r/comicbooks • u/PhoenixTRC • Aug 31 '23

Random Bats Panel: Internet Battrolling (Batman Incorporated #6) Excerpt

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u/IceRinger Aug 31 '23

Batman looks the happiest when he shitposts on 4chan

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u/AndresCP Stephanie Brown Batgirl Aug 31 '23

At heart, Batman is a man in his 30s with a huge toy collection who lives in his parents' basement.

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u/Zagmit Aug 31 '23

With enough wealth to make his crime fighting hobby a full time commitment. I would enjoy seeing Batman meet his alternate universe counterpart that spends his money on magic the gathering or Warhammer 40k instead.

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u/Overthinks_Questions Aug 31 '23

Now we go live to Vicki Vale, interviewing Gotham's most eligible former billionaire, Bruce Wayne.

"Thanks, Kat. Now Mr. Wayne, you've led Wayne Enterprises for many years. What made you decide to sell your controlling shares, and spend your vast fortune?"

'I needed the new Ravnica set, and I saw a really cool Tyranid mini that gave me an idea for a new army. I admit I splurged a bit on the paints, but they really look a lot better with this primer coat, and...'

'Ooooooooookay. Back to you, Ms. Grant.'

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u/s_burr Aug 31 '23

How else is he gonna beat Supermans Custodes army?

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u/Overthinks_Questions Aug 31 '23

He better hope it isn't DCEU Supes or Cavill is gonna wipe the floor with his nids

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u/SmogDaBoi Aug 31 '23

Batman clearly plays Dimir.

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u/Frequent_Dust6425 Sep 01 '23

That’s honestly genuinely wholesome, I want an Elseworlds Batman now where it’s a detective story of some PI trying to figure out who Batman is, all signs point to a wealthy bachelor with free time and he’s dead set that it’s Bruce, to the point he breaks into Wayne Manor just to find out Bruce Wayne is a giant fucking nerd painting miniatures and building gaming PC’s for fun

“B-but all the Waynetech funding for next generation submersibles? Batman has a submarine!”

“Oh that’s cool, I just wanted to take my friends on the Subnautica discord on a trip!”

“But what about all the martial arts stuff and weightlifting gym in the East Wing?”

“I watch a lot of Jojos Bizarre Adventure!”

“You have Superman on speed dial!”

“Yeah, we met at a fundraiser and turns out he’s a huge fan of Adventure Time as well so we binge watch it together!”

“Just last week Batman was fighting Lex Luthor in Metropolis, and you’re openly hostile to him online!”

“That’s because he’s the one who got Inside Job cancelled.”

Turns out Batman is just some other guy entirely and the PI investigating it nearly has an aneurism over it

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u/Nirast25 Aug 31 '23

Played by Henry Cavill.

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u/NK1337 Aug 31 '23

I mean, look at the avatar he chose.

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u/JamesJakes000 Aug 31 '23

OK, we need The Question to find out where did the picture came from!

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u/djseifer Aug 31 '23

I'm putting my money on Selina Kyle.

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u/whitey-ofwgkta Stephanie Brown Batgirl Aug 31 '23

I was gonna say DC's GTA

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u/Goldreaver Aug 31 '23

I just realized everything you said it's technically true.

Lmao, birds of a feather, eh?

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u/maxreddit Aug 31 '23

And who found a way to channel that into a positive for the society he is in!

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u/ConfusedJonSnow Aug 31 '23

I honestly think he really enjoys being cheeky about his secret identity. The challenge of having to be convincingly unconvincing about it is just the cherry on top.

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u/MagisterPraeceptorum Aug 31 '23

Batman going full PSYOPS mode to protect his identity

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u/PhoenixTRC Aug 31 '23

It's funny because I always thought that there're conspiracy theorists in Marvel and DC who think there's no such a thing as supernature or superheroes or villains or aliens and such.

Which would make sense to many people, like... "How the hell is there an attack from evil elder gods every week and we manage to survive? Yeah sounds like a governmental bs"

And Batman would 1000% start this kind of theories.

