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Sean Whitmore
02-11-2006, 07:00 PM
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(Don't miss our spoof of the first issue (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=104881) and the third issue (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=120431&highlight=mst3k)!)

EXT. MOUNTAINS

The Batmobile streaks across the rain-slicked road, its high beams cutting a swath through the darkness. A tiny little bunny leaps out of the way to avoid being run over.

(Horrified) He almost hit the bunny! The cute widdle bunny!!!

It’s foreshadowing! Can All-Star Mad Hatter be far behind?

BATMAN (V.O.): “From up HERE, Gotham City is BEAUTIFUL.”

(Tough-guy voice) Like a whore made of metal and glass, that glows in the dark.

BATMAN (V.O.): “Beautiful. Like EDGAR ALLEN POE’S sweet LENORE, before her small COUGH brought a spot of BLOOD to her lip and the poet KNEW she was PLAUGED. DOOMED.”

Holy Christ, Batman somehow managed to make "The Raven" even MORE depressing.

That’s why he’s Batman.

BATMAN (V.O.): “There’s no SIGN of the DRY ROT that eats at the BONES of my city. Not from up here.”

No, no, wait…I see some…

BATMAN (V.O.): “I’ve just KIDNAPPED a traumatized youngster.”

Ah, must be Friday.

BATMAN (V.O.): “Strong boy. For his age, he’s damn strong.”

DICK (O.P.): Mmff!

Especially his jaw--

PLEASE don’t finish that thought.

INT. BATMOBILE

Batman clasps his hand over Dick’s nose and mouth. The boy’s eyes widen with horror.

BATMAN (V.O.): “Dick Grayson. AERIALIST. Twelve years old. Brave boy.”

Geez, Batman, are you writing a book? Mind your business!

BATMAN (V.O.): “Damn strong. Not that he’s got a PRAYER of ESCAPING my GRIP--”

None of them ever do…

Stifle yourself, willya!

Tiny jets in the top of Batman’s glove emit a green gas into Dick’s face.

That’s a good place to keep your gas jets, as long as you don’t, y’know, punch anyone ever.

SFX: SSSSSSS

DICK: “Ngg! Hukk!”

BATMAN (V.O.): “--but he’s STRONG. Very promising. He just might DO. He just MIGHT.”

If not, he goes in the cellar with the others.

EXT. GULCH

CAPTION: MEANWHILE

Best caption EVER.

CAPTION: ALFRED PENNYWORTH.

Aerialist. Age twelve.

Alfred, bleeding from a wound on his cheek, is tearing his shirt into strips with his teeth.

ALFRED: “Here now, dear. Here now. Be still. Don’t fuss.”

Having been stranded in the woods, Alfred is forced to eat his companion’s clothes.

CAPTION: Combat physician, Royal Air Force, retired. Special operative, Her Majesty’s Secret Service, retired.

George Lazenby?

CAPTION: Personal aide to billionaire Bruce Wayne. Not retired.

Well, that was a little redundant, thanks, Frank.

VICKI: “Hnnh?...Khoff!”

CAPTION: Just getting started.

Alfred ties strips of his shirt around Vicki Vale’s arm, which is also bleeding heavily.

ALFRED: “Don’t try to get up. You’ve been injured. You’ve lost a fair bit of blood. More than a fair bit, to be honest. Help is on its way. But first let’s staunch that wound.”

VICKI: “Wha…whahappen?...”

Yeah, come to think of it, what the hell DID happen?

Were they on fire last issue and we just didn’t notice it?

Alfred helps Vicki to a sitting position and leans her against a tree. Scattered behind them are the bodies of policemen, pieces of squad cars, and the flaming wreckage of Bruce Wayne’s limousine.

ALFRED: “You’ve been in a touch of an accident.”

WHAT accident?

Did…did Batman drive THROUGH the limousine? Did he destroy his own car, with Alfred and Vicki IN it? Because I have to say, that would be awesome.

ALFRED: “I’m afraid you’ve been banged up rather badly, Miss Vale.”

She’s USED to it--!

Hey, now.

ALFRED: “No. Don’t move. Your collar bone is shattered. Don’t make it worse. Any movement by you will make it worse.”

