Batman: Black and White #5 - "The Riddle"

[laughing_tree]

"The Riddle," by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, is a choose-your-own-adventure story. I think it'd be amusing if our scans_daily community played it together as a group.



What does Batman do? Make your pick in the comments! The first choice to get three votes will be the one we go with. I figure we'll keep going until we hit the community's 1/3-of-the-story limit.

Further panels will appear in the comments section.

Comments

[lilacsigil]

3!

[miramira]

5. I'm guessing "not fall into the trap" is going to be a dead end one way or another.

[shakalooloo]

5. Whatever 'trap' the Riddler thinks he may have waiting, it will be no match for the wits of the Darknight Detective!

[super_fly]

Where's the option to hit him with a batarang while he is clearly within range

[tripodeca113]

The sign say UN MAZE. Now unlike some villains, the Riddler would never have his signage in such poor repair, UNLESS it was a clue or hint to his riddle. Therefore the funhouse must contain some sort of ironic or inverted maze (like the Borges story The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths).

5. Any trap it is.

[laughing_tree]

5 it is!





What will Batman do?

[lucean]

Okay, Unkiller Croc made me laugh far too hard.

Riddler always assumes that Batman can't do them, so go to 16.

[alicemacher]

Seconding 16! Using explosives would make the Riddler assume the puzzle was too tough for Batman to solve properly, and Bats does have his pride.

[numeronone]

It's about time Waylon gave himself a rebrand. What about Community Leader Croc, or Certified Public Accountabt Croc?

[cygnia]

BATSPLOSIVES 6!

[rainspirit]

Seconding this. BOOM

[zachbeacon]

Third. Explosions solve everything.

[deh_tommy]

Hmm... 16?

[caivu]

Not to be a spoilsport, but I tried going through this multiple times, and I couldn't actually find a way to legitimately get the good ending. That's... sorta neat(?) from a meta perspective, but not very fun to do unless I just missed something.

[laughing_tree]

Depends on what you think of as a good ending, I guess. =)

[doodleboy]

Well that's the game. Rot13ing this because I forgot how to make spoiler tags.

https://rot13.com/

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[tripodeca113]

Ah the old Inside UFO 54-40 ploy....

[laughing_tree]

16 it is!





What will Batman do?

[cygnia]

...some days you just CAN'T get rid of a bomb...

[zachbeacon]

But you have to try. I hope he packed his shark repellent.

31

[alicemacher]

Yeah, here I think he should be cautious and, like airport security, take the implied bomb threat at face value. 31 it is.

[doodleboy]

I remember realizing the solution to this story when I read it and going "Oh that's exactly Kieron Gillen's brand of self-consciously clever nonsense.".

I will go with 31.

[laughing_tree]

31 it is!



Oops. Let's try again!



Go for the same option as last time (to start with) or a different one from the get-go. It's up to you!

What does Batman do?

[numeronone]

Question: how long can we play thus while staying inside the rules of s_d

[laughing_tree]

Until we hit one third of the story.

[deh_tommy]

5! We need to save the orphans!

[waterfall8484]

Seconded!

[deathcrist2000]

5

[tinygaylaura]

Rescue them!

[laughing_tree]

5 it is!





What does Batman do?

[zachbeacon]

Explosions Fix Everything - Nabeshin from Excel Saga

6

[waterfall8484]

If in doubt, C4 - James Hyneman
(6 indeed!)

[deh_tommy]

16!

[shakalooloo]

The straightforward chase saved orphans first time, so continue just following.

11!

[lizard_of_aus]

Well, let's not make the same mistake twice. Turn to Panel 11.