#batman: reptilian

[forevercloudnine]

Henchman: Man, I hate just waiting its been HRS what u want me 2 do?

Henchman: R u using me as BAIT???????

Batman: Don’t be ridiculous. I’m trying to protect you.

Batman: Why else would I even let you in my car?

Batman: Okay, I lied. I am using you as bait.

#killer croc #waylon jones #bruce wayne #batman: reptilian #sorry everyone... i'm thinking about this comic again so you get more panels #bruce's maniacal grin leaning over 'The Bat-Phone' as he texts lies to a henchperson is just so endlessly delightful to me #batman doing anything mundane in liam sharp's incredible esoteric art syle is so inherently funny #apparently originally the book was supposed to have a more realistic artist #but steve dillon was unable to due to. well. dying unfortunately #which is obviously terrible. but i think the script works SO well with the eyeless shadow monster batman we got in the final version #garth ennis writes such snippy petty dialogue for him and it's absolutely hilarious coming from an ethereal demon shade

[swaines-attempt]

alright, braindump time. I just finished reading Batman: Reptilian and I have thoughts. It's an interesting story, and beautifully illustrated, but I was expecting it to go in a completely different direction. Reader beware, spoilers ahead.

So the basic plot:

Something is killing criminals in Gotham, all of whom attended a meeting the month prior. It turns out that Killer Croc has been undergoing a mutation and was pregnant at the time of the meeting. He's since given birth and his monster baby has been attacking the criminals because they smell like Croc (via proximity at the meeting). It ends with the monster baby defeated and Croc getting carried off to get his mutant alien reptile DNA studied by the government.

But the first couple issues really stress the difference in power level between Batman and the criminals he fights. He's got the training, he breaks a boxer's spine in the first issue. He's got the tech, he turns the Batmobile's weapons systems on criminals trying to hitch a ride. And he's got the psychological warfare. Batman talks to a lot of plain old non-super criminals in the hunt for Croc, and for them, Batman is a force of nature. He's an omnipresent executioner in the shadows. He won't kill you, he's worse, he "won't let you die". On the other hand, the criminals Batman is against are "untrained, underfed, or mentally ill".

Now, I interpreted the emphasis on Batman's power to establish him, in-universe, as brutal. Brutal enough for it to be an ongoing argument with Alfred, brutal enough for the Joker to mistake Croc's killings as Batman's work. But I think that motif, Batman's power against the downtrodden, has so much more potential when you factor in who Killer Croc is.

Killer Croc is a favorite supervillain of mine, but not for the mutant biohazard reptile-man stuff. I like Killer Croc when he's just a guy, "a linebacker with a skin condition". Batman's other villains all have something to their name; money, a doctorate, a happy life left behind, something. Croc has none of that. Croc was abused by his family, exploited by the circus, forced into crime. He's never had anything. And his appearance and history keep him from having anything; I'm never going to forgot those Gotham City Monsters panels of Croc trying to go legit and getting turned away from every job he applies for.

Killer Croc is the archetype of "untrained, underfed, or mentally ill".

There's a really interesting story there! One where Killer Croc is the hero of the bastards Batman deals with, one where Batman is more monstrous than Croc. But it's not the story that exists in Batman: Reptilian. because that story is based completely off of my own interpretation of Killer Croc as a character. And I'm kind of stuck here, sitting at the intersection of the story the artists made and the story that would follow my personal tastes.

#im gonna be writing fanfic aren't i #i say that like i haven't had ideas a for 'killer croc goes legit' fic in my head for years #batman #batman: reptilian #killer croc

[dailydccomics]

Batman by Liam Sharp Batman: Reptilian #3

#bruce wayne #dc comics #liam sharp #batman #batman reptilian #dc #comic book art #comics #my edit #alfred pennyworth #batfam

[batmancurated]

by liam sharp

#batman #batman reptilian #liam sharp #comicedit #bruce wayne #comic art #dc comics art #dc comics

[ginge1962]

A great Batman Limited Series written by Garth Ennis & featuring painted art throughout from Liam Sharp.

Garth Ennis doesn't usually write Superheroes (in fact, he once stated that he hated superheroes with a passion! - hence his The Boys series etc) but this series is well worth picking up.

Its a great read with superb art by Liam Sharp (think of Dave McKean's art on Arkham Asylum and you'll get my drift!)

There's also a lovely note from Liam Sharp on the inside cover of #1 where he states that this series was originally written for Steve Dillon to draw before his untimely passing.

Batman: Reptilian - 6 issue limited series from DC Comics' Black Label imprint.

