Absolute Batman Number 1

[@Americantexan]

Man I love your reviews and commentary. You add another level of understanding when I listen to your breakdown after reading the book

[@thethinkening]

@@Americantexan 🫡 thank you kindly

[@ronynninjastar2414]

As much as Multiverse stuff can be annoying, ESPECIALLY with Batman, this was a good read. I hope the first story arc can keep the momentum. Can't wait for the next issue, but I wish the underrated DC heroes (Martain Manhunter, The Atom, Hawkman, etc.) got this type of writing.

[@thethinkening]

I Think Batman being the most high profile and quintessential DC Character will typically always give him the best artist and writers as a spring board for all other Characters. Now with that said I can easily see the rest Of DC Including the characters you mentioned getting some love as well piggybacking off the success of this book

[@ronynninjastar2414]

​@@thethinkeningWe'll see because the only writer I'm seeing showing any type of attention to the underused DC characters is Mark Waid with his World's Finest comic. They're also being written PROPERLY.

[@TheKingOfRooks]

Nice review man. I was about to have Nick Dragotta sign my copy of number 1 yesterday at comic con but I ended up feeling really sick and stepping out of line, and only had tickets for that day 😂

[@thethinkening]

@@TheKingOfRooks dang hope you feel better 🫡

[@TheKingOfRooks]

@@thethinkening thanks man me too lmao

[@TheKingOfRooks]

DUUUUUUDE while watching this video i had a revelation! It is way too perfect it has to happen. Bruce and Black Mask's origins will be tied in together and diametrically opposed opposites. They'll have both been at the zoo that day and where Bruce saw needed justice Black Mask saw the futility of it all with humans in relation to animals killing eachother all the same and just pretending they're more civilized because they wear fancy suits. Thatll be the inspiration behind the party animals, behind the senseless killing and focus on death, and why they all dress nice with animal masks on. At least, that's the direction I'd be taking it lol

[@thethinkening]

@@TheKingOfRooks 🤯this is actually an insanely good theory that i did not even consider 👊🏾

[@TheKingOfRooks]

@thethinkening haha thanks man it all clicked listening to you describe the party animals, it seems like such a good potential direction I lowkey hope it is that lol Hell now that I think about it even Alfred would tie in with that themology being a representation of exactly what Black Mask hates, a man in a suit senselessly killing and pretending like he's civilized. If Black Mask lost his family in the zoo attack too then that'd make it a further parallel with Alfred having also lost his family to violence though in a different way, having lost the connection and love of his daughter. Maybe Black Mask will have lost his son in the zoo attack as opposed to Bruce having lost his father, kinda go in to the different types of grief as well.