scans_daily: Medicine Soldiers

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@ 2011-06-29 06:22 pm UTC

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char: batman/bruce wayne, creator: chris burnham, creator: grant morrison, title: batman

Medicine Soldiers

Four pages from BATMAN INCORPORATED 7...

That night, Raven finally has enough and calls it quits.

A closer look at that sign, for the`curious:

By the time the two reach Man-of-Bats, he's been stabbed, but he's still alive.

As it turns out, Raven was wearing the bulletproof "ghost shirt" underneath, so he's fine, and Man-of-Bats survives, too.

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	no subject darkblade 2011-06-30 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Rather impressed by this issue but I am not looking forward to the digital based next issue. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject drmcninja 2011-06-30 01:56 am UTC (link)
	Same. Saw Tron. Loved it. Don't think Batman is necessary. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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	no subject drmcninja 2011-06-30 01:55 am UTC (link)
	Batman on a budget. I really, really, like that scene there. That just gets to me somehow. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2011-06-30 02:41 am UTC (link)
	what does it for me is Batman's genuine smile :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

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	no subject sherkahn 2011-06-30 04:24 am UTC (link)
	Bruce is smiling in AWE and RESPECT of what a determined man can do WITHOUT the funding or the secret identity. To protect the community. Somewhere in his mind Bruce must be thinking if even HE could achieve the same and William Eagle has, if the roles were reversed. That fanboy smile and appreciation made the entire comic book WORTH the price. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject aaron_bourque 2011-06-30 02:00 am UTC (link)
	I love it when Batman's impressed with someone's work. Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque; needs to be more of that, less "THIS IS MY CITY!!! RARGH!" (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject star_of_airdrie 2011-06-30 02:02 am UTC (link)
	completely agree! It's almost OOC for Bruce!Batman to be so impressed... (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

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	no subject drakyndra 2011-06-30 02:37 am UTC (link)
	"Nothing important will ever happen here". And then later he talks about wanting to fight giant robots. I am vaguely reminded of FLCL. (Reply to this)

	no subject cypherfdp 2011-06-30 02:44 am UTC (link)
	Batman Vs. TRON (Reply to this)

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thehefner
2011-06-30 02:50 am UTC (link)

That last Tron bit is a typical example of something that's always annoyed the hell out of me about Morrison's Batman work. He throws in dialogue that would be better suited to big, grand, clean, fun comics akin to Batman: The Brave and the Bold, but he does it in stories which are set in the regular DCU where a character can be lying in the street, stabbed in the gut and coughing up blood. It's always felt jarring and annoying to me. Anyone else feel the same way?

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	no subject miramira 2011-06-30 02:53 am UTC (link)
	I dunno about in general, but that teaser definitely felt like a really jarring throwback to the old '60s TV show compared to everything else. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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xammax
2011-06-30 03:55 am UTC (link)

Thats what I love. Big goofy ideas in world where bad things happen. My problem with the "clean" comics is I never feel real emotion or need. My problem with gritty is they gave up ideas and fighting the good fight. Its why I love Morrison, crazy ideas and fighting the good fight, in an actual fight.

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	no subject drmcninja 2011-06-30 03:59 am UTC (link)
	I agree, but I also think it helps the comic. Is his talent kind of wasted here? Yes. But his dialogue helps even out what could be a much darker story. It doesn't feel out of place, and just adds some levity to scenes so they can balance out the heaviness. Marvel should do more like that. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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darkknightjrk
2011-06-30 04:03 am UTC (link)

I think that last panel is sort-of Morrison's cheat to have something like those melodramatic covers back in the 70s and such.

And personally, I think the grand dialogue and ideas mixed in with real character, emotion, and consequences is sort-of like peanut butter and jelly--two great things that mix well together, especially for stuff like super-hero comics.

