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~~Leo656~~ · 02-24-2021, 06:53 PM

"Tower of Babel" was a pretty awesome story, though.

Although the downside of it is, ever since then we've had to deal with the whole "Batman with prep time could beat up, like, Satan" nonsense we've had to deal with in recent years.

It's SO weird to go back to Batman comics from the '80s, or even the early-90s and see him get caught by surprise, or god forbid knocked goofy by a random thug's sucker-punch. He USED to just be a really motivated guy in a costume with anger issues; after Tower of Babel, he's got 97 secret contingency plans for EVERY situation and never loses or even gets put on the defensive because "I'm Batman". Every single thing that happens anywhere, happened exactly that way because it was part of "Batman Secret Plan #1035-C", even when that doesn't make any goddamn sense. And that sh*t is insufferable.

It's like, when people say stuff like "Superman is a boring and predictable character because he's so perfect and can't ever lose", 1. I know I'm talking to an idiot, and 2. I know I'm talking to someone who hasn't read any Batman comics since like 1998. Because THAT GUY is so "perfect and infallible" (aside from the fact he mistreats his friends) that it's absolutely gross.

That one story, though? That was a good story.

Would've been better if the result was Batman realizing he was wrong for being so hyper-paranoid, and dialed it back a shade, instead of doubling- and tripling-down on it for years, though. BUT, we all know Bruce Wayne, for all his supposed intelligence, is incapable of ever learning any lesson that relates to him being an asshole.

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02-24-2021, 06:53 PM	#19
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	"Tower of Babel" was a pretty awesome story, though. Although the downside of it is, ever since then we've had to deal with the whole "Batman with prep time could beat up, like, Satan" nonsense we've had to deal with in recent years. It's SO weird to go back to Batman comics from the '80s, or even the early-90s and see him get caught by surprise, or god forbid knocked goofy by a random thug's sucker-punch. He USED to just be a really motivated guy in a costume with anger issues; after Tower of Babel, he's got 97 secret contingency plans for EVERY situation and never loses or even gets put on the defensive because "I'm Batman". Every single thing that happens anywhere, happened exactly that way because it was part of "Batman Secret Plan #1035-C", even when that doesn't make any goddamn sense. And that sht is insufferable*. It's like, when people say stuff like "Superman is a boring and predictable character because he's so perfect and can't ever lose", 1. I know I'm talking to an idiot, and 2. I know I'm talking to someone who hasn't read any Batman comics since like 1998. Because THAT GUY is so "perfect and infallible" (aside from the fact he mistreats his friends) that it's absolutely gross. That one story, though? That was a good story. Would've been better if the result was Batman realizing he was wrong for being so hyper-paranoid, and dialed it back a shade, instead of doubling- and tripling-down on it for years, though. BUT, we all know Bruce Wayne, for all his supposed intelligence, is incapable of ever learning any lesson that relates to him being an asshole.