#comic read through

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Jocuul Reads- Knightfall (Part 4)

Tim you are literally about to drown stop punning

Okayyy why he kinda cvnty tho

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yet another instance of me having to remember this was written in the mid-90s and certain words meant some very different things back then

Nice 🎂

Ugh cops, i get that hes being violent but like try de-escalation dude

I know this may be 'necessary surveillance' but its really funny when you consider the whole 'stalker tim' thing

Tuck Queen, she should teach classes on that. Absolutely phenomenal

Do they get longer when he lies? or when hes h0rny?

Ok not gonna lie this is gonna feature in my 'badass scenarios for when im hallucinating along to edit audios" library

Jean honey i think the thousand pushups may be why you feel like hell

NOOOOO my boy is succumbing to the expectations

Gay

This dork really wore that chunky ahh belt underneath a TAILORED suit. Dude

How do you manage to make POISON IVY of all people chopped, give her her camp and cvnt back what the hell

Jean baby i love you but i cannot take you seriously in this fuckass suit, Tim what were you thinking when you designed this

"Dear, sweet, vegetating sugar daddy" may be the most repulsive sentence ever

sorry queen you lose points for the sa ://///

Why is she feral

Dude this is still really gay

He is endearingly pathetic isnt he?

Dork

Also he has no ass

Assless Dork

This is kinda funny considering how terrible canon!Batman can be sometimes, like dude, sometimes you really stray close to the whole 'monster' thing, youve been doing better since the 2010's but man you were awful sometimes

peak teenager beahivour, feet up next to the big red button

number 1 thing i learned by reading the comics;

Alfred is so much more Chalant™ than i expected

Phenomenal form but we gotta work on that internal monologue babes

Okay yeah kicking the Riddler while he was holding a release activated detonator was stupid but you gotta admit the epoxy was clever, give the kid a little slack

HELENAAAAA the outfit is certainly a choice but HELL YES GIRL

oh i dont know maybe the highly competent assassin with fire swords, the highly competent vigilante featured right above, or maybe even the highly competent teenage vigilant who was the first robin to wear pants

These are from Batman Issues #494 and #495 and Detective Comics Issues #661 and #662

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reading through comics for the first time :)

YOUNG JUSTICE: THE SECRET

(apparently this is set before the "jla: world without grown-ups" two-shot)

love you bart - adhd mood tho

no tim, you're the mom (friend)

nightwing taught him that

bart, the faith you have in your friend is so sweet

he's winging it tho - classic robin move

doofus lol - also, timmy...that's a girl's hand you've got there buddy

didn't they connect the fact that impulse took a container just like that, that was broken??

why u sad boy - it's your fav, lying to authority figures

classic bat behavior

max :(( bart's just a little guy - GOOD BATDAD 👏👏👏

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So currently reading the X-23 run form 2019 and

Does anyone lass think this

Is kind of weird considering the at that point very recent all new Wolverine and her reaction to ‘the sisters’ in that like it could be because of the metal components but still

Like she always has been very understanding of other people that were living throughout similar things to her, and this seems very dehumanizing, and weird compared to her previous solo run.

Just thinking…

This through me off a little

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Jocuul Reads- Knightfall (Part 6 #1)

this ones a multi parter because of the image limit

Detective Comics Issue #664

Talk about brutal yeesh, you snap the mans back and throw him off a building? Seriously though Bruce has got to be some level of superhuman cause how do you survive that

Also i like the very subtle and tasteful billboard

"Nude Girls Girls Girls Nude"

Certainly effective at getting the message across

MFW Batmans barely breathing body comes crashing from above after the most roided up homicidal luchador punts him off a building

Genuinely didnt even notice the paramedic was Alfred, I was wondering how the whole 'Batman getting loaded into an Ambulance thing was going to work'

I cant even joke about this man this is so sad, Tim is so worried about his Batdad and Alfred has gone into crisis control mode, very effective way of seeing two very real responses to emergency situations, but man I cant help but feel bad for Tim, hes like 14-15, his pseudo-dad is actively dying, hes just starting to repair his distant relationship with his bio-dad, and his mom is dead, this is like the most emotionally unstable time ever

Jesus Alfred is built what the

Awh, even knowing Bruce makes it out okay its still so sad, like is this confidence? Or is it denial and grief? Or is it both, it also really mirrors the later events of Brucequest, Tim is just so unwaveringly loyal to Bruce he cant even think of the possibility of him being gone or near gone.

