tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post9125542433108561545..comments2024-03-27T13:51:16.021-04:00Comments on Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!: A Month of... Batman's Got a Gun, Day 30: License to ChillBullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708103213119467419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-64167597405814454102016-06-05T10:18:04.550-04:002016-06-05T10:18:04.550-04:00// or Don Martin is hiding in the Batcave //
Aaaaa...<i>// or Don Martin is hiding in the Batcave //</i><br />Aaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha!!!! <br />Yeah, I was bugged by <i>Year Two</i> at the time and haven't read it in ages, but I will say that, as much as I love the 1948 Joe Chill bit (ditto the 1956 Lew Moxon bit in its kind-of thematic sequel "The First Batman!"), it's of its time. Post-<i>Crisis</i> Batman didn't need to be, shouldn't have been even, beholden to a rather Golden Age tale even if it was repeated in Earth-One continuity earlier in the same decade. Still, I wish <i>Year Two</i> had been a worthier sequel to <i>Year One</i> and a worthier capper to the Barr & Davis run of <i>Detective</i> (tricky as that might've been given how that run's mood was largely at odds with what it quickly became evident post-<i>Crisis</i> Batman was going to be).Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-32012575290589350182016-06-01T18:15:53.082-04:002016-06-01T18:15:53.082-04:00Early McFarlane could draw sequential art about as...Early McFarlane could draw sequential art about as well as Image-era McFarlane (that is to say: not at all), but with someone like Alfredo Alcala inking him he produced some beautiful splash pages. That cemetary one is pretty amazing, cape and all.J. Hammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355350000498649650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823651.post-24906751847468528102016-05-31T18:58:14.659-04:002016-05-31T18:58:14.659-04:00To be honest, I can't say I particularly like ...To be honest, I can't say I particularly like either version, really. The classic version all hinges on Batman getting exceptionally lucky; had Chill's cohorts not decided that Chill was responsible for them going to prison (or at least waited a few more seconds before shooting him)... well, that's pretty much it for Batman's secret identity. If Chill had said something different, like "Batman's after me and I just found out who he really is!", he doesn't get killed. That Batman "wins" through sheer dumb luck maybe isn't the best resolution. (Eh, but maybe it's just me.)<br /><br />On the other hand, the Year Two version... Reaper decides that Batman is a worthy successor because he might have killed Chill, so he kills Chill himself instead? Huh? Seems like it might have made more (or any) sense to have let Batman kill (or not kill) Chill to make the determination if he would have done it. (Also, McFarlane's art there *really* bugs me. Batman and Chill are facing each other, but when Reaper shoots Chill, his back had to have been to Batman for him to fall that way. How did *that* happen? It's kind of aggravating to look at. C'mon, Todd, show us that have at least a basic understanding of sequential art...)Green Luthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808312988625889127noreply@blogger.com