the guy is to turn him into a villain/foil that Bruce has to defeat at some point or have him killed off in a memorable way for Bruce to feel sad.

Unsanity Collective is not a name that is gonna last. I will reserve my judgement for the new villain when new issues come out.

The Magistrate? I am not interested in a police state Gotham but its gonna come. I just hope it would not drag on for too long.

Robin back up issue was good to me.

[sifighter]

How do I say this, with this issue its almost like I am glad that we went through Joker War. I mean I don't have any love or hate for Joker War, was kind of meh because I felt like I had seen it before with the Joker and did not care for another Gotham takeover after Bane. However, now that we are in this post-Joker War landscape I really like it for some reason, and I think it has to do with the Batfamily. See I already liked Tynion for his Detective Comics run and now I kind of feel where we reached some place similar to that in a way. I also think that Infinite Frontier #0 played into this as well as a bigger more rounded story

Like I'm not a fan of the loner Batman, I like him having Oracle, the batgirls, ghost-maker, Huntress, Tim Drake, Dick, Jason, Harley and etc. all to play around with a bounce off of. Ironically I guess I just had to wait out the setup to get what I wanted out of Batman.

[prepmaster]

Its just sad that Batman comics is now a place to promote other Batfam members who can not carry their own books. Batman doesnt need that many underlings to become popular. Even his most popular underling is not casted in Nolan triology and Reeves movie. In cinematic storytelling, his underlings are disposable.

[thwhtGuardian]

Its just sad that Batman comics is now a place to promote other Batfam members who can not carry their own books. Batman doesnt need that many underlings to become popular. Even his most popular underling is not casted in Nolan triology and Reeves movie. In cinematic storytelling, his underlings are disposable.

...Batman has had a large supporting cast far longer and more consistently than he hasn't so I'm not sure where your complaint is coming from.

[prepmaster]

...Batman has had a large supporting cast far longer and more consistently than he hasn't so I'm not sure where your complaint is coming from.

Yes, since No Man's Land his supporting cast has become larger and larger. New writers just come in to add another supporting character for Batman but all they do is just leeching off from Batman's mythos more than contributing anything significant to his mythos. I would root for other villains to kill off Batman's underlings the same way Joker killed off Jason and crippled Barbara. Its like villains are not allowed to do anything while the hero is getting stronger overtime.

[The tall man]

Its just sad that Batman comics is now a place to promote other Batfam members who can not carry their own books. Batman doesnt need that many underlings to become popular. Even his most popular underling is not casted in Nolan triology and Reeves movie. In cinematic storytelling, his underlings are disposable.

100% agree with this. The family adds nothing of value to Batman's world or his mythos, they just take up space. I've always said that there should be a wall of separation between Batman and the family, let Batman do his own thing and let the family do theirs. If they have a big enough fan base with strong support they can have their own books that their fans can enjoy free from Batman. But if they can't support their own books don't look to put them in Bruce's books. People cannot hate on Batman but want the family in his books and then complain that are not being used well enough. Dosen't work that way.

[Nite-Wing]

100% agree with this. The family adds nothing of value to Batman's world or his mythos, they just take up space. I've always said that there should be a wall of separation between Batman and the family, let Batman do his own thing and let the family do theirs. If they have a big enough fan base with strong support they can have their own books that their fans can enjoy free from Batman. But if they can't support their own books don't look to put them in Bruce's books. People cannot hate on Batman but want the family in his books and then complain that are not being used well enough. Dosen't work that way.

The new editorial mandate is for the Batman title to promote/feature the new or old family members in some way shape or form

Tynion is also introducing a lot of new elements in his run, new characters, and I guess it will all tie in together leading to the magistrate future for gotham.