scans_daily: You've Just Been Bat-slapped!

katiemandel98 (

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@ 2012-01-23 12:58 pm UTC

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char: batman/bruce wayne, char: kid flash/flash/wally west, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, title: teen titans: year one

You've Just Been Bat-slapped!

I love Robin, all Robins really, especially the Jesse McCartney cackler Robin :D (personally, I think it's the costume design. Black and red with a touch of yellow suits the Boy Wonder quite nicely.)

Anyway...

Robin is one of my top favorite characters in the DC universe. So because I love Robin so much (as it seems does the rest of the community) I figured I'd post...well...a Robin moment!

From Teen Titans: Year One (2008) #1

Update: I figured I'd put an explanation within the post since there has been much confusion within the comments and to help out future readers. Basically it starts off with Robin trying to contact other teen superheroes via internet to gather info about a master cat burglar in the area. Batman believes that Robin is wasting his time trying to contact others when they could be on patrol, so they head out. We are also introduced to Kid Flash, Wonder Girl and Aqualad within the issue as well. During patrol, Batman chases down a delivery man, who he believes is the master cat burglar. When it turns out it isn't, he throws the guy against some crates and walks off. The scans below are the next scene, where Robin expresses his worries to Kid Flash about Batman's behavior and Robin’s next encounter with Batman. In future issues it is revealed that Batman was being manipulated by The Antithesis, a giant bug/alien creature that was playing off Batman's fears. Batman believes that The Antithesis was brought over during the Justice Leagues last interdimensional adventure. The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Green Arrow were also being manipulated by the creature. Hope this helps. :)

If time permits I'll continue to post other Robin moments from Teen Titans: Year One, then probably head into some Gotham Adventures. Until next week...Enjoy. :)

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	no subject filthysize 2012-01-23 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	I've never read this, so WTF? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject crinos 2012-01-23 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	Basically, Batman and the rest of the Titans JLA analogs have been possessed by Antithesis, who is making them super dickish, especially towards their proteges. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject mrstatham 2012-01-23 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, out of context, this actually seems really, really awful. Batman's the worst, somehow - I just recall Aquaman being kind of... Jockish. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject crinos 2012-01-24 06:14 am UTC (link)
	Well, it doesn't help that Aqualad in this universe looks like a drowned corpse. I mean I think they were going for sickly and asthmatic, but he came off as almost having the innsmouth look to me. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-01-24 06:46 am UTC (link)
	I believe they were going for someone who had never been exposed to sunlight (what with living at the bottom of the sea). so he'd literally be "fish-belly white". (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-01-23 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Here's the original version of that scene, from Teen Titans 51 back in 1978 (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject filthysize 2012-01-24 03:39 pm UTC (link)
	Ahh. See, in the original it's more obvious that something weird is going on. In the scans posted, it just looked like Batman snapped because of his mom's necklace and got really angry at Robin. Whew. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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katiemandel98
2012-01-24 12:50 am UTC (link)

I'm sorry! I put the ass in assume. I wasn't thinking to explain it. :P I remember finding the last page I posted online during a Google search and thinking the same thing, WTF? I'll do better to think in the realm of the "out of context" reader in the future.

P.S. Thank you for including the original Teen Titans. Its interesting the different takes on the same story line.

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	no subject meicdon13 2012-01-24 01:40 am UTC (link)
	If it's okay, could you put the context at least under the cut/at the end of the post? Batman being an ass towards Robin (especially one that looked that young) really bothered me until I read the comments. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject amalthia 2012-01-24 06:25 am UTC (link)
	Which issue is this??? Or is Year One a comic mini-series?? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-01-24 06:45 am UTC (link)
	First issue of a six issue mini-series from a few years ago. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject amalthia 2012-01-24 06:58 am UTC (link)
	And the mini-series was called Year One Teen titans? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject wizardru 2012-01-24 12:38 pm UTC (link)
	Correct. Teen Titans: Year One from 2008. It has since been collected into a trade. Regrettably, it never got a follow-up. It really was great...and one of the few comics my daughter actually asked to read. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject amalthia 2012-01-25 02:24 am UTC (link)
	Found it! Thanks for your patience. I look forward to reading this as well once Amazon delivers my copy. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject salinea 2012-01-24 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps a warning before the cut for child abuse? I mean, it's a little bit disturbing. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-01-24 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	Wouldn't that apply to basically any fight scene involving a Boy (or Girl) Wonder, the entirety of the New Mutants/New X-Men and the Legion of Superheroes (original version)? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject salinea 2012-01-24 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	This came across to me as different than any given fight because Batman is Dick's parent, which the story in this case directly emphasizes? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-01-24 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Fair point. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject blackruzsa 2012-01-25 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	Ouch. Without context, that would have put me off Batman. And my breakfast. On another note, the art is niiice. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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katiemandel98
2012-01-26 02:01 am UTC (link)

I'm glad I put the context then, I just wish I had been smart enough to put it up earlier. (face-palm)

I love the art work too! I love the use of color and the tones and moods that it creates throughout the story. I also liked how certian colors were associated with certian characters: Kid Flash and Speedy have alot of reds and yellows in their backgrounds, Aqualad has blues and greens, Wonder Girl has pinks and purples, sometimes blues and whites, and Robin seems to have just alot of darkness and shadows going on around him. It's what grabbed me and made me want to read more, along with curiosity of what the heck was going on on pages 5 & 6 of this post.

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	no subject blackruzsa 2012-01-26 09:01 am UTC (link)
	It looks positively animated, which is why I like it :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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