![]() ![]() ![]() That, to me, is a very, very bad thing indeed. The one person who even mentioned it didn't seem to think that was nearly as bad as Frank Miller's legacy being tarnished. I've even seen one whole column complaining about how Kevin Smith has besmirched the reputation and proud legacy of Frank Miller by writing a Batman story with sexual innuendo and crude humor, by revealing that Batman wet his pants after a pivotal scene in Batman: Year One after a too-hot flash bomb went off too close to "The Bat Pole".Īnd nobody - NOBODY - has complained about a smart, funny female character being killed off (or fatally wounded) for no readily apparent reason other than to milk the drama and drag Bruce Wayne back into the dark. I've seen a few angry comments about Kevin Smith paying homage to/"ripping off" Alan Moore, with the above flower scene and the nod at Swamp Thing. I've heard one voice raised in anger raised about the suggestion that Alfred might be gay. But so far nobody, apart from myself, seems to have even noticed - or indeed - cared about Silver St. I feared that Silver's apparent Fridging was the last act of a desperate writer or editor hoping to shock the readers into paying attention. Now, having read the commentary of many another critic, I find myself depressed for another reason. I suppose it is too much to hope that - even today - we could have a storyline in which superheroes are allowed to enjoy themselves, if only for a little while before the blood of The Dark Age tarnishes the Bronze. When I first read this book yesterday, I was horribly depressed by this scene. ![]()
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