Batman Getting Hitched

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Man, Tom King is really running out of ideas isn't he?

Also, fuck DC for trying to shill Catwoman at Batman's expense. She's a supporting character for him, not the other way around.

It's already in the Rebirth thread, you don't need a new one.

That said, nigger DC has been pushing for Batman and Catwoman since the late 80's. In Earth-2 they are married, and they were the parents of Huntress.

If not Catwoman as his wife, who? She's been the only female who routinely gives a shit about Bruce's existence outside of the cape and cowl.

I can't bring myself to even pretend to care about this. Batman isn't an actual character with a personality anymore, anyways. Seriously, he's just a fucking meme. There hasn't been a good Batman comic in at least a decade, probably longer.

Fucking nobody. Marriage is for the birds.

DC was a mistake.

He, much like his fanbase, should die alone.

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I would watch a show where Batman gets married to female also Batman not Batgirl

So, Batwoman?

He has met his father a few times. You'd think he'd be over it by now.

Honestly, if she wasn't a dyke and his cousin, I could see the two working out together.

Catwoman is still his only real option, if you wanna go the romance route. Which they do.


YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HIS PAIN

I've always wanted Vicki Vale to be his wife, and Bruce goes to the extent of wipewiping her constantly so she doesn't know he's Batman. Too bad it'd end up like Clark and Lois.

If I recall, he's met his father:
-Once with Zatara
-Once with Dr Fate
-Earth-2 several times (doesn't truly count, however)
-Once with Constantine
-Sometime in Future's End
-The letter from Flashpoint
And probably more from the golden/silver age issues I haven't read yet.

There's Zatanna, Wonder Woman, Julie Madison, Vicky Vale, Poison Ivy, Silver St. Cloud, Kathy Kane (the original Batwoman), and a plethora of others. Shit, Dennis O'Neil even used to sneak in Batman/Shiva hints in the day. It's not because Batman doesn't have other romance options, it's just that DC is full of BatCat shippers who shill Catwoman at every available opportunity, even going so far as to drag his character down in the process to make it work, as demonstrated by Tom King's current run.

I blame the BatCat shippers for Catwoman's ending in Injustice 2 basically being "Bruce turns into a cuck"

And Talia. She was shipped as The One for a while there.

Of those, there is literally only Vicky Vale and Zatana who is actually capable of forming a lasting relationship.

Or did you forget that Wonder Woman is immortal? And the rest, like Poison Ivy, aren't really interested these days or outright non-existent. Also Kate Kane, or Kathy Kane, is his cousin.

The BatCat relationship is one of few that remain, honestly, for Bruce. Now am I saying they should bring his character down like they did in Injustice 2? Not a fucking chance.

But what they did in the recent comic wasn't that. Batman has been tired of fighting for years now, and he's been looking for an out, or at least a way to do so less painfully mentally. Not to mention, this whole thing has been in existence since Batman/Superman #1 from 2011 with Earth-2 Bruce being married to Selina.

But again, I don't encourage the shit like in Injustice 2, where it made both of them look like shit.

He should marry Zatanna. If Paul Dini can marry his Zatanna, I don't see why Batman can't

I'm now starting to see why they were always hesitant to have the Big 3 hook up with anyone (save for Superman and Lois).

They are not meant for one another. Their relationships are physical and superficial.

Catwoman is a narcissist bitch that steals and robs whomever.

Disgusting OTP.

I would pay lots of money for John and Zatanna to have an ongoing together.

Clark has Lois so he's humanised and doesn't go crazy with his powers.
Wonder Woman has Themiscyra behind her and Batman has Alfred/whichever young boy he's grooming.

Lois is less of a relationship and just a, to steal from The Flash, lightning rod.

Constantine's not the marrying type

Julie Madison not good enough? Silver St. Cloud can't handle the Batman, but Julie's seemed pretty cool with it over the years.


Steve Trevor is mortal. So is, technically, Superman. And she has more chemistry with Batman in the comics than she had with either of them.


Poison Ivy is always interested whenever Bat-artists need to have a cover with her kissing Bats. Her wanting the Bat-Cock but never getting it is one of the few consistent things about her character.


I'm not talking about Rucka's lipstick-wearing dyke, I'm talking about classic Batwoman.

This stupid trope needs to fucking die already. He's a character written by humans, it's almost impossible for him not to be humanized.

It makes Superman look like a pussywhipped cuck and nearly half of the shittiest Superman stories resulted as a direct consequence of that crap.

Current Constantine would, he'd just ignore his wife constantly.


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Current Constantine also overtly fucks men

Alright, user, against my better judgement I'll bite this bait.

