Batman/Spawn #1

[cyberghostface]

"I think it’s important to say these two heroes have been fighting their whole life. They’ve been fighters, mentally and physically, their whole life. Obviously Batman, to get past the death of his parents, and Al just being a Black man living in a poor part of town. You just have to become a survivor. And the difference is, given that they’re both fighters, how did their lives diverge? One guy’s a good looking billionaire [who] lives in a mansion, and the other guy had his identity burnt away and lost everything that was meaningful to him, and doesn’t have any steady income. So very quickly I just want to go, here’s what’s a little bit the same, and then here’s what’s different. And those differences are why one is Batman and one is Spawn, right? They have different mindsets to how they basically tackle the dark things that go bump in the night." -- Todd McFarlane

Comments

[remial]

dud they ever explain why Joker took off his face in new 52?

[cyberghostface]

Per the Wiki:

“When the Joker became obsessed over destroying the Bat-Family, he decided to arrange for his face to be surgically removed. According to the Joker, he did this to symbolize how even without his ‘Mask’ he was still the Joker whereas Batman's Robins and Bat-Girls' identities were only mask-deep.”

https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Joker%27s_Face

[numeronone]

Never mind that, how the hell is he able to make articulate-sounding bilabial consonants???

[shakalooloo]

He's even got 'normal' speech balloons! Clearly, the lack of lips does in fact IMPROVE the Joker's communication!

[blues32]

I think the better question is, why did he have his own face cut off, left behind for about a year, then come back and strap it on like a mask? And the answer seems to be the same one for why he shot Barbara and kidnapped her dad. "To prove a point. Here's to crime!"

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Wow, that's quite a bit for the first issue.

[numeronone]

GOD I love the levels of "Come-And-Get-Me-Big-Boy" energy in that cover.

[cainofdreaming]

Aww. I want a Li'l Violator.

[beeyo]

Capullo has been waiting years to draw flesh-face Joker

[blues32]

Another Batman/Spawn crossover? At least Batman is acting sane this time. Not giving Spawn a good bye batarang to his face.