Does anyone have a clue why Riddler was mentioned in this? I mean is he going to be one the villains who proves Selina wrong by pulling off crimes without the need for goons? I mean he could given his intelligence right?
There'd be a good amount of humor if this winds up producing a whole new bunch of phantom thieves that will soon sell their services to the highest bitter to anyone who can pay, including wealthy companies and the like.
Selina's releasing a bunch of potential villains into the world.
And amazingly, is clear the writers intend people to side with Selina and see Bruce as the stubborn dinosaur that refuses to comprise due to outdated morals/ideals/whatever
Bruce needs to take Selina back to Wayne Manor and show her the vast library and then let her read the Robin Hood books so she can see why her plan is stupid and nothing at all like Robin Hood.
Then Bruce needs to pick up the phone and call Black Cat. She just broke up with Spider-Man and she already went through her girl boss phase some time ago.
Last edited by Anthony W; 08-30-2023 at 11:43 PM.
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Makes me wonder how Selina is gonna be involved on the Detective Comics side, during Outlaw.
Because that's the way Batman has been written for years. It's the same case as Marvel and Spider-Man - they have specific vision of the character, which they consider the only right one, and everything else for them is bad/boring/misunderstanding of the character/bad sales and stuff like that. Aggressive, distant, distrustful, obsessive about his mission, sometimes abusive Batman, who's living in a constant drama, who's always ruining his relationships with his family, friends and love interests. That's the way DC sees him, that's basically his public image.
I'd also say its a misguided attempt at being progressive.
They are listening to all those famous critiques about how Bruce is a privileged white guy, and are trying to play into all those hot takes by subverting, deconstructing, whatever.
They are just doing it really, really badly. Its like how the Cantwell Iron Man run had Hellcat constantly telling Tony to "check your privilege" over every little thing. Its really not as progressive as they think, especially since they are trying to placate a group of people who aren't even interested in their characters.
I don't think that's true as they clearly show some of the problems with Selina plan.
Already some henchmen are going after bigger targets that Selina has suggested because of their greed, it has been shown that their skills are improving they are better at evading Batman this means they will be better at evading the average cop, a henchmen was killed eventhough he followed her rules simply because a homeowner changed her plans last minute and remained in town.
I think the writers intended people to see both sides of the argument but clearly they didn't achieve that.