I don’t normally post about comics on this account, but I’m glad that Batman 50 got spoiled before tons of people bought it. Before I bought it.
Fuck DC for that baiting bullshit, just to get money, then punch fans in the genitals in the last 2 pages.
I am absolutely here for all of the backlash DC is getting and should get for this.
You don’t spend 7 decades doing a cat and mouse (no pun intended), followed by 2 decades of real will-they-won’t-they, since Hush in 2002, and then have them finally be in a real relationship for the last 2 years, building up to a wedding that you promo the ever-loving shit out of every single chance you get – only to be like “haha psyche, batman doesn’t get to be happy”.
DC isn’t making some bold, new, groundbreaking TWIST ending or anything. They’re doing the same rote and tired plots that keep them so far behind everyone else. Like, did they genuinely expect fans to applaud their “brave” decision here? You know, as a business model, you generally want to make your audience happy and wanting to buy more, instead of so mad that they start a twitter boycott about you.
It’s flat out false marketing on the worst level. Bruce isn’t the child here, as Catwoman says; DC is.
Brb, cancelling my DC subscriptions, and getting one for the New York Times.