A couple of covers of interest... or perturbation (or any other sort of urbation that you please)

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Another couple of covers

NIGHTWING #4
Written by KYLE HIGGINS
Art by TREVOR McCARTHY
Cover by EDDY BARROWS
As Haly’s continues to travel the east coast, Dick’s search for answers take him – and the circus – to Miami! But when a case from Gotham City brings Barbara Gordon to Florida, Nightwing and Batgirl must work together to bring a thief to justice. Be here as Nightwing and Batgirl tackle South Beach – and discover the true nature of the circus! The answers start this issue!



Honestly Dick, only you could make auto-erotic asphyxiation a two man job!


And at the other end of the scale, the downright disturbing...

BATMAN AND ROBIN #4
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by PATRICK GLEASON and MICK GRAY
Batman and Robin are at the mercy of NoBody as he forces them to embrace a new way to battle crime and injustice. But Batman has other ideas! Plus: Don’t miss the origin of NoBody!



I have NO idea what the symbolism of this one is, and I'm not sure I want to... That's Damian emerging from his daddy'[s cowl, which looks a bit like a ladies... well, if you have to ask, you're too young to ask....


And now for something unusual for me; a "Context is for the weak" post

Now this commission is not mine, and is by the inestimable Chris "The Mighty Thor" Samnee whose work we have enjoyed many times here.

On the one hand Batman pulling Robin out of a mud puddle, and like any kid his age, Robin is laughing himself silly....


On the other... that's not mud he's covered in that... ummm... well, aside from some really horrible implications, it's at the very least sentient bits of Matt Hagen....

And for no reason than it has Batman, Robin and Clayface, a fun cover from Detective comics 735, showing what I've always said, that one Robin is never enough... ;)

Comments

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

Bat-Goatse!

[mullon]

That would be my face if I was in a Bat-Goatse too.

[shadowpsykie]

i can haz two nightwings plz? :D

That's Damian emerging from his daddy'[s cowl, which looks a bit like a ladies... well, if you have to ask, you're too young to ask....

damn you... i can't unsee that... i was seeing a Zeus and Athena parallel until i saw that....

[kenwyn89]

whichever way you look at it, it doesn't improve I mean, the lines, the colouring gaaaah can't unsee.

[endis_ni]

Holy Bat-birth trauma!

[grazzt]

Honestly Dick, only you could make auto-erotic asphyxiation a two man job!

Maybe Jamie Madrox also. Although that might be a three man job in his case.

[icon_uk]

Just the three for Madrox? That's self control for him!

slightly related...

[anothermoviegeek]

So it looks like we have some proof of Steph in the nDCU!

From the official solicit for "Batman Inc: Leviathan Strikes"
http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/09/19/batman-incorporated-leviathan-strikes-first-look/

Batman and Spoiler team to face the School of Night

So I guess our theory of Steph going back to being Spoiler is true. For a book that was already drawn going back and changing any Batgirl shots to be Spoiler must have been a chore. I wonder then how much of her history stayed alive (other than she was not ever Batgirl)

Re: slightly related...

[kamino_neko]

It seems unlikely that her time as Batgirl has been removed - pretty much nothing else about the batfamily has been altered, so it's likely that she just gave up the identity when Barbara decided to go out in it again.

Re: slightly related...

[anothermoviegeek]

As has been mentioned before, Didio was happy to say that "all former Robins will have books of some kind" (namely Dick, Jason and Tim) but as usual, Steph was left out of that. Her issue of Batman Inc being reworked into this new continuity as Spoiler instead of Batgirl just shows me that DC will easily strip her of her Batgirl history. Only time will tell, but I am not holding my breath.

Re: slightly related...

[drexer]

*happydance*

Nope, not gonna say anything more; just:

*happydance for Stephanie*

Re: slightly related...

[droolfangrrl]

And again showing I'm in my heart of hearts only about 14 rather than 46, I'm kind of stuck with staring at the bat crotch there...

Re: slightly related...

[anothermoviegeek]

well, its not like they didn't make that cod piece so large you HAVE to look at it (so glad they ditched this bat costume for the reboot)

[aaron_bourque]

Ah! AH! FLASHBACKS TO NIGHTWING ONE YEAR LATER AH! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!

