tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629130.post114023046814863806..comments2023-05-30T10:15:40.341-04:00Comments on Comics Ate My Brain: The Bat-BrandTom Bonduranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07209820912557263080noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629130.post-1140804597251521202006-02-24T13:09:00.000-05:002006-02-24T13:09:00.000-05:00JP says: "I'd love to read a whole new Batman rebo...JP says: "I'd love to read a whole new Batman reboot with this premise."<BR/><BR/>That would be All Star Batman!<BR/><BR/>What I liked about about the first issue was that Batman had already been intending to recruit Dick, instead of being the passive agent he usually is, repeated as recently as Dark Victory, where it's an accident that Dick discovers the Batcave, and Robin forces himself on a helpless Batman.<BR/><BR/>So I thought it was quite revolutionary for All Star #1 to make the first contact Dick has be with Batman, not Bruce. But this was usually ignored in favor of complaining about Vicki Vale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629130.post-1140778215345485172006-02-24T05:50:00.000-05:002006-02-24T05:50:00.000-05:00'Moreover, Robin and Batgirl can be seen as Batman...'Moreover, Robin and Batgirl can be seen as Batman's "franchisees," officially-sanctioned emissaries of the head office further extending the head office's reach.'<BR/><BR/>I don't find that a stretch at all. It was, intuitively, how I always perceived the other-Bats. Batman is the only superhero I can think of who is consciously grooming potential succesors, and extending his reach with female counterparts and so on makes perfect sense. He is building an army of BatEnforcers. <BR/><BR/>Shame that the actual characterisation in recent years does not refelct this, even if the plethora of Bat-family members (extending even to the Pretender, Valley, who chips in now and then)supports this perception of BatCEO. <BR/><BR/>I'd love to read a whole new Batman reboot with this premise.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544406500208399638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629130.post-1140647098127413682006-02-22T17:24:00.000-05:002006-02-22T17:24:00.000-05:00Excellent analysis. Somebody at DC should read thi...Excellent analysis. Somebody at DC should read this, as it fits much better with Batman's rep as a master strategist than the paranoid case we've seen for the last few years.Marc Burkhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06949686463975572297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629130.post-1140534387878674852006-02-21T10:06:00.000-05:002006-02-21T10:06:00.000-05:00This is great stuff. It really emphasizes how Bruc...This is great stuff. It really emphasizes how Bruce Wayne the CEO (ever neglected) applies his business acumen to his real corporate interests.<BR/><BR/>As a non-metahuman he would always be looking for ways to achieve an ubiquity in Gotham as psychologically effective as physical omnipresence. So that even when he's not personally present the underworld can still never forget his existence, like Coke.<BR/><BR/>And as much as I love the image of the solitary Batman, franchising a Batsquad of characters is a inevitable way of extending his corpoprate reach. Robin is Sprite to Batman's Coke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7629130.post-1140490565223232722006-02-20T21:56:00.000-05:002006-02-20T21:56:00.000-05:00A brief pause, if you will, while I look up "inelu...A brief pause, if you will, while I look up "ineluctable...."<BR/><BR/>Really, the Batman I liked the most over the past several years has been the Grant Morrison <EM>JLA</EM> model, who was just a touch paranoid but more of a constant schemer, and still found room for a sense of humor. In "Rock of Ages," once Bruce figures out Luthor's behind the new Injustice League, he attacks Luthor as another corporate raider would. Thus, I'm pretty stoked about Morrison writing <EM>Batman</EM> full-time, because he had a good handle on the "Batman always has a plan" paradigm.Tom Bonduranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209820912557263080noreply@blogger.com