How do you know when a character needs a re-boot ?????

[volksjager.insanejournal.com]

er... what the hell kind of Batman said that ???? Break out the bat pom-poms and lead a cheer !





This is from 1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Batman is sitting the attack on the anti Monitor out with no ideas,a watches as the strong guy try to punch the guy out . Yikes.



THIS is Batman...




This is from JLA Avengers ( one of the best crossovers ever written KB understands both teams with a depth that is spot on. but thats another post)

Batman does not need help from anyone. He doesn't wait for instructions he is already 4 moves ahead of anyone else. His power ? His brain,he knows people and their power better than they do. Probably knows half a dozen ways to counter them and the heavywieghts are just a little worried about this.

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[volksjager.insanejournal.com]

I will not entirely disagree with you. The pendulum swung too far. What Frank Miller started , making Bataman a very driven character, turned into a Batman for whom ,bruce wayne was just a farce and he sat at night alone in the batcave stabbing himself with a knife,just to see if he could feel anything.

I had really hoped that after Infinite Crisis th hardcore obsessive would be dialed back a few ...but it didn't really work out. There needs to be more interplay with Bruce wayne the person and Batman the avenger.

But Marv Wolfman is just so far off the mark with the first example.

[cat_13145.insanejournal.com]

Wait where is this self harming Batman?

[volksjager.insanejournal.com]

I was speaking figuratively.

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

Read Batman: Tenses (or better yet, don't. The Cully Hamner art is its only redeeming quality). Bruce bashes his head against his mirror for no real reason, wanders half naked in the snow in an attempt to get a better look at Gotham, grunts like a caveman after defeating a half dozen mooks . . .

And that's just the three big instances I can recall.

[volksjager.insanejournal.com]

I think what the other person is on about is reffering to Batamn as if he was a "cutter" or something. I meant something more like what your saying, destructive behavior.

[silicone_soul.insanejournal.com]

Speaking of cutting, Batman does exactly that in Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, with a shard of glass through his hand.

[volksjager.insanejournal.com]

Havn't read that. Its just figurative, then again maybe it when Mark Waid gave us "Hypertime" all stories that can happen, do happen...

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

To be fair, that was an instance of him trying to sort through the insanity by focusing on the reality of the pain.