BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #5

[superfangirl1]

Batman fights scarecrow, scarecrow uses a new scare formula on him and then leaves.

Superman appears because he got a message from Wonder woman from last issue that batman needed back-up. But batman is tripping from the fear toxin and apparently a new formula of venom causing batman to buffed up.

Comments

[domino_blue]

.....how the hell was he able to punch superman hard enough to draw blood?

[domino_blue]

oh he's drugged with Venom okay...wait why isn't Batman some hideous Liefeld creation now?

[icon_uk]

I suppose it might be Batman's blood, since I could imagine him grazing his knuckles punching Superman like that.

[razsolo]

This is certainly my firm belief....I don't care how many goofballs Batman is pepped up on, drawing blood from a Kryptonian is just silly ;P

[superfangirl1]

Well he was injected with a new version of Bane's new formula of venom.

[domino_blue]

Yeah I got that but still he look's Normal besides that so it's kind of hard to tell. Plus I still find it hard to think that Batman can punch Superman and draw blood like even on Venom. Also I'm getting a serious Frank Miller vibe from the writing.

[superfangirl1]

I agree none of it makes sense in the issue. As before superman slap batman into a old house. It look like batman gain the ability to fly too. *lol*

:P

[domino_blue]

My friends and I are running ranking on what's the worst Bat book being published so far it's a tie between this and Batman Odyssey. We think One-Face is the worst thing ever though.

[sailorlibra]

My theory is that his punch caused Superman to accidentally bite his tongue or something. It certainly doesn't take all that much force to make me accidentally bite my tongue/mouth. And it explains the blood from inside his mouth.

And the reason Bruce's hand didn't break is because Clark moved away too fast for him to give more than a glancing blow.

[katiemandel98]

Cool post! I love the art! The first scene though looks like Superman completly smooshed Batman's head! Also, can Superman summon lightning or something or am I seeing the drawing incorrectly? If he can thats pretty awesome. The ending makes me want to know whats going to happen next.

[icon_uk]

Nah, Superman just has an uncanny sense of dramatic timing.

[cypherfdp]

"Oh! Oh sh--... Fffff... Uh, Batman? Batman?"

"..."

"... W-what's that Diana? A kitten stuck in a tree? WellgottogosorrybatmanBYE!"

[sherkahn]

"Bruce, you didn't say the safe word!"

[kd_the_movie]

David Finch must've really wanted to draw supes with heat vision eyes cuz it makes no sense in that last scene.

[filthysize]

Not just him. I've seen that so many times. For some reason a lot of artists think Superman's eyes glow red in the dark.

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

It makes sense if he's thinking "Time to burn away all the evidence and bullet my way back to Metropolis"

[kamino_neko]

It's fairly common to have his eyes glow without his using his heat vision. Especially since the relaunch. It's hard to tell just what causes it - possibly it's always going and he has to actively suppress it, losing the ability when he's very stressed, or else the glow appears when he's stressed (this matches some, like here), perhaps he does it for effect (doesn't seem to work with the last page, here), perhaps all of his visual powers are accompanied by a glow (supported by the fact that his and Kara's x-ray vision does, in fact, have a glow, though it's blue, not red).

[thanekos]

I won't lie, seeing a Superman/Batman fight where the latter's spouting drug induced, deranged, at the end of rope lingo and the former just throws him down hard enough to leave him insensate, broken, and prone makes me happy in a.. Bigger Than Cheeses way, I guess.

[moetushie]

Man, fanfiction has truly ruined me because I am sitting here thinking, okay, there's the hurt, now where's the comfort?

(I am more than okay with this.)

[runespoor]

I'm just cracking up at any kind of Batman accusing someone else of being a "fascist control freak" (not that Bruce is responsible for Frank Miller's fantasies). And when I say "accusing" I mean "talking about himself".

[chocochuy]

I love Batman as many do here but it was about time to see his Bat-God image toned down with Superman, a guy who needs no introduction to mind control, been the voice of reason. Maybe it was intentional or not, but Batman sounded like an angry Frank Miller and the fight went the opposite way than the final bout at DKR.

[filthysize]

I almost think it has to be intentional. The panel of Batman punching Supes is very similarly posed and composed to the same action in DKR. Then the lightning clinches it.

[maxisanacorn]

Starting to not mind the lack of red underwear, the belt part sort of keeps that color break up. It's still very much 'Superman'