Batman: Streets of Gotham #18 preview

[sherkahn]

Newsarama has the preview of issue #18, and lots of players are out in the field.

And speaking of being out in the field, one moment that brought a smile to my face.





What else you got in the Trophy Room in terms of pics, Bruce?

Comments

[comicoz]

There was that time he caught Selina cleaning herself...

[sherkahn]

Diana with the lasso...

[darkknightjrk]

Talia swallowing a sword...

Zatanna taking out something VERY interesting out of her hat...

[darkness_p]

JLA shower room throughout the years. For security purposes of course.

[thanekos]

Oh, we know what he does with all his cameras..

[blackruzsa]

... Oh Dick...
Now we know.

[icon_uk]

I think we ALWAYS knew... Babs had to get her self confessed "24 hour Grayson-cam" idea from somewhere

[nezchan]

How unrealistic.

Like Dick would say "no, no" to Bruce. Pfft!

[feyandstrange]

Oh come now, Dick's a great little actor. All those bondage scenes aren't nearly as hot without some token resistance.

[icon_uk]

Not overly impressed by Bruce's little monologue on the first page, suggesting he STILL doesn't trust Dick to look after Gotham, because he HAS to check the bad guys out before "sending" the others after them.

STOP BLOODY MICROMANAGING, it's what drove the others away from you the first time! Dick is more than capable of checking things out for himself and unlike you WILL call for help if he needs it.

[darkknightjrk]

I took it to mean that the first thing he says, about wanting to see out new costumed criminals for himself, is the excuse he gives the squad, but everyone pretty much assumes that the second reason is a bit more prominent.

[icon_uk]

I could see that working, but would have preferred it if he'd mentioned that he'd ASKED Dick if he minded him looking into this one.

[darkness_p]

Hmm. I took notice of that, too. I guess writers cannot let go some of the "old" Bruce. It's inconsistent with Bruce's previous ideas and expressed wishes. He wanted Dick in Gotham. Who will he trust more than Dick when he's going to recruit an army of Batmen? Batmen who are complete strangers. In the end, I decided that Dini - as much as I like him - slipped there. So I'm completely ignoring it. Pfffft. The "new" Bruce will stick! :: clings ::

The Good stuff:

I liked that Bruce admitted that "he missed the good old style action"

Loved the page sherkahn posted. : ) Now, this is the Bruce that needs to stick. Dork!

I absolutely adore Martha. I hope the writers focus on her a bit more from now on (yes, I'm an optimist). She's a fisty, brilliant and very humane. Bruce is more like her than Thomas. From what we saw of their portrayals here, at least.

[darkness_p]

feisty. not fisty. sorry.

[icon_uk]

That DID have a rather odd mental image to it! :)

[darkness_p]

: ) Yes, didn't it?

[octopedingenue]

STOP BLOODY MICROMANAGING

Oh how I would kill for the Batman Inc. version of "The Office."

[darkknightjrk]

Nah, Inc. would be more like THIS.

[sistermagpie]

I like that Martha's called "Marty Kane."

[retro_nouveau]

I feel bad for the guys that sleep in the nude. Surprise! Now I want to see what Harley was wearing, and whether Selina and Pam left the Shelter. Jervis! Someone been digging in your tech?

So Martha Kane went by Marty back in the day. Meh, do not like.

Bruce Wayne: Helicopter Parent. XD

[darkknightjrk]

"Now I want to see what Harley was wearing"

We saw her pajamas in the issue before, which you can see here.

[retro_nouveau]

Ah, now I remember Selina putting Harley back to sleep. Writer fail for Selina calling Harley a bitch (ugh, Dini!), colorist fail for giving Selina blue eyes.

[darkknightjrk]

Yeah, not the best moment of friendship, but I can't really begrudge Selina calling Harley that after she bashed Selina in the back of the head with a rocket launcher.

[mullon]

Aw man, she sleeps in reasonable pajamas.

[darkknightjrk]

That is indeed a great moment. :D

Also--a villain named "Bedbug," who attacks people when pressed by unleashing bedbugs on them, in a city that has origins as an analog for New York City? That can't be a coincidence.

[icon_uk]

What has New York to do with the expression "Crazy as a bedbug"?

[darkknightjrk]

I remember hearing a while back that earlier this year NYC went through a massive bedbug infestation.

[joasakura]

earlier this year? The all night bedbug fiesta is still in progress :T

[octopedingenue]

It's the perfect, itchy, zombie virus vector!

[sherkahn]

Went?

On going. Worse, even in this cold, they are looking for warmth.

[darkknightjrk]

Ah--the latest article I found about it was in July, so I assumed that lengths were taken that it was at least reduced.

[mullon]

Not just New York.

[sistermagpie]

I think they'er speaking more contemporarily.

We're struggling through a bit of a bedbug epidemic here, unfortunately.

[recognitions]

Shouldn't that be "Hh."?

[psychopathicus_rex]

I love the moment where Pengers snaps out of it, and almost immediately goes into 'I WUZ FRAMED!' mode out of sheer instinct.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Also, I am intrigued that there is now a Ragman backup. He's one of those characters that I've always liked when I've read them, but have read very little of them.

[bradygirl_12]

LOL! I do like Bruce taking that pic of Pengy. It gives him a sense of humor instead of total Grim Dark Knight. I haven't been reading the actual issues, but it seems to me that Bruce HAS been affected by his journey through time. At least I hope we get a more human Bruce (instead of perfect BatGod) for a little while before DC changes things again.

[team_mummy]

I love how it reminds me of Bats from the Brave and Bold show (I just call it The Batman Show for short). Whenever he's alone he does or says something funny because come on, no one's looking :D