Batman vs Bruce Wayne | Batman: Ego

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[@jakegittes1864]

Just saw The Batman and Matt Reeves wasn’t kidding when he said Bruce’s arc in the film was inspired by this book. Batman learns that he cannot just be the scary vigilante fueled by vengeance who’s feared by criminals and that he had to evolve into a symbol of hope for the innocent people of Gotham. Good stuff. Wish Darwyn Cooke could’ve seen it.

[@comictalk95]

In the fandome interview Matt reeves mentions this book has one of his favorite Batman books.

[@zacharywalker4369]

I love that Cooke uses Freud’s concepts of id, ego, and superego to explain Batman’s psyche. The “fear” persona represents id, the primal selfish nature of bruce wanting vengeance for his parents. The superego represents the “humanitarian” persona, that is Bruce’s best self of accepting the loss of his parents and moving on without Batman. The ego is the middle ground of the two personas that give us the actual Bruce Wayne/Batman. This allows his fear persona to exist but also allows Bruce to hold on to a code and do good as a humanitarian too. That’s my interpretation anyway.

[@postRTFfailure]

Really interesting, now that we’re on the other side of The Batman being released, that Reeves was able to use this as the foundation for Bruce’s/Batman’s revelation that he must be a symbol of hope rather than represent vengeance in its most brutal form. Kinda funny how Sal mentioned they never would incorporate anything from Ego’s “story” into the movie (I know you mean literal plot points), but somehow the most important piece of Bruce’s growth takes seemingly direct inspiration from this.

[@stankovicf]

My favorite Batman comic. I will never not miss Darwyn though.

[@questions2493]

Have you been told that the bullet perspective has already been taken in one shot of Batman Gotham Knight episode "Deadshot" from 2008 yet?

[@stephenthedude4383]

I bought this book then realized i can't read cursive 💀 anybody else? No? Just me?....ok 😶

[@jakegittes1864]

I think people took it too literally thinking beat for beat.

[@MammothBehemoth]

Batman is basically Green Goblin now

[@DanV900]

One thing I appreciate with Batman: Ego is that Darwyn Cooke considers it “an earnest yet flawed first effort.” He was willing to be critical of his own work and I also miss him calling out other artists for not getting work out on time. He is the best cartoonist in comics history and you can’t change my mind.

[@Grievousish]

If any book was gonna be called Batman Ego it should have been All Star Batman and Robin. Cause you need a real swelled head to call yourself the "goddamn Batman"

[@fragile4408]

14:57

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

This story is basically Batman having all this stress, and Bruce assuages his fears by putting a comforting hand on his shoulder, and telling him "Leggo, my Ego."

[@HollowGolem]

Regarding the Catwoman design that you mentioned at the end, I seem to recall an interview where Cooke said that he never would have put that zipper at the front of her costume if he knew nobody would zip the thing up.

[@anothercleverusername992]

Ben's idea of the Batman creature being out of breath and worn out after the big display, cracked me up SO hard!

[@ninja1man4u]

Imitates M bison from the street fighter cartoon:

[@LogantheSloth]

EGO is in my top 3 favorite Batman stories. The discussion between Bruce & the monstrous Batman is by far the best psychological exploration of the character ever. It's also just really well written and the artwork is beautiful, it flows so well that I need to see it animated!

[@ToonGal12]

2:00

[@priceyyeti4058]

Oh, I've never heard of this.

[@roccoborghetti4693]

Darwyn is the ultimate comic book writer and artist. And Ego, like the New Frontier, is just another immaculate example.