BATMAN: THE CULT STORYTIME

Hey hey, it's time to read one of my favorite Batman tales: The Cult! It starts off with the Dark Knight kidnapped and brainwashed by a sewer-dwelling cult leader, and things go from there. It's also (for my money) one of the best looking Bat books, with Bernie Wrightson on pencils and inks, and Bernie Wray doing a truly amazing job on colors. Let's go!

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and away we go!

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Thanks OP. This is one of the few Batman runs that gets mentioned a lot that I haven't gotten around to reading yet.

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>>116884312>Bernie Wraywhoops, I meant Bill Wray.

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>>116884312I own all but like one of these floppies been tracking the other one for years. Got them all for less than a dollar so I probably shouldn't feel guilty over-paying for the last one.

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>>116884401>>116884418Imagine being starlin seeing these first two pages come bCk and realizing Wrightson just cemented your ass in history regardless of thanos or cosmic Odyssey. Fuck.

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love this page.

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>>116885369I love the Cult but both Starlin and Wrightson have bigger claims to fame than this I'm sure they'd be alright

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>>116884365>created by Bob KaneI won't post my angry reaction image since this is a storytime, but just imagine a very angry one and lets pretend that I posted it at the mention of Bob Kane's name without Bill Finger.

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I own this, it's a real treat. Shows a side of Jason forgotten by most people and normies.Shame Blackfire got relegated to the 2nd shittiest side mission in the Arkham games.

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>>116884441>>116884454>>116884470>Such a cute little boy! Just my type!>We're going to learn something about biology!>Lay back and enjoy!>rapid closeups of mouths and phallic objectsUMMMMM...

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>>116885914oh fuck yeah>>116886119FUCK YEAH

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>>116886228failed a bit on that delivery though

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>>116886940>Shows a side of Jason forgotten by most people and normiesI love these old comics for that. Jason's resurrection recast him as a troubled kid / bad seed, but the pre-resurrection takes have a different vibe.

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>>116884582if this was real MK ultra, the victim would be stripped naked and sexually humiliated too

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>>116885333the pimp sees that get

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Final issue!

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>>116884312NeatHonestly am not sure if I've ever read a Jim Starlin book beyond his cosmic acid trip stuff.

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>>116884597Pages like this make me feel sick to my stomach. I hate how this was in style.

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>>116887627yeah, it's very much aping TDKR but way less effective, especially when it's the same face copy and pasted 10 times.

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>>116887704>>116887601cheeky

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>>116887689That's why I think Cult hasn't stuck in the popular memory like a lot of other minis, despite its high quality. It apes a lot of bigger titles, so it doesn't quite stand out on its own.

bernie I understand that deadlines are a bitch but cmon now

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batmobile monster truck!

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he's got a gun!

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I've read to many Batwank comics so its kinda weird reading something where Batgod isn't totally in control of every aspect of the situation.Gotta wonder why they don't take off his mask though.

alright, last TV talking head.

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>>116887866>Hey, there, uh, I'm..., uh, a fairy.>>Okay, so I'm going in

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>>116887912>™>ᵇᵃᵗᵗᵉʳᶦᵉˢ nᵒᵗ ᶦnᶜˡᵘᵈᵉᵈ

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>>116885283They don't do light surrealism like this enough.

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>>116885248batman got broken like a bitch by this jabroni murderhobo cult

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>>116887952it's a featherless biped!

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>>116885333BATMAN A RAZZIST

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>>116884312I wish dc reprinted this so I could get a tpb at a decent price

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>>116888152I found a copy, still wrapped, at my LCS for like 20 bucks sometime last year, I couldn't believe it.

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>>116885564lol

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That's all folks! Thanks for reading, I'll see you next storytime!

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>>116885914These pages are so fuckin cash money, holy fuck.

>>116888502Yeah, Wrightson does a great job as usual, but imo the real star of the show is Wray on colors.

>>116887689>>116887704>trained military unit taken down by drugged-up hobos using guns they've never drilled withThe jobbing in this comic is really getting on my nerves.

>>116887968What would a press release from Batman look like? Special stationary? Is desktop publishing something else that Bruce is a super tryhard at?

>>116888153No, fuck you, OP, you slipped this page from TDKR in with the rest of the pages from Cult. You can't fool me.

>>116884312I read it as "CLIT".

>>116884312BUmp

>>116887146Who says Robin can't be badass?

>>116888051>roving reporterOh fuck, they got Ted!

>>116887912FUCK YEAH

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>>116887146I fucking love Jason

>>116887912Snyder made this batmobile into a dark multiverse Batman named Batmobeast.

Can someone storytime Gotham County Line?

Thanks for the storytime, OP!

Damn, this was a good read. I appreciate the story time OP! Looks like the Deacon has for the most part been left alone, which I love. I really enjoy the one off villains that are allowed to be built up as a threat and have a memorable sendoff, makes the stories that much more special in a way.

>>116892570NOOOOOOOOOOO

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>>116884950sick

>>116885546is batman fucking yogi bear>a robin, I need that a pic-nic basket

>>116885758now he'll be reincarnated into an all powerful ,loli, blackfire what have you done

>>116887953Maybe the mask is designed in a way that it doesn't allow other people to take it ofOr maybe they just think that there is no point to taking it of because they assume that he is some random hobo or something like that

>>116896603they didnt care who he was until he put on the mask