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Moore and Gibbons saw the Comedian as "a kind of Gordon Liddy character, only a much bigger, tougher guy". The Comedian was initially based on the Shield and then on the Charlton Comics character Peacemaker, with elements of the Marvel Comics spy character Nick Fury added. Seemed too good for me not to add.The Comedian is Edward Morgan Blake. Instead Bruce continued being Batman, adding the yellow oval back, essentially turning something "bad" into something good. Thomas associated being Batman as tragic and told Bruce to abandon it to be happy. Very late (3 month) Edit: I just realized that the Button might also add context to Bruce's role and theme here. Hopefully, there won't be more delays because of the ongoing crisis but if there are, we've waited for years. This is the final piece foreshadowed by Darkseid War. So until then, I'll keep faith and stay hyped for what's coming. Fabok has gone on to say this'll be his best work, a modern classic. Which in itself is also fundamentally part of what Batman is all about.
In interviews he and Jason have said the book will be all about trauma and how people deal with and are affected by it. In this case, it also portrays Batman really well and shows one of the defining ideas behind him.Īnyway I'm really excited for what Geoff will do with Three Jokers. While the idea of the Metaverse and Superman being the center of it all is one of the greater thematic messages of the book that everyone knows, the book also has a lot more than that. IMO the way Geoff and Gary deals with this through both DC and Watchmen characters was done really well. Doomsday Clock specifically has the public protesting against him. Whether it's Doomsday Clock, Curse of the White Knight or Tynion's Batman, we can see that the bat symbol isn't seen the same way it was before. He's also gotten darker which is why both people IRL and in universe see him in a different light. Geoff Johns from an interview on Rebirth with Hollywood Reporterīut of course, the past 80 years Batman's had plenty of ups and downs.
He's certainly had plenty of opportunity to quit. There's a reason that Batman, who's the darkest of them all, keeps fighting. You can't beat down hope, you can't beat down optimism. Geoff Johns similarly has his own take for why Batman keeps fighting: Grant Morrison said Batman is inherently for the children (in a good way, not that way). Frank Miller once said, Batman was more than that, it was also to make sure that no other child ends up like him. Now a lot of fans might believe that Batman is all about Vengeance. Which is seen in TDKR and many other stories.
It also coincides with the Bat Signal, which in itself is also used as a signal to show everyone that Batman is here. To me that's what the yellow oval signifies. That's something Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, Scott Snyder, Tom King (yes even him which he shows in I am Gotham) and Geoff Johns all understand. It told people to rise against their own fears and to use the darkness within themselves and turn it into something good like how Batman himself uses the darkness within him as a weapon light.
Not only did it strike fear into the hearts of criminals, but it also gave hope to those around him (not unlike Superman). To be honest I did agree with that before, but among other things, Doomsday Clock IMO has proved he can write a good Batman and Bruce Wayne and I'm really excited for what he'll do for Three Jokers. But while Morrison and Snyder have their own well received Batman runs as I've said, a lot of people aren't fans of how Geoff writes Batman. This time I am focusing more on Doomsday Clock specifically but I'll also discuss other stories too.īoth Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns are among the best Superman writers and both payed tribute to him in FC and DDC, and they wrote many great Superman books (All Star Superman, Secret Origin, both their Action Comics runs). Rorschach II's own story is actually one of my favorite parts in the book. Similarly, his role, along with Rorschach II's, in Doomsday Clock is less discussed as well. I think it's fitting that I do one on Batman too. Last week I made a post discussing Final Crisis and Doomsday Clock, and it had Superman's importance to DC metafictionally at the center.