Battle for the Cowl Underground PREVIEW

[benicio127.insanejournal.com]

From IGN. http://comics.ign.com/objects/143/14313784.html

***POTENTIAL SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS****

LOL "I'll hire you. I have fifty-seven cents."
How can you not love Harley with lines like that?

Still... pretty excited to pick this one up at the ol LCS tomorrow.

Comments

[ghosty732.insanejournal.com]

It'll be interesting to see what Chris Yost does when he's not killing underage kids. The preview looks promising.

Love love love the art! I personally love DeVito-Penguin!

[sherkahn.insanejournal.com]

Oh Eddie.

**shwing**

wish granted!

The art for Eddie looks good, but I was hoping Harley could be drawn better.

[benicio127.insanejournal.com]

I agree. I can be picky with her -- like where are her diamonds?

And yeah, Eddie looks diiiivine in this. Same with Ozzie.

!!!

[lantern67.insanejournal.com]

Can you say...David Tennant?

Or is it just me?

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[unknownscribler.insanejournal.com]

You should check out the GI Joe prequel comics: there's a character with David Tennant's face in both issues to date. And the second cameo -- in the 9th Doctor Destro story -- arguably has Martha in tow...

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[uadlika.insanejournal.com]

scans please?

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[jarodrussell.insanejournal.com]

Not just you. Especially in the closeups. It's at least Tennant's lips and eyes.

[skybard.insanejournal.com]

Woo hoo! Another Eddie/Harley team-up, and Eddie with awesome hair. What's not to love? :3

[arilou_skiff.insanejournal.com]

There's something incredibly disconcerting about his face.

[skybard.insanejournal.com]

Hmmm. ...Oh yeah, I didn't notice that at first o.O Maybe the hair will cover for it.

[silicone_soul.insanejournal.com]

Eddie kinda looks like that Twilight vampire fellow in that hair...!

[zegim.insanejournal.com]

Robert Pattinson.

I can't unsee it now D:!!!

[ashtoreth.insanejournal.com]

D: Aaaagh.

[frikfrak.insanejournal.com]

black mask? Isn't his skull on someones desk or...
Okay, which one of you punched time? Do we need to give that lecture again?

Other than that, Hooray for another eddie-harley adventure!

[ghosty732.insanejournal.com]

I think this is hinting at the fact that it is A Black Mask, not THE Black Mask. Which would make more sense.

[thehefner.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Holy crap, Eddie and Ozzie look fierce.

Except what the hell hat is Eddie wearing there? Bowler derby all the way, people!

[brandiweed.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Looks kinda like a porkpie. Maybe he felt like changing it up.

[his_spiffyness.insanejournal.com]

I believe it's supposed to be a fedora.

[shadowvalkyrie.insanejournal.com]

So... Jason gets the cowl? Ó_ò

I like the Penguin's looks here!

Anway, this whole Battle needs to be retconned afterwards. It likely will. If I keep that firmly in mind, this can be fun.

[flipbeter.insanejournal.com]

Harley/Riddler. How I secretly love thee.

And damn Eddie is looking fiiiine.

[mullon.insanejournal.com]

I wonder if this will finally address who Harley is living with. I love how she can apparently now walk around in her costume for the Hell of it.

When did Ryan Reynolds become The Riddler? It doesn't look bad, but he looks really young.

[scottyquick.insanejournal.com]

Like this art pretty much, but hooray for Harley!

-mental note to get Harleyicon-

[benicio127.insanejournal.com]

No Harley icon, Scotty?
For shame! For shame!

[fungo_squiggly.insanejournal.com]

Not liking Eddie's hair. He looks fine with the hat on, though.

As for Ozzie... the hell? Italmost looks like Danny DeVito!Penguin is back again.

[darklorelei.insanejournal.com]

Totally Devito. Especially at the bottom of that 3rd page.

[retro_nouveau.insanejournal.com]

No, no, no...

No: If that's Danny DeVito, why does he have ten fingers instead of six? And Penguin is a lot taller than Yoda, c'mon.