VICKI: “Wait. Wait. I remember…I remember it all…”

(Weakly) E…even the stuff that happened off-panel…

VICKI: “…I remember every goddamn thing. Every goddamn moment.”

Gotta love the flowery prose of a professional journalist.

VICKI: “I remember the kid. Dick Grayson. Age twelve.”

What the hell is everyone concerned with his age for? Is twelve the age of consent in Gotham, or something?

ALFRED: “Don’t move. Don’t move. You’ll only hurt yourself. Stop now, love. Don’t go bleeding all over yourself. It’s very important that you stop bleeding all over yourself.”

(British accent) Next contestant: Alfred Pennyworth from Torquay, special subject: the bleedin’ obvious.

VICKI: “I saw it all. Dick Grayson. Age twelve. He was brilliant. Brilliant…”

The funny thing is that Dick is really only eleven.

Vicki thinks back to the circus, where Dick was somersaulting effortlessly through the air. Then she remembers Dick watching in horror as his parents are both shot in the head.

CAPTION: Vicki Vale. Columnist. Bearing witness.

The word of a sexpot is the word of the lord.

VICKI: “…somebody murdered his parents. Right before his eyes. Brutally. Brutally. It was brutal.”

It took her three tries to conjugate that adjective.

VICKI: “…I saw every last damn moment of it. It doesn’t make any sense, but I saw it. I saw it. It was brutal. Brutal. It was brutal.”

Two years of journalism, one year of English Lit.

Gotham Community College has a lot to answer for.

ALFRED: “You’re in shock, Miss Vale.”

She’s not used to having this much clothes on.

ALFRED: “Breathe deep. Steady, now. Breathe deep.”

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“The Sexpot and the Servant”, a new mini series coming to A & E.

VICKI: “The cops. The damn Gotham cops. They stole him. They stole Dick Grayson. They stole him. Like they had something to hide.”

Well, they might’ve been trying to hide the fact that they were kidnapping him.

VICKI: “And then he showed up, like something from a horror movie…”

Vicki leans closer to Alfred and hisses at him.

VICKI: “…Batman.”

Wonder why she dropped the hyphen and the “goddamn”?

Probably just to save time.

ALFRED: “Settle down, love. You’re still bleeding.”

(German accent) Ze Band-Aid, she does nussing!

Vicki has a hazy flashback of Batman grabbing Dick and tossing him unceremoniously into the Batmobile.

VICKI: “Batman--he kidnapped that boy! Why? Why?”

Vicki’s eyes roll into the top of her head, and she faints.

The act of thinking caused her to burst a blood vessel.

Vicki collapses into Alfred’s waiting arms.

Goddamn, Alfred is cut!

Alfred left his job posing for Harlequin romance novel covers to work for Bruce Wayne.

Lightning strikes overhead.

SFX: KRAAAAAAKKKK

Whoa, I thought we were in a Hammer movie for a second there.

EXT. FOREST

A swarm of bats streak through the night sky.

SFX: SKEE SKEE SKEEECH SKEE SKEE SKEEECH SKEE

BATMAN (V.O.): “My world.”

The new hit single by ‘Batman and the Deftones’.

BATMAN (V.O.): “Welcome to MY world, Dick Grayson. BATS and RATS and WARTS and all.”

Warts?

After the bat flew through his window, a frog got in.

BATMAN (V.O.): “You poor boy. You poor little bastard.”

Interesting fact; that’s how Batman addresses all orphans.

BATMAN (V.O.): “Welcome to HELL. Hell. Or the next best thing.”

Wow, it’s like Batman is reviewing his own comic.

INT. BATMOBILE

Batman takes his hand away from Dick’s mouth. The boy slumps over in the passenger seat, drooling slightly.

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Jesus Christ, how long have they been driving? Batman was clean shaven last issue and now he’s got, like, two days worth of stubble on his face!

It’s part of his disguise. He applies all the hairs to his face one at a time, with crazy glue.

Where does he get the hair?

Criminals.

BATMAN (V.O.): “The GAS calms him down in the space of SECONDS. He won’t be having any NIGHTMARES. Not the kind that aren’t TRUE, anyway. Then he starts FUSSING.”

