Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s upcoming Batman promises a dark, mysterious and gripping story. But it hasn’t always been that way with the Crusader in the Cloak, and as a sample, here are some of the weirder Batman stories DC would like you to forget.
It is clear that Batman is the protagonist of many of the most legendary adventures in the history of superheroes. Titles like The Killing Joke or Frank Miller’s Dark Knight are legend, but it hasn’t always been that way.
If there has been a character that has gone through many stages, it is Batman. 82 years go a long way and, as it shows, these are some of the strangest stories he has ever been involved in.
1. Batman: The Widening Gyre
If you’ve ever wondered what Kevin Smith’s Batman would look like on top of weed, DC has the answer. Although they did not like it too much, because only the first 6 issues of Batman: The Widening Gyre were published . The other 6 seem like they were left in limbo and it’s easy to see why.
Smith is a supergeek, but here he overstepped the brakes. To begin with, all the characters, including Batman, are too fond of vulgar jokes, such as: “I slept with the Penguin and he was transsexual” or references to his suit getting wet.
Introducing a new hero capable of beating even the Joker in five seconds, or bringing back Batman’s old love, Silver St. Cloud, to end his throat slit after 6 numbers of constant sex, was too much for DC.
2. Batman and Captain America
The crossover that maybe you didn’t know you wanted. DC and Marvel team up in the Elseworlds series for a story that takes us all the way back to World War II.
Captain America has a mission, an evil man named Joker is suspected of espionage, but Cap’s bosses think that the legendary villain is just a pawn of the true mastermind, the millionaire Bruce Wayne .
Steve Rogers infiltrates working as Bruce’s bodyguard and the story doesn’t have much more to it. John Byrne prints a classic Golden Age style, which does not delve into the dark and shows Batman and Captain America teaming up against the Nazis. A rarity that is difficult to repeat.
3. Batman and the rainbow suit
Bane tells Batman that he was born in darkness and that Bruce Wayne is just an adopted son. Maybe he was actually referring to the time when Batman wore rainbows .
The guilt is again from The Golden Age , more innocent and with the premise that nothing of so much blackness, violence, or suspicious chemistry between Batman and Robin. That less violent Batman is announced in the number 241 of Detective Comics with the slogan: “The rainbow Batman”, that we do not know how many fans it attracted.
Even Superman is remembered in Trinity number 1 (2008). However, Batman replies that he has no recollection of those facts.
There is even a Funko that commemorates it, dear Wayne.
4. Batman and Lois Lane’s wedding
That Batman has had more weddings than a soap opera is something that all fans know. Catwoman, Talia Al Ghul, Batwoman … and Lois Lane, Superman’s eternal girlfriend .
In Superman’s Girl Friend, 57 Lois Lane, the intrepid reporter thinks Bruce Wayne is Superman. Always in love with Kal-El, she begins a relationship that takes her to the altar.
Everything seems like it will end in the “I do”, but Superman also attends the ceremony, causing Lois Lane to leave Batman at the altar and I never thought he would write something like that, but here we are.
5. Batman RIP
After so many adventures, it is normal that the scriptwriters have to resort to increasingly convoluted stories. But in 2008, Grant Morrison took the award.
In Batman RIP , Bruce Wayne becomes Zur-En-Arrh, a backup identity that he previously implanted in his mind, should he break down psychologically, which occurs when Black Mask injects him with a powerful hallucinogen.
Another brightly colored Bat-suit and let the advice of a Bat-mite? are some of the “cool” ideas in the comic.
Let’s see how many of these stories the next Matt Reeves movie is inspired by.