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shyjusticewarrior · 2 days

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Rose went to the Stephanie Brown school of flirting with batboys

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a-bucky-a-day · 2 days

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| HAWKEYE FREEFALL (2020) #1

By Matthew Rosenberg and ———

#bucky comics #marvel comics #bucky barnes #comic panels #bucky barnes 616 #winter soldier 616 #616 winter soldier #bucky #Matthew Rosenberg #hawkeye freefall

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avengerscompound · 11 months

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Bucky Barnes (& Natasha Romanoff)

The Punisher (2016) #227

#marvel #avengers #marveledit #comicedit #buckybarnesedit #wintersoldieredit #buckynat #bucky barnes #the winter soldier #natasha romanoff #black widow #the punisher (2016)#matthew rosenberg #guiu vilanova #616 #marvel comics #avengerscompoundedit

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thecruellestmonth · 1 year

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Honestly really curious about the “Jason feel triggered by Dick’s kindness thing” if you feel like elaborating?

Every betrayal begins with trust. Jason Todd trusts Dick Grayson, and so Dick is a glowing, ticking timebomb.

-The Past-

Dick and Jason have history, not all of it good. Not all of it bad.

Nightwing: Year One

Batman #416 // The New Teen Titans (1984) #31

Skipping the early years all the way to the Red Hood era, Dick is someone who pretty consistently tries to give Jason a chance. Dick keeps up his guard and doesn't trust blindly, but he also tries to listen to Jason, reach out to him, and even work together when possible. Although Jason is an enemy, although it'd be much easier to believe the worst, Dick still generally chooses to keep his heart and mind open.

Outsiders #44-46 (2007), written by Judd Winick. When Jason obtains information that could free an innocent man from prison, he chooses to turn to Nightwing for help. In turn, Dick also chooses to believe in Jason.

Nightwing 2021 Annual, written by Tom Taylor. Despite (falsified) video evidence of Red Hood committing a murder, Dick doesn't jump to assume the worst in Jason. Dick chooses to trust and verify.

As Red Hood, Jason doesn't really like to ask favors or depend on others. Yet Nightwing tends to show up and help him anyway.

Now if Jason were healthy, then Dick's kindness would be comforting and reassuring. But in Jason's experiences, the most crushing pain comes from the people he's supposed to trust the most.

Catherine Todd, Willis Todd, police officers, social workers, a schoolteacher, Sheila Haywood, Bruce Wayne. Those people were supposed to protect Jason—those people ended up hurting him. After these experiences, Jason has become fixated on anticipating others' behavior (look up "fortune telling" as a cognitive distortion). Dick has become the latest source of safety. And so Dick's kindness is a trigger, as Jason anticipates more betrayal and pain.

-Dreams-

Jason's dreams have implied two things about his inner feelings:

1) Jason trusts Dick in ways that he no longer allows himself to trust Bruce—in his dreams, Dick is the first one who shows up for him when he's scared. Dick is the one who anticipates Jason's questions without being asked, and notices the fears that Jason tries to suppress.

2) Jason fears Dick is going to betray him, reject him, humiliate him. Because Dick is in a position where he can hurt Jason, then past experience says he inevitably will hurt Jason.

Examples:

Nightwing #121 (written by Bruce Jones, AKA the infamous tentacle monster arc) - Jason has been ingested by a mutating alien tentacle monster (long story). He dreams that Dick is in the darkness with him—but Dick mocks Jason for hoping that Dick would care to rescue him.

Truth & Justice #11 (written by Trammell) - When Jason has a fear toxin-induced nightmare of being buried alive again, Dick is the one who appears at his graveside and offers him help. However, the nightmare Dick then proceeds to ridicule Jason and attack his worth.

Task Force Z #7 (written by Rosenberg) - Jason has a nightmare of being surrounded by enemies attacking him. The nightmare culminates in the scariest part when Nightwing and Batgirl (Babs)—his older sibling figures—make him feel like a little Robin again, and tell him that all his efforts are just making everything worse.

DC vs. Vampires #6 (2022), a vampire apocalypse Elseworld written by Tynion & Rosenberg

Now Elseworlds (alternate universe) comics aren't canon to the main universe, but can still offer possible insight into characterization… In DC vs Vampires #6, Jason tells Dick (who has revealed himself as an evil vampire): "I always knew someday you'd screw up worse than anyone." Yet up until the moment when Dick reveals himself as an evil vampire, Jason never has a rational reason to anticipate that. So either Jason is just now lying to cover up his own shame for having misplaced his trust yet again, or Jason really has been harboring fears that Dick would betray him.

