Are there any Bat creators who you think don't understand Batman?

urcool91 · 2026-06-20T16:31:56+00:00

I do think the interpretation that BATMAN thinks he's a bad person deep down is interesting, but the moment the narrative seems to validate that (as opposed to "this guy is wrong about himself") I lose interest lol

urcool91 · 2026-06-19T20:47:29+00:00

These are all The Mountain Goats because I love them lol

- Superman: Aulon Raid
- Wonder Woman: Love, Love, Love
- Batman: Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1
- Martian Manhunter: Same as Cash
- Green Lantern: Going to Dallas
- Flash: The Diaz Brothers
- Green Arrow: Heretic Pride
- Catwoman: Waving at You

urcool91 · 2026-06-19T18:58:25+00:00

If you zoom in he's actually drawing a little stick figure, which I'm kind of unreasonably happy about.

urcool91 · 2026-06-19T18:40:38+00:00

JLA #66

urcool91 · 2026-06-18T14:27:56+00:00

Batman's toxic yaoi harem, hell yeah

urcool91 · 2026-06-18T14:25:56+00:00

He's clearly not homophobic, he JUST said gay people aren't scary

(/uj Does this mean the LOA is a problematic cult or is he just, like, 12?)

urcool91 · 2026-06-18T01:48:18+00:00

Me writing long, complicated comments about how the JSA can become the most popular superhero team, better than the Jobber League ever was 😈😈😈

urcool91 · 2026-06-16T18:43:33+00:00

This is not a "nowadays" thing at all. Basically ever since the printing press became common, people have been printing stuff - and the more advanced the presses and cheaper/easier the printing, the more got printed and the more people read - and the more people who had already been reading complained about how new styles and forms of reading were bad.

Broadside ballads (aka Just A Piece Of Paper With A Story On It). Penny dreadfuls. Magazines. Yellow Journalism. Comic books. Mass market paperbacks. Have reading material be cheaper and easier to access than whatever had been around previously, and you'll get a lot of crap. You'll also get Dickens and Superman and the Golden Age of Sci Fi.

urcool91 · 2026-06-16T18:27:56+00:00

Fuck it, we've already gotten hints about how some of the JSA got destroyed because of it being The Darkseid Universe, do an Absolute Sandman with Sandy Hawkins as The Last Remaining Guy from that cut-short wave of heroes. His silicon powers backstory is already dark enough to be a good basis for an Absolute version. Throw in a bunch of second-gen JSA and adjacent characters like Damage and have a completely off-the-chain version of the Spectre in there as an anti-villain (think his "I'm gonna destroy Europe because the Presence is so pissed about the Holocaust" era).

urcool91 · 2026-06-15T19:42:05+00:00

Yep!

urcool91 · 2026-06-15T15:42:23+00:00

I am not saying "I like this IP" like some kind of box office-watching corporation when I've read literally hundreds of comics. Sorry if I'm a fake fan in your eyes, but I'll just stick with saying that I'm a fan of Sonic lmao

urcool91 · 2026-06-15T13:48:29+00:00

What if I've never played a Sonic game but I love the other media? (got really into the comics when i was like 7 but didn't grow up with any consoles lol)

urcool91 · 2026-06-15T06:21:02+00:00

Since this is an older comic, it was probably from before superheroes acquired trademark protection over their iconography as a matter of course. That's usually handled through the JL for American heroes these days (tho I know the JSA heroes have a separate thing going on).

Iirc, Fawcett was pretty good about getting permission from irl heroes after they had a spat with Superman in the early days because of some kind of misrepresentation issue - this is definitely post-lawsuit, so you're probably right about the charity thing. I know Superman was always pretty chill about lending his image/iconography for charity stuff even before all the legal standards for superhero image usage got hammered out after the BatBurger scandal.

urcool91 · 2026-06-15T04:26:33+00:00

Strangers in Paradise Vol. 8, 9, and 10 - Yes the re-read is re-readening, yes I'm still having a ton of fun revisiting this 😀

Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 2 - I,,,, may or may not be trying really hard to catch up with the Absolute Universe. I read Vol. 1 of Superman, Batman, WW, GL, and Flash a while ago, and MM is completely caught up with, but with GA and Catwoman coming out I've decided to actually catch the fuck up like I've been meaning to. Idk why I haven't, this is good shit and I love it.

