Batman Versus Nightwing

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

Batman goes super. Also, crazy. Batman goes super and crazy. Problems Ensue.

From Superman/Batman #55, December 2008. Written by Michael Green and Mike Johnson, Art by Rags Morales and John Dell. I posted it on the old s_d, but only the "Pick on someone your own size" page.

Comments

[darkblade.insanejournal.com]

Dick you know where the that shines off of the moon comes from? The SUN.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

I quite liked this but I thought that Dick might have had the smarts to tip his sticks with kryptonite, just in case.

IIRC Alfred notes that when Bruce comes back to his senses, he's going to feel REALLY awful about the fact he broke Dick's jaw, a few ribs and basically kicked the shit out of him. I assume he did.

[taggerung301.insanejournal.com]

how was this resolved?

[zordboy.insanejournal.com]

Hopefully he'll feel some small measure of guilt over beating the stuffing out of Selina, too.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

Yes, but at a fraction of the brightness, and it's not like Bruce moonbathes either, he lurks in the shadows.

[chipsnopotatoes.insanejournal.com]

What about Selina? Looks like she could have had an internal hemorrage. This is an elseworld, right?

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

Well, this is true, but he seems to do much more of a number on his son than his girlfriend. Neither are something he'll be chuckling over at the next JLA meeting, that's for sure.

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

I enjoyed this story very much, especially this issue. But I wish we'd gotten to Bruce face the repercussions of beating the hell out of these two.

Kryptonite sticks would have been really cool, too, even though the story couldn't have Batman taken down yet.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

Possibly....

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

Superman got his powers back and Batman lost them.

Presumably, Bruce felt really, really bad and made it up to Dick and Selina. Not appearing in this story arc.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

I wish we'd gotten to Bruce face the repercussions of beating the hell out of these two.

I imagine there would have been a lot cold meals, unironed batcapes and meaningful silences from Alfred if nothing else...

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

See! We were robbed! I'd love to see that.
Heh. Unironed batcapes. Damn kevlar ballgown.

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

Well, it's Superman/Batman. Not officially an Elseworld, but I kind of read it like some story that's outside of what's currently going on in Gotham or something. I read several stories that way, and this is one of them.

I felt so bad for Dick and Selina in this story! Bruce has got to stop going crazy every time he gets super powers.

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

EEeee!

<3s your icon!

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

He does beat up Dick longer. It may or may not have something to do with the fact that Selina is quickly knocked unconscious after being slammed into a wall. I would have very much freaked out if he'd kept on beating her up.

And now I'm picturing the next JLA meeting.

Awkward.

[zordboy.insanejournal.com]

"Presumably, Bruce felt really, really bad and made it up to Dick and Selina."

Probably in the same way, too.

^_^

[chipsnopotatoes.insanejournal.com]

yikes! if this is for real, that's tantamount to wife-beating. Grounds for divorce or permanent breakup!

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

And that's not counting the things that Babs could do. All of Bruce Wayne's credit cards being cancelled simultaneously. His name appearing on any number of... dubious registers. His facebook page hacked....

[chipsnopotatoes.insanejournal.com]

couldn't resist :)

Tony Daniel is now among the handful of artists I hereby allow to draw Selina :D. Others are Lee, Sale, Kubert & March.

[retro_nouveau.insanejournal.com]

Crazy red-eyed superbat reminded me of HARDAC in a big way.

I always hated capes.

Heh! Me, too. But then the battle for the cape and cowl -- how about that for irony?

[mullon.insanejournal.com]

It would be nice if he expressed how awful he felt to Dick.

[blakeyrat.insanejournal.com]

Well, considering I don't get superpowers from being out in the sun, I'm thinking there's not enough energy hitting earth from the sun to, say, throw a dump truck around.

Since it's all fiction, the rules are made-up... the plan was as good as any.

[cricharddavies.insanejournal.com]

The final pages have him stating that he thinks neither of them will ever really trust him again.

On the other hand, they also have him saying that he still wants the power, so.

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

Oh Bruce, why d'ya have to be so mean?

How does this resolve itself?

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

Presumably, Bruce felt really, really bad and made it up to Dick and Selina. Not appearing in this story arc.

Oh dear. So basically, Bruce is an asshole if given superpowers. Hnn.

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