First of all this cliche was something written by idiotic, edgetards whose only experience of actual Superman and his character has been through youtube video and shit internet theories. Superman doesn't NEED to be humanized by any outside forces to keep him in some kind of powerlocked stasis where he doesn't go mad god. By all definitions and through the admittance of the GODDAMN BATMAN himself: Superman is the most human of all the heroes. The most kind and compassionate. The most selfless and giving. Always willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

He doesn't do this because he's afraid of losing his mind or some bullshit like that. He's a hero because he does what is right and good. A small time farmboy with two loving parents who cared for and loved him with everything in their hearts. Superman was raised right and through following the lead of his parents he became a good and lawful member of society. Ma and Pa Kent taught their boy right and nobody can say otherwise. Clark Kent isn't some "persona" or "mask," or whatever bullshit most people say nowadays, for Superman. Clark Kent is the real Superman. This bumbling, good nature, farmboy IS the Man of Steel. Superman is the mask that Clark Kent takes up to help people, but the actual PERSON is Clark Kent and always will be. Very much unlike Bruce Wayne who, on numerous occasions, says that his real identity is Batman and that Bruce Wayne is the necessary evil he has to take because he can't fight crime 24/7.

I know that's hard to imagine what with this modern society banging it into your head that mankind only ever works for himself and that everyone in the world is just waiting to fuck you over, but guess what, altruism for the sake of altruism actually DOES exist. And when a good man like that is given the ability to do anything and not be hurt by anything the world has to throw at him then of course he would work to save lives. Not because he has to but because he wants to, because that's the kind of person he is. A person that doesn't want to see the innocent suffer. An idealistic, naive, farmboy who wants other people to be happy and free.

I like the character of Superman a lot for the reasons you stated, its the application of Superman i dont enjoy all too much.

His notorious inconsistency in powerlevel makes it seem that he doesnt truly face much of a challenge. Its part of why i liked Darkseid and Doomsday so much as villains, because they were examples of how even when Superman is outmatched by far stronger entities, he's still that good of a person. Then they lessened the power of all his voillains so that went ojt the window, and then nu52 made him a cunt.
I like Superman but its easy to be Superman when you win, part of why modern readers are such dumbfucks is because modern wroters rarely have Superman be outclassed or even more, outright fail.

Constantine got ruined tbh. I liked him better when he wasn't an expert on magic and ine of the most powerful magicians, but a guy who was really good at simpler magics. Magic in the DCU really grew into a "whatever the plot needs" power as soon as it went mainstream.

Definitely, I agree with much of what you wrote. Most of my problem was with user said about Superman needing a humanizing force to keep him from going crazy, which is pure bullshit.

I fully agree with Superman being misapplied. I always felt Superman was at his best when he was against forces of nature (whether literal or metaphorical: Doomsday, Darkseid, etc). When a massive earthquake happens and half the city is plunged under the ground and thousands of lives are in peril: that's when Superman shines the brightest. Because at the end of the day he'll try to save every single life. He knows he can't, he understands from the get out that chances are a good chunk of folk were dead before he even got the chance to get up into the air and survey the situation. But even knowing that he'll still try his damnedest to save them all, to find every last survivor, retrieve every barely breathing body, and make sure that no one loses their lives. And even after saving so many lives he must bear the weight of the lives he couldn't save on his shoulders. Knowing that even though he's SUPERMAN even he can't save them all. Superman's struggle is not about punching the bad guy, it's innately emotional I feel. When he's forced to buckle down and bring out as much power from within him to ensure that innocent people can live and continue their day to day lives. That's when Superman feels like Superman, in my opinion.

He has always fucked men. To their credit, they've never really forced it.
People got pissy he was with that black man, but they didn't really hamfist a message with it, it was just Constantine kissing a man, which he's done before.

DAMMIT, Batman, why don't you just marry the Joker?

I just think they made him too powerful to the point where other heroes become redundant. Superman was once flawed in certain ways. For example Batman was the better detective, and Superman didnt have the sheer brainpower and investigative prowess to solve mysteries. But now he can learn all of known medicine in a few seconds and is so fast he can investigate ALL possibilities' rendering detective skills redundant.
I dont mind supes having plenty of superpowers, but hes stronger than strength heroes, fasters than speedsters and smarter than the geniuses. And because of that he's difficult to share a universe with. Its hard to justify any disaster ocurring in the DC universe because the moment an earthquake happens you can legitimately say "why isnt superman there" and you're not wrong since his powerset allows him to solve so many problems.

Its just very hard to get a conversation about this going because people automatically assume you hate his character and not his skillset

This is why I used the qualifier 'overtly'

Eh, it's been done.

Calling it now, this will be the ending of this arc. Bruce will choose to become Batman for himself. DC will treat it like it's a fantastic revelation and casual nerd sites will say it's most amazing character development ever. Then we'll have a few years of "positive" Batman until sales start to slump, then he'll go back to being an angsty jerk so they can repeat the same arc all over again.

