Why thanks. 
I enjoy my fair share of comics, everything from the Watchmen to Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure to anything by Robert Kirkman (especially Invincible) to Batman.
I remember going to a spring sale at Bedrock City Comics the day after prom and buying $200 worth of Batman stuff. Some of which has since been sold off.
Back when 52 was being released, I’d go to the comic shop every Wednesday to pick up the latest issue.
So yeah, I’m a comics fan.
most of them look shitty or are just shitty. one thing i don’t get is how come batman is the oldest comic hero out there but not the most popular one. IIRC its got more movies and shit than superhoe? also even if i don’t like superhoe’s or marvel or dc, spiderman IS on of the few good heros and one of the most popular. should have been 1 IMO, at least the cartoon was better than super, and as good as the last batman.
Superman’s older than Batman actually. Supe’s technically the first super hero ever.
At this point, the “grim ‘n’ gritty antihero” shit is more played out than the boy scout superhero ever was.
It’s no accident that a book like All Star Superman is garnering so much acclaim. It’s not just that it’s well written and well drawn; it’s definitely hitting at just the right time. I think it’s sort of its own little backlash against the trend of dark-for-the-sake-of-dark comics that ruled the 90s and early 2000s.
Superman hasn’t lost touch with the general public. The general public’s lost touch with him. Superman is the epitome of all that is good in humanity, and we just aren’t worthy.
Hey, by the way, I’ve been taking good care of those Invincible HCs you sold me the other month. I devoured them all in like two sittings.
Batman in the comic books has become a joke.
Reading it is like playing a video game with money cheat + god mode. I know DC fans hate Wolverine for being broken but Bruce Wayne is just fuckin ridiculous.
What if Wolverine was the richest man in the Marvel universe (surpassed Lex Luthor even, for some reason), and with that money decides to protect a city, but oh wait…that city’s crime hasn’t decreased at all despite all his efforts! …but Wolverine is supposed to be the best as at what he does! He’s a trained ninja afterall! and has million dollar gadgets! He’s also the world’s best detective…except he can’t solve his parent’s murder for some reason… he also is quite the ladies man…but that’s just for show of course, he really prefers them younger (and male)…sure one of them died under his care but that’s part of the job of being a vigilante! (He was underage, sure he couldn’t have rendered consent and he shouldn’t have been really risking his life just so Wolverine has somebody to play cops and robbers with). So with all that money and all that effort to clean up the city he lives in, Wolverine still fails?..miserably…but somehow he’s the greatest hero in the world?
I can’t wait for Batman: Dark Knight…at least that one is more rooted on what Batman used to be about.
Hahahaha yeah, that book’s hard to put down isn’t it?
B-but he’s so cool… and I can relate to him! Fuck you, BATMAN IS AWESOME. faps
My issue with superman isn’t so much the boy scout thing, but mainly he’s just too powerful. I like batman cause he’s just a normal guy (physically at least. mentally the dudes paranoid as shit and probably just as crazy). I really want to read all star superman cause I heard it’s really good. goodmourning you’re right about the grime and gritty thing though because it seems like everything from books, video games, and film are all about that stuff now a days. I’m sure soon it will get to the point where you’ll be eating some trix or captain crunch cereal and learn how the rabbit/ the captain must ban together in a world lost in chaos and misery in order regain their cereals and save the world…or some lame thing like that.
Yeah, it’s a pretty compulsive read. It’s a lot better when I have a whole stack of issues (or hardcovers) to burn through all at once, too. That way I was able to see (and remember) a lot of the various subplots. I remember reading the series when it first came out and I kind of stopped after the second TPB because of the pacing. Now, I think Invincible’s like a good '80s soap opera/superhero comic, but without the cheesy, ham-fisted dialogue and unnecessary exposition captions.
In theory, Batman being a human without special powers could make him more interesting, but in practice, it just doesn’t work. The writers typically make him capable of ludicrous things so he can keep up with the rest of the DC heroes, such as maintaining his mental acuity while going for days without sleeping, suffering no ill effects from repeated injuries that would shortly cripple a real person, and so on. Superman is more believable because his alien heritage at least gives him an excuse for doing things that an ordinary man wouldn’t be capable of. What’s Batman’s excuse?
I really find it retarded when some of my old gradeschool classmates hated supes because he’s “Too Powerful” and then I ask him who would win in a fight between supes and pit a marvel character with class 100 strength in a weightlifting contest…
they always say the Marvel character with the class 100 strength but they don’t label them too powerful,…
BTW Batman is my favourite character ever. but if it comes to the theory of
Smiling goody goody boy scout (that GenX-ers hate)
vs the extreme polt-less angst ridden era of the 90’s with dark alleys, guns and trenchcoats
I’d EASILY go with the former.
F*CK being “cool” i’m no longer a teenager.
The Notion of Supes being a “lonely Alien” in a world not his own and being looked upon is a much more strenious even as a repsonsibility itself, and more human IMO thing than paying bills, and taking care of a sick aunt.
BTW the term “Super-Hero” can be arguably be coined from “Superman”
People who are sick and tired of 90’s era coolness since generally it restraints creativity, very pointless and limiting and appeals to a demographic who’s just growing pubic hairs and finds it hip to be rebellious to parents.
Basically Darker does not = more depth.
Kid Miracle should have been numero uno haha