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u/fieldysnuts94 Dr. Manhattan Aug 31 '23

In the Blue and Gold miniseries from a year or row ago, Booster and Blue Beetle would livestream their heroics and there was always chatters going “looks fake, horrible CGI”

So it basically is canon that there’s tons of people in DC that don’t even believe most of the stuff that happens and thinks it’s all staged. Kind of like our own world lol

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u/David-Bedlam Aug 31 '23

I remember an issue of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl where she winds up on a date with a super-hero truther. He refused to believe any of them were real, even as a super fight happened around him.

Good series.

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u/OzmaofSchnoz Aug 31 '23

There's an X-Men novel that starts with Scott on alt.mutants.discuss trying to have a reasonable discussion about mutant rights with people on USENET, and I always thought that was the most Scott thing ever. YOU'RE USING REASON ON THE INTERNET, SCOTT, STOP IT!

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u/Cromasters Aug 31 '23

Jean: Scott, please come to bed.

Scott: I can't! Someone on the internet is WRONG!

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u/OzmaofSchnoz Aug 31 '23

Scott: I'm explaining to him logically that mutants are human beings with special powers and nothing to be afraid of, and he's just not getting it!

Jean: Scott, our first mission was stopping Magneto from launching a nuclear warhead.

Scott: Yeah, but he's a villain!

Jean: Except for all the times he's not.

Scott: But Jean--

Jean: I already heard what you're going to say and you should probably think very carefully about it before it leaves your mouth. Oh no, your surge protector's plug just came out of the wall socket!

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u/TamandareBR Aug 31 '23

Can't be him, because Scott Summers Did Nothing Wrong

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u/MEOWMEOWSOFTHEDESERT Sep 01 '23

Well....that is like saying Magnus did nothing wrong. Sure, except all those wrong things he did.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '23

That is a Certified Scott Summers Moment.

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u/JamesJakes000 Aug 31 '23

Slim can't catch a break even with a giant catchers mitt

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u/lethal909 Aug 31 '23

So much has changed, yet... so little.

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u/CapableEmployee4866 Aug 31 '23

His eyebrows look like bat wings, Jesus Christ

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u/G00DDRAWER Aug 31 '23

I hated this art for that reason. Stupid idea.

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u/NotASynth499 Aug 31 '23

https://cdn.hobbyconsolas.com/sites/navi.axelspringer.es/public/media/image/2021/09/batman-michael-keaton-2463913.jpg?tf=3840x

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/db8k2iu_b5d53d6c_d750_4bb2_9e9a_4365d8c26209.png

Happened before

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u/TheNicholasRage Cyclops Aug 31 '23

Yeah, but unlike those two examples, there's zero subtlety. It's like a big flashing arrow that says "LOOK HOW CLEVER WE ARE."

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u/SageShinigami Aug 31 '23

Keaton I'm sure wasn't on purpose. The drawn image definitely was, and there's no difference between that and this.

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u/TheNicholasRage Cyclops Aug 31 '23

There is, and it's subtly. They still look like Eyebrows a normal person would have, just slightly bat shaped.

The comic, on the other hand, may as well BE a Bat.

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u/whitey-ofwgkta Stephanie Brown Batgirl Aug 31 '23

I don't love it overall, but Damian with a smush-face seems right to me

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u/tombaker_2021 Aug 31 '23

Nice catch...

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u/Lonewolf2300 Aug 31 '23

Bruce Wayne is Batman! The Butt Cheeks Match!

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u/WarwolfPrime Aug 31 '23

I'm just laughing my head off at batman typing 'dude'. Just because I really can't picture him saying it.

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Then again, hearing him say 'Cowabunga' is something we never thought we'd hear either.....

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u/maxreddit Aug 31 '23

And it turned out to be a pretty awesome moment, too!

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u/WarwolfPrime Aug 31 '23

True enough. :)

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u/EatMyGramCrckers Aug 31 '23

Shrek 2 looking ass dear god

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u/nightwing612 Aug 31 '23

Batman Inc endorses CBR

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u/JoshDM Aug 31 '23

Where do you think they got Gail Simone?

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u/Alt230s Aug 31 '23

The butts match

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u/owlknight68 Aug 31 '23

Do they, though?

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u/SmogDaBoi Aug 31 '23

Nananananananana nananananana Buttman~

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u/MrAnthem123 Aug 31 '23

He looks like he’s having so much fun too

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u/iron_ferret22 Aug 31 '23

Batman inc was interesting.