This is what Stan Lee referred to as the "illusion of change".

Always nice when the con men reveal the trade secrets.

And?

She has literally 0 chemistry with Batman.

Batman and marriage doesn't work, not even Campy Happy Batman.

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That was a part of the lego movie I really liked.

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Forgetting how small our textboxes are these days?

So one of the Robins then?

You can expand them, dumbass

The only fathomable story I can think of Batman getting married is to basically do the Man Of Steel scene. Having Bat's wife be in great danger but in a public scene, and she waves him off from saving her so his secret will be kept and dies from it. Other than, I don't see much possibility. I mean, there's "Batman is a father" but you can generally accomplish that with any of the Robins.

Fucking transphobic DC.

All of this has been argued before, and all of this will be argued again. And we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
It's a fine, likeable characterization, but it only really works in idealistic stories, noblebright settings, because only there could Superman stay an innocent. As soon as you start to take Superman seriously, insert him in a more realistic world, things logically get very serious, simply by dint of his incredible power and good intentions (apathy and ignorance preserves naivety, but would completely undo Superman's character).

Pardon my edge here, but for most people, those are mutually exclusive. Some people just can't control their spending, and will turn themselves into debt-slaves if society isn't arranged to prevent that behaviour. People vote away their freedoms all the time. Some people are niggers, and all the freedom in the world won't make them build a society they can live happy lives in.
And people who spend time dealing with harsh realities, who spend time thinking about how to make the world a better place, and most certainly people who have real power and try to use it to make a better world, learn very quickly that most people are slaves at heart.

Ma and Pa Kent don't have all the answers, and sometimes there simply isn't a right one.

People have written so many deconstructions of Superman, because he's imminently deconstructable. From Joker Immunity to surgeon's burnout, there are a lot of dark facets to the idea of Superman once you think about it for a few seconds. Being Superman can't be easy, hard lives tend to produce hard men, and with great power, no amount of good intentions will spare you from having to make hard choices. Naivety doesn't last when you spend time dealing with the parts of reality that necessitates Superman, and not simply "a good man".
I can see a superpowered farmboy holding on to idealism, however, at least as a code of honor and guideline to deal with the world. But most people don't want the Truth, Justice is a abstract concept with no root in objective reality and as such endlessly uncertain, and the less said about the American Way the better. Depending on the ideals, idealism could easily be a character flaw, and potentially a terrible one and that; "idealistic" and "naive" are central qualities to cucks, and I want Superman far away from that poison.

None of this is to say that Superman can't or shouldn't be good. Naivety just isn't particularly good, ideals are only models, and a good person won't hold on to them.

Amen user.

I hated Nu52 Superman for that reason. He was Superman, not Clark Kent. When Pre-Flashpoint Superman returned, he was first and foremost, Clark Kent, loving father and husband. Superman will always be the best hero, not because of his powers, but because of his personality.

The only way I can see a married Bruce working is if it's actually used to stress the tragedy of the life he chooses to lead. And there are other angles a savvy writer can take advantage of. A rich socialite marrying a known criminal? How would his closest allies react? Is Batman emotionally compromised?

That said, actually marrying Batman would diminish Catwoman because she's never been the type to fully commit to the straight and narrow. She'd just be another Bat-Ally without anything to set her apart.

Prety sure this happened once before, even if it looks like it never happened.

I'm going to point to Batman/Superman for some of those.

In the beginning of Batman/Superman, they get taken to the Earth-2 universe, before Darkseid attacks. There, Superman and Batman are happily married to Lois and Selina respectively.

From my understanding, they had been married for some years, as Huntress was the product of their marriage. That said, Batman and Catwoman became essentially a crime-fighting team, with Catwoman balancing out Batman's insane war against crime. Neither was outshone, and both Superman and Batman from Earth-2 didn't really change outside of neither being whiny bitches any more. Pussy changes man after all.

That said, these were the Silver (or was it Golden?) Age equivalents. Both were much older than the ones we see today, and a lot more experienced. Likewise, they both died when Darkseid invaded for the first time (where as in the pre-flashpoint universe, the Earth-2 Superman died fighting Superboy Prime).


Main universe Batman has never been married, I don't think. Small romances here and there, but never married.

He was married to Talia. He was also engaged to Julie Madison

Please tell me they're not going to kill off Catwoman down the line to remind him of why he needs to be the Batman.

That was the edgiest shit

For a splitsecond, I thought you said "Batwoman," and I was hopeful.

Nah, Superman is his true self, a combination of both his Earth and Kryptonian heritage. That's literally the entire basis of his character from inception, everything else is just varying degrees of hiding his real persona. In the same way, Bruce Wayne has been the real persona in the modern timeline ever since Rucka poked fun at the "Batman is the true me" concept with Murderer/Fugitive, and Morrison reinforced it.

