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cyberghostface ([personal profile] cyberghostface) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2013-01-17 07:22 pm
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Batman #16

So Batman has tracked down Joker in Arkham Asylum (where he's with some of Batman's other rogues) and manages to gain the upper hand when Mister J reveals he has another trick up his sleeve.

 





There's also a back-up story by Capullo after this where the other villains fight over who gets to kill Batman, causing Joker to trap them between some bars.



So what's underneath? I hope it's not one of Alfred's body parts...
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[personal profile] icon_uk 2013-01-18 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
So is there a reason Batman, with all his resources, has no means of contacting his allies? And has no electrical insulation in his costume?

And how DID the Joker manage to be there for each of these moments when he's at Arkham with Batman?

[personal profile] captainbellman 2013-01-18 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Children being beaten bloody? = OK

People being stitched together and painted on? = OK (If Stupid)

A garish panto-villain personality with Leatherface's fashion sense killing people dressed up like bad cosplayers (aka some of the target audience), one by one? = OK! We LIKE Disrespecting The Fans!

The word "Ass"? = NO NO NO SCOTT THAT IS A NAUGHTY WORD WHAT ARE YOU DOING WON'T YOU *THINK* OF THE *CHILDREN*?!?!

[personal profile] darkknightjrk 2013-01-18 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Here's what I don't get--we have this twisted horror-tinged Batman story full of disturbing imagery and gore, with a villain who runs around wearing his OWN DECOMPOSING FACE...but if he says "ass," it has to be bleeped.
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[personal profile] aeka 2013-01-18 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
I was honestly expecting something huge to happen in a significant way this issue, given all the teases Snyder gave on his Twitter. Turns out the 'big thing' that happens was nothing more than an electric chair and the silver platter ending (which I assume all contain parts of Alfred).

I just hope that's one hell of a protective cowl Bruce is wearing or the electric jolts are being delivered at ridiculously small amounts. Something like this would do more than just cause his nose to bleed...

All in all, I thought it was an okay issue, but I don't feel like it lived up to all the hype.

[personal profile] darkknightjrk 2013-01-18 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
"I hope it's not one of Alfred's body parts..."

It can't be, and here's why: Penguin and Two-Face's shock at what's under it. Why would they care if some butler's head was on a plate? They would be expecting something like that from Joker.

The only thing I can think of that would warrant that reaction is something to do with their identities.
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Batman's Face?

[personal profile] blue_bolt 2013-01-18 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe he plans to wear Batman's face?

No wait that was Faceoff.
No wait, that was Hush.
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[personal profile] nyadnar17 2013-01-18 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Has Two-Face done anything of note in the new 52? I ask because he is my favorite DC villain and he always seems to get the short end of the stick.
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[personal profile] janegray 2013-01-18 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
Jason and Tim fighting side by side?

What issue did that happen in?
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[personal profile] chrisdv 2013-01-18 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It'd be hilarious if Joker had taken nude photos & those are what's on the tray, with his elaborate plan building up to Batman seeing them.
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[personal profile] chieflewal 2013-01-18 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
This is absurd. Even if Joker somehow Santa Claused his way around town getting to at least five different people in four different places in x time, DAMIEN AND JASON ARE TRAINED EFFING ASSASSINS!

It is long past time to admit that Joker is underqualified to be Batman's "greatest villain." He should be nowhere near this relevant, and it's all our fault for buying that he still is.
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[personal profile] indy2012 2013-01-18 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
So, Harley was brutalized, Ivy manipulated Clayface into being her bodyguard because she was afraid of Joker making his big comeback, and Eddy, Harvey, and Ozzie are standing next to Joker like old co-workers without a trace of intimidation.

Yep, the rogues are a boys' club again.
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[personal profile] bardbrain 2013-01-19 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Four unorthodox predictions:

1) It's Jim Gordon's head. And they've been faking us out on future solicits.

2) It's (allegedly) the actual bat that inspired Bruce to become Batman.

3) It's the gun Joe Chill used to kill the Waynes. Still attached to Chill's hand. We've seen Bruce deal with using a gun in rare situations but using THE gun would be poetic. And a loaded gun with a severed hand attached would get a reaction from Penguin and Two-Face.

4) It's the Joker's own severed head. This guy is a REALLY GOOD copycat... and maybe sets up the idea that there's a network of Jokers, trading notes. It was one guy. But they started swapping intimate details, trade secrets, getting plastic surgery to be identical. Maybe that ties into why this version of the Joker sees family as a burden if he killed the other Jokers.

5) It's just a stack of tuna sandwiches.
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