Batman: Arkham Titty

[stubbleupdate]

Or, more accurately, Arkham Unhinged, the prologue comic for videogame Arkham City. I haven't played the game yet, but I have been following the Catwoman Bitch story, the DLC nonsense and the Harley Quinn based queer panic of the game, so when the prologue appeared on Comixology for 99c an issue, I was interested enough to hand over my money.

All together, it's 60 pages of story for $2.97, which is a decent return. The comic itself isn't that great. Two Face does lots of things in twos. Batman sneaks up on people, and punches other people. Hugo Strange menaces in the background. And Catwoman...

is the main character of this series.
3 scans from #1 and 2 from #2
Handily, there's a news report on Arkham City to set the scene for the story. Like many people, writer Derek Fridolfs possibly thinks that news reports make for boring and artificial exposition. how to jazz that up?






Strange's goons steal Catwoman's stuff and Batman rescues her. After a drive in the Batmobile, she hits the ejector seat. Then they fight.



The editor is listed as Jim Chadwick, but I'm not convinced that there wasn't editorial interference from Titfish.

The art is passable, and the story is decent. To be honest, it's what you'd expect from a book that's $2.97 for 60 pages.

Did we ditch the cheesecake and boobs tags?


I've not played the game, but I'll probably pick it up once I've finished Assassin's Creed Revelations, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider and it's come down to a platinum price

Comments

[stubbleupdate]

Harley Quinn is played by a dude.

[mrstatham]

Ah, yes. I remember that one. The freaking out on YouTube was fucking hilarious, there, bunches of morons desperately trying to cling to their masculinity in the dumbest way possible, by declaring their 'not gayness'. Like I said, hilarious.

I could care less, personally - the character model in the game still looked good. The change in voices for Harley was more jarring than the revelation about her mo-cap actor, frankly.

[biod]

And seeing a thousand insecure gamers question their sexuality was the stuff of internet legend.

[kamino_neko]

More accurately, her motion capture is performed by a guy. She's voiced by Tara Strong (who has also done Batgirl, in Mystery of the Batwoman, Rise of Sin Tsu, and Gotham Girls).

[viridian5]

Also Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony, which is now inspiring a crossover in my head that's breaking my brain. But it's Harley, so who knows....

[kamino_neko]

Man, let's not get into listing all of Strong's credits...she's...prolific. Personally, my favourites are Raven (Teen Titans) and Rikku (Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts).

(I have fairly strong voice lust for her based on those two. >_> )

[viridian5]

Very prolific-- and I'm still amazed she voiced Princess Clara and Toot Braunstein in Drawn Together--but lately I hear her most often when she's voicing a magical purple unicorn, which is funnier to me. *g*

[kamino_neko]

It's funny, actually...I was fully expecting Twilight to be my favourite pony because of the TS voice lust.

But, she's...not. Probably 3rd or 4th if I had to rank them (Pinkie, Fluttershy, Twilight (or Rainbow), Rainbow (or Twilight), Applejack, Rarity)...

[viridian5]

Mine's Fluttershy. I love her interaction with Angel, and it's always fun when she snaps....

[magus_69]

YOU'RE... GOING... TO LOVE ME!!!!!

[viridian5]

Heh. Plus her being driven to chastise a cockatrice and a really large dragon, getting really enthusiastic over Rainbow Dash's second sonic rainboom, and getting cursed to have a voice like Barry White's.

[kagome654]

Rarity is the best pony.

[whitesycamore]

This a (partially) true thing THAT NOBODY EVER SAYS ENOUGH.

seriously though, Rainbow Dash is actually the best pony. Rarity is a close runner up though.

[kagome654]

The general lack of love Rarity receives compared to her friends is a constant source of confusion and sadness in my life. Poor, poor unappreciated pony!

Rarity will always be the best pony in my eyes, but I'm willing to concede that Dash is concentrated awesome

[alphamonkey]

> It's funny, actually...I was fully expecting Twilight to be my favourite pony because of the TS voice lust.

This. So much this.

Then AJ's accent came along.

Cutest thing ever.

[filthysize]

There's also a really dumb joke in the game where the henchmen are idly chatting and this conversation takes place:

"Do you think the rumors are true?"
"That Harley used to be a man?"
"No, that Joker's dying!"

[beoweasel]

And then you have gangers saying they want to murder Quin, or sexually assault her.

[golden_orange]

Having not actually been aware of the "Harley Quinn was motion-captured as a man" controversy, this joke finally makes sense to me.