Everything else is spot on, though.

You're the reason Superman has to get endlessly beaten up when going up even against random mooks, isn't allowed to be smart, and is always getting defeated and deconstructed all over the place so every no-talent hack can make a "grandiose point" about the nature of morality.

There are about a thousand different heroes to whom this question applies. And again, you're the reason Superman has to keep getting jobbed in a thousand different ways while other characters who are just as powerful as him are allowed to be their awesome selves.


Superman holding onto idealism in a cynical world is an enduring part of the character. Also, flipping the figure to the status quo in pursuit of doing the good thing is what Superman was conceived as. Governments funding terrorism on the down-low to destabilize a region, Superman is on that shit in a heartbeat, or at least he should be. Basically, Superman is that line from Captain America about doing the right thing in the face of bureaucratic bullshit made manifest.

We do not speak of Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive.

Superman is best described through the Silver Age comics. Superman is invincible, but his friends aren't. Superman inhabits a world inhabited by fleshy meat creatures that can be killed at any moment. Which is why he's so protective of his friends, and arguably earth itself.

Also, his invincibility and super-powers is also why he does weird things, such as proclaim himself King of Earth to save the world from an alien invasion or kidnap and imprison his boss to protect him from murderous blackmailers. To us, those actions might seem overly-complicated, if not a little illegal, but to Superman, they're the only logical solutions.

>>get married

*nigget
Fuckin spellcheck

I know you're being retarded but not a one of those things has happened to any famous hero after marriage.

Look at Lois and Clark, he kept his shitty old truck and didn't need to do any of that. Lois didn't expect him to give up anything and he didnt.

Nigger, turn off your spellcheck, it's clearly a PC product.


Do you expect realism from mainstream comics?

You speak as if Batman would put up with any of that. Also, you don't have any idea how a couple that wealthy would live, do you?

Oh hell no, they can kill her off, and exactly no one will give a shit, and it will not affect continuity in any way whatsoever.

I'm glad someone caught my pun.

Lois didn't need to take any of his shit, she more than made up for it by being a psychotic bitch who got jealous at Clark saying one word to any woman besides her and flirting with other dudes.

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Superman hasn't lost a meaningful battle for years faggot. And you're telling me I don't read him? Maybe you should pick up a fucking comic if you're gonna talk shit
Is that why he learned the entirety of modern medicine in a few seconds. Is that why they did that, to prove how dumb he is
Again he hasn't been actually defeated for the longest time, and maybe he wouldn't need to be "deconstructed" if he was constructed better in the first place.
Yeah and it's relevant. If the Flash can move in the attosecond, why doesn't he do more to help people? That's probably a good reason not to make good guys so insanely powerful, but I guess you can't fathom characters who are less than gods.
Quite the opposite actually. Superman always gets to be the most amazing individual in existence, despite being a normal fucking Kryptonian, while literal gods like Darkseid get tossed around like day-old lunchmeat by somebody who has nothing particularly out of the ordinary for his species going on. Doomsday isn't allowed to be killed the same way twice, but Superman can beat him to death as many times as he wants (oh they justify it because his first death was "being beaten by a kryptonian" and the second was "being beaten by a bunch of kryptonians", solid writing). I don't know what comics you're reading faggot, but it sure as shit isn't Superman. Even Superdad, as good as it is, has this same fucking problem.

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Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, Supergirl recently, Injustice games, New Krypton, whole Truth arc, whole Doomed arc, end of Morrison's Action Comics run where he gets wailed on by Not-Doomsday for almost an entire issue before being saved, his death right before Rebirth, etc.

And nice try twisting my words, faggot - "You're the reason Superman has to get endlessly beaten up when going up even against random mooks"


Yeah, that was fun. Pity Grant Morrison seems to be the only one who even remembers Superman's supposed to be a genius anymore, hence that one exception in a sea of shit.


See above. And Superman's perfectly well constructed, he just has the misfortune of getting mostly shit writers or ones who don't appreciate the character, as you just demonstrated.


Because comics, dumbass. Why doesn't Batman fix Arkham Asylum's security permanently, since he's apparently a master of a billion different disciplines? Why doesn't Reed Richards cure every disease in existence permanently? I seem to possess enough imagination to enjoy powerful characters, one that you sadly seem to lack.


Darkseid is a team-smasher now, so I don't know where you got that idea from.


Still works. Anytime Superman faces Doomsday it's a literal fight for his life, which is why he needed help the second time round.


Been reading Superman comics for a long time, matey.


Superdad is utter irredeemable garbage.

You should read DKIII #9. Really puts Superman in the proper perspective.

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