Justice League of America #34

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[bariman1987.insanejournal.com]

Even when he's a cowboy, Batman is prepared for everything. And a single-action railgun? Talk about an anachronism.

So the original DC/Milestone crossover is semi-canon now? Cool. Think we need to have a review post about it?

[alexlucard.insanejournal.com]

Why IS Batman a gun wielding near diety killing cowboy with a chess piece on his torso?

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

Alternate universe / imaginary / story Batman. He's a cowboy!

[ninjapeps.insanejournal.com]

Paladin is an alternate Batman created by Anansi a few issues ago. there were other alternate JLA characters, the crackiest of which was a Captain Marvel analogue but instead of a kid that turned into a super-powered adult, he was a white guy that turned into a super-powered black man.

[jlbarnett.insanejournal.com]

he wasn't a Captain Marvel analogue. He was the character DC considered creating as their first black superhero.

[ninjapeps.insanejournal.com]

ah, my mistake. I thought that since his powers came from using a magic word that he was patterned after Captain Marvel.

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

Nope. Possibly influenced by him, since the original Black Bomber idea, as I understand it, had him changing against his will, but he's a real 70s concept (who was scrapped, and replaced with Black Lightning).

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

Alternate reality Bruce Wayne who didn't watch Zorro the night his parents were killed, he watched a cowboy movie. Now he fights crime as Paladin, using his absurd wealth to create awesome guns rather than bat-motif "non-lethal" weapons.

Aaron "The Mad Whitaker" Bourque; it could only be a Lone Ranger movie (when swapping out swashbuckling for cowboy action, you don't just plug any old western in), but I don't think they specified.

[jlbarnett.insanejournal.com]

didn't he also pick up the gun Joe Chill dropped and shoot him back?

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

That being said, if the Western had that much affect on THAT Bruce, you'd think our Bruce might have developed swords as a weapon of choice since he saw Zorro! :) (I know, I know, the movie being Zorro is a relatively recent addition, but even so, it's a nice image. Reminds me of the issue of DCAU Batman where he takes down the Cavalier, and as he swings away Batman thinks "YOU don't get to play Zorro in this town, that's MY job")

[jlbarnett.insanejournal.com]

well as I said, I'm pretty sure he got the chance to kill his parents murderer immediately and did so.

[kenn_el.insanejournal.com]

Prepared for 'everything'? I think Damian shows that that's not true.

[bariman1987.insanejournal.com]

Batman used to keep Bat-condoms next to the Batarangs, but after a couple of times reaching into the wrong belt compartment when fighting the Joker, he removed them so as not to give his villains the wrong idea.