Ok mood ruined by whatever face this is, hes not even looking at someone, hes looking out the window of the batmobile, why is he making that face

Its really sweet how despite Sarahs deep dislike and distrust of Batman shes still supporting Gordon through this, from what ive seen their relationship is unstable as hell, but this moment is genuinely really heartwarming and shows how she cares for him (Hey Gordon be better, i understand your grieving right now but you werent before and you still blew her off, be more understanding towards your fiance, even if she is stubbornly Anti-Batman, communication goes a long way)

Okay i dont like Bullock but i can appreciate the ride or die, man is barely asking questions, he probably should be asking questions, but hey Gotham. Montoya is amazing as always, i love her

Timmy :(

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Jocuul Reads- Knightfall (Day 11 Part 2)

Jesus

This whole storyline is genuinely just heartbreaking when you really look into it, Jean so clearly isnt a bad person at heart, but due to a mixture of his conditioning, his inferiority complex, anger issues, and lack of a proper support system, he loses himself in his anger and ends up going about things in the worst way possible

Tim dude this is an ugly ass car

Oh god 😭😭😭

im genuinely gettiing emotional over this what the fuck

Ives!

Also awwwwwww

Thats sweet, unfortunately your kind of a bad boyfriend but it is sweet that you care for her, you just... maybe shouldnt be dating rn dude, ur like 14 and under severe pressure that forces you to keep massive secrets, not really conducive to a healthy relationship

Oh boy....

Oh its Stephs shitty dad! And also the creep that nearly killed Lucius earlier in the saga

Oh god your a sports dude??? Jesus 90's Tim really was meant to be a teenage boys self insert (affectionate)

WRONG MASKED TEENAGER DUDE

Also hey talk about police brutality?????? Dude just literally ran a teenager of a cliff INTENTIONALLY and then immediately points a shotgun at him???

From Robin (1993) Issue #1

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Jocuul Reads- Knightfall (Day 11 Part 1)

This has been bothering me this entire readthrough but why the hell does/did Kelley Jones draw these side muscles like

This, its so unnerving and borderline trypophobic lmao. Its just so unnerving, I like most of the covers he does but the bubble muscles are just so offputting.

Oh these poor idiots lmao

Lmao what??

Also why do new characters get introduced like every other issue its getting hard to keep up.😭😭😭

Oh so this is where the blatant religious psychosis begins.

Beautiful coloring though

Harold you beautiful boy thats so badass, and it looks so much better than the fuckass Batmobile of the 90's

Harold Allnut, inventor of the very first bullet car, like a bullet train, but pocket sized!

Jean no please you do absolutely terrible when you work alone, you need supervision dude please

Oh my god Tim literally got brickwalled

Not the Batsubway causing a Monroe💀💀💀

Uh oh

UH OH

love the Jurassic Park ad tho lmao

DO NOT BLAME HAROLD FOR YOUR POOR DECISION MAKING JEAN

Oh okay thats sick as hell

OH MY GOD IT FIREBOMBED THE TRAIN WHEN YOU REVERSED?????? LIKE IM GLAD YOU DIDNT CRASH BUT WHAT THE FUCK

Thank youuu for helping me establish a timeline😊😊

Also he looks so excited aww

My man why are your hats so damn tall, the fits would be so cvnty if the hats were a little shorter

Dr Johnathan (Scarecrow) Crane, groovy even in cardboard form

DUDE THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS WHO IS THIS DUDE????

