Update: Just heard back from him. He's out of surgery and doing fine. I won't be having to say goodbye any time soon. Thanks for the good vibes though, I appreciate it.
It's actually quite tragic. He is one of the only villains Batman has actually rehabilitated and helped fit back into society. Dude even became a detective working for G.C.P.D. He helps Batman and many others solve crimes in Gotham but later on goes back to his villainous ways thanks to getting hit by a bomb's detonating concussion blast making him insane again. Batman never really feels the same way again and it's a huge blow to him. He saved someone and in the end...it counted for nothing.
Not really amnesia. he fell into a coma for like a year and when he came out of it he felt less insane but continued his criminal ways for a while until this instance in the comic above happened. He realized he needed help. Besides I don't think the point was any of that. I think the point was to show the readers that even though Batman has solid proof that he really cannot make a difference in some cases, his resolve will never falter and he will continue to strive towards a crime free Gotham.
Shiiiit, it's been a while since I read that one. My dad had a collection of Two Face and Riddler stories which I loved as a kid and this was one of the stronger ones by far.
I'm not really a big fan of DC Comics. I liked_ Watchmen_. The source of your page is Batman: Gothman Adventures #11. I'm not sure, I didn't check it, but it looks like you can find it here:
I said Gothman, not Emoman. But I guess for the sake of the joke it can be forgiven. I just hope you do realize, at least theoretically, the difference between these two subcultures.
Both are actually "children" of punk subculture born somewhere in 80s.
Goths simply have a thing for darkness and edginess, they changed punkish " **** the system" to "don't obey the system blindly", because they knew anarchy will never rule the world and if they keep believing it, they'll perish. Punks kinda did, so the goths were right. They're freethinkers first and foremost, however often very elitist. They wear mostly black, sometimes very dark shades of other colors. Their music is actually damn good. Movies like The Crow were inspired by it, which in my opinion makes goth subculture already a good thing.
Emo are, like name implies, more emotionally driven than just "we like dark themes". I can't say much about them, I never actually made any great effort to learn about them. I don't know emo music, so I won't say anything about it. When it comes to fashion, they started to look a bit like goths with more bright colors here and there, like pink or even white, something that pretty much no goth will ever wear. However the picture depicts emo as well. I'd describe emo fashion as "hipsters with anime hairstyles", in not necessarily offensive manner. I'm not aware of anything good related to emo subculture. It doesn't mean there is none.
Or stereotypically speaking, goths are vampires that want to drink your blood, while emo are suicidal teenagers that want someone to drink their blood. But yeah, it's funnier to be unable to tell the difference than study subcultures.
Obviously everything I've written depends on a person. If, let's say, someone wants to be a goth with white hair, he might get disapproval from his peers, but it's entirely possible, I think, to have white hair and be considered goth. Subcultures are nothing more than a group of like-minded people and I wouldn't be surprised if this hypothetical white-haired fellow would get into one goth club, while being politely turned back during attempt to enter another.
I simply enjoy learning stuff. My knowledge about about goths comes from the fact that apparently I'm a goth. I don't consider myself one, however few people said that I'm pretty much one. I did some research and well, they're kinda right. I do wear pretty much only black. I do like dark themes. I am a freethinker. During my research I started to enjoy goth music. Now I just have to dye my hair black, never leave after the dawn and I can consider myself a child of the night. That's a joke.
I think Batman is a large part of the reason people like Harley Quinn and The Riddler will never be able to regain sanity.
If you were insane, and some guy in a costume that's basically invisible in the dark stopped you, you'd want in on the costume super hero/villain thing, too.
I think it was made as a prison for nut jobs not to help but to lock up, but i haven't read a batman comic since batman went toe to toe with the scarecrow in a maze full of thorns.
Not true, half of the villains were rehabilitated at one point, but its easier to recycle old things then make something new, so they immediately become broken again in a year.