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That was a long long time ago. There have been several Robins since then, and Jason Todd(dead Robin) came back from the dead and died fighting the first Robin. Who is now Batman. And has a new Robin who is I think the son of the original Batman.Juan_Bottom wrote:Batman really takes home the badass award.
Q: Why was the Bat-Symbol on his chest bright Yellow?
A: It was a target for thugs armed with guns. Batman had bullet-proof padding hidden under the chest of his suit, but had none under his cowl. So he painted his chest in bright yellow to draw a villain's fire away from his face. But once the technology became available Batman donned a Kevlar cowl and made his entire costume jet-black with no reflective surfaces.
Q: Why does Robin dress like a homosexual carnival dancer?
A: His costume choice was influenced by three things. First, it's the color of his family costume when he was a hi-wire performer. Second, the colors are meant to be bright and optimistic. And third, his bright colors will attract the attention of the bad guys, and keep them from noticing the Batman. That's right, Batman purposefully allowed his side-kick to dress like a douche to draw fire away from himself.
Also, Robin is dead. The Joker beat him to death and then blew him up with a bomb.
Nah- he came back, as they always do, and there's been three more Robins since then (if I'm counting right). One of those also died, but has since come back. The original is now batman, but so is the original batman, who died, but came back.Juan_Bottom wrote:Is that in the official story line? I read an interview with the writer in Wizard where they said Robin II was dead and he was going to stay dead. It was a promise. But I haven't read BATMAN since Bane broke the Batman and then turned into a good guy. I don't have anywhere to buy comics anymore so I just went cold turkey.
Yes. Movies like Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Blade, Wanted, Iron Man, Hellboy, Tankgirl, Scott Pilgrim, Fantastlic Four, X-Men, Wolverine, etc...Army of GOD wrote:Comics are for losers. Real men watch movies, only.
The only person to Stay Dead in a comic in Uncle Ben.Juan_Bottom wrote:Is that in the official story line? I read an interview with the writer in Wizard where they said Robin II was dead and he was going to stay dead. It was a promise. But I haven't read BATMAN since Bane broke the Batman and then turned into a good guy. I don't have anywhere to buy comics anymore so I just went cold turkey.
Actually I have it on good authority that real men only watch sportz.Army of GOD wrote:Comics are for losers. Real men watch movies, only.
Like what? Professional Wrestling.. Which is just live action comics.Haggis_McMutton wrote:Actually I have it on good authority that real men only watch sportz.Army of GOD wrote:Comics are for losers. Real men watch movies, only.
I don't bother with the new stuff, but Gotham PD (if I'm remembering the title right), was an excellent series that didn't bother with the nonsense. Well written, and a bit disturbing, if you feel like picking up a Batman story again, it's a good choice, even though it barely features batman.Juan_Bottom wrote:That's messed up. I knew all about Robin three. But he's really a new character with his own costume and all. I'm very disappointed right now.
seriously? aquaman is lame compared to the other characters.natty_dread wrote:Aquaman.
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Only if they wear a costume. (though I think Blue Beetle's gone for good).jimboston wrote:The only person to Stay Dead in a comic in Uncle Ben.Juan_Bottom wrote:Is that in the official story line? I read an interview with the writer in Wizard where they said Robin II was dead and he was going to stay dead. It was a promise. But I haven't read BATMAN since Bane broke the Batman and then turned into a good guy. I don't have anywhere to buy comics anymore so I just went cold turkey.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/if-i-c ... e-i,20193/It's kind of a nerdy question, but it always seems to come up. You'll be hanging out with a few friends and someone will ask, "If you could have any superpower you wanted, what would it be?" Most people can't answer right away because there's so many to choose from. But not me. I know exactly what I'd pick, hands down, every time: invisibility.
Just think about invisibility for a second. No one can see you. You're there but not there. You could be in the same room with someone, standing inches away, and they wouldn't realize it. Sure, they could reach out and touch you if they wanted—but why would they? They wouldn't know you were there! Heck, an invisible person could be watching me this very second, and if not for the fact that my super hearing allows me to detect a heartbeat anywhere in the world, I'd have no way of knowing.
