Batman #691

[queenursula.insanejournal.com]

With the help of Alfred, Dick manages to get the upper hand.






Later, Dick is storing away everything from the batcave when he discovers a data key hidden inside the base under Jason's trophy case.

Comments

[darkblade.insanejournal.com]

No. I refuse to accept this level of asshole-ness from Bruce. There is no justification for him to have been hiding stuff from Dick about his parents murder.

[darkknightjrk.insanejournal.com]

I can kinda see what you mean...but I'd rather see more of that then Tony goddamn Daniel back writing/drawing the book.

[stolisomancer.insanejournal.com]

It's a pretty decent cliffhanger. All we and Dick know at this point is that some files about the Graysons' murder were hidden in the Batcave. This could mean many things:

- There's something about the murder that Bruce didn't want Dick to know.
- New information about the murder came to light, but Bruce didn't know what was up, and didn't want to tell Dick until he'd nailed it down.
- Jason got into the Batcave at some point and hid the tape to screw with Dick's head.
- Bruce lost track of the tape after the last time somebody trashed the Batcave, and it happened to skid under one of the memorial cases.

Personally, my pick on this one is that it's a Jason Todd mindgame.

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

Yeah, because trying to shield your kid from trauma is ASSSHOOOOLE

Goddamn it.

BRUCE IS NOT AN ASSHOLE.

STOP ASSUMING EVERYTHING HE DOES IS BECAUSE OF ASSHOLISHNESS.

[bluejaybirdie.insanejournal.com]

Hmmm. What do you want to bet that Two-Face was somehow behind this, even though he shouldn't technically exist yet?

[superfan1.insanejournal.com]

Like the possibility that he responsible for dick parents murder somehow? I hope not.

[yaseen101.insanejournal.com]

So did everyone dropped the book like kingrockwell suggested to?

[yaseen101.insanejournal.com]

After Tony Daniel takes over that is.

[interrobamf.insanejournal.com]

I'm amused by Two-Face's shoe flying off when Dick kicks him.

That's pretty much all I have to say about this.

[darkknightjrk.insanejournal.com]

Heheheheheheheh. I just noticed that. :D

[thanekos.insanejournal.com]

so, what is this, leftover Simon Hurt douchebaggery?

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

Wait, wait, wait...is this Tony Daniel or Judd Winick?

[pepperspray101.insanejournal.com]

This is Judd Winick. (maybe that last bit is editorial mandate?)

[ravenous_raven.insanejournal.com]

who's the unconscious girl in the first panel?

[stolisomancer.insanejournal.com]

The teleporter that Harvey hired to get him into the Batcave. She can apparently handle an object, then teleport to its point of origin.

[cyberghostface.insanejournal.com]

I wonder why Two-Face hasn't gotten rid of that single strip of flesh on his jaw.

[bluejaybirdie.insanejournal.com]

Heh. It makes him look a bit like Jonah Hex!

[mullon.insanejournal.com]

So Bruce was Dick Grayson's real father all along. Didn't see that coming.

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

[sistermagpie.insanejournal.com]

I admit it. The cliffhanger totally got me. I'm a sucker for Flying Graysons mysteries.

And I liked the moment where Dick was cleaning out the cave and decided to take the Batman case but leave Jason's because that was Bruce's cross to bear and not his.

Dick's mother has a strange face in that picture, but then, so does Dick. Mary Grayson is usually always pictured with a huge smile. Sometimes she literally looks like she was traced from a Bettie Page picture.

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

It does look like she's kind of squinting in comparison to Dick and John there.

[pepperspray101.insanejournal.com]

Wow, Dick's gotta pretty big nose as a kid. XD;

anyhoo...I'm not totally yet horrified by this um...new...revelation. Cuz well, what? It's just a case file. Maybe Bruce kept there till Dick was older and forgot it was there? lol...nevermind. Anyhoo, there's not a lot to go by. Okay, case file. What about it? And how ironic...it was under Jason's trophy case. Didn't Bruce hide the truth from Jason too? hm...

[sistermagpie.insanejournal.com]

...maybe the Flying Graysons were the ones who did that unmentionable traumatic thing that Bruce cryptically referred to in his "good-bye, my greatest failure" video to Jason.

Yeah, I just implied the Graysons sexually assaulted Jason. What of it?

[silverzeo.insanejournal.com]

Don't tell me Jason is Dick's half brother or something!

[jelly_ace.insanejournal.com]

So Batman's now a soap opera?
Waht?

[auggie18.insanejournal.com]

...Dick's dad is young Magneto?

For some reason, his outfit reminds me of Magneto's when he was running the New Mutants. Except not pink and minus a cape. That outfit was weird.

[geekanerd.insanejournal.com]

Batman yelling "You're trapped WITH ME!" creates a weird comic book feedback loop; this line was used to memorable effect in Watchmen movie (Rorschach's "I'm not trapped here with you! You're trapped here with me!"), and the actor's delivery strongly evoked the over-the-top growliness of...the Nolanverse Batman!

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

First time I recall that phrase was in Ellis' Excalibur run where Kitty uses it to a guy posessing Kurt who thinks he has the poor little girl trapped with him. It doesn't end well for the guy.

[zordboy.insanejournal.com]

The photo of young Dick in that final panel is really creeping me out.

[jelly_ace.insanejournal.com]

Ugh. Horrible HORRIBLE art.

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

Bite your tongue. Bagley's not perfect, but these last few issues of Batman have been great.

[batcookies.insanejournal.com]

Pretty obvious to me.

The case represents Bruce's biggest failure.

If the case file is hidden in the case it means he had some inkling that things weren't right at the circus, didn't act soon enough, and partly blames himself.

[404glitch.insanejournal.com]

I always knew Bruce and Clark Diana were Dick's parents!

[evah_k.insanejournal.com]

Oh nooooo, now Dick´s parents are deeeeeaaaaaad?

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone else get slightly uncomfortable when they start ranting at the mentally ill people while they're savagely beating them? I mean, there's no denying Harvey is dangerous, but why the hell lecture him as if he's a rational human being?

[lucky_sometimes.insanejournal.com]

For all I heard Bagley's art was awesome and we were so lucky to have Winick and Bagley on Batman, I'm not seeing it. The last 2 pages of this arc were better and less predictable (well finally a twist) than any of the rest of the three books, and Bagley's art wasn't fit to shine Tony Daniel's boots.

I'm ready for the next guy!

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

I'm not sure I approve of Harvey spotting the 'Jonah Hex' look there. I mean, I know that this'll probably only last until the next artist gives things his twist, but that really is kinda Hex's trademark, and it doesn't look right on someone else.
Oh - and Batman knocking his shoe off with the force of the kick is classic. (Why do you think Harvey has the end of his sock cut off, though? He likes to give his toes wiggle-room?)