#3 Thing that made me smile- Crime doesn’t pay–as well as legally tricking rich people to give you their money
Paul Dini is writing the best Batman stories I’ve ever read. Okay, to be fair, I didn’t start reading Batman until OYL, but it’s definitely better than the “Face to Face” arc and much, much better than what Morrison’s doing over on Batman (you don’t know how bad I wanted to do a pun on that title, but they all sounded really juvenile–all right, check the bottom of the post for my stupid jokes).
Where was I? Oh yes, Paul Dini’s Detective Comics. The Riddler’s new role as a legit private dick that’s a sex machine with absolutely no one is sweet. Now Penguin’s started a legitimate nightclub/casino (gambling’s legal in Gotham?), albeit it with non-legit start-up funds. So when Misters Nigma and Cobblepot get a chance to chat amongst themselves, what do they talk about? How much easier it is to legally take loads off cash from people instead of stealing it, of course. Sure took them villainous folk long enough to figure that one out.
Okay, now my bad puns (I’m warning you here):
Buttman- because it’s barely a step up from ASSBAR
Badman- because it’s bad
Crapman- because it’s crap
Defective Comics- too bad Morrison’s writing Batman or else this one actually would have been great
Dini’s DC is great, but have you read Matt Wagner’s Batman and the Monster Men? Wagner’s Batman is somewhere betwixt MIller’s Batman Year One and the Batman the Animated Series Batman. So, it’s awesome READ IT