The DC Thread

[AfghanAnt]

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2010/08/batmaninc001000.jpg

Yanick Paquette`s cover for Batman INC.1 featuring the new costume.
Doesn`t look that bad in action, still prefer his current look though.

It looks even more like a very modern version of his classic costume (which is even less reason to care). I could see it sticking around because honestly its hard to take someone serious who wears his underwear on the outside. 

[murs47]

Found this cover by Jock. The costume looks great here.

Spoiler

[BWPS]

I don't like the symbol on the belt (what if bad guys use THAT one as a gun target? They might shoot him in the bat-penis!)
But what you guys call trunks, I call underwear-on-the-outside. In fact when I was a little kid, I used to put my underoos on over my pajamas so I could pretend to be superman (they were also superman underoos). As cool as I thought underwear-on-the-outside was THEN, I think it's kinda silly now.

[daglob]

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2010/08/batmaninc001000.jpg

Yanick Paquette`s cover for Batman INC.1 featuring the new costume.
Doesn`t look that bad in action, still prefer his current look though.

It does look better. I might do without the briefs (silly, at best, although I read a reference in a pulp Black Hood story that the briefs are actually an athletic supporter), but I find that I don't like the seams. I mean, it's true, I don't see whow he could have gotten by all these years without them, but...

[bat1987]

I could see it sticking around because honestly its hard to take someone serious who wears his underwear on the outside. 

I think you`re right. In all honesty the costume is not as drastic change as Wonder Woman`s, so I can see it sticking around for a good while.

[Courtnall6]

its hard to take someone serious who wears his underwear on the outside.

As opposed to a man in a giant bat suit. Give me a break. I'm severely bored of this thread now.

Enjoy.

[Tomato]

,AA... speaking as someone who has more or less been religiously reading the batman books since Dick took up the mantle, I think this design is rediculousness in design format. The lack of trunks makes the design boring, but I could almost get behind it for the simple reason that underwear on the outside is useless to batman. But if the reason for the lack of underoos and the arkham like armor is practicality, why the circle? I can understand it for dick, who is a bit more showy, but why would bruce intentionally add something that says "hey look, I'm right here." Same thing with the belt, except that with the belt you can't pull the "it's a target for the bullets" card because all you~e doing there is encouraging nut shots.

There is a right way and a wrong way to modernize an outfit. This isn't it.

[deano_ue]

the circle i always believed was bright to be a target, i remember reading in one comic that he used to draw the aim of guns or projectiles away from his head as the chest was more armoured.

[AfghanAnt]

its hard to take someone serious who wears his underwear on the outside.

As opposed to a man in a giant bat suit. Give me a break. I'm severely bored of this thread now.

Enjoy.

A man in a bat suit is infinitely more terrifying than a man with his underwear on the outside.

We will not miss you...

[BentonGrey]

its hard to take someone serious who wears his underwear on the outside.

As opposed to a man in a giant bat suit. Give me a break. I'm severely bored of this thread now.

Enjoy.

A man in a bat suit is infinitely more terrifying than a man with his underwear on the outside.

We will not miss you...

Play nicely gentlemen.  Anyway, I still say it is all about the color, and several good fan films have shown that the classic suit can be darn intimidating, underoos and all.

[marhawkman]

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2010/08/batmaninc001000.jpg

Yanick Paquette`s cover for Batman INC.1 featuring the new costume.
Doesn`t look that bad in action, still prefer his current look though.

It does look better. I might do without the briefs (silly, at best, although I read a reference in a pulp Black Hood story that the briefs are actually an athletic supporter), but I find that I don't like the seams. I mean, it's true, I don't see whow he could have gotten by all these years without them, but...

Robin once told Superboy that it was an "armored codpeice". hehe... which makes sense.

[BentonGrey]

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2010/08/batmaninc001000.jpg

Yanick Paquette`s cover for Batman INC.1 featuring the new costume.
Doesn`t look that bad in action, still prefer his current look though.

It does look better. I might do without the briefs (silly, at best, although I read a reference in a pulp Black Hood story that the briefs are actually an athletic supporter), but I find that I don't like the seams. I mean, it's true, I don't see whow he could have gotten by all these years without them, but...

Robin once told Superboy that it was an "armored codpeice". hehe... which makes sense.

Ha, if I did what those guys do, I'd be sure to protect the family jewels!

[bat1987]

Kubert`s take on the new suit

http://i.newsarama.com/images/bm_inc_cv1_var_02.jpg

Have to say I like it better with blue instead of black.

