Did they? I'd totally be down for that (although I think all team-ups should happen in moderation) .
"I smell a mystery! Oh wait, that's a missile."
Yeah, I think it's become more and more clear that Williamson as a writer has a lot more passion and energy for writing Wally then he does Barry.
Which, personally, I'm not against since I also love Wally, but even as someone who once believed Williamson was actually a good writer for Barry...I'm starting to think the favoritism is coming at the expense of Barry.
Guy Gardner should be a life coach.
Perhaps Barry should hang out with Guy for some real talk.
Bat-zombies are worse than 'Marvel Zombies.'
The Joker is so annoying and his shtick has not only gotten old, but prehistoric.
It would be interesting to see them give Batman a 'Lois,' and really commit to the idea. It could be a return of Vicki Vale, Julie Madison or a new heroine.
A happy Bruce would be an ineffective Batman. Being bitter is what drives him, that's why he forgoes a personal life. So Bane's plan doesn't make any damn sense. Bruce will outlast Bane at the end of the day.
DC will never seriously mess with the Batman formula (they should), where he's the one character they could 'grow' and experiment with. Change up the status-quo in a meaningful way because the Batzombies would still eat it up.
Catwoman should be a straight-up villain again. Enough of this shades of grey nonsense and 'girlfriend of the bat' stuff.
Bruce and Selina should move on. I always thought that Selina was manipulating him most of the time anyway-going back to AdamWestBats.
Bruce's bitterness doesn't drive him. A desire to help people does. He's saddened by his parents death, but back in the Bronze Age he had fun with his life. He didn't need to be miserable 24/7 to be effective.
Wouldn't marrying him off to Selina be something new? Something that they are still poised to do, even if we have to wait until the end of King's run and heavily advertising #50 as the wedding was really stupid on their part.
Wouldn't returning Selina to villain status be the same old stuff that you said DC should break away from?
And the shades of gray thing has been going on since the dawn of time with her. She's rarely, if ever, been a straight up villain.
Actually, a Catwoman that's been playing the infinitely smart Batman, but yet can't help loving him, is kind of a cool idea that can be played for years. It makes for a great Last Days Of Batman/Dawn Of Huntress setup (as an Elseworlds), but DC has proven they don't have that kind of discipline.
Agreed! There are a TON of characters that are Heroes... there are a ton of characters with the 'dead loved ones' schtick.... why is that Batman is the ONLY one that people think need to be a dark bitter miserable person?? Heck, all the robins have lost parents and he's helped them through it... but somehow he can't get past it himself makes him emotionally crippled... not a hero.
Actually, I wish we had more common Batman villains who were just 'criminals'... as opposed to homicidal maniacs out to break the current body count record. Joker, Two-face, etc are all fun and all... but sometimes just a thief who the police can't seem to catch is fun too. A nice villain where the 'WHY DOESN"T HE JUST KILL THEM!!!!" isn't a necessary question.
Yes, even the Bat-Rogues who are killers need to have it dialed back considerably.
The Joker was a vastly better character when he wanted to be the most ingenious criminal mastermind of all time who loves to match wits with Batman; killing people in the process is a given, but only when he can do it in clever and unexpected ways, not just building up a gory body count for the sake of it.