Go stand in front of a mirror. Now, imagine there's no one looking back at you. Or what it would be like if you held your hands directly in front of your face and saw nothing but the wall on the other side of the room. That's impossible, right? That simply does not happen!
Invisibility would definitely blow people's minds. I could be holding a 50-ton tanker truck above my head, and it would look like it's just floating there, in total defiance of the laws of physics. Or I could put out a fire at an oil refinery with my super-cold breath, but no one would see me expel the subzero, hurricane-force winds from my lungs—to them it would be this miraculous gust of arctic air blowing in from absolutely nowhere.
Can you imagine what it's like to fly over a crowd of people and not have a single one of them look up and point at you? What could be more amazing than that?
There I am, floating invisibly outside Brainiac's spaceship. I can use my X-ray vision to make out every last detail of his evildoing, yet he's completely oblivious. His sensors detect something, of course, but he's sure they're malfunctioning because by all appearances there isn't anything out there. And later, when I nudge the earth from its orbit just enough to avoid his apocalypse beam, he never knows how I discovered his plan. He probably wouldn't believe me if I told him!
Yeah, invisibility is the best superpower, without a doubt. I honestly don't know why people even have this discussion.
The only downside to invisibility I can think of—and I've given this a lot of thought—is how tempting it would be to abuse it. For instance, it would be very easy to rob a bank. I could just stand in the lobby, totally unnoticed by anyone, and wait until everyone went home for the evening. Then, with the whole building to myself, I could simply walk up, rip the vault door off its hinges, and fill my money bags at the speed of light. If the police somehow arrived before I finished, I wouldn't have to worry about being arrested, because I could stroll right past them.
Which isn't to say I wouldn't want to be invisible. But with power like that, I'd just need to be very, very careful.
In any case, I realize it's a silly fantasy. It's never going to happen. If someone wants to shoot me, all they have to do is spot me on the street, aim, and pull the trigger, and if the bullet is going fast enough to hit me, it'll bounce off my chest in full view of everyone.
That's how it's always going to be. There's no getting around the limitations of the real world. It's fun to ponder, though. Come to think of it, it'd also be cool to have an elastic body and be able to stretch my arms and legs 20 feet or something. That'd be amazing.
Can you imagine?
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Darkseid is the baddest bad-boy by miles, Superman only has his insane powers when he's in a part of the universe with a convenient yellow sun; darkseid is hard as f*ck no matter where he is; he's regularly dished out a damn fine beating to Supes on Supes' own turf (ie afore-mentioned yellowed-sun areas) so he'd have to be the ultimate villain.Aradhus wrote:pooperman is a wimpy girl. I like my heroes dark and deeply flawed, so fatman.
What constitutes a supervillian?*
Also, Buffy would f*ck them both up at the the same time, whilst dishing out some witty puns between punches.
I guess this topic is just about these two works of fiction. Cuz no villian was or probably ever will be better than the original Vader.
Edit: And I've never liked a single villain from either batman or superman, I thought they were always either too camp, or trying too hard to outbadass previous villians.
Mrs. Dibny just died a couple years ago... give it time. Ditto for Blue Beetle.jonesthecurl wrote:Only if they wear a costume. (though I think Blue Beetle's gone for good).jimboston wrote:The only person to Stay Dead in a comic in Uncle Ben.Juan_Bottom wrote:Is that in the official story line? I read an interview with the writer in Wizard where they said Robin II was dead and he was going to stay dead. It was a promise. But I haven't read BATMAN since Bane broke the Batman and then turned into a good guy. I don't have anywhere to buy comics anymore so I just went cold turkey.
Even Captain Marvel (the Marvel comics one) who died of cancer in one of the all-time great comics, came back briefly.
DC has installed revolving doors in Heaven for the Flash characters.
But Mrs Dibny remains dead.
So does Tim Drake's dad.
I don't think two of Daredevil's fiancees are gonna rise up soon, even though one other did, That one he actually dug up to see if she was really gone.