Are we THERE yet? Are we there YET?

DICK: “Who the hell are y…”

BATMAN (V.O.): “The GAS was supposed to knock him OUT. His brain ought to be sailing past the MOON, right now. What’s this brat MADE out of?”

Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails.

He’s coated in the armor of his parents’ blood and brain matter.

BATMAN: “Sleep, kid…”

Sean Whitmore
02-11-2006, 07:01 PM
The Batmobile sideswipes a pickup truck, sending it skidding against the highway’s guardrail.

TRUCK DRIVER: “DAMN! MANIAC!”

They must have driven into Smallville.

BATMAN: “…sleep. The world I’m gonna wake you up to will be no better than the world you already know--”

Does this mean he’s going to take Dick to the Dark Knight Strikes Again universe?

BATMAN: “--but it’ll make a whole lot more sense than that one did--”

No, I guess not.

BATMAN: “--once I’ve put you through holy Hell, it will. It’ll make a lot more sense. Holy Hell. Or the next best thing.”

What IS the next best thing?

Holy Purgatory?

DICK (V.O.): “Wait a minute. That’s not his real voice. It’s like he’s doing some lameass CLINT EASTWOOD impersonation. That’s not his real voice. He’s FAKING it. He’s FAKING it.”

Dick thinks he’s watching Batman Forever.

BATMAN: “So sleep tight, punk. Sleep tight, my ward.”

DICK: “Huh? Whuzzat? What the hell’s a ‘ward’?”

Hugh Beaumont. He was the Beaver’s father.

BATMAN: “…shut up. I’ll do the talking, here.”

DICK: “Who the hell are you anyway, giving out orders like this?”

BATMAN: “What are you, dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am? I’m the goddamn Batman.”

Looks like he’s been reading Vicki Vale’s column.

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That is so totally gonna replace the “I’m Batman” line from the Burton movie.

BATMAN: “I’m gonna be the best friend you could ever hope for--”

Batman sees motorcycle cops giving pursuit in his rearview mirror.

BATMAN: “--well. Will you look at that--”

Hello, handsome.

Does Batman not realize how badly he needs a shave?

BATMAN: “--I’m gonna be the best friend you could ever hope for--and the worst enemy you could ever imagine.”

Yeah, yeah, first it’s one thing, then it’s the opposite.

DICK: “Sure, man. Whatever.”

DICK (V.O.): “My parents were MURDERED. Somebody BLEW their BRAINS out.”

Yeah, that’ll do it.

DICK (V.O.): “(No. Don’t go there. Not now.)”

BATMAN (V.O.): “DAMN. No matter WHAT I say--no matter HOW I play it--this kid JUST WON’T SCARE.”

Maybe shorten the ears on the mask. And then, y’know, take the goofy costume off.

Make a play for his no-no’s, that’ll scare hi--

Stifle!

Dick looks over his shoulder out the window.

DICK: “Maybe you oughtta pull over. They look serious. The cops, I mean.”

Holy shit, I thought he was looking at me for a second.

A squadron of police cars appear in front of the oncoming Batmobile and head straight for it.

BATMAN: “You’ve got a lot to learn, kid.”

Here’s an abrupt physics lesson--

The motorcycle cops draw their guns and pull up on either side of the Batmobile.

BATMAN (V.O.) “Not so much as a ‘Pull Over!’”

Isn’t that implied by the flashing lights and sirens?

BATMAN (V.O.): “They’re not even TRYING to arrest me. Not anymore. I guess somebody on the FORCE put out a KILL ORDER on me. Cool.”

Ahh, geez. Batman said ‘cool.’ I can hear angry fanboys typing away as we speak.

BATMAN (V.O.): “It’s about damn TIME.”

All-Star Batman never actually wanted to fight crime, he’s been trying to commit suicide by cop for ten years.

Dick screams. Batman hits the accelerator.

The Batmobile rockets ahead of the motorcycle cops, performs a 180 degree turn, and begins driving straight toward them.

BATMAN: “Hahahahahahaha! You’re gonna love this, kid!”

DICK (V.O.): “I hate it already.”

