A bit of Neil Gaiman's Batman...
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scans_dailyIn the Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader trade they also collected some of Gaiman's older Batman stories from back in the day. One of them, about a recuiter for the Suicide Squad evaluating Poison Ivy to see if she'll be a worthwhile addition to the troupe I'll cover later.
But for now, here's a bit from a story involving a group of reporters who come to Gotham to make a documentary about how Batman is actually responsible for the amount of supervillains in the city...
The story begins with Batman breaking into the lead reporter's hotel room while he's asleep, telling him that deliberately trying to interview Gotham's supervillain crowd is dangerous, and tells him that he should stop while he's ahead. The reporter naturally calls the cops about this, but as he tells his team the next day, and tells them to his digust that Commissioner Gordon said that there was nothing he could do about it.
Reflecting upon whether Batman meant his opinion that what they were doing was dangerous was meant as a threat or as a warning, they decide to just move on with trying to get guests and such for their show...
After some dud interviews with the former Mrs. Dent and some henchmen, they decide to give Eddie a shot and go to interview him at the junkyard (where all the giant props that once littered Gotham ended up) he now manages. This story, called When Is a Door, is almost worth the price of the trade alone, being an exploration of both the Riddler's origin and how "the Game" has changed over the years, but for the sake of the page limit, I'll just post these two pages.
The head reporter says that the entire thing was a waste of time, and that Eddie just spouted a bunch of nonsense for an entire afternoon. His camera said that there was actually a point to what Eddie said, and that it'll make more sense on TV.
They decide to round off their filming with some vox pops, interviewing the locals to see what they think of Gotham's supervillain crowd.
And thus, a precedent is established for people not getting how things work in Gotham, later to be repeated by the Black Hand some twenty years later.
But for now, here's a bit from a story involving a group of reporters who come to Gotham to make a documentary about how Batman is actually responsible for the amount of supervillains in the city...
The story begins with Batman breaking into the lead reporter's hotel room while he's asleep, telling him that deliberately trying to interview Gotham's supervillain crowd is dangerous, and tells him that he should stop while he's ahead. The reporter naturally calls the cops about this, but as he tells his team the next day, and tells them to his digust that Commissioner Gordon said that there was nothing he could do about it.
Reflecting upon whether Batman meant his opinion that what they were doing was dangerous was meant as a threat or as a warning, they decide to just move on with trying to get guests and such for their show...
After some dud interviews with the former Mrs. Dent and some henchmen, they decide to give Eddie a shot and go to interview him at the junkyard (where all the giant props that once littered Gotham ended up) he now manages. This story, called When Is a Door, is almost worth the price of the trade alone, being an exploration of both the Riddler's origin and how "the Game" has changed over the years, but for the sake of the page limit, I'll just post these two pages.
The head reporter says that the entire thing was a waste of time, and that Eddie just spouted a bunch of nonsense for an entire afternoon. His camera said that there was actually a point to what Eddie said, and that it'll make more sense on TV.
They decide to round off their filming with some vox pops, interviewing the locals to see what they think of Gotham's supervillain crowd.
And thus, a precedent is established for people not getting how things work in Gotham, later to be repeated by the Black Hand some twenty years later.
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Date: 2013-02-01 08:36 pm (UTC)