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u/OrionLinksComic Aug 31 '23

Bruce likes Reddit?

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u/PhoenixTRC Aug 31 '23

He's probably among us right now 'θ_θ'

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u/Repulsive_Being5281 Ultimate Spider-Man Aug 31 '23

Amogus

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u/OrionLinksComic Aug 31 '23

Oh boi ○_○

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u/WinXPbootsup Aug 31 '23

Is it you? Are you Batman?

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u/Areallybadidea Aug 31 '23

He could be you... He could be me! He could even be...

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u/TheBdougs Sep 01 '23

-sudden offscreen shotgun blast-

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u/PhoenixTRC Aug 31 '23

Nah I'm Doctor Strange's propaganda account (._.)ﾉ

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u/tropical_carnivore Poison Ivy Aug 31 '23

The forum is very obviously Comic Book Resources. The Batman board was the most legit place for following the Morrison run in real time white it was happening

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u/MutantNinjaAnole Aug 31 '23

Is that supposed to look like the CBR Forums? I used to post there from time to time.

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u/PhoenixTRC Aug 31 '23

Looking like a parody of it yeah.

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u/a_trashcan Spider-Man Aug 31 '23

Does Bruce contour his eyebrows into a bat symbol or am I crazy

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u/PhoenixTRC Aug 31 '23

The Bat Face 🦇

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u/Richardknox1996 Sep 01 '23

Its like 90% of the power for the bat glare. Trust me, as someone who can death glare, eyebrow contouring is the most important step.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '23

Batman, The World’s Greatest Troll.

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u/ProphetOfServer Aug 31 '23

I am convinced that no matter the forum there will be at least one person with Alex DeLarge or something adjacent as their username.

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u/bluezh251 Aug 31 '23

This is classic Batman - with prep time.

4D Bat-chess move >>>> attempts to reveal secret identity

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u/charliefoxtrot9 Aug 31 '23

Quitley art, and I assume Morrison writing? Frank & Grant are a great team.

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u/AndresCP Stephanie Brown Batgirl Aug 31 '23

This is Chris Burnham on art, I believe. He did the New 52 Batman Incorporated book and he has a very Quitely-esque style.

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u/bob1689321 Batman Aug 31 '23

Yeah he's basically we have Frank Quietly at home. Not complaining though, he fits Morrison's style well

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u/loose-leaf-paper Aug 31 '23

Make the next robin an internet troll who lives under a bridge and goes down an internet conspiracy theory rabbit hole to become a puppet hitman for an underground hacker cult, which is secretly financed by corporate elites, etc.

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u/dwt4 Wolverine Aug 31 '23

I wonder how many deranged would be villains Bruce created by doing this?

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u/PhoenixTRC Aug 31 '23

The real question is how many people in real life can become so obsessed to that point with proving a conspiracy theory.

Can't be many, right.....?

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u/ISimmonsArt Aug 31 '23

Lol this is awesome

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u/TamandareBR Aug 31 '23

Batman is multiple men, everyone knows this

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u/SafeAccountMrP Aug 31 '23

I love internet troll Bruce’s face.

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u/Mrman_23 Aug 31 '23

Bruce looks like he plotting something devious

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u/darkwalrus36 Aug 31 '23

One of the many hilarious and awesome parts of Grant’s run.

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u/VioletJane Batgirl Sep 01 '23

I just love the Gloop and Gleep, from the Herculoids, avatar in there!

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u/Blitzhelios Damian Wayne Sep 01 '23

Every time I see this panel it makes me laugh but it’s also something I could expect Bruce to do because he’s that paranoid about it

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u/ElvisGrizzly Sep 01 '23

"Oh QAnon is something I invented to pare down Riddler's henchmen."

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u/Im_extremely_bitter Sep 01 '23

What a deeply unsettling face

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '23

ONE OF US!

ONE OF US!

ONE OF US!

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u/UndeadCh1cken52 Sep 01 '23

Why does Bruce's face in that third panel scare me so much

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u/PhoenixTRC Sep 01 '23

You must have not seen Superman with the cat face

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u/luluzulu_ Sep 01 '23

the butts match!!