comics
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Batman in the DCU
The Brave and the Bold movie and my pitch on how to introduce Batman to the DCU You can’t have the DC universe without Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman (the DC trinity). Warner Bros. discovered this in the final days of the DCEU and James Gunn fortunately appears to understand it well. He’s just released…
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There should be a Mob vs the Illuminati Batman Comic (Falcone vs the Court of Owls)
The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder is one of the best Batman Stories of recent years. It was part of the New 52 publishing initiative, a reboot of DC continuity that was a little controversial with fans, but which did have good stories: the Court of Owls chief amongst them. It’s basically Batman vs…
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Batman’s Robin Problem
What should DC do with Tim Drake? The Bat Family is big. It’s great, it’s a natural continuation of Batman’s story, but it’s big. Arguably too big. Even excluding the more superfluous vigilantes, the “core” family has at least eight members: Batman, three different Batgirls and four different Robins (now with various hero identities). That’s…
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Realistic Superheroes
Reflection on The Boys and the Realistic Superhero genre. In recent decades, a number of films, TV shows, and comic books have attempted to depict a Realistic Superhero story. There have been so many now that it could almost be called a genre – or at least a subgenre. Even conventional superhero stories are starting…
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A Smallville for Batman.
(It recently occurred to me that my blog posts constantly cycle through Zelda, Mario, and Star Wars. So now I’m also going to talk about Batman.) Spoiler alert for Gotham (2014) Batman’s origin has been done to death. But there is a reason that people keep coming back to it. It’s an interesting story (if…
Thoughts and Fiction 