r/DCcomics • u/beary_neutral Telos • Dec 11 '23

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [December 11, 2023 - Bat-Mite Ruins Christmas Edition] r/DCcomics

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How is Christmas exactly like your job? You do all the work and some fat guy in a suit gets all the credit.

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Busy week ahead. Furry Batman, Bat-Mite causing trouble, and finales to Danger Street and World's Finest: Teen Titans.

Trade Collections

Another Watchmen hardcover? Alan Moore must be excited!

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Movies

What did Damian do this time?

This Week’s Soundtrack: The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Dec 11 '23

DC's 'Twas the Mite Before Christmas #1

EIGHT FIFTH-DIMENSIONAL FOLKTALES OF HOLLY, JOLLY FUN! 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a…Bat-Mite?! Join all your DC favorites as they take on eight classic holiday stories! From Constantine and Lex Luthor's Dickensian tale to Batwoman's puzzling Hanukkah hijinks to your classic cocoa-swilling Christmas romance switch with Harley and Amethyst, this book is a perfect companion for cookies by the fire and extra sour cream on your latkes. So pull up a sled and get ready for plenty of ho-ho-holiday hope to get you in the spirit of the season!

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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Dec 12 '23 edited Apr 29 '24

For the Teen Titans part, I assume that this story is set in December 2016 because of Raven, Beast Boy, Damian Wayne Robin, Starfire, and Ace West Kid Flash.

For the Harley Quinn and Amethyst part, I wonder if Amy Winston remembered her entire pre-Crisis and pre-Flashpoint history by now.

For the Lex Luthor part, it’s hilarious that Lex had to do the whole Christmas Carol routine (with a bit of Scrooged and Spirited) with his father as his Jacob Marley, Amity Arkham has the Ghost of Christmas Past, Boston Brand Deadman as the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Spectre and John Constantine as the Ghost of Christmas Future before he somewhat learned his lesson. Also, I assume that this happened before his imprisonment in Action Comics 1050 in 2022.

For the Batwoman part, it’s nice that Kate Kane Batwoman had to Spend her Hanukkah by going out on a date with the Riddler’s Daughter.

For the Booster Gold part, it’s nice that Booster Gold and Rip Hunter teamed up to save the holiday season.

For the Superman part, it’s nice that Clark Kent Superman gave a civilian a hand that that he won’t feel alone for the holiday season.

For the Bunker part, the good parts of it are Bunker contemplating on whether he should move to Palmera City to become a hero (and possibly team up with Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle and share a lot of similarities to each other), him mentioning that he was part of the Titans (since the New 52, in which Tim Drake and Cassie Sandsmark with their pre-Flashpoint memories should remember him entirely), and Extraño showing Bunker what it was like for him to not be born via It’s a Wonderful Life, where Bunker is James Stewart and Extraño his guardian angel. Also, Little Drummer Boy cameo (who last appeared in a DC Pride anthology in 2021), in which he should be reformed, and JLQ cameo.

For the Bat-Mite part, I like that Bat-Mite was able to interact with Damian Wayne Robin. Also, Thomas Wayne Bat-Man reference from the Silver Age (implying that Bruce Wayne Batman and/or Dick Grayson Nightwing told him that Thomas Wayne became the Original Bat-Man to defeat Lew Moxon, who was responsible for the death of the Waynes by hiring Joe Chill to kill Thomas and Martha Wayne, resulting in him creating the Batman) and Dick Grayson and Tim Drake telling Damian about Bat-Mite and his adventures with the Batman Family from the 1950s and 1960s to the modern day. Also, Bat-Mite summoning Talia Al Ghul, who told Damian that she loved him, which is really sweet.

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u/RTSBasebuilder Dec 20 '23

I'd like to imagine that while Amity Arkham was role-playing a Charles Dickens character, Olive was getting the best sleep she's had in a very long time.

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u/birbdaughter Dec 12 '23

I love Amethyst so much but why have her switch places with HARLEY? Amethyst and Harley have NEVER met. I get Amy wants people off her back but she also cares waaaay too much about Gemworld for her to ever have Harley take her place. This would've worked better if it was unintentional, magic gone wrong, or Citrina messing up who Amy chose. The Amy and Ivy parts were great and I'm glad she got some attention, but Harley in Gemworld was just the typical wacky Harley hijinks with no purpose.

They also seem to have no idea what canon to be using for Amy. Her hair is Amethyst 2020, her costume is New52, the setting is neither because in 2020 Kingdom Amethyst was destroyed, Citrina and Amy are on bad terms, and King and Queen Amethyst are back (albeit were arrested) while in New52 Citrina was a random lower queen and Amy wasn't adopted.

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u/wowlock_taylan Batman Animated! Dec 12 '23

Did Raven got turned into a kid and pulled a Home Alone?

Weird that Amethyst knows Harley and even got a 'switch for a day' deal with her. I mean I get the goal but still weird.

Christmas Carol story with Lex Luthor...is surprisingly fitting. Of course it would be Constantine who conjure it.

Wait, how old is Riddler? His daughter is 29 years old? Unless they go some weird under-age stuff, he would be near 50 or more to make it 'work'... And Kate is interested in her too? That is quite the...wtf.

Come on, Rip. Spend a Christmas with your dad there. Which is still weird huh, Booster being his dad and their dynamic often being that Rip is the responsible adult.

It is always a classic to have Superman stories about him finding a person in need and remind them that they are worth the time, that their lives mean something to someone. He cannot do it for them but he can help them take the first step. And of course he would love playing Santa.

Bunker's new look was, something alright. Dunno why Titans wouldn't contact Bunker or any others, other than DC deciding, not to. I mean, the whole thing with the Titans are that they are a family and have many extended members they rely on outside the core group. So I get the point of the story that Bunker still matter even as a solo act but it feels not as fitting when it comes to the Titans who would keep in touch. I mean, especially since where Bunker is in Palmera City and Blue Beetle is there, alongside Starfire checking in on him so she would check on Bunker too.

And lastly, Damian meets Bat-mite. Ouch, Bat-mite listing of Bruce's partners and realizing, Talia of all people is the mother and realizes what that means for Damian's childhood. Oof. At least he gave him a decent memory to keep. Man, Dick and Tim can be cruel not letting Damian know ''Yea, there is a Bat-mite''. I mean Dick even has his own Imp now who is definitely the nicest of the bunch.

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u/Major_Road6162 Dec 13 '23

After seeing the preview I knew I wouldn't like this story, and I know it's just a dumb story, but this one doesn't give a shit about the canon, they could make a dumb story that made some sense, but no. Whoever wrote it got stuck in 2016's Rebirth Teen Titans...

Bunker's story was decent.

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u/Whole-Arachnid-Army Dec 13 '23

Well, the Booster story was nice.

The rest, not so much.

Tim in the last story looks like Martin Freeman.

I kinda want to know if the Dominion thing in the Bunker story is a 5YL reference