[icon_uk]

I don't know what you mean, the Nightwing comic was on hiatus when OYL happened, wasn't it? YES IT WAS

[aaron_bourque]

You'd think so. You'd think, after pulling the rug out from under the writer, they'd give him a little leeway to rework his story, instead of forcing a deadline on him that makes him rush headlong into terribleness.

[mullon]

"Perturbation" has been one of favorite words since Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

[kenn_el]

Babs and Dicks! Must have!

[aeka]

Nightwing #4 looks like it'll be an interesting read. Who's the second Nightwing I wonder? Also Babs in randomly appearing in the background = ♥

[sadoeuphemist]

The Damian cover is an illustration of Damian's metaphorical rebirth through his partnership with his dad.

[lieut_kettch]

I bet that's Jason having rough foreplay withchoking Dick.

Heh. Choking Dick.

[icon_uk]

If it is, I think we have grounds for complaint because they did that whole schtick in Nightwing OYL.

[biod]

Which never happened

[whitesycamore]

Well maybe *this* time they'll get the kinky fan service right

i.e. with no/minimal tentacles

[shadowvalkyrie]

Hey, no! Tentacles are awesome and fanservice-y! Just those particular ones in OYL weren't. The key is in keeping him pretty even with the tentacles, and maybe this time they'll manage that.

[biod]

Preturbation: "Getting yourself horny enough to masturbate to the really aweful stuff you watch because you're dead inside" -S.W.A.I.M.

[whitesycamore]

That's Damian emerging from his daddy'[s cowl, which looks a bit like a ladies... well, if you have to ask, you're too young to ask....

I realize you're not an expert in the area, Sir, but a "ladies' don't-ask" looks NOTHING like that.

Speaking of ladies' bits, Bab's has a very unseemly pose on that first cover there.

[icon_uk]

I realize you're not an expert in the area, Sir, but a "ladies' don't-ask" looks NOTHING like that.

You put a ten year old inside and see what it looks like then. (ARGH Cannot unsee image... backspace, backspace... CTRL ALT DEL!!)

The fact it took 20 comments for anyone to say that makes me feel a LITTLE better.

[biod]

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY MIND?

[whitesycamore]

You put a ten year old inside and see what it looks like then.

No. No I won't! D:

The fact it took 20 comments for anyone to say that makes me feel a LITTLE better.

Reconsidering the matter, perhaps you're right. Perhaps this cover symbolises Damian's forsaking Talia, and embracing an identity as part of the batfamily.

Emerging from the cowl, he is now reborn from Bruce, who is at once the stern patriarch and the mystical, life-giving *bat-mother* (this is symbolised by his new costume, which emphasises his phallic region while also having that saucy piping which looks a bit like sexy stockings and suspenders and stuff, which as we all know is a long-standing symbol of female seductiveness and sexual power).

But the batarangs grasped in his hands suggest violence; an aggressive act as he tears himself from Bruce and establishes his own identity - an act of violence that is at once a birthing and a transgressive sexual conquest of his powerful father-mother.

Meaning of course that Damian is a bat-mother-fucker.

[salinea]

*slow clap*

[icon_uk]

Seconded

[salinea]

I thought the image looked blatantly vaginal before I even saw your commentary on it.

[icon_uk]

I'm just going to leave it to those of you who have them, or have an interest in them, to sort it out amongst yourselves... whilst I go and look at some Dick.

[salinea]

^_^

[halloweenjack]

Maude Lebowski: Does the female form make you uncomfortable, Mr. Lebowski?
The Dude: Uh, is that what this is a picture of?
Maude Lebowski: In a sense, yes. My art has been commended as being strongly vaginal which bothers some men. The word itself makes some men uncomfortable. Vagina.
The Dude: Oh yeah?
Maude Lebowski: Yes, they don't like hearing it and find it difficult to say whereas without batting an eye a man will refer to his dick or his rod or his Johnson.
The Dude: Johnson?

[freddylloyd]

Way, way back, there was a story showing that Dick Grayson could fit himself inside a life-sized Batman dummy and move around, fooling the cowardly and superstitious element of Gotham City into believing that Batman was well and active. Evidently Damian has found that piece of old equipment.