This was an actual exchange between Bob Schreck and a boy in a comic shop.

MOTORCOP #1: “Aw, hell…”

Batman turns the wheel right and left, slamming the Batmobile into the oncoming motorcycle cops with a sadistic grin.

BATMAN: “Just watch, kiddo. This is gonna be great! Hah!”

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All-Star Batman sure laughs a lot.

At least people won’t be able to accuse him of being a dick.

He’s killing cops!

Yeah, but he’s not being a dick about it.

SFX: KONKKKKK KONKKK

Dick covers his eyes in terror.

DICK (V.O.): “I can’t watch.”

I feel the same way about Gilmore Girls.

Wow, that was…random.

MOTORCOP #1: “Yaa!”

MOTORCOP #2: “Gaa!”

Well, at least we know the cops are still alive.

How do we know that?

They said “yaa” and “gaa”.

DICK: “You’re out of your mind! You’re nuts!”

BATMAN: “Nuts? You want to see nuts, kid? I’ll show you nuts!”

DON’T! Don’t you say it!

And then Batman stood up and unbuckled his--

I said don’t!

BATMAN (V.O.): “Now he’s scared, that boy is.”

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.

Hate leads to wearing a black leather nightgown and running over policemen.

BATMAN (V.O.): “That’s good. I NEED him scared.”

So I can send him out to fight psychos and criminals.

The Batmobile makes another 180 degree turn. Batman slams on the accelerator again and rockets toward the squad cars.

Hey, look, it’s that gecko from the Geico commercials.

DICK (V.O.): “BATMAN starts laughing again. A sudden JOLT. The AIR sucks itself out of my LUNGS.”

The Batmobile leaps into the air. The oncoming squad cars panic and swerve out of the way, crashing into each other and the trees around them.

The Blues Brothers theme song would really add some levity to this scene.

DICK (V.O.): “My face STRETCHES like it’s made out of SILLY PUTTY.”

A good thing, too, because Batman is huuuge--

I swear to God, I’ll leave right now!

DICK (V.O.): “This must be what an ASTRONAUT feels like during TAKEOFF.”

Yeah, I’m sure he feels exactly like he’s driving horizontally at 90 miles an hour.

DICK (V.O.): “We FLY.”

He still hasn’t quite got a handle on what that word means.

DICK (V.O.): “The MANIAC beside me keeps LAUGHING. WHAT’S HAPPENING TO ME? WHAT’S HAPPENING TO ME?”

You’re learning how adults solve their problems.

The Batmobile crashes to earth, landing on a couple of squad cars and tearing through a third like a knife. The officers burst out of their vehicles seconds before the impact and run for cover. The police cars crumple like tinfoil seconds before erupting into spectacular fireballs.

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DOO, doo-doo, DOO! Doo-doo-doo-doo DOO, doo-doo, DOO!

DICK (V.O.): “We LAND. Sort of. I keep DINNER down.”

Stop lying, you know you didn’t eat no dinner.

COPS: “The bastard”
“Damn monster”
“Crazy he’s crazy he’s crazy”

DICK (V.O.): “He’s TALKING to his car.”

No he’s no--

BATMAN: “Hit it. Full out. No ceiling.”

Well I’ll be damned, how’d he know Batman was gonna do that?

DICK (V.O.): “The man TALKS to his CAR. How weird is THAT?”

That’s the least weird thing you’ve seen him do all night, you frigging little space case.

BATMOBILE: “Very good, sir.”

The cockpit of the Batmobile begins to tilt upward. Horrified, Dick grips the dashboard.

SFX: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Who the hell is laughing? Batman’s mouth is closed.

Maybe it’s the CD player. They’re listening to a Larry the Cable Guy album.

That still wouldn’t explain the laughing.

DICK (V.O.): “And his car LISTENS to him. And talks BACK. With a BRITISH ACCENT. How weird is THAT?”

That’s not the car; Batman keeps Alfred’s brother locked in the trunk.

Wings sprout out of the sides of the Batmobile. Twin jet engines emerge and roar to life.

DICK (V.O.): “He may be FAKING that VOICE--but his LAUGHTER still creeps the CRAP out of me.”