JOKER??? BUT HE DOESNT HAVE LONG HAIR???

I need them to stop introducing people ong

Oh okay so you did check the schedule! Still reckless to set off on the tracks without having a constant monitor of the subway lines but atleast you werent as egregiously reckless as i thought

Jean.

REDBIRD!!!!!!

WAIT JEAN DONT SHOOT AT THE BABY?????

Ah so i see weve reached the point where he has fully lost himself, ive already done a bit of my own analysis of this in previous posts but damn it doesnt get easier to see

Timmy i think we should be using present tense for that

OH SHIT ITS HAPPENING

God this is insane, banger story line, awful on my emotional state.

This days posts are gonna be a little shorter cause im tired lol, i woke up at 630 am to an ant in my nostril because they moved into my bedroom trashcan in the span of two hours since i went to bed (4am) so ive just been tired all day dealing with that and running on 2 and a half hours of sleep

From Detective Comics Issue #667 and #668

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Jocuul Reads- Knightfall (Day 9 Part 2)

NO JEAN NOT THE BIRD

Ooh he loomin

Oh my god Jean just gave Gordon an existential crisis LMAO. I thought someone like died or something when i saw that panel, but no flip the page and its just because Jean is still there instead of disappearing like Bruce does.

I also like this little moment cause it humanizes Jean a little, spiraling, violent, and homicidal as he is right now hes also just a dude

Ooh he lurkin

Why did her hair change color in the same page what

Aww Tim :((( Hes like 14, dealing with a homicidal Not-Batman, a kidnapped Dad, and an overrun city all at the same time, poor dude needs a break

CALL HIM ASS-BATS THE WAY HE THROWING IT AROUND

I love the robe, but i am starting to question why the colorists seem to really love this specific pink for robes

Seems like it really is Jeans internal monologue going all impersonal and creepy. Thats chilling, really highlight whats happening to him the longer he stays in the cowl

Stubby ass gauntlets

Dude stop terrorizing the man with the already massive inferiority complex hes gonna lose his shit

Uh oh

From Batman Issue #499 and Detective Comics Issue #666

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Jocuul Reads- Knightfall (Day 8)

To start off this part lets have a compilation of Dr Crane getting jiggy with it

Okay lets go

Jean its getting really hard to defend you bud

oooh he lurkin

Ugh this is such a sick design, i usually hate mostly monochrome designs but Anarky does it so well, its like looking at Anarky vs Flash Anarky just looks so badass, Flash looks goofy (affectionate)

This just in, local sadistic domestic terrorist is kinda cute sometimes

Tfw the psych professor you literally just hired immediately fucks with some birds the moment introductions are over

YES!!! I KNOW THIS MENTALITY WONT LAST BUT ILL SAVOUR IT WHILE I CAN!!!!

??? What is that, how is that supposed to help, im confused

This is definitely gonna be a huge point of contention huh, Jean may be the perfect person for the cowl if we're talking physical ability and endurance, but he doesnt have the analytical mind or the self control necessary.

Feels like he would definitely do best in a supportive role, hes a follower, not a leader, and unfortunately Batman needs to be a leader

Dude leave the birds alone

weirdo /begrudgingly affectionate

Oh :(

skinny ass (i am also skinny ass i get it)

Bros a ragdoll

Oh my god this fucking dork

Ohh :(((

Ohhhhhh :((((((((((((

And that earlier mentality didnt last long.... it sucks cause you know he can be better than this, he clearly has the capacity for it, and he does have a kind heart, he has a massive capacity for violence and cruelty, but it isnt all of who he is, but hes losing that more human part of himself in the cowl, and it hasnt even been that long since hes put it on

Honestly this is kind of difficult to read, not because of the story or anything, im enjoying it, but after seeing stuff of Jean post-cowl and seeing his backstory its so sad how genuinely unlikable he becomes when he puts the cowl on, he has such a capacity for good but it all goes down the drain when hes given power he cant handle

From Batman: Shadow of the Bat Issues #17 and #18