tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post6454415571357416239..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: BATMAN #243 & #244Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-11050861155969343192019-05-07T12:56:39.865-07:002019-05-07T12:56:39.865-07:00I agree on the "bound arm duel" thing, n...I agree on the "bound arm duel" thing, now that you mention it. It's another shade of the Batman-yet-to-come; the more modern version of the character who is perfectly willing to cheat in order to win.<br /><br />Good point on the League of Assassins thing... it really is a little odd that Batman only arrests Ra's here and leaves everyone else. Even if he's hoping the League will dissolve without its leader, that still means a bunch of assassins will remain at large, simply as free agents rather than a unified group.<br /><br />(And I'm not even sure one <b>could</b> assume the League would collapse at this point... even if we assume there's not an organizational structure in place to account for a missing leader, Talia has proven herself a pretty capable leader in previous issues.)Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-44610169726390331792019-05-03T03:46:42.723-07:002019-05-03T03:46:42.723-07:00#243: I've never been in one of those duels wh...<br>#243: I've never been in one of those duels where one’s hand/arm is bound to an opponent’s, as with Batman and Lo Ling here, but it feels to me like that bond is an integral part of the whole deal and severing it would be against the rules.<br /><br />#244: You’re not wrong about the lack of immediate stakes, nor that it’s a deficit the animated series more than accounts for, but there <i>is</i> the matter of Ra’s al Ghul being the leader of the League of Assassins. From that perspective, to me, it’s stranger that Batman appears to be taking him and only him into custody. So is the lack of reference to the fact that he knows Batman’s secret identity, which I’d have expected Batman to mention as a necessary risk if only to be dismissed by Talia observing that her father would consider its revelation for the purposes of revenge beneath him. Just what kind of custody where and with what evidence under what charges are also questions.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-54584734025489847852019-04-29T11:38:01.022-07:002019-04-29T11:38:01.022-07:00The Ra's al Ghul storyline most definitely fas...The Ra's al Ghul storyline most definitely fascinates me. :-)Philip Gipsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230732112594635093noreply@blogger.com