That and the vehicular manslaughter.

DICK (V.O.): “I hate this guy. The world turns upside down. We FLY.”

Hey, he finally got it right!

That’s just a coincidence. He’d be saying the same thing if he were walking up an escalator.

COPS: “Oh my God”
“This is crazy”
“Run for it!”

The rockets launch the Batmobile into the air, scorching the earth beneath them. What’s left of the mangled squad cars below explode even more. The cops run for their lives, covered in flames.

Looks like he’s got about 50 megatons worth of missiles under each wing. Should he really be crashing into other cars?

Balls the size of melons, this guy.

COPS: “Yaa!”
“Lunatic!”

DICK (V.O.): “We FLY. For REAL, this time.”

So he admits that he was lying all those other times.

Sean Whitmore
02-11-2006, 07:02 PM
DICK: “Hukk--hukk--”

BATMAN: “Swallow it, kid. I don’t need the grief.”

Do you have any idea how much they charge to reupholster a flying car?

I appreciate your restraint by not making a “swallow it” joke.

Aw, crap, I completely missed that!

DICK (V.O.): “And all of a sudden I know EXACTLY how those astronauts FEEL. And all of a sudden my DINNER wants UP and OUT…”

Doesn’t take much to unnerve the fancy shmancy aerialist, does it?

DICK (V.O.): “He’s such a TOOL. I can’t STAND this guy. WHAT DOES HE WANT FROM ME?”

Your virginity, for one--

I told you to knock that off!

COPS: “Madness it’s madness”

This one just discovered what Soylent Green is.

COPS: “He’s trying to kill all of us--the maniac--”
“What the hell is that thing?”

The Batmobile streaks up through the clouds, above the downpour, into the clear night sky.

You’d think a flying car with wings would look stupid. And here’s the evidence to support that.

DICK (V.O.): “Have I gone CRAZY? Is ANY of this actually HAPPENING? MOM and DAD. Their BRAINS.”

Of which they no doubt had considerable, being circus folk and all.

DICK (V.O.): “They splashed on my FEET. They’re DEAD as Hell. They got SHOT right in FRONT of me and they’re DEAD as HELL.”

Do I detect the makings of a future columnist? Vicki better watch out.

DICK (V.O.): “Their BRAINS splashed right on my FEET. (No. Don’t go there. Not now.)”

At what point does it become okay to “go there”?

DICK: “Their brains splashed all over my feet! What’s happening? What’s happening? This is all crazy!”

Batman reaches over and smacks Dick in the face.

SFX: SMACK

OWNED!

If I ever have a child, I’m going to name him “bitch-slapped Robin”.

Dick places a hand on his face and looks at Batman. Batman glares back at him.

BATMAN (V.O.): “Damn it. Damn it all. What am I DOING to this kid?”

Kidnapping and assault, so far, but it’s just your word against his at this point.

BATMAN (V.O.): “Who the hell do I think I AM? I’m TORTURING this boy. TORTURING him. Just LOOK at him. He’s a BABY.”

He’s twelve! And he’s an aerialist!

BATMAN (V.O.): “And I’m TORTURING him. It’s a TERRIBLE thing to do.”

When no one was looking, Batman tortured forty boys. He tortured 40 boys. That’s as many as four tens. And that’s terrible.

BATMAN (V.O.): “But it’s the only WAY. It’s the only WAY. If I don’t keep the PRESSURE up, he’ll find time to GRIEVE. I can’t let him GRIEVE. GRIEF is the ENEMY.”

I thought crime was the enemy?

The enemy is anyone Batman SAYS is the enemy. Pray it isn’t you.

BATMAN (V.O.): “There’s no TIME for GRIEF. There’s no ROOM for GRIEF. GRIEF turns into ACCEPTANCE. FORGIVENESS. GRIEF forgives what can NEVER be forgiven. NEVER.”

God…maybe it’s YOU, Batman, y’know that? Maybe you just need to let go.

Dick turns his eyes away from Batman, staring sadly out the window.

BATMAN (V.O.): “Oh, HELL. Just LOOK at him.”

He keeps asking for it!

