BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #7 and BATGIRL #5 Solicits

[espanolbot.insanejournal.com]

BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #7

Written by Paul Dini; co-feature written by Marc Andreyko
Art by Dustin Nguyen & Derek Fridolfs; co-feature art by Jeremy Haun
Cover by Dustin Nguyen
Paul Dini returns to STREETS OF GOTHAM as Batman and Robin uncover a sinister plot involving dozens of Gotham City’s young runaways. Is Arkham Asylum escapee Humpty Dumpty at the center of the scheme – or is he just the tip of an even more dangerous iceberg? Guest-starring Abuse and Zsasz!
And in the Manhunter co-feature, now that Kate has finally tracked down Two-Face, she's ready to confront him for the hit he ordered on Gotham’s former D.A. But their confrontation is not going to go the way she planned!
On sale December 16 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US

Hey a Humpty Dumpty story, cool. :)


BATGIRL #5

Written by Bryan Q. Miller
Art by Lee Garbett & Trevor Scott
Cover by Phil Noto
It’s Bat vs. Bat in “Core Requirements” part 1! As Gotham City burns, the new Batgirl comes face-to-face with Batman and Robin, who are anything but happy about her running around with a bat-symbol on her costume. Batman confronts Oracle as Damian confronts Stephanie in the ultimate Bat-family feud.
On sale December 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Steph versus Damian? ...Woo Steph! Smack him around (even though it technically wouldn't make sense, what with his assassin training and such)! Maybe the fire on the cover is her blowing him up, as that's what she seems to be making a habit of doing so far in her series. :)

Comments

[scottyquick.insanejournal.com]

Batman confronts Oracle as Damian confronts Stephanie in the ultimate Bat-family feud.

Steph, when Bat-daddy and Oracle-mommy break up, it's not your fault. No matter what your little shithead brother says.

[retro_nouveau.insanejournal.com]

Literally out loud! XD

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

Guest-starring Abuse and Zsasz!

Abuse? Abuse?? There'sa a fricking supervillain called "Abuse"? They're really not even trying any more are they?

[ladymirth.insanejournal.com]

But Abuse is more of an anti-hero.

[sailorlibra.insanejournal.com]

Hey, the Manhunter cover is upside down of the way The Source presented it. So which way is right?

[scottyquick.insanejournal.com]

This way there's room for the logo at the top without the staff in the way, so that's my guess.

[gargoylekitty.insanejournal.com]

Judging by the signature on it, I'm thinking this is the right way.

[octopussoir.insanejournal.com]

Saw it on Dustin's DA, this is the right direction.

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

Dick, you dope. Babs isn't impressed by your father telling her how to run her organization, you think she's going to roll over for you?

[jcbaggee.insanejournal.com]

He's probably hoping she'll roll over on him.

HEY-O!

[darthnat.insanejournal.com]

Well, DC's plan to make me less interested in Batgirl with every new piece of information released is succeeding admirably. Can we bury this "superheroes fight and are mean to each other" crap once and for all? And is it really going to take this many issues of family feuding before Steph is accepted?

[lyraeinne.insanejournal.com]

Word on that. Bruce had plenty of issues that provided an actual plausible reason for some infighting, but Dick more than anyone should be willing to give her a chance, at least. Particularly if Babs is willing to vouch for her, as the solicit seems to be implying.

[lyraeinne.insanejournal.com]

I'm still holding out hope that Dick will end up taking an interest and mentoring Steph a bit, but apparently he's required by the high god of batdickery to give her the smackdown first. Sigh.

But my god, that is really gorgeous art. The perspective is nice, the costume looks fantastic, and her body has relatively normal proportions for an athletic eighteen year old girl. Very nice.

[lyraeinne.insanejournal.com]

Which reminds me, have Steph and Dick ever had any actual canon interaction in the past? Do we have any evidence that they've even met?

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

"Bat-family feud"?

=(

I want a Bat-family picnic! A Bat-family board games night! A Bat-family cornucopia of love!

C'mon, DC.

I'm so tired of the in-fighting. At the end of the day, the bottom line is they're supposed to be working together to fight the villains. While it is sometimes interesting to explore the tensions in the all their various relationships, when they keep doing it repeatedly it's very wearying and feels stale already. (Especially with respect to Steph having to prove herself again and again.)

[jcbaggee.insanejournal.com]

Would gladly buy an issue that was the entire Bat-family sitting in Wayne Manor playing Clue.

[thebigapricot.insanejournal.com]

A Manhunter cover at last.

Oh those Bats, it's time for family counseling.

[nevermore999.insanejournal.com]

Then again, looking back at the interview:

And then in Issues #5-#7, Batman and Robin are going to come into Steph and Babs' little operation in a very big way. And Dick in particular may not be happy with how they're doing business. So there'll be some nice conflict between a former Batgirl and a former Robin, and a current Batgirl and a current Robin.