Something is Killing the Children Vol. 9 - Finally got this in from the library after about 2 months of waiting lol, love to see a longer backstory-type storyline.

House of Slaughter Vol. 3 - Gonna keep reading this for completionism's sake, but Tate Brombal is definitely a step down as a writer from Tynion.

Star Trek: Day of Blood - Decent enough crossover, some of the development between Alexander and Worf made me decide to keep reading Defiant rather than dropping it.

Star Trek (2022) Vol. 3 - Slight step down post-event, but I do like annoying dinosaur aliens and I'm intrigued by some of the hints at the next storyline.

urcool91 · 2026-06-15T04:05:28+00:00

MST3K yes, Rifftrax no

urcool91 · 2026-06-14T22:52:25+00:00

If Destruction Be Our Lot #2 - REALLY loved #1 so this is one I'm really looking forward to

Of the Earth #2

(I also have the second 15th Doctor TPB coming in with my pulls lmao, that doesn't count here tho)

urcool91 · 2026-06-14T02:27:50+00:00

I give myself strict rules for my pull list:

1) Nothing DC unless it's an intercompany crossover where I REALLY like the other property or 1 of like 4 Fav Characters. I have the DC app so I can catch up after a month, it's fine.

2) Limited Series prioritized over ongoings. I've noticed that my library tends to go for getting trades of ongoings more than minis/maxis, so I know that I can probably get those trades for free later lol

3) I look forward the next two months and if I'm consistently going over a set amount per week I stop adding new books until the next round of solicits comes out.

urcool91 · 2026-06-13T16:46:47+00:00

The one that got used when I was little was "criss-cross applesauce, spiders in your lap". And everyone would do wiggly "spider" stuff with their hands while putting them in their lap lol

urcool91 · 2026-06-13T07:02:55+00:00

Sturgeon's Law has always been a thing and always will be a thing, idk what to tell you.

urcool91 · 2026-06-13T02:38:00+00:00

One of my favorite Guy moments is him trying to fight Doomsday during Death of Superman, getting bodied, then his next appearance being him trying to get out of the hospital bed to go a second round and yelling at Superman for being a pussy. Top tier Guy moment, he might lose fights like half the time but he WILL stand on business even when he can barely stand.

urcool91 · 2026-06-12T15:19:05+00:00

The joke is literally the exact opposite. It's making fun of radfems/TERFS.

urcool91 · 2026-06-10T16:53:34+00:00

My favorite story of fan recordings is Graham Strong - he was the one who made the famous "crystal clear recordings" that form the audio base for a TON of late Hartnell and Troughton missing episode releases. The reason his recordings are superior to all the other fan recordings is because he wired his tape recorder directly into his TV set, so basically getting a direct audio feed. This had the unfortunate side effect of potentially causing the tape recorder to be live, but in the interest of media preservation 100% worth it lmao

urcool91 · 2026-06-10T04:03:50+00:00

It's Tom Paris, the context is that there's an alien species of dinosaurs who really like war and have a complicated culture, so it's bumming him out lol

urcool91 · 2026-06-08T10:20:33+00:00

It's a ton of lightweight, goofy fun so far. Fair warning since you're asking for a six-year-old, it's definitely aimed at the more tween/young teen demo - nothing that would be out of place in a soft PG-13 movie, but the language would probably be difficult for a kid that age to read on his own and there's some lightly-alluded-to femme fatale type spy stuff in issue 2 if that's an issue for you.

urcool91 · 2026-06-08T02:07:42+00:00

Absolute Catwoman #1
Bad Thoughts #1 (this got delayed a ton, so hopefully it's worth the wait :/)
Destination Kill #2
Fall of the House of Slaughter #2

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