Something similar happened this past week withBatman#50, the much-anticipated wedding issue between Batman and Catwoman.
So that’s the twist.
Many knew it beforeBatman#50 was available for purchase, and many more know it now.
Credit: DC Comics
Is the issue still worth buying and reading?
Batman#50 is mostly structured around two letters Bruce and Selina wrote to and for each other.
Above, around, and between the art is King’s writing.
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Hell yeah!")
masking a deep well of futile misery and Sisyphean struggle.
Kite Man’s presence here serves to signal that Batman himself is actually going through a similar struggle.
After all, what is Batman’s endgame?
Well, then maybe his endgame should be securing some happiness for himself while still fighting the good fight?
This is, of course, no simple question for Batman.
Can superheroes ever change?
Alas, such a change was indeed a bridge too far for superhero comics.
In the end, both Bruce and Selina backed away from this momentous change.
This changes the question from “Can corporate-owned characters ever meaningfully change?”
to “Is misery always necessary as a motivator?”
Her worries that “if I help that lonely boy with the lonely eyes… For the time being, Selina declines to mess with that formula.
For now, these superheroes can’t bring themselves to change too drastically.
