Comments on: Batman #687 Was an Odd Issue

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Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Friday in the Batcave — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:27:42 +0000

[...] buy it, and be damned if I’ll buy a comic I don’t read. So I looked at it and I decided Brian was dead-on in his assessment — this story was way better than Battle For The Cowl and rendered it moot [...]

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Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:16:30 +0000

[...] Batman #687 Was an Odd Issue [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:06:59 +0000

Yeah, but what I am getting at is there is no flying batmobile in Batman, just in B&R.

Well, the flying Batmobile first appeared in Batman, when Damien first arrived at the cave.
However, it took Damien to figure out the gyro's, and so he really got started on that once he and Dick had decided that Batman and Robin will never die, and he had some time to play around with it.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:54:22 +0000

.Brian,
I concede.

Good man.

By: Jack Tango

Jack Tango — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:12:13 +0000

@Keith

Why? You're absolutely correct. BFTC and Batman #687 are telling different stories entirely. Hell, Batman #687 can take place entirely after BFTC, even though Dick's not wearing the uniform at the beginning of the issue. Here's how that works:

BFTC's final scene happens, then:

DICK: Nah, I'm not gonna wear it.
ALFRED: But Master Grayson!
DAMIEN: Yeah, you do suck.

Then Batman #687 happens.

Nothing odd about either in any form or fashion. I purposely sat down, reread Battle for the Cowl and then Batman #687, and found no problems whatsoever.

No conceding, sir!

By: Keith Moriarty

Keith Moriarty — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:54:58 +0000

Brian,
I concede.

By: Jack Tango

Jack Tango — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:36:55 +0000

Yeppers.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:17:09 +0000

Didn't Batman happen before B&R?

By: Rusty Priske

Rusty Priske — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:01:47 +0000

"It’s the new batmobile."

Yeah, but what I am getting at is there is no flying batmobile in Batman, just in B&R.

It really feels like they are operating in different worlds. I actually don't have a big problem with the different feel, it just jarred a bit at first.

By: Jack Tango

Jack Tango — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:46:52 +0000

@Jake: sure, but it doesn't matter since nothing in Batman #687 contradicts anything in Battle for the Cowl.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:20:05 +0000

Is it ok if I accept this issue as canon, instead of BftC?

By: Mr Wesley

Mr Wesley — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:54:07 +0000

But wouldn't a flying car take away from the mystique of Batman? I mean, what made him appealing to begin with, and something that's stayed with the character through all his incarnations, is that he's a mortal man with gadgets that are JUST out of the realm of current possibility. Will the addition of a flying car "sci-fi" the character up too much?

By: Nitz the Bloody

Nitz the Bloody — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:47:15 +0000

" It’s the new batmobile. " That it took this long for us to see a hybrid Batmobile/Batwing Jet honestly alarms me. Bruce was using the same basic tech as he did in the 40's at the time of his death ( Batarangs, grappling hooks, the Batmobile ), so it's good to see Dick and Damien upgrading. I personally wouldn't be opposed to see the Batman Beyond suit integrated into present-day DC, but that's just me.

By: Tom from West Chester

Tom from West Chester — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:29:03 +0000

It's just one issue but I found at least this one more enjoyable than any issue I read on Winick's last go round on Batman. I'm far from a Winick fan and dropped Batman the last time her wrote, but this was very readable and (copying a dozen others above) it was better than Battle for the Cowl.

By: Duff Mcwhalen

Duff Mcwhalen — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:45:57 +0000

Another person saying that everything was have been close to perfect if BftC never existed. Imagine the excitement there would have been for the new Morrison and Winick runs if that awful, expensive mini series didn't get everyone down and take out the mystery of the new Batman's identity ahead of time. 687 wouldn't have felt like a slight waste.

Not that I blame Winick. For what it's worth he put out the best Bat-book since #683.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:26:05 +0000

"As much as Batman & Robin was better… what the hell with that flying car?"

It's the new batmobile.

By: Neal K

Neal K — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:10:55 +0000

@Nitz: I had similar thoughts about the Red Robin title. My thought was that DC could start a whole line of chain-restaurant themed books - "The Amazing Adventures of Applebee," "Tales of the Outback", "Red Lobo-ster." The potential is endless!

By: Rusty Priske

Rusty Priske — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:43:40 +0000

I liked the Alfred parts in Batman and the rest wasn't terrible (though I am not a fan of the art).

Where I found it jarring was how Batman and Batman & Robin feel like they are occupying different worlds. As much as Batman & Robin was better... what the hell with that flying car?

By: adam!

adam! — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:31:22 +0000

what was "odd" for me was the incessant "use" of quotation marks in the "dialogues."

By: JackKing

JackKing — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:19:27 +0000

Ra's al Ghul? Not even close to overused in comparison.