-The Present-

Circling back to recent happenings in the main universe: Task Force Z #8 (2022). Jason is behaving very suspiciously on a solo mission. Dick wants to know why—whether the greater good is at stake, or whether Jason is in trouble and needs help. And so Dick asks Jason to have a reasonable conversation... to which Jason responds by punching him and running away. Just the slightest suggestion of misgivings on Dick's part, and Jason chooses fight and flight. Another turn of the cycle, and Jason leaves the family circle again as quickly as he rejoined.

Task Force Z #8 (2022), written by Rosenberg

So Jason does cherish his brotherhood with Dick… but Jason is also watchful for the tiniest possible warning signs that Dick could hurt him, so he can cut off that bond before it can be used against him.

Dick Grayson is irresistibly trustworthy. Jason can't stop himself from trusting Dick. That's exactly why he can't trust Dick.

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smashpages · 11 months

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The two-issue Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood from writer Matthew Rosenberg with artist Nikola Čižmešija will kick off Sept. 26.

“The Gotham War has fractured the Bat-Family in dramatic ways—none more intensely than with Jason Todd. This stunning event will forever alter the destiny of the man who wears the Red Hood!”

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weathermanone · 2 years

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WildCATS 2 (2022) Matthew Rosenberg & Stephen Segovia

Cover: Ben Oliver (variant)

#DC Universe #WildCATS #Zealot #Spawn #Matthew Rosenberg #Stephen Segovia #Ben Oliver

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joezy27 · 9 months

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HAWKEYE - "Oh, Son Of A... He Took My Pizza."

The Punisher (2018) #224 by Matthew Rosenberg and Stefano Landini & Lee Loughridge

#Hawkeye #Clint Barton #Punisher #Frank Castle #The Punisher #Matthew Rosenberg #Stefano Landini #Lee Loughridge #Marvel Comics

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ufonaut · 10 months

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Listen up, you groveling worms. You are cogs in the machine that seeks to destroy you. You are bootlickers of a capitalist state that seeks only to exert control over you. You do nothing. You serve no purpose.

Knight Terrors: The Joker (2023) #1

(Matthew Rosenberg, Stefano Raffaele)

#knight terrors: the joker #knight terrors: the joker 2023 #the joker #knight terrors #knight terrors 2023 #batman #matthew rosenberg #stefano raffaele #dc #dc comics #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #u can reblog #COMPLETELY HYSTERICAL OVER THIS #ROSENBERG GENUINELY HAS NEVER MISSED ONCE IN HIS LIFE

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evilhorse · 5 months

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Hi there. My name’s Grifter, I’m an Aquarius, and I had to kill a lot of people to get here, so everyone just be cool, okay?

(WildC.A.T.s #10)

#wildc.a.t.s #grifter #cole cash #aquarius #funny #be cool #matthew rosenberg #tom derenick #dc comics #2020s comics #wildstorm

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shyjusticewarrior · 2 days

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Rose when Jason isn't there

Rose when Jason is there

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a-bucky-a-day · 21 days

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| TALES OF SUSPENSE: HAWKEYE AND THE WINTER SOLDIER- RED LEDGER (2017) #101

By Matthew Rosenberg and Travel Foreman

#bucky comics #bucky barnes 616 #comic panels #marvel comics #bucky barnes #winter soldier 616 #616 winter soldier #bucky #travel foreman #matthew rosenberg #tales of suspense 2017 #hawkeye and winter soldier

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avengerscompound · 10 months

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Bucky Barnes & Clint Barton

The Punisher (2018)

#marvel #avengers #marveledit #comicedit #clintbartonedit #hawkeyeedit #buckybarnesedit #wintersoldieredit #winterhawk #bucky barnes #the winter soldier #clint barton #hawkeye #the punisher (2018)#616 #matthew rosenberg #szymon kudranski #marvel comics #avengerscompoundedit

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thecruellestmonth · 1 year

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Jason's feelings about Sheila Haywood

Batman #427 (1988)

"God, it must have been hard for you."

"...I'll save you... Mom..."

Batman: Gotham Knights #44 (2003)

"...I love..."

Batman #428 (1988)

"He threw... himself... in front... of me... in front of me... He took... the main brunt... of the blast... Such a... good boy... Must have... really... loved his... mother..."

Deadman: Dead Again #2 (2001)

JASON: "It's weird--she betrayed me to the Joker. Got us both blown up--but I'm not mad at her. It wasn't really her fault--her whole life was screwed up. Things just... happened. [...] You gotta tell me--is she going to make it?"

DEADMAN: "She's fading pretty fast, kid--"

JASON: "No, I mean-- her soul. What's going to happen to her... afterward?"

DEADMAN: "That's not for me to decide."

SHEILA: "Jason tried to rescue me... We almost... made it... So close... He turned out to be such a good kid..."