BATMAN (V.O.): “STOP it. No DOUBTS. Remember the MISSION. NOTHING MATTERS--except the MISSION. HE doesn’t matter. YOU don’t matter. NOTHING MATTERS--except the MISSION. Pray he’s up to it.”

Not even the mission matters. Only the missi—wait, did I say the mission didn’t matter? Because it does. It totally does.

DICK: “Those were cops, down there. Back there. They were cops. What’s with that?”

Well who else is he gonna kill, doctors?

BATMAN: “You’ve got a lot to learn, kid.”

That’s the second time you’ve said that this issue. So why not TEACH HIM something?

DICK: “Learn? Like about what?”

Grammar, for one.

BATMAN: “About fighting crime.”

DICK: “Fighting crime?”

BATMAN: “Yeah, fighting crime, all right? You got some kind of problem with the notion of fighting crime?”

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Mee-yow! Batman’s a touchy chick, isn’t he?

DICK: “No. It’s not like anybody asked me--”

That’s actually exactly what just happened.

DICK: “--but I guess I got no problem with fighting crime. But isn’t that what cops do? And didn’t you just waste a whole pile of cops, big guy?”

They weren’t dead, they screamed “yaa” and “gaa”.

BATMAN: “You little snot!...”

DICK (V.O.): “For a SECOND there I think he’s gonna HIT me again--

And the readers cross their fingers…

DICK (V.O.): “--but then he goes all SAD. CONTAINED. BOTTLED UP.”

Closed off. Walled away. Woebegone. Rueful. Plaintive. I got a million of ‘em.

DICK (V.O.): “It’s like he’s the only PERSON in the whole WORLD.”

An opinion he shares with the regular DCU Batman.

DICK (V.O.): “I have to PINCH myself to make sure I still EXIST. We listen to ourselves BREATHE for what feels like a DAY.”

At the rate Batman’s beard is growing, you’re not that far off.

DICK (V.O.): “All of a sudden I realize how QUIET this thing is. I can’t even hear the JETS. I’m in another WORLD. His world. He’s that LONELY. He’s all alone.”

Solitary, unloved, desolate. You can’t beat me, kid.

DICK (V.O.): “Whoever he is--he’s all alone.”

Weren’t you paying attention, retard? He’s the goddamn Batman.

DICK (V.O.): “He SUCKS air and for a SECOND it looks like he’s got a RAZOR BLADE stuck between his TEETH--then he TALKS and it sounds like every single WORD he SAYS is a jagged chunk of GLASS that SCRAPES his THROAT on its way out.”

…this kid is dark. Alliterative, but dark.

BATMAN: “Like I said, son. You’ve got a lot to learn. And your lessons start right here. Right now. Here’s Lesson Number One: never talk to cops. Not in Gotham. Never let a cop get near you. Not in Gotham.”

Especially when you’re holding.

DICK (V.O.): “Just LISTENING to him is like being punched in the CHEST. AGAIN and AGAIN.”

That’s not him, you idiot, you’re having an infarction.

BATMAN: “Gotham Cops. They’ll kill you just as soon as look at you.”

It doesn’t say that on the recruitment posters, does it?

BATMAN: “You hear me, boy? I’m not wasting my breath here, am I? You understand what I’m telling you?”

DICK: “Yeah. I’m listening.”

He’s back talking you Batman, slap him again!

BATMAN: “There’s only one cop worth a damn in Gotham City and he’s nowhere near this case. I know you’ve been all over the world. The circus life.”

DICK: “Yeah. The circus life.”

It feels like we should cut to a flashback here, showing Dick’s life growing up in a refrigerator box in the alley behind a Denny’s.

BATMAN: “And I know most cops you’ve seen have been all right.”

DICK: “Sure. They’ve been okay. Up until tonight, anyways.”

Except for that damn loose cannon Sipowicz.

BATMAN: “Most are. Most places. That’s why most cities don’t need me.”

And that’s fine, because I didn’t want to fight crime in those cities anyway.

BATMAN: “But Gotham needs me. Gotham needs me.”

And Keystone City can burn in hell, for all I care.

BATMAN: “And maybe she needs you. Maybe not. We’ll see. Be brave, Dick Grayson. Be brave.”