#comic books #dc comics #batman #reptilian #garth ennis #liam sharp #mini series #dc black label #killer croc

[gothamcitycentral]

VOTE KILLER CROC!!! VOTE WAYLON

#I WILL NOT REMAIN IMPARTIAL THIS IS MY HOUSE #killer croc #waylon jones #dc comics #batman #polls #tumblr’s reptilian swag wars #txt

[catboy-steve]

started reading batman repitilian, not sure what i expected but it was not killer croc mpreg

#i read the first 4 issues #im having a great time #the art is s o good #batman #killer croc #batman reptilian

[kingdomcomicscenter-blog]

#Batman #Batman Reptilian #Batman Comic #Batman Comic Preview #Batman Preview #DC Comics #DC Comics Preview #DC Comic Preview #Kingdom Comics Center

[lovefrombegonia]

Imagine WFA Batman meeting Garth Ennis Batman LMAOO

#batman #bruce wayne #batman reptilian #wayne family adventures

[stefanoavvisati69]

BATMAN: REPTILIAN, di Garth Ennis e Liam Sharp (Recensione)

BATMAN: REPTILIAN, di Garth Ennis e Liam Sharp (Recensione)

LO PUOI LEGGERE SU: Batman: Reptilian nn. 1-6 ( spillati, Panini ) AUTORI: Garth Ennis (storia), Liam Sharp (disegni) SINOSSI:  Alcuni noti avversari di Batman vengono brutalmente massacrati da un misterioso killer, di cui nessuno conosce l’identità. Il Cavaliere Oscuro dovrà quindi far luce su questo caso, addentrandosi fino alle più oscure e putrescenti fogne di Gotham City, dove scoprirà…

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#Batman #DC Black Label #dc comics #fumetti #Garth Ennis #Killer Croc #Liam Sharp #recensione #reptilian

[coolcomicbookcovers]

#batman reptilian

[forevercloudnine]

Every time you post Reptilian panels I have to actively restrain myself from printing them out and gluing googly eyes on that eyeless shadow Batman and it's slowly eroding my sanity. It DID make me add them to my TBR though, so you are a very effective marketer on that front. Anyway, yeah, just wanted you to know. Have a nice day.

🖤🖤🖤 Thank you!!! People telling me they've been convinced to read Batman: Reptilian makes my day every time. And you definitely have a point about the googly eyes.

#bruce wayne #killer croc #waylon jones #batman: reptilian #i think they manage to make him look more deranged. if that's possible #this panel felt like the perfect target for googly eyes but also i just really like it general #bruce having a horrible laugh that's inherently off-putting to hear is such a delightful concept #this book may be black label but that detail is canon to me forever <3

[emacrow]

The Watchtower found a enormous floating crystallized casket in space. Part 2.

The one idiot to accidentally open the casket was Francis whom just came to work and decided not to check the do not get near tape wrapped around the casket by Constantine who was too busy at the moment to explain why they shouldn't open it.

He wa so getting fired when one of the corpses slowly rose and stretched slowly, cracking a couple joints. It was the middle corpse that was a young boy, who rubbed his close eyes and opened them to reveal glowing lararus green eyes that was enrapturing Francis deeper and deeper as the light kept him staring deeper and deeper until...

Which seem like it was a mere 5 minutes, but unfortunately for Francis to unholy scream as his eyes, nose and ears literally bleed, his mind ruptured beyond belief as he saw the very end of what becomes of the living when they become dead.

Which alerted the justice league immediately to the laboratory section of the watchtower.

Only them to see Francis passed out on the floor, bleeding slowly from his face, and a corpse missing from the casket where the other two remains.

Batman immediately got everyone of on a man-corpse hunt around the watchtower base for 3 hours straight..

Only for Flash to speak through the comms..

"I found him. He in the kitchen." Flash spoke as he watch in slight horror and amazement as he watches this kid eating a enormous amount of unique combination of food mashed together like an unholy yet fascinating dish.

The kid looked much more ravenous then a man dying for thirst in the Gobi desert when flash found him first, literally raiding the fridge, eating every leftover and frozen food items as he almost got flash hand as well if it weren't for his extra fast reflex before getting an idea to distract the once corpse being with a large enough meal to keep him occupied.

Meanwhile danny only took a nice long vacation nap in his casket for a lil 10 days as a break from king work... which would've been about 100 years in another dimension before he gotten a not so good awakening and his dormant caveman reptilian brain went straight to hunt food instinct until his main consciousness wake up later.

#dp x dc crossover #danny is the ghost king #danny phantom #dpxdc #dc x dp #dc x dp prompt #dp x dc #even his corpse has to eat every once in a while #that body been sleeping for so damn long #he was ravenous to the point of near cannibalism level #he woke up and immediately hunted for the newest food source #found the kitchen and started food raiding #flash is watching this like it a fast mukbang of a boy downing about 200 pounds of food and still going

[dailydccomics]

a bloody horror show by Liam Sharp Batman: Reptilian #5-6

#bruce wayne #batman #dc comics #liam sharp #comic book art #dc #batman reptilian #comics

[batmancurated]

by liam sharp

#batman reptilian #comicedit #batman #liam sharp

[ginge1962]

Liam Sharp's rear covers for the Batman: Reptilian mini-series from DC's Black Label imprint

Words by Garth Ennis.

#comic books #dc comics #batman #reptilian #liam sharp #garth ennis #dc black label #mini series #killer croc