Batfamily spoilers

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Some advanced info about various Bat family titles... be warned that here be spoilers....






This is not a spoiler about Damian's eventual fate, since it represents a "What if/Elseworlds future" but...



From this article

DC Comics is billing this one as “a possible future that may never be.” Whether Damian will return for good at some point isn’t clear but, hey, this is comics!

"I had a big affinity for Damian when I drew Batman issue #666 (in 2007),” Kubert told Parallel Worlds. “I really liked that Batman and always wanted to revisit him. Damian is a bit different than the ‘Bruce Wayne’ Batman. Grant Morrison tweaked his character in a way that made it very endearing for me to draw. And to write.

“Basically, what I'm doing is exploring the path that Damian has taken to become Batman. I think readers will see him in a different light than before,” he added.



Delighted to see that my favourite TV only villlain, King Tut, getting a look in!



There's a great interview with writer Jeff Parker which suggests the sort of approach he's taking if he uses "new" villains in the series.

You've mentioned bringing in Killer Croc like that, but in your mind are you casting this too? Is there a specific old comedian you thought would have been perfect in that part in '66?

Yeah. All I can do is quietly suggest to an artist, "It might have been like this." We only have the rights to the people we have the rights to, and you'd be surprised how hard it is to get the rights to some of these things you wouldn't think are that big of a deal. But if you imagine Killer Croc or some real big guy like that, you'd think they would have got Ted Cassidy – especially since he did that Lurch walk-on in one episode. He was always the big guy on shows back then. If you ever saw and alien or a robot, that was him. So I always imagine him as Killer Croc, or that's who I immediately thought of.

Oh, and issue two promises a crossover so obvious I can't believe the TV show never used it, The Penguin and Mr Freeze.



It’s the middle of summer, so why is an iceberg blocking Gotham harbor? Aided by his new accomplice, Mr. Freeze, the Penguin floats in on a giant iceberg that he declares to be a soverign nation. Now, in order for ships to pass and commerce to continue, everyone is going to have to pay a toll to “Emperor Penguin." Will the beaked criminal really be able to use diplomatic immunity to pull off this pernicious piracy?

All that AND a frozen captive Robin... :)







And finally, (so you can avoid it by not clicking this cut if you wish) BIG Batgirl spoiler in the Nightwing Annual solicit

From CBR's page of Annual solicits



















Okay, you were warned...


Seeing the pretty picture is your last chance to back out, scroll past it and it's spoiler territory (Though not Spoiler territory)



Robin and Batgirl grew up fighting side by side…but with Dick Grayson about to embark on a new crimefighting quest and Barbara Gordon no longer fighting under the Bat, is there anything left between them? Following the “Batgirl: Wanted” epic, this is the story of a twosome with nothing left to lose, fighting for the only thing they can: each other!

So Babs DOES give up being Batgirl (though only for a while I suspect)

Comments

[shadowpsykie]

i don't think i have a problem with Barbara giving up the batgirl title because really, i want to see what this new Universe's BARBARA GORDON is. we have only ever seen this new barbara in context with being Batgirl and even with her home life we havent seen much of her as Babs... it might be interesting

[icon_uk]

It'll be interesting to see Dick as Robin as well, since we've only seen a couple of PANELS of him in his Robin gear in the Nightwing #0 issue.

[shadowpsykie]

i'm pretty sure he is only Robin in Flashbacks... and who knows how many panels that will be.

[darkknightjrk]

The thing is, in the issues so far she already HAS dropped the "Batgirl" identity when she took the symbol off the costume. I just assumed the solicit was talking about that.

[icon_uk]

Ah thanks, hadn't seen that yet.

[espanolbot]

Barbara: I shall fight crime under the identity of the Spoiler... 'cause I ruin everything!

[chrisdv]

You could, in fact, say she "spoils" everything.

...I'll be leaving now.

[grazzt]

Okay, Ted Cassidy as Killer Croc is brilliant.

Community challenge: cast other modern Batvillains as classic TV comedians.

Lucille Ball is...Poison Ivy!

Joan Rivers is...Harley Quinn!