DICK (V.O.): “It’s QUIET--except for the BLOOD pounding in my EARS. He actually wants me to JOIN this nutso CRUSADE of his.”

He’s the Bat Pope.

That would explain so much…

DICK (V.O.): “FIGHTING CRIME. Good way to get myself KILLED.”

The hell have YOU got to live for? Nobody loves you. Nobody.

DICK (V.O.): “And I wouldn’t have any CATCHERS, this time. Nobody to CATCH ME.”

He’s right about that. All-Star Batman would definitely let him fall.

As would I.

DICK (V.O.): “No MOM. No DAD. MOM. DAD. What do I DO? What do I DO--and why did you DIE?”

Well, I’m not a forensics specialist by any stretch, but I would wager the bullets in their foreheads might have had a lot to do with it.

DICK (V.O.): “WHO KILLED YOU?”

Oh, Batman caught him last issue. Didn’t he mention it?

Dick grabs his head and stares at the floor of the car miserably. Then he looks back up at Batman, a determined look on his face.

DICK: “Yes, sir. I’ll be brave.”

Wow, that must be the fastest recorded onset of Stockholm Syndrome in history.

Next issue…Dick Grayson drinks the Kool-Aid.

Served to him by Alfred in a delightful McDonalds collector’s cup.

Well, now we’ve seen All-Star Batman and Dick Grayson interact for the first time.

It was a little rocky.

Yeah, a couple of awkward moments there.

How do you feel about the chances for their future partnership?

Not very good. I predict by issue #5 we’ll be seeing something like this:

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Until next time, dear readers. :D

Lord Grog
02-11-2006, 08:47 PM
hehe, that's awesome. Thanks for the laughs.

Also, reading this really spotlights how truly aweful the dialogue and captions are.

TheWolfOfAsgard
02-11-2006, 08:56 PM
I think the only thing funnier than this is the House of W, especially the Hawkeye :Look its Phoneix pic.

Sabrinaset
02-12-2006, 12:38 AM
What have I done! :D

Amethyst Rose
02-12-2006, 12:58 AM
He really only LOOKED twelve...

This was great!

Doom Hammer
02-12-2006, 04:56 PM
Ha! I was roaring through that thing, man. I had to stop reading for a bit. That was great. Thank you, Sean.

Karl
02-12-2006, 10:06 PM
HAHAHA that was great man..you do an awesome job with all these. I can't stop laughting.

“The Sexpot and the Servant”, a new mini series coming to A & E.
If I ever have a child, I’m going to name him “bitch-slapped Robin”.

best lines ever

Paul Kersey
02-12-2006, 11:49 PM
i was actually laffing out loud

Rahul
02-15-2006, 06:26 AM
I demand Issue 3! Great, funny stuff!!!!!

The Drunken Defender
02-17-2006, 05:53 AM
That was far too hilarious lol. Keep up the good work.
:D

Violently Apathetic
02-17-2006, 06:07 AM
Classic, I loved it. I need to get my sister to read ASBAR just so she'll understand this.

Steel Spider
02-17-2006, 07:04 AM
Awesome. Now, get to work on #3 or there will be no punch and pie for you :)

90'sCartoonMan
02-17-2006, 09:17 AM
Ha ha, good one. I especially like the digs on Vicki Vale's way with words.

Can't wait to see how you handle the love chunks issue.

Starba
02-17-2006, 08:24 PM
THAT was amazing. Kudos!

And I thought it was just all the estrogen that made me dislike Frank Miller...

stealthwise
02-19-2006, 12:08 AM
I was laughing so hard throughout this thing that I nearly lost it once I got to the part with the Blues Brothers music. :D

mohammedali
02-19-2006, 08:26 AM
lol. Nice one Sean. I really liked the cover at the end. That was the clincher. Keep it up. Look forward to #3. I can see the Canary jokes a mile away :P

Mohammed Ali

Jared
07-28-2006, 10:10 AM
This makes me want to buy the issue and scribble the commentary on it. Great stuff.

edit: I didn't even realize there was another one. Just clicked the link from a sig. Still, bravo I say!