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Batman enemies with venom9/14/2023 ![]() ![]() He then decides to go after the girl’s kidnappers in his weakened state and once the two goons realise his arm’s damaged, they take advantage of it and overpower him. This sends Bruce into a guilt spiral and the first thing he does when he returns home is guess the weight of the rock - 680 pounds - then try to lift it, failing again, and tearing an arm muscle. ![]() The rock is too heavy, he’s unable to lift it, and the girl dies. He isn’t the worst Batman writer I’ve read but he’s definitely down there as one of the worst and “Batman: Venom” is a disaster.īatman tries to save a little girl from drowning except a giant rock stands in between them. In the hands of Denny O’Neil, Batman is rendered totally out of character and becomes barely readable. So that's why this book is brilliant, for its symbolism and origin of Bane. Batman's failure illustrates just how human he really is, or perhaps how Batman is never without Bruce Wayne, always human, never fully corruptible. But that's not true is it? Because all that juice muddles his brain and he makes mistakes, nearly gets himself killed, nearly becomes a killer, what he promised himself he would never be, or else he's no better than Joe Chill who killed his parents. Yes he gets addicted to the pills, but only because of the power they give him, the supposed infallibility. By that I mean he gives into it 100%, all revenge, all body, no brain, no second guesses. He realizes that he isn't enough, that his balance isn't working. Sissy Porter drowns and Batman fails and is reminded of how he failed his parents. He destroys his enemies, but he doesn't kill them. He's thirsty for revenge, but he protects the people of Gotham and his family. Secondly, it's easy to read into venom as a symbol for corruption, evil, total obsession, psychopathy-everything Batman isn't. This is pure symbolism.įirstly, it's not Vicodin, it's venom, the poison/steroid/super drug that creates Bane, probably Batman's greatest and most underrated foe. This isn't a "what if Batman got addicted to pills" story-that's a shallow reading. ![]()
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