hush puppies

drive-by readings

Batman Beyond #3 (DC) "Hush Beyond Part 3: Close Encounters" Adam Beechen Ryan Benjamin John Stanisci David Baron Travis Lanham Dustin Nguyen (cover)

what we learned: Terry gets his first up close encounter with his timeline's version of Hush, and it results in the death of the Calendar Man. old Bruce is none too pleased, and readies his Bat Robots (he-hey, Kingdom Come!) just in case Terry can't do the job.
oh shit moment: not only is the Catwoman working with Hush, she also gets stabbed in the back too (or choked from the back, whatever).
what's next: Terry keeps barking up the wrong tree, and will that be too late?


nahh, you can still come back from the dead, just like the old coot.

this never happens to Cory Petit!

someday you'll find it, the rainbow CONNETION ... (Batman: Streets of Gotham #8)



DC's been really notorious lately on typos.


/full disclosure: Mike Marts, Editor; Janelle Siegel, Asst. Editor

snaps: Batman - Streets of Gotham #6

of bats and sluts and invisible men, and false gods, and faith. Chris Yost makes the most of his guest stint.

1) yes, just like his rodent avatar, Batman crashes thru windows upside down. wait, what-?


2) Helena Bertinelli is still hotbloodedheaded in 2009.


3) what i said. slut.


4) when you invent something of military value, either the government misuse it or the real bad guys take it from you.


5) first time i've seen a priest have balls since Jesse Custer.



wait, he called you a slut, Helena! are you gonna let him get away with that??

drive-by readings: Batman: Streets of Gotham #3

Batman: Streets of Gotham #3 (DC) "Hush Money" / "Under My Skin" Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen Derek Fridolfs John Kalisz Steve Wands Marc Andreyko Georges Jeanty Karl Story Jack Purcell Nick Filardi Sal Cipriano

Victor Zsasz, in Paul Dini's more than capable hands, is currently replacing the Joker as the preeminent scariest Gotham psycho. and with the Black Mask positioning him to be the Man, well ... the Joker better get back to killin'. on a much tamer level, but no less to be wary of, is ex-BFF Thomas 'Hush' Elliot doing his Bruce Wayne shtick, prompting the new Dynamic Duo to put roadblocks along the way so he doesn't squander the family wealth. i dunno. i'm with Damian on this one - give him a good beating, then knife him in the back and dump him in the sewer. the bad guys keep getting chances. speaking of Damian - "he hearts Katanaaaaa". thanks to Grant Morrison, this post-Wayne's world might turn out to be interesting after all.

and still not biting on the Manhunter backup story.

i didn't know there was a crossover

Black Mask, describing the Dark Reign to his new employee Vic Zsasz. bloody good steak, and a steak knife that will get bloody.

drive-by readings: Batman: Streets of Gotham #1

Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 (DC) "Ignition" / "Strange Bedfellows" Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen Derek Fridolfs John Kalisz Steve Wands Marc Andreyko Georges Jeanty Karl Story Nick Filardi Sal Cipriano

Paul Dini re-teams with his ex-Detective Comics cohorts Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs on Streets of Gotham, which seems to be more from supporting characters' POV. with the new Batman and Robin still gaining traction, Gotham City seems to be always in freefall but never completely flatlining. and why bother with the city really? does it have overflowing coffers of gold that everyone wants a piece of it? i'm sure Gotham qualifies as one of the cities with the highest crime rates (and that was with Batman). with such a rosy outlook, one would pull up stakes and move elsewhere. its a miracle people still live in a place where you could get bombed by the Joker or get ripped in half by Killer Croc any given moment.

so for this moment, we have B-lister Firefly setting everyone afire because, hey that's what he does. so Gotham's burning again. Commish Gordon keeps a steely silence in the face of it all, and just keeps doing his job (how old is he? 73?). with the narration flowing smoothly between heroes, villains and victims, Dini keeps us engaged, and eagerly awaiting the next issue. didn't care much for the Manhunter backup story though.

by the way, this is only one of two new Batman series being written by Dini. the other one is called Gotham City Sirens, which features more Guillem March. hubba-hubba.

when strikes ... the batlust!

ok, no more Robin jokes.

seriously, should we be scared of Batman? yes, we should, but not because he can put the fear of God in us or the scare us to death, but because he can take our women!!!

in Superman/Batman #40, a mind-controlled Superman has Bats on the ropes and his ass is saved by a woman whom he instantly lusts for. he learns later that she is Bekka, the wife of Orion, no less, who's not exactly the most stable of individuals.



Bats is put in situations which require close proximity to Bekka, like the one below where she keeps them invisible as they're being hunted by Darkseid's Parademons. as to how long before they both lose control ... maybe next issue.



does Talia and Selina know about this? lock up your women! the Bat is loose!

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Superman/Batman #40
Alan Burnett, Dustin Nguyen, Derek Fridolfs