Batman #43 show a shirtless Bruce Wayne in the hospital, then in bed with Catwoman.
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Anonymous said…
Still wondering what they were thinking with Sanctuary. Especially because...After Jason died, Tim was Batman's self-appointed therapist. And then Tim and Dick were there for each other after (Bart and Kon dying, Tim's parents dying, Steph's pregnancy, Tarantula, the destruction of Bludhaven...) The reality is, a therapist would be better than a machine.
I guess they just needed it to setup Heroes in Crisis.
Anonymous said…
I guess, but given how it was handled...
For starters, the promos. They treat the characters' mental issues as a joke. And many of these have IRL equivalents: Arsenal being a drug addict, Nightwing being sexually assaulted, these things do happen. It's not like Psycho Pirate remembering the day the sky turned red.
From there we get to the premise, which is inherently silly. Automated mental institution, why?
And then the plot: A murder mystery. And it has "crisis" in the name. This won't possibly ruin beloved characters, right?
Well, Wally has a few things in common with Jean. His initial crime is an accident. And there are no clues, so this story already sux as a mystery. You see, a true mystery has some mental engagement for the reader. Tom King kicks it up a notch, giving Wally a power we've never seen before.
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For starters, the promos. They treat the characters' mental issues as a joke. And many of these have IRL equivalents: Arsenal being a drug addict, Nightwing being sexually assaulted, these things do happen. It's not like Psycho Pirate remembering the day the sky turned red.
From there we get to the premise, which is inherently silly. Automated mental institution, why?
And then the plot: A murder mystery. And it has "crisis" in the name. This won't possibly ruin beloved characters, right?
Well, Wally has a few things in common with Jean. His initial crime is an accident. And there are no clues, so this story already sux as a mystery. You see, a true mystery has some mental engagement for the reader. Tom King kicks it up a notch, giving Wally a power we've never seen before.