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American Secrets starts off (about the first issue and a half of the three) being plot mixed with awesome moments. I shall share some of those. The more the plot resolves, the weirder it is, until it's just... weird. Not bad, but, different. Anyway!

( Do you have Oreos? )

Now, a brief and biased reaction to finally reading all of Trinity.

( Cram it sideways! )

Anyway, yeah. Would have been a thousand-million times better if it'd been a lot shorter. That last party scene in the last issue was far more telling of their characters than the dragging, overly ambitious should-have-just-been-an-Elseworlds plot that came before. I'm not going to say it didn't keep me wanting to see what was coming next, and reading. But that alone does not a good story make.

Well, who hasn't read this, right? For me, it was one of the first books that I read of modern comics that really had Superman in it, and most of Batman I'd read up until then was mid-90's stuff, especially No Man's Land, where he's more of a loner, even when he's surrounded by people in his Batfamily, and he's generally less stable than here. Not to mention being the first time I'd really seen much of Captain Marvel, so it's stuck with me. Not to mention Lex Luthor being pretty much the way I remembered him being... it was our heroes that were different.

With the announcement of the animated version coming to DVD, I went back to this, and I gotta say, it's true about the first comics you read sticking with you. This wasn't, not really, but it had me looking at both of these guys in a different way, so it ranks up there. Back when my sub list was only four books, this was on it, and the series may have run into pitfalls here and there, but it's never really let me down too bad.

So, without further ado, the panels and pages of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies that stuck with me the most, and why.

( Onward? )

It's a shame more of Luthor's Presidency wasn't this entertaining, it really is. But in general, Superman's stories are more entertaining outside of his own book, and that's a damn shame. I still have yet to get caught up with recent developments in them, though, the New Krypton bit. Seems to have potential.

I'll be pulling Absolute Power out of the boxes next... it's possible I might have something to say about it, but I don't think I'll be as long-winded as this.

Also, this.

If I have to be traumatized, so do all of you. Muahaha.

That weird guy who likes to say onomatopoeia of everything he hears around him and nothing else, the aptly named Onomatopoeia, has just busted the Joker out of Arkham... Joker takes his briefcase full of money the wrong way.

( Don't ever tell Tetch. )

So my question is; what would have happened to bullseye-face if he'd actually tried that? The Joker is unarmed, but... well, he's him, so that doesn't always mean anything. I have difficulty thinking it would just turn into the stuff of a creepy slash fic, but... well. Since he also mentioned wanting "to one day murder Batman and defile his carcass sexually" I think Kevin Smith is trying to tell us something.

The Batman: RIP story bleeds into Batman & The Outsiders #11; Clark goes looking for Bruce and finds someone else, Jim Gordon is looking a little distraught, and Dick is looking downright rabid. Cass? Not much better, really.

This is the "we can't live without Batman" issue; have some highlights.

( Drinking Bruce's liquor. )

I think Dick has been working on his scary face.

It seems like summer comes along and my fandomy self gets all wrapped up in other things. But, all those things seem to mostly be going in the right direction. For now.

Why didn't anyone tell me what an awesome game Oblivion is before now? It's making me hot for the Fallout 3 previews even more than before, and I thought that wouldn't be possible. I know three people who play it, too, and we've all had completely different experiences, gone on almost completely different quests, and gone to different places on the map. I've even fought completely different monsters than the others have and use different weapons because I'm an excellent shot and can get away with the bow. It doesn't take a big honkin' sword and leveled strength to do a lot of damage and show a troll with absurd regen who's boss. Good times.

Anyway, the state of DC right now has my panties in a twist. Fucking with the Flash book again because of dropping sales, Jor-El and Thomas Wayne having a heart-to-heart, J'onn still being dead, the New Gods still being dead or existing in a less-than-godlike form, etc, etc. I'm hiding out in my fanfic AUs and going into Wednesdays with a grain of salt so I can enjoy some of it.

You know what's great, though? Back-issues. I always mostly live there, and now more than ever. And what else is great? Batman sneaking into people's bedrooms while they're naked.

( Also, Kyle's thing for art deco. )

The slash is strong with that one. From Green Lantern #103; Kyle's run is a barrel of laughs, except when it's not.

I spent a good chunk of today reading through almost every single one of the Question's appearances in comics. I've learned a lot and gained myself a new OTP to go next to Bruce/Wally and Scott/Barda/Bruce/Clark on the shelf; Ted/Vic with a side Booster.

mayoroftardtown knows. But more on that later; I come bearing Batman and Kyle. This issue came up because it has a Question appearance, the first time Vic and Helena meet, actually, but in another story.

This story starts with Kyle drawing out in public, drawing a weird old guy talking to a horse. A passer-by takes issue with this, then starts Kyle on a wild chase that leads to Gotham and Kyle proving himself to Batman. Seriously, Kyle is hard-core in this, to the point of insanity.

Before and after Batman steals his ring.

( Who does this guy think he is? )

Kyle Rayner always gets his man. :D

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Entries tagged with batman

American Secrets

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Batman: Cacophony #1

Angst Night in Gotham

Batman is in your Bedroom

Batman Chronicles #15

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