DC Introduce "All New Batman" In June

*ZariusTwo* · 03-10-2015, 12:14 PM

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=116461

We're trying to out-90 the 90s again...

This seems like a blend of Marvel's two "Superior" themed books which involved Spider-Man and Iron Man. Notice there are Joker variants for these books? Could The Joker be about to become Batman?

*CyberCubed* · 03-10-2015, 12:16 PM

Looks like one of the Batman action figures from the 90's toyline. Robot-armor Batman with deluxe firing missile action!

*Bry* · 03-10-2015, 05:55 PM

AzBats is baaaaack!

If this were from anyone other than Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo I might be worried. But their track record on Batman is incredible. If anyone's able to salvage that whole concept it's gonna be them.

*ZariusTwo* · 03-12-2015, 02:09 PM

Superman and Wonder Woman will also be updating their looks in June.

Supes will be going backwards slightly, re-adapting his look from the begining of the New 52 under Grant Morrison, only the logo is now changed to the iconic Fleischer logo

*snake* · 03-12-2015, 02:51 PM

Eh.

10characters

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 03-12-2015, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snake

Eh.

10characters

Double "eh". (12 characters.)

*Candy Kappa* · 03-12-2015, 03:29 PM

Yeaaaahhhh..... Not. A. Fan.

*CyberCubed* · 03-12-2015, 03:30 PM

Superman looks like he's joining the Army.

*snake* · 03-12-2015, 04:15 PM

Supes looks generic
Bats looks......that
Barry looks overdesigned
Wondy looks overdesigned
Ollie looks the best

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 03-12-2015, 04:16 PM

G.I. Clark Kent signing up for Robo-Batman Boot Camp. Ah... DC, what drugs are your editorial staff on!?

Seriously, Red Hood & the Outlaws and Suicide Squad both suck and should be AWESOME. Those are the two books I'd be most interested in reading IF they weren't such cluster-fraks.

Scott Snyder's Batman has been awesome... but Robo-Energizer-Bats?

I remain exceptionally skeptical, but I will wait and see. His major New 52 arcs have been great, except for the Zero Year stuff, which honestly didn't interest me.

~~Leo656~~ · 03-15-2015, 06:54 PM

Sometimes I feel guilty/sad that I was an obsessive comics fan for most of my life, and about 4 years ago I had to completely quit due to financial reasons. For most of my life, not being an active "participant" is something I could never even imagine.

Then five seconds later everything got sh*tty, so apparently fate was trying to tell me something. Every time I check back in to see what's been going on, I'm further relieved to see that not only am I not missing anything, I actually feel bad for the people who ARE spending money on this stuff.

F*cking tragic.

*Brodie* · 03-15-2015, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo656

Sometimes I feel guilty/sad that I was an obsessive comics fan for most of my life, and about 4 years ago I had to completely quit due to financial reasons. For most of my life, not being an active "participant" is something I could never even imagine.

Then five seconds later everything got sh*tty, so apparently fate was trying to tell me something. Every time I check back in to see what's been going on, I'm further relieved to see that not only am I not missing anything, I actually feel bad for the people who ARE spending money on this stuff.

F*cking tragic.

You're doing yourself a disservice by assuming the current Batman stuff is "tragic." And feeling bad for people spending money on it.

A lot of the New 52 is not good. Some of it is awesome.

Like previously mentioned, Snyder & Capullo's Batman run has been stellar. Doing some of the most interesting things done with the Bat-family in a long time, and Capullo has easily become my favorite Batman artist.

So, don't assume **** is "tragic" because of this flash in the pan stuff that's upcoming. Will this new stuff be bad? Who knows. People assumed all of the New 52 would be horrible, but there's a lot of gems in the mix--Snyder/Capullo Batman being the primary, and the Flash book being another fun book in there with phenomenal art (coming from someone who was a firm supporter of Wally West and not giving two ***** about Barry Allen).

EDIT: Just to add to other sentiments...The rob-bat looks terrible. Give me Thrasher Suit Batman any day.

*snake* · 03-15-2015, 10:26 PM

Thrasher Bats was so cool. I need to pick up his action figure already.

~~Leo656~~ · 03-16-2015, 03:27 AM

I'll concede that the (admittedly) very small bit of Batman I've seen hasn't been too bad/different. But I've yet to see/read anything that justifies the New 52 experiment as a whole. And so long as Damien exists, me and Batman have absolutely nothing to talk about, anyway.

When the trend of "shaking things up" and "being new and different for new and different's sake" is over, and they get back to "just" telling stories and respecting their history, maybe I'll have time and money for them again. Not holding my breath.

