Comments on: Batman: Gotham Knights #73 and #74

By: Chris Arndt

Chris Arndt — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:49:56 +0000

In that story Batman was saving the Mayor, not the Commissioner.\

However… I also support Bane as being cool and good. He who says Bane is lame does not understand the character.

By: boolean

boolean — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:46:28 +0000

“I predict that in a few years there will be a big Bat-storyline that will be advertised as having the death of a “major villain.” This villain will be Hush. This way DC can get rid of this ridiculously lame villain, but still pretend that he was something special.”

And then, fifteen years later, when everybody’s forgotten how lame he is, they can bring him back!

By: Tim O'Neil

Tim O'Neil — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 06:22:44 +0000

Hey, I LIKED Bane. They may have seen cheesy at the time, but his early stories were actually pretty cool. Sure, the whoel Az-bats thing was bad and contributed to the slow death of humanity, but the early parts of Knightsend when Bane was basically taking Batman apart like a cheap watch – that was some pretty strong stuff. Good Aparo art as well – back when Batman was in the gray and blue, not the boring black. I still remember the sequence with Batman saving Comissioner Gordon from a flooded subway tunnel, running from the rushing water with his costume torn to shreds… intense stuff.

Everyone knows I’m hardly a Batman fan, but those were some good Batman comics.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:38:30 +0000

The Joker moratorium was after his presumed death at the end of “A Death in the Family”. The story that brought him back on stage was completely forgetable, since I’ve forgotten it already.

By: Mr.Chris

Mr.Chris — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:31:21 +0000

This storyline was the epitome of suck. It was a poor way to end a series that should never have existed to begin with.
The clash of continuity between this and the regular Batman series made me wonder how any decent editor could let this crap come out.

I am glad you’re covering this though, as I was wondering about the medical validity of this.

By: Jer

Jer — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:30:47 +0000

” It’s time to put the Joker out to pasture. ”

What, again? You mean they didn’t learn their lesson when there was a virtual moratorium on all Joker stories for years in the early 90’s (or so, I’m not sure when it happened)? I mean, jeez, he’s a great villain, a great visual, but if you use him over and over and over again, he just becomes tired. (That’s true of all villains, actually, but the Joker is so well known, and his schtick is so limited, that its particularly true of him).

By: Scipio

Scipio — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:14:38 +0000

If there is, I’ll buy four copies.

By: Vincent J. Murphy

Vincent J. Murphy — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:39:28 +0000

Hush is the modern equivalent of Bane, another bad Batman villain born out of plot contrivance, rather than characterization. And any time either of them gets used it just shows how lame they are.

I’d kinda like to see Batman stop a robbery one of these days. Just a plain old robbery.