[murs47]

*giggles*

[deano_ue]

if i had my way, no trucks but show a line where they normally are, it looks like it but they remain grey. lose the embossed logo and just have the simple oval and symbol, lose the symbol on the belt buckle

the piping will all depend on how "3d" it is

and the fact it would never be that bright a blue

[marhawkman]

That's a pretty good one.  the cape seems a bit bright but not too bright.

[daglob]

Kubert`s take on the new suit

http://i.newsarama.com/images/bm_inc_cv1_var_02.jpg

Have to say I like it better with blue instead of black.

Hey, that's Andy; I thought you meant Joe.

Blue is too bright. In reality (which has nothing to do with comics) Batman's suit has always been black and gray.

[The Hitman]

Looks to me like a "serious" version of the wacky '60s costume.

[Kenn]

If your tights are tight enough that every nook and cranny of every muscle - and occasionally a few veins - is clearly discernible through the material, then there's a very good reason to wear trunks on the outside of those tights.  No one is supposed to see the bat-pole. 

[Spe-Dog]

A friend of mine said it best: he looks like a freaking Power Ranger.  With all the extra, and not needed, crap on the gloves and boots and the frisbee/dinner plate on his chest... He looks like an action figure as opposed to creature of the night.  This gets two fanboys down.

[Podmark]

It was revealed the other day that Dick Grayson will continue to be Batman when Bruce returns. Both characters will be Batman appearing in different books.

Usually I'm all for having two characters with the same hero name (see Green Arrow or Captain America), but two Batmans seems kinda weird. On the other hand what do you do with Dick? Demoting him back to Nightwing seems wrong. So while it's weird to me I'd probably have made the same decision.

[Mr. Hamrick]

It was revealed the other day that Dick Grayson will continue to be Batman when Bruce returns. Both characters will be Batman appearing in different books.

Usually I'm all for having two characters with the same hero name (see Green Arrow or Captain America), but two Batmans seems kinda weird. On the other hand what do you do with Dick? Demoting him back to Nightwing seems wrong. So while it's weird to me I'd probably have made the same decision.

I think Grayson will eventually demote himself back to Nightwing.  Unless he is given a good reason to keep the mantle.

[Podmark]

I think Grayson will eventually demote himself back to Nightwing.  Unless he is given a good reason to keep the mantle.

Yeah I agree, eventually Grayson won't be Batman any longer.

[murs47]

Seems odd but I could see it working. I haven't been reading it, but how's The Return of Bruce Wayne so far?

[bat1987]

Not a fan of 2 Batmen running around. With Bruce back, there is no reason for Dick to remain in the costume. I would like to see him back as Nightwing again.
The weird thing is that Dick will star in 3 books as Batman (Batman, Batman and Robin, Detecive) and Bruce gets 2 (Batman INC, and Dark Knight), although I still preffer this to the way they handled Steve and Bucky. Oh and Dick will remain in his Batman costume, while Bruce is getting the new one.

Batman should be unique, and Dick worked so hard to be his own man, only to become Bruce`s subordinate in a Batman army. I think its best for both of them that this doesn`t last long.

I haven't been reading it, but how's The Return of Bruce Wayne so far?

I like it, although its important to read Final Crisis to fully understand it IMO.

[GhostMachine]

The new costume design for Bruce sucks.

And they've already got a logical out for Dick eventually going back to being Nightwing. He became Batman because there had to be a Batman to keep crime in Gotham in check, not because he wanted to be Batman.

I definitely picked a good time to stop reading comics....

[bat1987]

I hear ya. Post infinite crisis Bat family is by far my fave, and they wore the coolest suits (pretty much how they look in DCU online).

[marhawkman]

it's not TOO hard to follow.  It only really requires one or two.

[Alaric]

On the other hand what do you do with Dick? Demoting him back to Nightwing seems wrong.

Why would that be a demotion? Dick's always wanted to be his own man, to come out from Batman's shadow- that's why he created the Nightwing identity in the first place. As gfar as I can see, he'd view being Batman's replacement as the demotion. Being able to resume his own, self-created identity would be more like getting his old (and better) job back.

[bat1987]

On the other hand what do you do with Dick? Demoting him back to Nightwing seems wrong.

Why would that be a demotion? Dick's always wanted to be his own man, to come out from Batman's shadow- that's why he created the Nightwing identity in the first place. As gfar as I can see, he'd view being Batman's replacement as the demotion. Being able to resume his own, self-created identity would be more like getting his old (and better) job back.

100% agreed. I am actually surprised that so many Dick Grayson fans want to see Dick as Batman. Its not a step up for his character development...