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DC Comics is a Den of Liars!
Liars and thieves, that’s what they are! A vicious cesspool of villainous thugs who twist our minds and spin falsehoods! A fan of DC Comics, are you? Enjoy the Court of Owls storyline in Batman do you? Fool! You are their prey, and they are the vipers that would slither into your bed at night and bite you with sharp, treacherous fangs filled with snake oil! A pox upon DC Comics, I say! A pox!
But where does this sudden anger come from, you ask? Why do I lay a curse upon their children and their children’s children? Behold the cover of Batman: The Dark Knight #9, purchased by this very blogger only yesterday!
Falsehoods! Libel! Slander!
Look and see! What does that cover entail? Why it’s the heroic Red Robin doing battle with a deadly Talon assassin! It looks as if one of my all-time favorite DC comic book characters, Tim Drake, is finally being plucked from the mediocre Teen Titans series in order to make a cameo back with his proper Bat-family! For months now, the greatest Robin of all time has been cut off from the world of Batman, forced into the world of tween-friendly antics in an entirely different corner of the DC Universe. But when the Night of the Owls strikes at Batman’s heart, this cover promises us that Tim will rejoin his mentor for at least one night and fight back against those devious winged bastards!
Lies! All lies!
What does this comic actually contain? Find out after the jump!
A Robin Retcon Done Right
The other day, I was grousing about a comic retcon where it’s going to be revealed that Wolverine put together a team of mutants long before Charles Xavier even cared. That Wolverine formed the ‘First X-Men’. I called this a “stupid retcon”, and my opinion has not changed. It is very stupid, and the worst sort of comic book tampering that’s done to history and continuity.
But this is not to say that all retcons are bad. In fact, I’d like to share with you a retcon that DC Comics is right in the middle of that is actually kind of cool. And it’s a retcon involving one of my absolute favorite characters of all time: Robin!
Well, Nightwing, but same difference
You know I’d be extra pissed if they messed up Robin. In actuality, however, this Court of Owls retcon is kind of badass, and adds to Robin’s history, rather than detracts. Join me after the jump to learn what they’ve changed, and why this is a much better retcon than First X-Men.
Batman’s Gonna Fight a Bunch of Owls
We comic book fans love it when our favorite characters hang out or team up. It builds a bigger and fuller world, it provides new avenues for character growth and usually it’s just plain keen. That’s why teams like the Justice League are so popular in the first place. Heck, the entire fate of Hollywood is banking on this very concept when Marvel’s superheroes team up The Avengers movie this May! So it’s no surprise that comic book companies save their biggest stories for crossovers and team ups. And DC Comics’ New 52 initiative has finally announced their first major Event Comic crossover.
And of course, it stars Batman. Because you don’t get much more awesome than Batman. He’s going to be fighting a bunch of owls.
What danger 'hoots' in the night?
Who are the Court of Owls? (see what I did there?) They’re only the hot new bad guys in Scott Snyder’s Batman series. DC announced Monday that all of the comics in the Batman-family will crossover this May for an Event called ‘The Night of Owls’. They also announced that the Batman series will feature back-up stories in its regular issues filling in some of the backstory and history of this enigmatic band of hooters. So this could mean Batman teaming up with Robin, Nighting, Batgirl, Batwoman, Catwoman and whoever else is in the Bat-family of books that I’m forgetting. Sadly, that doesn’t include Tim Drake.
More after the jump!
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