[icon_uk]

Oooh! What a fun idea (though the problem is the series went through so many of them)

How about, for starters

Phil Silvers as the new Clock King (more like the BTAS one)

Boris Karloff as the original Clayface (seems only fair)

Apparently Robert Morley was the writers preferred casting for the Sandman in his one appearance, but casting meant they got Michael Rennie instead. Not sure who Robert Morley could have been, but I'd sure there's someone.... maybe Tweedledee and Tweedledum if you double up the casting.

[magus_69]

Clint Eastwood as Two-Face!

[jkcarrier]

Goldie Hawn is totally Harley Quinn.
Santo as Bane, natch.
Salvador Dali as Crazy Quilt.

[anothermoviegeek]

Jerry Lewis as Mr. Zsasz.

[maxisanacorn]

Interesting Babs seems to just be in some sort of cool suit here though, wouldn't call those civilian duds.

[icon_uk]

Looks more like a tracksuit to me.

[joetuss]

Im probably the only batman fan who hates adam west/60's batman so this hurts my eyes. I hated tdkr as well...shoulda stopped at tdk nolan.

[mrstatham]

Actually, I think people who claim to enjoy West's/60's Batman are more the exception and not the rule. Go to pretty much any message board and declare you like the 60's show and/or think it's a valid interpretation of Batman, and prepared to be seriously abused. That's my experience.

[applemagpie]

Don't worry, you're not the only one who hate TDKR. I hated it too.
And although I like the pure campy fun that was 60s Batman, I hardly think it was that great, or that West is one of the definitive actors to portray Batman
However, I'm also the person who doesn't like Miller Batman, so maybe I'm the odd one out too

[junipepper]

I don't know anyone who actually thinks the 60's TV show was a valid or good interpretation of Batman. But for people who were either children or parents in the 60's and 70's (when it was in constant re-runs in most of the U.S.), it's a huge nostalgia kick because we loved it back then. For adults it was funny, as intended; a gentle and fairly intelligent satire. Of course Adam West was a terrible Batman; it was meant to be ridiculous. For kids like me, who took it absolutely seriously (being far less cynical and media-wise than more recent generations) it was pure fun, lots of adventure and excitement.

Also, Yvonne Craig!Batgirl was the idol of every girl in my neighborhood.

[northstarfan]

King Tut actually did make a pre-52 comic appearance in the fun-as-hell Batman: King Tut's Tomb. I'd recommend it!

[icon_uk]

I had seen that, and thee Riddler bits are quite fun, but the character of King Tut is cery definitely an "in name only" homage, and is so different from Victor Buono's hyper-florid loon that the comparison is hardly worthwhile IMHO

[mrstatham]

I like the fact that DC have the nerve to call the current Batgirl: Wanted storyline 'epic', as opposed to more of the same melodramatic hand-wringing tosh that the book has been since issue #1.

[big_daddy_d]

Actually looking forward to the Damian series. In fact hope it's more of an ongoing like Smallville, Batman '66, etc. I always wanted to see more of the 666 world and see how certain characters turned out. What difference did Damian make in his world and how did it get to the point where he became a mentor to Terry? Also..there better be Stephanie Brown and Cass in...and nothing bad better have happened to them either...(although that's too much to ask of DC.)

[applemagpie]

I love Damian, but it's depressing me how much he looks like Tim in that picture
Could be interesting though.

[xamda]

You have to wonder what the DC bigwig's thought process is...
'You like Tim? HAH, have a noisy brat called Damian instead!'
'Oh, now you like Damian!? Grown on you, has he? Well we can't have that! Death!'
'Oh, hang on... now we don't have a Robin. What about merchandise sales?'
'Okay, you can have Damian, but ONLY in a miniseries and he has to look like Tim.'

[sinesofinsanity]

JOKER-FISH!!!!

The clown prince of the seas (the evil seas). It clogs rivers with it's laughter, it's more creepy than a lamprey, it'll leap from the lobster tank at bite your eyebrows off. It will haunt your nightmares and your sushi bar!!

Because joker-fish.