JASON: "Thanks, Mom..."

Batman Annual 25 (2006)

He remembered most of what happened. The search for his mother. Her betrayal. Joker. And his own murder.

Task Force Z #8 (2022)

"I died trying to save someone I cared about."

#Sheila Haywood #Jason Todd #Batman comics #Red Hood #Task Force Z #Jason Todd meta #Boston Brand #Deadman #Batman panels #Judd Winick #Matthew Rosenberg #panels #Batman Gotham Knights #Steve Vance #RECAP: Jason fully acknowledges that Sheila betrayed him and yet doesn't direct his rage toward her.#I guess it's fine if you want to make Jason call Sheila a 'bitch' and spit on her memory in your own fan fiction. You do you.#But Jason Todd is a bad victim. His trauma is wrong. His coping is wrong. He loves people he shouldn't.#He responds to what has caused him pain--and not what others believe *should* have caused him pain.#He doesn't follow a textbook or what others judge *should* be the correct and proper and convenient response to trauma and injustice.#Jason is used to taking care of his parents. He is used to his parents failing him. Catherine and Willis and Sheila.#But not Bruce. Bruce promised him better. And Jason is so deeply humiliated for letting himself believe that promise with all his heart.#And perhaps... though she didn't want to... Sheila stayed with Jason at the end. And that was a promise that Bruce didn't keep.#long post #longpost #long #thecruellestmonth #Also I see Batman 428 as evidence that Sheila isn't Jason's birth mother because she refers to Jason's mother in the third person.#My theory is she was the back alley doctor who delivered him. Willis was her associate or friend or former lover.#Boston 'Number One Jason Todd Stan' Brand #Deadman Dead Again

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weathermanone · 1 year

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WildCATS 7 (2023) by Matthew Rosenberg & Stephen Segovia

Cover: Clay Mann (variant)

#DC Universe #WildCATS #Zealot #Voodoo #Fairchild #Matthew Rosenberg #Stephen Segovia #Clay Mann

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smashpages · 5 months

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DC vs. Vampires was the brutal first chapter in a larger war for the fate of Earth! In this upcoming sequel by Matthew Rosenberg and Otto Schmidt, sunlight is restored to the Earth, but was it too late? As a new Ice Age dawns, humanity faces their most deadly threat yet—Barbara Gordon Queen of the Vampires!

Coming from DC in 2024 as part of their relaunched Elseworlds line

#dc vs. vampires #dc vs. vampires: world war v #matthew rosenberg #otto schmidt #comics #comic books #dc comics #dc #elseworlds

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geekcavepodcast · 11 months

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Batman and Catwoman Go to War

The Bat and the Cat are at odds in a new “Dawn of DC” crossover event. Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War will spin out of Batman’s nightmares in Knight Terrors: Batman. The crossover will occur in the pages of Batman and Catwoman, as well as special one-shots and a miniseries titled Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood.

“A coordinated effort in Gotham City has led to a reduction in violent crime, but at what cost? Villains scatter as their lives begin to crumble under a new regime. And as Batman recovers from his epic battle through the Multiverse and the horrors of Knight Terrors, one name runs through his mind. One name at the heart of this new, safer Gotham: Catwoman.” (DC Comics)

“The Gotham War” begins in Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War - Battle Lines #1, from writers Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard and artists Mike Hawthorne and Adriano Di Benedetto. Featuring a main cover by Jorge Jimenez, open-to-order variants by Joe Quesada and Kael Ngu, a 1:25 variant by Otto Schmidt, a 1:50 variant by Ngu, and a 1:100 inked version of Quesada’s cover, the comic goes on sale on August 29, 2023.

“The Gotham War” continues in Batman #137 and #138, by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez and in Catwoman #57 and #58, from Tini Howard and Nico Leon.

Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood is a 2-issue miniseries from writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Nikola Čižmešija. The Gotham War will dramatically fracture the Bat-Family, especially Jason Todd, and will forever alter the Red Hood’s destiny. Issue #1 (of 2) goes on sale on September 26, 2023.

The crossover will cap off with Chip Zdarsky, Tini Howard, Mike Hawthorne, and Adriano Di Benedetto coming together again for Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War - Scorched Earth #1, on sale on October 31, 2023.

(Image via DC Comics - Jorge Jimenez’s Cover of Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War - Battle Lines #1)

#batman / catwoman #gotham war #batman #catwoman #red hood #jason todd #chip zdarsky #tini howard #mike hawthorne #adriano di benedetto #jorge jimenez #batman / catwoman gotham war #matthew rosenberg #nikola cizmesija #dc comics #batman and catwoman #dawn of dc #TGCLiz

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