----

Sounds like they do something that offends Dick's delicate sensibilities? I guess we'll just have to see how it goes down. But it sounds like they all team up quick enough.

[runespoor7.insanejournal.com]

Moving into the Batcave? And it would have taken Dick so long to find out about it? (I hope not. Dick's less into surveillance that everyone else, but still.) Or Steph's new Oracle-approved status, as evidenced by her costume?

[oath5.insanejournal.com]

Baqtgirl costume is looking better! I like it.

Though, Cass's was pretty cool for the most part, I just didn't like her mouth covered up. What Steph has been rocking as of last issue would have been fine to keep it as is.

You know what would be interesting? If Cass became The Spoiler. I know it's cheezy but her and Cass make such a pair, be very interesting to see them kinda swap......semi-competant Batgirl and a extremely competant Spoiler.

Though, I still think this book will ultimately delv into some form of Batgirl corps, if only figuratively, I swear it will. I mean Misfit, Cass, Babs AND NEW!Batgirl Steph? Just far too coincidental.

[taggerung301.insanejournal.com]

Cass as spoiler would be interesting . . . I personally don't think that it would happen, but it could maybe make for a good read

[schala_kid.insanejournal.com]

Dick trying to tell Barbara who can or can't be Batgirl is laughable! Also Damian as much as I am tolerating and kind of liking you, I hope Steph gives you a beat down even though she's not as L33T when it comes to fighting as you.

Seriously this at least better be a Steph vs. Damian and Dick and Babs just having a friendly and rational talk about Steph! Because I will not have Dick telling Babs what to do, at this point he should know better.

[lieut_kettch.insanejournal.com]

Batman "confronts" Oracle? Is that what you're calling it now, Dick? You off to "confront" Starfire next?

[nagaoka.insanejournal.com]

then Damian tries to "confront" Stephanie and the poor kid gets turned down...hard...with Dick laughing into hysterics in the background. He'll never let him live it down.

[sistermagpie.insanejournal.com]

Please let this Batgirl thing not be yet another story where Batman's set up as the bad guy for girls to yell at how he's not the boss of them and stop keeping the girl down.

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

Being told by existing vigilantes that she can't be a vigilante is the only story DC knows how to tell with Steph anymore. If you really thought Dick wasn't going to get a piece of that action, I regret to inform that you haven't been paying attention. (I know I wish I hadn't.)

[retro_nouveau.insanejournal.com]

Ok, if Dick starts with Babs, he's going to get shredded. Damian vs. Steph? Steph will outsnark him any minute of the day, starting by making fun of his *tt* sound. If Damian loses it and starts with the violence, I want Cass to descend from the stalactites and thrash him from the Batcomputer, through the memorial case, around the penny, under the T-Rex, and all the way down the stairs to the Batboat.

Steph! Batline! Reach for it now! 32 feet per second per second! I can't tell whether your cape is on fire... You're giving me hypertension.

[pepperspray101.insanejournal.com]

And then Damian will grow a huge crush on Cass and be at her beck and call.

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if it does all end with Cass showing up and telling everyone to shut the fuck up, get over themselves and just fight the bad guys together.

[lencannon.insanejournal.com]

I just caught up on Batgirl 2 yesterday. I wasn't thrilled about Oracle being well... awful, but the dialog was good and the story seems decent enough. I think the book could have legs and I hope the Batman confrontation will close down this whole "you can't be Batgirl" nonsense.

Or Cass will show up and tell them she gets to choose her replacement so back up off.

[pepperspray101.insanejournal.com]

Or Cass will show up and tell them she gets to choose her replacement so back up off.

YES and telling them to get over themselves and work together not against each other.

[mrbear.insanejournal.com]

Batman confronts Oracle as Damian confronts Stephanie in the ultimate Bat-family feud.

Is there any hope that the Damian/Steph fight will result in them both killing each other, forever ridding the DCU of their taint?

*crosses fingers*

[pepperspray101.insanejournal.com]

Please let the steph/damian meeting be funny! Please let the steph/damian meeting be funny!


augh, is there no hope, this won't be a refried fight between dick and babs? *sighs*

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

I'm guessing the big spoilery twist to the 'Streets of Gotham' story is that Humpty Dumpty WON'T be at the center of the scheme. From what I've read about him, he's a reasonably harmless character, as lunatics go - his big deal is he likes taking things apart and putting them back together again. He is not a plotter or a schemer - he takes things apart and puts them back together again. He's a docile little guy. I think 'a sinister plot involving dozens of Gotham City's young runaways' is a bit beyond his capabilities.
Also, who the hell is 'Abuse', and what's the deal with the current trend of villain names? 'Abuse'. 'Genocide'. 'Destruction'. Next thing you know, they'll have used up all the big impressive-sounding ones, and be down to 'Hack', 'Stab' 'Maim' and 'Eviscerate'.