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eve_k at 12:55pm on 10/08/2012 under fangirling fangirl, rear mirror reviews, world´s finest comics
eve_k at 12:55pm on 10/08/2012 under fangirling fangirl, rear mirror reviews, world´s finest comicsSomewhere around the early 1980ies Mike Barr got his wish and introduced a darker, edgier version of Batman in the newly created Outsiders title. Why that talentless fanboy gone hack was entrusted with reimagining Batman post COIE is anyone´s guess, but lo! the Batjerk was born.
Of course something had to be done about the friendship with Superman, which had undoubtedly gone a bit overboard with Doug Moench´s "Kryll Way of Dying" where Superman and Batmen all but lie in each other´s arms crying. :D So a mere four issues later we see the friendship gone and the heroes bitching and drama-queening like an old divorced couple.
The fans obviously did not take favourably to this, by the time the utterly pointless and seemingly endless Pantheon Saga had finished the new editor had to admit that she had no letters to print in the lettercol. We see some frantic backpedaling by the time WF hits #300, and for a time at least, we get Supes and Bats serving us their mutual feelings on a silver platter.
So here Random Girl (who also happens to be Bruce Wayne´s girlfriend of the week) gets to wax lyrical about Batman´s awesomeness, which leads right to the next page of Batman fanboying over Superman.
Joey Cavalieri, Stan Woch " The Network" in World´s Finest Comics #312, 1985
Too early to be having anything but coffee, even though just thinking about Mike Barr makes me want a drink.
Of course something had to be done about the friendship with Superman, which had undoubtedly gone a bit overboard with Doug Moench´s "Kryll Way of Dying" where Superman and Batmen all but lie in each other´s arms crying. :D So a mere four issues later we see the friendship gone and the heroes bitching and drama-queening like an old divorced couple.
The fans obviously did not take favourably to this, by the time the utterly pointless and seemingly endless Pantheon Saga had finished the new editor had to admit that she had no letters to print in the lettercol. We see some frantic backpedaling by the time WF hits #300, and for a time at least, we get Supes and Bats serving us their mutual feelings on a silver platter.
So here Random Girl (who also happens to be Bruce Wayne´s girlfriend of the week) gets to wax lyrical about Batman´s awesomeness, which leads right to the next page of Batman fanboying over Superman.
Joey Cavalieri, Stan Woch " The Network" in World´s Finest Comics #312, 1985
Too early to be having anything but coffee, even though just thinking about Mike Barr makes me want a drink.
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