Batman: The Cult (New Edition)

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Batman gets brainwashed in this story, and we see him like never before. He mows people down with a machine gun in one instance, and acts like a coward in many other instances. When Marvel Comics wished to use the name of Captain Marvel for a new, different character,[citation needed] Starlin was given the rare opportunity to produce a one-shot story in which to kill off a main character. The Death of Captain Marvel became the first graphic novel published by the company itself. ( One of the lead characters is known for being a heavy drinker, and then proves it at a dinner party, where he slurs his speech and repeats jokes while binge drinking wine. Hookah smoking. Character drinks from a flask. Barrels of booze emptied out by Prohibition-era police.

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Zum Inhalt will ich nicht viel sagen, es handelt sich um eine durchaus komplexe Handlung, die den Namen Graphic Novel verdient. Insgesamt sehr düster, aber das ist bei Batman nicht ungewöhnlich. Dass die Story sehr kontrovers aufgenommen wurde und warum dem so war, läßt sich im Internet gut nachlesen. Azrael • Batgirl • Batman • Batman and Robin • Batman Beyond • Batman Confidential • Batman Incorporated • Batman: Dark Knight • Batman: Streets of Gotham • Birds of Prey • Justice League of America • Outsiders • Red Robin • Superman/Batman Gotham City has many legends, and you can bet that many of those aren’t something good, and this one isn’t the exception… If it hasn’t been made apparent yet, this comic is amazing. Not only does it provide readers with the possibly darkest adaptation of Batman it also displays how harmful cults and the spreading of fascist ideas could have on society. The artwork by Bernie Wrightson also makes Gotham feel like an unforgiving hell-hole that is constantly edging closer towards destruction. This story is also notable because writer Jim Starlin would later kill Jason Todd off in Batman: A Death in the Family, which makes this story represent a very brief moment in Batman’s history. Overall, this is possibly one of the greatest Batman stories of all time and deserves to remember as such. I love some aspects of it, how Batman is broken, his hallucinations AND believe it or don't , but somehow I loved Jason's Robin here.Searching his apartment, Batman is inadvertently aided by a cop who shows him a carpet cutting tool which Riddler had murdered the mayor with at the beginning. Realizing this tool is another clue to uncovering the Riddler's master plan, Batman cuts open the rug of the apartment and discovers via a map drawn on the floor underneath that Nashton has stationed car bombs around Gotham. No sooner has he done this than an online video of Nashton's final transmission before his capture and incarceration plays, explaining gleefully that he had cultivated an online following that plans to assassinate mayor-elect Bella Reál. Josh: Same! But you have to keep in mind, when we first see Batman, he’s already endured a week of torture (we know he’s been beaten and stabbed), starvation, and been drugged semi-regularly. Then he endures roughly another two to three weeks of this. Batman is a beast, but he’s still human, so seeing this made me happy. The Things You Gotta Remember Are the Details": Reservoir Dogs and the Fragility of Memory and Meaning in the Nineties... DCU | Graphic Novels". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02 . Retrieved 2011-01-03.

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The controversy comes, in part, from the murder -- the one Batman apparently commits. Armed with a machine-gun and hallucinating, Batman opens fire on what he thinks is the Joker. The dying man then changes to look like James Gordon and finally the truth is revealed. However, the murder is shown in such a fashion to one could argue Batman didn't actually do the killing. But those are just the hardcore unable to accept the truth -- Batman murdered a man while under the influence of a cult, incapable of controlling his actions or trusting his own senses.

Weeks have passed since the incident and the Gotham City Police Department have noticed Batman's absence. Robin often spends the nights at Commissioner Gordon's office trying to find a clue that would help them locate their missing friend, only to realize something major is happening in Gotham City. Josh: I agree with you all here. I got a sense of “the ends justify the means” but I also got a sense of “there’s nothing I can do.” I think there could have been a better outcome, and I’d almost be willing to bet that the team probably considered having Batman save the woman…but then you’d have to figure out what to do with her afterwards since they go directly into the sewer.

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Matina: Listen, I am so happy we finally read something with a Robin featured. And I’m delighted it was Jason! I haven’t had a chance to read a lot of stories featuring him as Robin, so this was a lot of fun for me. When this series came out in 1988 I was newly married, finishing college and working two jobs. I had made a half-hearted decision to stop buying comics. When I read this Jim Starlin series, I hated it. It was the catalyst for me to stop buying comics. When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement. Josh: I really like the example you mentioned because that moment speaks volumes. There’s such a strong argument to be made about people doing what they have to do to get by, but also a socioeconomic commentary as well. Michael : Initially I found the premise very intriguing, despite it being yet another “killing criminals is the only way to clean up Gotham.” I feel like right now there is a special interest in cult-like communities that rapidly spin out of control and this storyline taps into that in a major way.

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Book One: Ordeal": It is dark in the Wayne Estate and Bruce Wayne finds himself walking towards a mysterious house that has never existed before. Lured by some mysterious and magnetic attraction, Bruce is tempted to enter the eerie place and he goes deep into the dar Michael : I can’t say Batman: The Cult is a bad book, but I don’t think it’s the type of story for me. I was totally on board in the first half. I love a compromised Batman and the idea of him being entwined in a cult that does his job “better” than him is ripe for drama. I just have to admit that the level of carnage was not just unsettling to me, but worse so, unengaging. He has a tank, he has a gun that shoots tranquilizer darts, he leaves people behind for dead, and by the end it felt less and less like a Batman book I want to read. Wrightson and Wray’s artistic efforts are stunning to behold, though, and I can see myself revisiting the story for purely aesthetic reasons. Angered at being rejected by his idol, Nashton begins ranting to which Batman realizes that Nashton still has something planned. Upon realizing Batman hasn't figured out his next course of action, a delighted Nashton gives him one last clue by singing "Ave Maria," the song sung at the Mitchell's funeral to imply that the final part of the plan is mayor-elect Bella Real's assassination. However, Batman fails to realize this and exclaims, "What have you done!?" The Catfile • Catwoman Dies • Crime Pays • Crooked Little Town • Dark End of the Street • Dollhouse • Family Ties • The Game • Her Sister's Keeper • Hints and Allegations • I'll Take Manhattan • It's Only a Movie • Lifelines • The Long Road Home • No Easy Way Down • The One You Love • Only Happy When it Rains • Relentless • The Replacements • She-Cats • The Tin Roof Club • Trail of the Catwoman • When in Rome • Wild Ride • Year 1 • Year 2

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When Batman pursues a case on the outskirts of Gotham City, he finds himself working with the Gotham County Sheriff's department. What starts as a run-of-the-mill murder case for the Caped Crusader becomes a battle against zombies and a race to rid himself of a terrible curse. Written by Steve Niles with art by Scott Hampton, Gotham County Line is one of Batman's better horror outings. The artwork was also very good, had some good looking panels and it added to the overall gritty atmosphere. I also love Batman's design where he's this huge guy, with the long bat ears we don't see much today.

In the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974).