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Any thoughts on Batman 51? Spoilers!
Vertighost
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I liked the issue, especially the new(?) idea (if there's been a story about Bruce in jury duty before, I've never seen it). I did have a couple of things I didn't like though since they make my standard suspension of disbelief more difficult:
1. When Gordon immediately recognizes that Dick is not the usual Batman (before Dick says a word), it only serves to highlight the fact that Gordon should have figured out Bruce is Batman after all these years. Even if Dick is a little shorter than Bruce it seems like this would've been taken into account when Bruce asks Dick to pose as him. Bats takes everything into account everywhere else.
2. Showing us what would happen on a case involving a criminal Batman has brought in and showing us lawyers questioning Batmans standing (I.e. Inserting a lot of "reality" into a comic) only highlights the fact that many of the criminals brought in by Batman would go free. A lot of Batman's "work" involves him doing unlicensed detective/scientific work and beating criminals unconscious in eyewitness-free zones and as far as I know Bats is never in court to explain his side of the story.
3. It seems implausible that the defense attorneys would have allowed jurors who've been saved by, or had close relatives saved by, Batman on the jury. Again I wouldn't have thought of this so quickly if King hadn't shown us attorneys picking the jury.
1. When Gordon immediately recognizes that Dick is not the usual Batman (before Dick says a word), it only serves to highlight the fact that Gordon should have figured out Bruce is Batman after all these years. Even if Dick is a little shorter than Bruce it seems like this would've been taken into account when Bruce asks Dick to pose as him. Bats takes everything into account everywhere else.
2. Showing us what would happen on a case involving a criminal Batman has brought in and showing us lawyers questioning Batmans standing (I.e. Inserting a lot of "reality" into a comic) only highlights the fact that many of the criminals brought in by Batman would go free. A lot of Batman's "work" involves him doing unlicensed detective/scientific work and beating criminals unconscious in eyewitness-free zones and as far as I know Bats is never in court to explain his side of the story.
3. It seems implausible that the defense attorneys would have allowed jurors who've been saved by, or had close relatives saved by, Batman on the jury. Again I wouldn't have thought of this so quickly if King hadn't shown us attorneys picking the jury.
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I’ve always been of the opinion that the more “realistically” the superhero world is portrayed, the harder it becomes to maintain a suspension of disbelief. But the Lee Weeks artwork makes up for that.
And really all I did was a quick Google search re: the jury duty thing. Had to satisfy my curiosity.