Sunday, January 14, 2018

Top 10 Memorable Comic Book Moments of 2017

Or rather…
Top 10 Memorable Batman Comic Book Moments of 2017

2017 was a Batman comic book year for me, and all of my most memorable comic book moments of the year involved Batman.

Honorable Mentions: Batman vs. Reverse-Flash (Batman #21); Kite Man’s origin story (Batman #27); Batman uses his rogue gallery to put Bane on a gauntlet, to wear him down before they go one-on-one (Batman #19); Batman recruits Lobo into the Justice League (Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #6); The Bat-family has a meeting in a Batman-themed burger joint, and Bruce Wayne eats his burger with a knife and fork (Batman #16)

10.) Zack explains why he attacked Batman (Justice League/Power Rangers #2).
Hilarious!

9.) Batman confesses to the Bat-Family that he has been compromised by the Joker toxin (Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs)...
A week later, he murders the Justice League as well, and then he turns to Superman and his family…
Daaaaaarrk.

8.) After Batman and Catwoman became engaged, the latter’s name needs to be cleared of a crime that she didn’t commit in order to freely marry the former.  In order to do so, they have to come to the territory of Batman’s deadly ex – Talia al Ghul (Batman #35).  An entertaining clash ensues… 


7.) Riding shotgun on Flash’s cosmic treadmill, Batman gets to go to the Flashpoint universe and meet his father (The Flash #21 and Batman #22)…
The father-and-son Batmen also get to fight side by side…

6.) “The War of Jokes and Riddles” (Batman #25-#32) is one of the most epic Batman storylines in recent memory.  It’s a flashback story set during Batman’s early years, in which Gotham was being torn apart by a war going on between the Joker and the Riddler, with Batman’s supervillains joining one side or the other.

In an attempt to get his finger on the situation, Bruce Wayne invites the two villains to a fine dining meeting in Wayne Manor (Batman #29).
“The War of Jokes and Riddles” has plenty of amazing highlights.  I could easily fill this list with just moments from this storyline.  But let me just have one more…

5.) The fantastic climax, in which Batman loses his cool and snaps at the Riddler (Batman #32)…
In the end, by saving Batman from crossing the line, it is the Joker who comes out of top of the War.

4.) The gritty fight between Batman and Elmer Fudd (Batman/Elmer Fudd Special)...

3.) Batman and Rorschach finally meet (Doomsday Clock #2).

2.) Capping a fantastic Batman year is “Super Friends” (Batman #35-#36), a fantastic two-part story that explores the relationship of Batman and Superman.  The first part is a perfect deconstruction of how each hero views the other, which culminates in an unexpected, unplanned meeting…
Part two then delivers the most adorable double date in comics ever…

1.) Batman proposes to Catwoman (Batman #24).  Duh.

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