tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post7293086061538816674..comments2023-09-25T10:15:41.979-04:00Comments on NYSocBoy's Beefcake and Bonding: The Five Boy Wonders of Batman ComicsNYSocBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-66145656198521026042020-01-18T11:36:21.024-05:002020-01-18T11:36:21.024-05:00I do loathe that series. Extreme heterosexism, gay...I do loathe that series. Extreme heterosexism, gay people as a joke, constant sexual harassment, breaking up existing gay couples for jokes about Dick's butt, but *makes jerkoff sign* it's so progressive.<br /><br />But you really don't have to go that far. The premise is that fame and martyrdom make for a good secret identity. The tagline, "you don't know Dick", is great for the Court of Owls, where actual secrets about Dick's past, such as being marked for training as an assassin, are revealed. And, no, Dick and the Midnighter are not "one of the classic frenemy relationships" of the DCU. Deathstroke has existed longer than the Midnighter's original creator, Image Comics. Dick and the Midnighter have only been in the same universe since 2011. You keep using that word. (When it comes to Dick Grayson, I think DC passes around the coke.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-84115472162043834612020-01-18T11:25:55.051-05:002020-01-18T11:25:55.051-05:00Red Hood. Red Wing was a rookie heroine from an al...Red Hood. Red Wing was a rookie heroine from an alternate future where Donna Troy gives birth to an evil god. Part of a team that no one likes because Mirage rapes Nightwing, future Nightwing, under Raven's influence, rapes Mirage and calls himself Deathwing, and Killowat's a racist.<br /><br />Zero Hour hits, alternate timelines are destroyed, five of the Teamers are erased, and we learn that menace of the Legion at the end of time, the Time Trapper, is really Cosmic Boy. He then reveals that they were sleeper agents for the Monarch (who was manipulated by Hal Jordan to replace this reality with one where bad things never happen and bring back Coast City). Monarch's activities so threatened time itself that the Time Trapper had to intervene, finding three sleeper agents from the early 1990s and making them Nightwing, Mirage, and Terra (who is of course not that one), overwriting their memories.<br /><br />I actually liked Red Wing<br /><br />By the way, Jason HATES Tim. Damian does too. Jason considers Tim a usurper. (He also hates Bruce for leaving the Joker alive. It's actually worse: At one point Dick killed the Joker, after he brought up Jason, and Bruce brought him back. Maybe I should ship Batjokes?)<br /><br />Stephanie's time as a Robin is a bit of a joke. Basically it was to bring Tim back after his father said he couldn't be Robin. She stayed in as Spoiler afterward until she caused War Games. She died in that, but then it was retconned their medic killed her to make a point about how this work isn't for children. (Did Jericho possess her too?) Then it was retconned again that she was chilling in Africa this whole time. (So what's with Cass's ghost dream? Oh, most fans prefer Steph with Cassandra Cain and Tim with Superboy. Gay options, ahoy!)<br /><br />Damian, in the old timeline, everyone but Dick hated Damian. Yes, even Bruce. (Considering he was drugged at the time of Damian's conception...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-11910205585453635582018-12-06T20:55:39.188-05:002018-12-06T20:55:39.188-05:00"Grayson" was given his own comic series..."Grayson" was given his own comic series in which he is some sort of James Bond type- beautifully drawn and often shirtlessjaragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14424886904148460509noreply@blogger.com