And there you were thinking that this is the new Batman.
As everyone seems to be mocking it, within the comic books themselves. from the man in the suit Jim Gordon…
To his partner Harvey Bullock in Detective Comics…
To Superman in Batman/Superman…
And Catwoman isn't so mocking, but fearful of what this could all mean. Well, for those who continue to mock the character (and the ad campaign) in Batman…
What about what's inside? And no, not the caramel and biscuit base.
Because the robot Batman isn't the real Jim Gordon Batman. This is.
Yes, yes it is. And how the two marry up?
Which, is a bit like movie Iron Man. But it does it so well…
Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. Where Martin Simmons will, next Wednesday, be signing copies of Death Sentence.
Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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