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	no subject jlbarnett 2011-06-30 03:23 am UTC (link)
	the Leviathan plot just reads to me as something out of Final Crisis that got pushed aside. I could do without it. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2011-06-30 04:04 am UTC (link)
	Well, there is a bit of that mind control/slavery stuff that has a lot in common with Final Crisis, but in The Return, where Leviathan was first introduced, the script session we see has Morrison say that Leviathan is sort-of his way of giving Batman his own version of Cobra to fight. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

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	no subject mas 2011-06-30 03:51 am UTC (link)
	Is it jarring for anyone else how it goes from "Batman on a budget" to BaTron? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 7 comments) (Show 7 comments)

	no subject drmcninja 2011-06-30 04:01 am UTC (link)
	Didn't even think of it that way. "Batman on a budget. The concept works. Guess you don't need millions. Oh, is that the time? Sorry, I have to go back to and inside of my future internet to solve a problem with my super high-tech Tron suit and computer genius friend." (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

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darkknightjrk
2011-06-30 04:13 am UTC (link)

I really love this--I remember really liking what little we saw of Man of Bats and Raven Red back during The Black Glove, but it was great giving them more of a focus.

The "Batman on a budget" stuff, seeing MOB and Raven interacting with their community was really sweet, especially when their people fought Black Elk down when MOB was in trouble. I also loved their relationship in general--it's sort-of like a more grounded version of Bruce's relationship with Dick when he was Raven's age, and they just had some great interaction (I had to laugh a bit when Bill was chastising Raven about not putting enough pressure on his wound in the middle of saying what he might have thought was his final words. If they announced an on-going about these two, I would buy it instantly.

One thing I did find funny...so, we find out that they operate on an Indian reservation in South Dakota. ...Sort-of makes me want to see them cross-over and fight this guy:

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	no subject kusonaga 2011-06-30 05:19 am UTC (link)
	Huh. I might have to pick up the trade on this. (Reply to this)

	no subject eyz 2011-06-30 09:46 am UTC (link)
	I just love the art here and the story^^ (Reply to this)

	no subject blackruzsa 2011-06-30 12:31 pm UTC (link)
	<3 All I can say about this story. So much <3 I love people with personality protecting a town with personality. (Reply to this)

	no subject kenwyn89 2011-06-30 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I think the Tron costume's worth it for that line that seems to go down his middle from tip to uh... The other two lines just seem to draw attention (Really hope it's not just me :P) (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2011-06-30 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	Didn't notice it, but once you pointed it out...yep, that's definitely pointing down there. But hey, it's the internet--even when it's the future internet, Batman knows what the internet is really for... (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject twospirit.blogspot.com 2011-06-30 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	Is it wrong that I love the fact that he's got a giant wooden nickel (instead of the giant penny in the Batcave?) I can't tell if it's slightly racist or not, but then again I feel that way about all of the Man of Bats stuff... (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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darkknightjrk
2011-06-30 05:47 pm UTC (link)

I don't know if there's anything about that has has direct racial ties, but it does fit with the whole "Batman on a budget" thing.

Plus there's even more symatry with how Bruce operates, because in #6, the first scene has Bruce showing the press around Wayne Enterprises, and both Morrison and Burnham did different things to make that place sort-of a public Batcave.

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	no subject nickfury90 2011-06-30 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Entrance fee: $15 All profits go to Red Cloud Indian School" I take it back; these guys ARE heroes. (Reply to this)

	no subject silverzeo 2011-06-30 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	JACK-IN, Batgirl.exe, POWER UP! (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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	"No one ever conquered the world with a beta-test version" (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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don1138
2011-07-01 10:15 am UTC (link)

I enjoyed the hell out of this issue. I was captivated by the scenes of reservation life -- especially poor Lucy and her baby, which easily could have been crass and voyeuristic in the wrong hands -- in ways no climactic space battle over Oa against Black Lanterns has matched. The plot was by-the-book, but the execution, especially the art, was excellent. I don't really care about Leviathan (yet?), but I admire the hell out of Man-of-Bats as depicted in this ish.

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