It's no big deal; the powers-that-be at DC have been fairly vocal that it's best for their current business if readers like me just go away, anyway. So it's win/win; I've got my mountains of back issues, and they've got their Marvel readers who suddenly "like" Superman because he's angsty and kills people sometimes, and we can both just keep on ignoring each other. But man, that's never something I wanted.

What's "tragic" is that there are more than a few people like me, people who 5 years ago were buying about 80% of DC's output consistently, suddenly being told plainly, consistently, "We don't care what you think, move along." Whether you like the new stuff or not, that's not really even the point. The point is, it's a real shame that as a company they're so openly dismissive of their old audience at the expense of trying to build a "younger, hipper" new one.

*ZariusTwo* · 03-16-2015, 07:52 AM

I've not quite taken to Synder, although I will concede he is successful and he is doing massively interesting things with Bruce and his supporting cast...and he's redefined The Joker in ways that would make even Morrison and Moore blush.

Batgirl ended up being delightful despite my earlier reservations, the art is adorable and the characters are very lovable and have a lot of energy and spice. I would recommend picking that up sometime Leo. New 52 Babs's creative team are actually working on readjusting her New 52 origins to make her more distinctive from how she was handled at the start.

Superman's books are usually pretty good, Action Comics Gregg Pack works wonders with whatever direction DC goes in and manages to deliver a fun and engaging book that covers a variety of different and unique scenarios for Superman, and makes great use of Lana Lang.

I'm not so keen on Superman and Diana's relationship, especially since DC have constantly bragged about how it will eventually turn toxic so there's no point in reading anything that builds to the break-up, but Superman/Wonder Woman is'nt a bad read either. My favorite book for a while from DC remained Smallville, but sadly that has ended.

Catwoman is a fantastic read also., as is Flash.

Damien I would not have minded being back...but they gave him fudging superpowers. Blech.

I'm still reading more from DC than Marvel, and that's always a good thing.

*Slade* · 03-23-2015, 05:22 PM

I can't get behind the looks....I have to think either they won't last or they won't be main story line. Cus that sh*ts whack as f*ck!!

~~Leo656~~ · 03-23-2015, 10:28 PM

That's another thing I hate about this New 52 gimmick; everyone's already had like 5 costume changes. All terrible. And like, yeah, "It's temporary", it's always F'n temporary, and it's always equally pointless. Always reeks of desperation, but they're seriously over-doing it.

Must be a post-Flashpoint "side effect"; when Barry re-set the timeline, he accidentally brought 1993 back to vomit all over the present day. I'm a little out of the loop; did they bring back hologram covers yet? Or foil? You just know it's on the list.

*Slade* · 03-24-2015, 09:52 AM

Sure did. The villains had a run in the Batman books with hologram covers.

*CyberCubed* · 03-24-2015, 02:59 PM

I think one of the Harley comics also had those "scratch and sniff" covers. You know the ones where you scratch and they smell like bubblegum or candy or something.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 03-24-2015, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I think one of the Harley comics also had those "scratch and sniff" covers. You know the ones where you scratch and they smell like bubblegum or candy or something.

Except it wasn't bubblegum or candy!

03-10-2015, 12:14 PM	#1
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,491	DC Introduce "All New Batman" In June http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=116461 We're trying to out-90 the 90s again... This seems like a blend of Marvel's two "Superior" themed books which involved Spider-Man and Iron Man. Notice there are Joker variants for these books? Could The Joker be about to become Batman? __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

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ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,491	Superman and Wonder Woman will also be updating their looks in June. Supes will be going backwards slightly, re-adapting his look from the begining of the New 52 under Grant Morrison, only the logo is now changed to the iconic Fleischer logo __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

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Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	Yeaaaahhhh..... Not. A. Fan. __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

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CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	G.I. Clark Kent signing up for Robo-Batman Boot Camp. Ah... DC, what drugs are your editorial staff on!? Seriously, Red Hood & the Outlaws and Suicide Squad both suck and should be AWESOME. Those are the two books I'd be most interested in reading IF they weren't such cluster-fraks. Scott Snyder's Batman has been awesome... but Robo-Energizer-Bats? I remain exceptionally skeptical, but I will wait and see. His major New 52 arcs have been great, except for the Zero Year stuff, which honestly didn't interest me. __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

03-10-2015, 12:16 PM	#2
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,878	Looks like one of the Batman action figures from the 90's toyline. Robot-armor Batman with deluxe firing missile action!

