Damien and Supergirl?

This is from Superman/Batman 77. The Dick!Batman and Damien!Robin relationship is starting to grow on me. I thought Damien was really annoying at first, but I've come to like him and Dick's dynamic. I hope I still enjoy the characters now that Bruce is back in the cowl. We'll just have to wait and see. For now, enjoy a little teasing at Damien's expense.

From Jailbait in Hotpants

Yay! I think I've figured out how to direct link the images again so you don't have to click an obnoxious text link! It'll take me a while to go back and do older posts though, so be patient!

Kid Kyle

The next few posts are going to be from Young Justice: Sins of Youth. It's a cute 12 part story in which the Justice League become teenagers, the JSA become kids, and Young Justice become adults. The original members of the Teen Titans are unaffected. This all happens to help the adults better understand the teen superheroes whom had been getting a bad rap recently. It's full of hilarity and I highly recommend taking a look. All of my posts are going to be from Young Justice - Sins of Youth #4.

Kyle Rayner is fun to watch in this series. His Green Lantern costume changes every panel you see him. It's done well and I didn't even notice it at first. It's a fun way of showing how his personality manifests as a teenager. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the Justice League doesn't think it's that big of a change. Poor Kyle.

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Buttlering

I love it when Alfred makes fun of Bruce in that totally sincere buttlery way of his. It's very Jeeves and Wooster..... if Wooster were a bad-ass-slightly-crazy vigilante rather than charmingly incompetent.

This is from Superman Batman Annual #1

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Bat Hamlet

This is from Batman 982. In a flashback-ish thing, DG Robin is telling Batman that Alfred is having him read Hamlet and how it made him wonder what would have happened if Hamlet had dressed as Batman to get revenge. The result is this one panel of hilarity that I call Bat!Hamlet!

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Plastic Man is concerned

I love reading crossovers and team-ups. Why? Because seeing heroes interact with each other and respond to crazy hijinks usually leads to a good time. You also get insights into characters that you wouldn't in their solo titles because the commentary is coming from characters that they don't usually interact with. Todays hilarious example of this comes from "Formerly Known as the Justice League #06". The entire book is hilarious in of itself, and the Supper Buddies are quite an amusing hero team. But the gem that I pulled out is from when the Justice League comes in to help save the Supper Buddies from a huge mess they've gotten themselves into. The real treat on this page is the bottom right hand corner, but it's made funnier by reading the whole thing. Enjoy!

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Communication FAIL

I recently read "Not Just The Justice League" and plan on doing a few posts from that as soon as I can scan some of the pages in. In the meantime, enjoy more Teen Titans!

Today's post comes from Teen Titans Year One #6. Batman is terrible at communicating his feelings, and we all laugh at his ineptitude.

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Damn

Really, that's all I have to say. Damn.

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Even superheroes go through puberty

Poor Wally. If being a superhero weren't tough enough, you also have to deal with zits.

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I think his face when he discovers the zit is priceless. Another thing teen heroes have to deal with.... mothers!

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From Teen Titans Year One #5.

Beware the Chibis!

Today's post is from Superman/Batman 51..... and it's a doozy. If I were you, I'd look at these first two images, and then come back and read the rest of this post. Because otherwise you might be too afraid to.

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That's right, in this particular issue, Superman and Batman are confronted with a chibi Justice League. And if that weren't bad enough, they really are supper innocent and.... well..... child-friendly. Just check out the origin stories of Chibi Supes and Bats.

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I don't even know what to say to that. "Two shoves, and nothing was the same again." Also, sending Superman away so he wouldn't get rained on..... I think I echo Alfred's feelings on this one.

I feel that this is the inevitable result of the slipery slope that things like "Superhero Squad" and "Batman: The Brave and the Bold" have set us on. SAVE OUR HEROES FROM CHIBIFICATION!

On a completely random note, I also made a motivational poster featuring Robin and his adoring fangirls.

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So in conclusion, thank you Michael Green and Mike Johnson for writing this hilarious hilarious atrocity. It made my day.

Lame

I am sure many of us have frequently echoed the sentiments of young Robin here. I'm just glad someone in cannon finally said it.

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From Robin Year One vol 2.

She's got everyone's number

With all the Superman saves and the horrible Lois Lane comic book series back in the day, sometimes it's easy to forget that Lois Lane is a b.a.m.f. For serious. Nothing demonstrates it better than her role in the New Krypton plot arcs where she's going to report the truth in spite of death threats and her own father being at the forefront of the anti-Kryptonian agenda. Also, woman is like Batman when it comes to finding shit out about people. For serious. This page from Action Comics 887 has a great Lois line that sums it all up.

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Code Black

Woah! Long time no post! Been a bit busy, but I'm finally catching up with my comic book reading. And you know what that means? More hilarity for you! The reader!

Today's excerpt is from Superman/Batman #72.

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I just love that Lexcorp has a code for "Oh Shit, Batman's in Metropolis" and that they have a special protocol for it. Lex doesn't take shit from a superpowered alien, but he's clearly afraid of a dude in a bat suit finding out about any of his ops so much so that he shuts them all down down.

Not that Batman's just any dude in a bat suit. He's one b.a.m.f. But still....

[edit] I'm having trouble with Blogger's images. It used to let me upload them full size and then just post thumbnails, but it's not anymore. hrm..... So I'm including a thumbnail and then a txt link to the fullview image below. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Trinity Monologue

This is the text for the first 10 pages or so of the comic "Trinity" which details Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman's first team-up. When I first read this, I thought, "Wow, I'd love to see this read as a monologue. It would be really interesting." So I copied it down in the hopes that there might be an opportunity at Grinnell, which there wasn't. So now I'm sharing it with all of you, and maybe one of you will be inspired to perform it. If so, let me know! I'd love to come watch! Also, just let me know what you think. I'd love to hear someone else's thoughts on this piece, especially since I've got it in prose form here, but not in the context of the pictures.

Trinity by Matt Wagner

Opening monologue

Metropolis... where the trains always run on time. I try to miss one at least three times a week. Good for the image. Aboard the train, the regulars all chuckle at the guy they've dubbed “terminally late.” I fight the urge to listen any further. Which is really the hardest power to resist. Far easier to avert one's gaze. Not peek into everything. So much harder not to listen. But try as I might, there's one sound I can never block out.

It takes precious moments to locate the target. Amid the cacophony of city sounds, I listen hard for what seems out of order. The train gathers speed as it thunders over third avenue. The driver's been shot.

Ahead, a sharp curve. Much too fast. Never make the turn. Now, of course, I hear every frightened gasp, every stuttering scream. The train's momentum is enormous. Hope this works.

There's really no handbook for how to deal with such situations. Try to pull its lurching mass into the curve.

Didn't work.

Shrieking metal drowns out the passengers. Must...catch...that... train.

As always, one thought drives me onward. Compels both my crusade and masquerade. The idea that disaster can be averted. Holy cow this is heavy!

The passengers are shaken, but alive. Rescue teams can handle it now. The shot's trajectory leads, here. But the sniper's long gone. Without a trace. “Faster than a speeding bullet?” Not this time.