tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post1296787808270569114..comments2024-03-04T00:09:50.431-08:00Comments on Rikdad's Comic Thoughts: Return of Bruce Wayne 1Rikdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14475851964933197612noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-9337485145236928142010-05-13T08:26:22.565-07:002010-05-13T08:26:22.565-07:00This issue remark the origin of the Bat People, so...This issue remark the origin of the Bat People, so cool ans so Fu!"$·"$·% is the monsters, kraken?, Good Point RikAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031461617200063301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-59698165057112929102010-05-13T03:27:17.585-07:002010-05-13T03:27:17.585-07:00This was a pretty good optimistic start for someth...This was a pretty good optimistic start for something that can be incredibly awesome. My main interests right now is the Eclipse. Since we've talked so much about Sun = Good, Superman = Good, SUperman = Sun = Good.<br /><br />Batman = Eclipse = Good guy in evil theme. Darkseid = black sun = evil.<br /><br />So is the "everyone will die if he returns" part of Darkseid's scheme? Does Batman have some anti-life or maybe even Darkseid's backup-file-soul-thingy-crazyness in him? Really it seems something will be triggered once Batman comes back, which will make for alot more interesting stories definatly and how the Batman status quo changes again.<br /><br />It's a shame these comics just can't be longer, i really wanted to see more of Caveman Batman, but hey what can you do?Zzzzzrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16123833646656437608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-43587901532632108302010-05-12T23:06:04.515-07:002010-05-12T23:06:04.515-07:00The closeup on Superman's eyes showed them glo...The closeup on Superman's eyes showed them glowing red, and surrounded by strongly inked shadows. Sure, could be world-famous heat vision, but the panel immediately struck me as reminiscent of Darkseid. Surely, he has some sort of role yet to play.Ian Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03975812931172457107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-8826750627900935092010-05-12T20:56:44.594-07:002010-05-12T20:56:44.594-07:00DAL -- good points about the parallels with curren...DAL -- good points about the parallels with current B&R.<br /><br />I just put up a new post with a translation of the only five lines Bruce slurs in the issue. Reading those over and over until I got them was a replay of doing the same things with the Domino Killer "jokes" last week. I thought about adding them to the original post, but didn't. Your request is my command.Rikdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475851964933197612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-86377735887506286272010-05-12T20:54:27.214-07:002010-05-12T20:54:27.214-07:00Thanks, Matt, Vahagn, and Yunus -- glad you enjoye...Thanks, Matt, Vahagn, and Yunus -- glad you enjoyed!Rikdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475851964933197612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-15269942995659358892010-05-12T20:53:32.704-07:002010-05-12T20:53:32.704-07:00General Update... I noticed a few more patterns of...General Update... I noticed a few more patterns of DCU lore in ROBW #1:<br /><br />Anthro's wife's white necklace: Martha Wayne famously had a pearl necklace.<br /><br />"Stranger, save my Son": Bruce saves Jim Gordon's son in Year One. "Man" is the ancient world's Jim Gordon.<br /><br />Bruce is, for the zillionth time in his history, put into a slow-acting deathtrap and left alone. Robin frees him, but he also depends upon drawing the right thing from his utility belt (in this case, penicillin).<br /><br />Batman cliches a-plenty...Rikdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475851964933197612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-10206208388271227822010-05-12T20:50:33.613-07:002010-05-12T20:50:33.613-07:00Chris, I think Morrison avoids that whole general ...Chris, I think Morrison avoids that whole general era (Nineties, roughly speaking) of DCU lore, and so is not likely to bring Monarch into things. Plus, Darkseid looms as a missing figure, as it's his effect that is zapping Bruce not once, but over and over. The simplest explanation is that the threat is Darkseid's (even if the stony one himself is not present or even conscious).Rikdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475851964933197612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-52037180601170222692010-05-12T16:58:42.832-07:002010-05-12T16:58:42.832-07:00I can kind of see the "2001: A Space Odyssey&...I can kind of see the "2001: A Space Odyssey" influence, but pure and simple I think what Morrison was tapping into is just ancient anthropology, period. The ape-men in "2001" didn't speak, but in this comic I was bowled over by how Morrison had the primitive men use language. FANTASTIC stuff, but maybe I'm just a nerd about it because I've read a lot of books on ancient communication, religion, poetry and bardic traditions. In particular the way the father "Man" talked to "Boy" about the stuff "Old Man" taught him "when I was you" was just great. Notions of roles and indistinct identity really work well here, and of course they tie into Morrison's overall Batman saga when you think about the identities of "Batman" and "Robin" and how a Robin (seems to be on a track to become a Batman. But, as Boy wonders how he will become a full Man and who will teach him the songs of tradition if Old Man is gone, in the present we've got Damian being taught by Dick Grayson (in the role of Batman, though he doesn't fit it perfectly) because his father is gone too soon.<br /><br />I was actually a little sad that Bruce skipped out of the ancient setting so soon; I wanted more of this stuff. I hope he stays in the other time periods for longer and builds more of a life for himself each time around (he'd have to do that, I would think, if he gets portraits done of himself and becomes known as an existent, historical "Wayne"). I wasn't expecting the Tom Strong preview either, so my reading experience ended sooner than I thought it would, which was a little disconcerting. Still, I can't complain. It was good.<br /><br />Two weeks till the next issue. Then two weeks after that we'll have Batman 700, followed by RoBW 3 and then B&R 13 in consecutive weeks after that.<br /><br />Oh--last thing--I'm hoping someone will be able to translate all of Bruce's early dialogue in this issue. I figured out most of it, but there're some bits I couldn't get in my first read-through.Santa1Lardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570397892373877610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-52658484811375743652010-05-12T15:45:17.826-07:002010-05-12T15:45:17.826-07:00I was actually a little disappointed with this iss...I was actually a little disappointed with this issue but your break down made me appreciate it much more. Great JobYunus Wajdi Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535487507897376900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-46820364765343258262010-05-12T15:33:12.366-07:002010-05-12T15:33:12.366-07:00Lovin' the blogs. Always a great companion pi...Lovin' the blogs. Always a great companion piece to the actual issue (or preview in some cases). I might be quick to judge, but I believe that creature at the end might be a "Starro"...which would be a nice throw-back to the old JLA books.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920339885650828588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-63298119450734617552010-05-12T13:16:24.584-07:002010-05-12T13:16:24.584-07:00Always appreciate your breakdown & insights!Always appreciate your breakdown & insights!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02591384897834779743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-1889936087648626872010-05-12T12:03:02.807-07:002010-05-12T12:03:02.807-07:00Do you think that with DC bringing Monarch back fo...Do you think that with DC bringing Monarch back for a story that they may go the route of making Bruce the third person to be Monarch? With Hank Hall back from the dead because of Blackest Night and Captain Atom being alive, creating a third possible Monarch in the same time line may have a ripple effect on the universe, i.e. "Everyone dies".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407881742713525419noreply@blogger.com