No: Pam hanging out with rabble like "it was a big rock" Croc and Firefly? Pam works alone, with plant creatures she creates, or with her BFF.

No: I need more motive for Harley to go looking for Eddie. Would have worked much better if it was a random encounter, like Eddie stops in for coffee, and look who's here ordering a triple expresso, extra sweet. Yikes, Harley, are you wearing Depends?

[strangething.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Pam hanging out with rabble like "it was a big rock" Croc and Firefly?

Maybe she hit 'em with the phero-mojo. A girl's gotta have meat shields.

Would have worked much better if it was a random encounter, like Eddie stops in for coffee, and look who's here ordering a triple expresso, extra sweet.

Or a crime in progress:
"All right, this is a stickup! Gimmie all the the money in the register, a mocha latte, and one of those giant muffins. Holy cow, Eddie! What a coincidink! You want a muffin? Gimmie another giant muffin!"

[retro_nouveau.insanejournal.com]

That's more like it! XD

You've kind of painted our anti-heroes into a corner, though, we don't need the SWAT teams swarming in and interrupting Eddie's investigation. We should also have Eddie reach over and pull the trigger on her oversize gun so that the "BANG!" flag comes out. Eddie: "Ha! Isn't she a riot? Ok, so how much do we owe you? Oh, and that's to go, please..."

[volksjager.insanejournal.com]

Soooooo, whats the deal with Posion Ivy's outfit does she grow it ??? is it real fauna ? Has this ever been shown ??????

[regulus13.insanejournal.com]

Fauna...
She...wears costumes made of local wildlife? On the one hand, I'm delighted by the idea of PETA having a hissy-fit over that, on the other other hand, D:

[jarodrussell.insanejournal.com]

I actually kind of want to read this book.

...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to read this book. Experience has taught me...wow, Chris Yost...experience has taught me that even when a Bat book is enjoyable, say the Batgirl book. That enjoyment will only last long enough so that when DC finally twists the knife, it'll hurt that much more.

Pity. I guess I'll have to console myself with Yost's work in War of Kings, when it comes out next year in trade that is.

[sailorlibra.insanejournal.com]

I hope Selina gets a better showing in here than she did in the regular BftC. *crosses fingers*

[merseybeatler.insanejournal.com]

So, like, if Killer Croc is essentially part crocodile, why does he have teeth like a cobra?

[foppet.insanejournal.com]

1. I love that all the villains just run around in their costumes. THIS. IS. GOTHAAAAM.

2. Fifty-seven! Gotta keep it a nice odd, prime number. Go Harls.

3. Am I the only one who was squeeing at THE FACT THAT RIDDLER IS WEARING A PORKPIE HELL YES. ALSO DID YOU SEE HIS TIECLIP WHOA DO WANT. AND THOSE SHADES. DAMN.

Bonus: Ivy is pretty kinky there, doing shibari with vines. Whoa now, Ivy, is that strictly necessary, or have you been watching too much Sleeping Beauty?

5. 'My dear girl'. He even talks like Sherlock Holmes. God I love this man.

[benicio127.insanejournal.com]

I know.. he looks hella good. And I didn't even notice the tip clip till you pointed it out. Deeelish.

[(Anonymous)]

This may be the first time that I've seen the Riddler depicted as a geniunely handsome man. But I like it.

I kind of dread the probably re-appearance of Riddler in the new Bat movies. They'll likely try to make him into a hard-core villain when he works so well now as a fun anti-hero.

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

You missed the Metrosexual Eddie, I guess.

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

Er. Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand?

Dammit, this art gives me the willies, and not in a good way. Harley looks naked. Riddler looks like a mixture of that Dr. Who guy and the guy from Buffy, the lounge singer who just died. DeVito Penguin should've been left in the 90's!

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

No complaints on the writing, though. I like where this story's going.

[ladymirth.insanejournal.com]

I luuuurve this art. I want to look at it all day!

Why do the crappiest story arcs have the loveliest art and really great stories have crappy art? Unless it's Birds of Prey, where the quality of writing and art generally coincided.

[janegray.insanejournal.com]

But Eddie and Penguin are supposed to be BFF :(