Batman Odyssey #2

[superfangirl1]

Bruce while laying on the ground bleeding and hurt. He recounts the first time he ever got shot while making a misjudgement mistake in a flashback.

Comments

[stubbleupdate]

Just like in the Untouchables.

[ian_karkull]

Batman looks more like he's practicing some really fly dance moves than getting shot in the first scan.

[icon_uk]

It's the Batusi (90's over-violent mix)

[keeva]

I can't enjoy Neal Adams' art any more, because I am too distracted by remembering that he believes in some pretty stupid shit about the Earth growing.

[ian_karkull]

I kinda love him for that though. Most crazyness today is of the asshole or bigot variety, so it's refreshing to see some genuine batshit crazy every now and then.
In a world of Mormon street preachers, Neal Adams is the homeless guy shouting at the moon.

[darkknightjrk]

"In a world of Mormon street preachers, Neal Adams is the homeless guy shouting at the moon."

HA! :D

I think that deserves an Internet.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Exactly - he's a hell of a lot better than, say, Dave Sims.

[thatnickguy]

Pfft. There are a LOT worse things for someone to believe in. Would you prefer he were a scientologist? A satanic cultist?

Really, this is incredibly tame and doesn't take away from his brilliant work.

[fredneil.livejournal.com]

Pfft. There are a LOT worse things for someone to believe in. Would you prefer he were a scientologist? A satanic cultist?

Steve Ditko?

[thatnickguy]

Isn't his just political beliefs?

Honestly, I think as long as their opinions, political or religious aren't shoehorned into their work where it likely doesn't belong, does it really matter?

[bradhanon]

Oh, man, you have GOT to read some of Ditko's Objectivist comics. The Question stories ALONE...

Trust me, "shoehorned" isn't even the word. Hilarity abounds.

[thehefner]

I can't enjoy Adams' art anymore because I hate his inks. If only Giordando were still alive, or they hired some brilliant inker like Nowlan, Sienkiewicz, or Garcia-Lopez.

His crazy batshit ideas are part of his fun, really. As others have said here, there's far, far worse crazy to believe in.

[saralakali]

Yes, he really does need a good inker. His stuff can be beautiful, but this is rough.

[sir_mikael]

Mystery Men icon!
I love the Shoveler.

[darkknightjrk]

I'm not sure about the inker, but the colors here look...really off.

[hybrid2]

What the hell is this crap?

That's actualy a reaction,not a real question.

[chipsnopotatoes]

Neal Adams is a fan of Jack Bauer, yes? I miss 24.

[crinos]

Wow: Batman really is gonna get shot in the face:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4920450965711960867#

[benicio127]

I have the feeling this mini is going to be the biggest train-wreck ever. We need to post more of this crack, stat.

[maijson]

There's a difference between a trainwreck like Rise of Arsenal and a trainwreck like this. This is completely goofy as hell, it doesn't serve any discernible purpose other than as a venue for Neal Adams to just go totally nuts, and has that Crazy Old Uncle vibe that hasn't been seen in comics since like 1968.

[yaseen101]

I like to call it the Crack Train myself.

[benicio127]

That could really give it so many more meanings!

[cypherfdp]

>Batman threatening train passengers with dual guns.

Lolwut.

[midnightvoyager]

I can't stop giggling at the first post. *SWEET DANCE MOVES*

[irrelevant]

I have moved beyond WTFery and am now rolling with the Millerverse satire, which is kind of like lampooning an existing lampoon. *boggles*

RIGHT in the same exit hole

lolfaux!Millerverse!crack. hee.

[darkknightjrk]

I dunno, I think Millerverse is far more entertaining, personally. This is just...weird.

[punishermax]

"IN THE FACE, DO IT MAN!"

"Greg stop fucking screaming that it's weirding everyone out."

"I'M JUST TELLING YOU TO SHOOT IT ALL OVER HIS FACE! I WANT HIM COVERED, JUST ALL OVER HIS FACE, EVERYWHERE, MAYBE GET IN HIS HAIR TOO!"

[darkknightjrk]

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that was vaguely sexual.

[nickfury90]

Batman looks pretty happy that those guys are about to finish and shoot him in the face.

Well, that didn't sound right at all, but I'm not changing it.

I really don't know what's worse: Batman busting out the fliest dance moves in Gotham or the John Woo-inspired Batman sequence.

WTF Neal Adams...and get a real inker/finisher, for God's sake.

[meatwhichdreams]

I...I thought this was a Mad Magazine parody, honestly, I did.

[silverzeo]

"We both has the special issue where Radioactiveman and Falloutboy DIE on everypage."

[psychopathicus_rex]

Credit where credit is due - what Batman's doing WORKS, even if it's a tad on the extreme side - and presumably, those guns are just loaded with blanks or the like. (Or, alternately, that's not really Batman.)
And that first page is more than somewhat disturbing.

[mithen]

No, no...those are real, loaded guns, and it's really Bruce. This is his object lesson to Robin about why guns aren't very useful, and it's supposedly a flashback to his first night in the suit. It's still massively crazy stuff, though. :)

[psychopathicus_rex]

Oh - OK. So this is supposed to be back in the early days, when he actually used the things. So much for that theory.

[althechi]

That's all there is to say, really.