If only I'd apply myself
Sep. 19th, 2011 10:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluegargantuaHey,
So, rather recently in the DC universe Batman died, killed by Darkseid.
He got better, obviously, because...comics.
While he was dead there were a lot of comics revolving around the impact of Batman being gone (until eventually Dick Greyson took over for awhile). But I realized there was a short-run series I would've loved to have seen.
In the series Batman's death was not generally known outside of the superhero community, but I think it would've been great if the Joker found out and then when on a rampage to bring down Darkseid. I mean no one but the Joker is killing Batman and that means Darkseid has to go.
I know, it's a bit weird. Although Batman scales up to cosmic level adventure, the Joker is a more low-level, but intensely creepy and very personal villain. He terrorizes a city, not a country or a galaxy. He just doesn't seem quite cosmic. So there's a bit of a hurdle shifting his frame of reference and making him a credible threat (or irritant) to Darkseid.
In fact, it might have been interesting if Joker never even got close to a showdown with Darkseid (or any of his minions), but his monomaniacal pursuit of that goal could still make for an interesting rampage.
Anyway, I noodle about comic book ideas.
later
Tom
So, rather recently in the DC universe Batman died, killed by Darkseid.
He got better, obviously, because...comics.
While he was dead there were a lot of comics revolving around the impact of Batman being gone (until eventually Dick Greyson took over for awhile). But I realized there was a short-run series I would've loved to have seen.
In the series Batman's death was not generally known outside of the superhero community, but I think it would've been great if the Joker found out and then when on a rampage to bring down Darkseid. I mean no one but the Joker is killing Batman and that means Darkseid has to go.
I know, it's a bit weird. Although Batman scales up to cosmic level adventure, the Joker is a more low-level, but intensely creepy and very personal villain. He terrorizes a city, not a country or a galaxy. He just doesn't seem quite cosmic. So there's a bit of a hurdle shifting his frame of reference and making him a credible threat (or irritant) to Darkseid.
In fact, it might have been interesting if Joker never even got close to a showdown with Darkseid (or any of his minions), but his monomaniacal pursuit of that goal could still make for an interesting rampage.
Anyway, I noodle about comic book ideas.
later
Tom