03-12-2015, 02:51 PM	#5
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	Eh. 10characters

03-12-2015, 03:30 PM	#8
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,878	Superman looks like he's joining the Army.

03-12-2015, 04:15 PM	#9
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	Supes looks generic Bats looks......that Barry looks overdesigned Wondy looks overdesigned Ollie looks the best

03-15-2015, 06:54 PM	#11
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Sometimes I feel guilty/sad that I was an obsessive comics fan for most of my life, and about 4 years ago I had to completely quit due to financial reasons. For most of my life, not being an active "participant" is something I could never even imagine. Then five seconds later everything got shtty, so apparently fate was trying to tell me something. Every time I check back in to see what's been going on, I'm further relieved to see that not only am I not missing anything, I actually feel bad for the people who ARE spending money on this stuff. Fcking tragic.

03-15-2015, 10:26 PM	#13
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	Thrasher Bats was so cool. I need to pick up his action figure already.

03-16-2015, 03:27 AM	#14
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I'll concede that the (admittedly) very small bit of Batman I've seen hasn't been too bad/different. But I've yet to see/read anything that justifies the New 52 experiment as a whole. And so long as Damien exists, me and Batman have absolutely nothing to talk about, anyway. When the trend of "shaking things up" and "being new and different for new and different's sake" is over, and they get back to "just" telling stories and respecting their history, maybe I'll have time and money for them again. Not holding my breath. It's no big deal; the powers-that-be at DC have been fairly vocal that it's best for their current business if readers like me just go away, anyway. So it's win/win; I've got my mountains of back issues, and they've got their Marvel readers who suddenly "like" Superman because he's angsty and kills people sometimes, and we can both just keep on ignoring each other. But man, that's never something I wanted. What's "tragic" is that there are more than a few people like me, people who 5 years ago were buying about 80% of DC's output consistently, suddenly being told plainly, consistently, "We don't care what you think, move along." Whether you like the new stuff or not, that's not really even the point. The point is, it's a real shame that as a company they're so openly dismissive of their old audience at the expense of trying to build a "younger, hipper" new one.

03-16-2015, 07:52 AM	#15
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,491	I've not quite taken to Synder, although I will concede he is successful and he is doing massively interesting things with Bruce and his supporting cast...and he's redefined The Joker in ways that would make even Morrison and Moore blush. Batgirl ended up being delightful despite my earlier reservations, the art is adorable and the characters are very lovable and have a lot of energy and spice. I would recommend picking that up sometime Leo. New 52 Babs's creative team are actually working on readjusting her New 52 origins to make her more distinctive from how she was handled at the start. Superman's books are usually pretty good, Action Comics Gregg Pack works wonders with whatever direction DC goes in and manages to deliver a fun and engaging book that covers a variety of different and unique scenarios for Superman, and makes great use of Lana Lang. I'm not so keen on Superman and Diana's relationship, especially since DC have constantly bragged about how it will eventually turn toxic so there's no point in reading anything that builds to the break-up, but Superman/Wonder Woman is'nt a bad read either. My favorite book for a while from DC remained Smallville, but sadly that has ended. Catwoman is a fantastic read also., as is Flash. Damien I would not have minded being back...but they gave him fudging superpowers. Blech. I'm still reading more from DC than Marvel, and that's always a good thing. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

03-23-2015, 05:22 PM	#16
Slade god status Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Louisiana Posts: 3,291	I can't get behind the looks....I have to think either they won't last or they won't be main story line. Cus that shts whack as fck!! __________________ Do not concern yourself with what I've already done: rather tremble at the thought of what I am about to do. Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=48140

03-23-2015, 10:28 PM	#17
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	That's another thing I hate about this New 52 gimmick; everyone's already had like 5 costume changes. All terrible. And like, yeah, "It's temporary", it's always F'n temporary, and it's always equally pointless. Always reeks of desperation, but they're seriously over-doing it. Must be a post-Flashpoint "side effect"; when Barry re-set the timeline, he accidentally brought 1993 back to vomit all over the present day. I'm a little out of the loop; did they bring back hologram covers yet? Or foil? You just know it's on the list.

03-24-2015, 09:52 AM	#18
Slade god status Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Louisiana Posts: 3,291	Sure did. The villains had a run in the Batman books with hologram covers. __________________ Do not concern yourself with what I've already done: rather tremble at the thought of what I am about to do. Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=48140

03-24-2015, 02:59 PM	#19
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,878	I think one of the Harley comics also had those "scratch and sniff" covers. You know the ones where you scratch and they smell like bubblegum or candy or something.