Detective Comics #1000

[cyberghostface]

 

“This is just the beginning for us. Even though we’re not coming on to a Batman book that exists, me and Alex are working on a huge Batman-infused storyline coming to DC Comics this summer. This is kind of a palate cleanser. This is what’s gonna look and feel like. This is an artistic prelude.” -- Brian Michael Bendis

So since we're posting the stories from Detective Comics #1000 I figured I'd try to post Bendis and Maleev's story again. 

 

Comments

[mazway_75]

Now that is first-class Bat Dickery.

[akodo_rokku]

Is it really dickery when it's so well-earned?

[xammax]

Yeah, Bruce would do this.

[mastermahan]

I initially read that quote about a huge Batman-infused storyline as being from Brian K. Vaughn, and now I'm a bit depressed.

Still, this is a great little story. Well done, BMB.

[crinos]

Its not in these scans, but in the panel where Penguin figures out who Bats is, he's the spitting image of Danny Devito Penguin.

When I saw it on Tumblr, I commented "Danny Devito Intensifies"

[kjn]

As an idea for a story, this is excellent, and the tone was just right. But then the end showed the limitations of the way modern Batman is depicted. Instead of a story about two old men and enemies connecting, it ends with one of them electroshocking the other only because Batman is required by the narrative to get the last word.