Showing posts with label Ed Brubaker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ed Brubaker. Show all posts

Monday, August 11, 2003

Batman – The Man Who Laughs | Comics

The citizens of Gotham City are being murdered without an explanation by a mysterious maniac, each time leaving a ghastly grin on the faces of his victims. Captain James Gordon and other officers are investigating these murders in a warehouse full of corpses and Batman soon enters the scene working side by side with Gotham's law enforcement.

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Batman – The Man Who Laughs | Comics

The Arkham Asylum for the criminally insane is about to reopen again and while reporting the news on TV, a reporter faces the similar fate as the warehouse victims, laughing with the same grin on her face and the killer then threatens to kill the millionaires of Gotham City. He starts his killing spree by threatening and afterwards killing Henry Claridge with his face turning pale white by making him laugh to his death.

In spite of the best efforts Captain Gordon and his team has put to save him, he dies anyway. Batman too came to save Claridge but he successfully tracks down the mysterious killer who is reveled to be none other than the psychotic Clown Prince of Crime, who goes by the name of The Joker, an adversary who would become Batman's greatest enemy for life and an agent of chaos for Gotham City.

Next up, The Joker stages a break-out at Williams Medical Center but Batman's timely arrival had stopped the inmates from doing anything serious, yet Joker managed to kill Jay W. Wilde, whom he threatened to kill earlier. As his rampage subsequently terrorizes Gotham, soon the murderous clown has declared to murder the famous billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne.

For more information on Batman – The Man Who Laughs one-shot you can check out these links below.

Batman – The Man Who Laughs (Comics) Wikipedia

Batman – The Man Who Laughs (Comics) DC Wikia

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The Mirthful Menace

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Batman – The Man Who Laughs (Softcover)

Batman – The Man Who Laughs (Hardcover)

The Man Who Laughs is a one-shot comic-book issue that features the popular DC Comics character, Batman and his arch nemesis The Joker. This story is a new approach into the early encounters between Batman and The Joker, following the "Batman – Year One" story arc by Frank Miller (The Dark Knight ReturnsThe Dark Knight Strikes Again) where The Dark Knight started his career of vigilantism on Gotham City, that led The Joker down the path to his insanity (Batman – The Killing Joke) and for which he also held Batman responsible.

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That Smiley Face

This issue was written by writer Ed Brubaker (Batman – Gotham Noir, Batman – Turning Points) and the fine finishes were delivered by artist Doug Mahnke (Final Crisis, Justice League Elite). This one also features a side story titled "Made of Wood" which is from the issues #784–786 of the Detective Comics monthly ongoing.
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Sunday, August 3, 2003

Deadshot | Comics

Before he got the claim to fame of being the world's deadliest marksman and before he got enlisted into the secret government project called Task Force X, Floyd Lawton belonged to a rich family and they had family issues that got his father paralyzed and brother killed for his mother and made him leave the house. Lawton seeks assistance of the professional assassin David Cain; who happens to be the trainer of The Dark Knight and father of Cassandra Cain/Batgirl, to hone in marksmanship skills.

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Deadshot | Comics

When Batman and Robin went on a vacation, he took the alias Deadshot and started operating in Gotham City as a vigilante wearing a domino mask and tuxedo. He and Batman have a confrontation that ends up Lawton in jail and changed him into a hardened person. After breaking out of prison years later with a red suit and wrist-mounted guns (during Strange Apparitions) Deadshot starts antagonizing Batman again.

He was later defeated by The Flash and eventually teams up with one of his villains; Captain Boomerang and became one of the forming members of Suicide Squad by Amanda Waller during “Legends”. He grew a death wish for himself but fought against the Jihad and ignored Darkseid's Female Furies invading Belle Reve. Deadshot and Captain Boomerang barely made it out alive from the Manhunters they were sent to kill during Millennium. He was quite instrumental through Nightshade Odyssey, took care of some vigilante business with Green Arrow as well as become a part of General Rock's Suicide Squad.

For more information on Deadshot comics series, you can check out these links below.

Deadshot (Comics) Wikipedia

Deadshot (Comics) DC Wikia

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The Human Arsenal
Here is your links to buy "Deadshot” comics from DC Comics on Amazon.

History of the DC Universe

Legends

Suicide Squad Vol 01 – Trial By Fire

Millennium

Suicide Squad Vol 02 – Nightshade Odyssey

Deadshot – Beginnings

Invasion!

Suicide Squad – The Phoenix Gambit

Underworld Unleashed

Batman by Ed Brubaker Vol 01

Deadshot – Bulletproof

Suicide Squad – From the Ashes

Countdown to Infinite Crisis – Villains United

JLA – Salvation Run

Secret Six – Six Degrees of Devastation

Secret Six – Unhinged

Debuted on June, 1950, in the pages of Batman #59, Floyd Lawton AKA Deadshot was created as a villain for The Dark Knight by Bob Kane, David Vern Reed and Lew Sayre Schwartz for DC Comics. But in later years, the role of Deadshot has changed into a super-villain to an anti-hero status. Some of the notable stories featuring the character are Deadshot – Beginnings, Suicide Squad – The Phoenix Gambit, Underworld Unleashed, Batman – War Games, Deadshot – Urban Renewal, Villains United, JLA – Salvation Run, Batman – Cacophony and Secret Six – Unhinged.

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The Man Who Replaced Batman

Just like many of the other characters of the DC Universe after “Flashpoint”, Deadshot received an altered setting for himself in The New 52 timeline and also became a part of the Suicide Squad of the Prime Earth. Deadshot is portrayed in the film by actor Will Smith in the 2016 movie Suicide Squad.
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Saturday, June 28, 2003

Daredevil | Comics

Matt Murdock grew up in Hell's Kitchen and was destined to become the blind superhero Daredevil, the Man Without Fear.

Mathew Murdock was the son of Jonathan "Battling Jack" Murdock, who used to be a prize-fighting boxer living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York. Unlike the other kids, Matt was busier in studying rather than playing around with other kids.

This often caused him to be taunted and bullied by the kids that led him to take out his frustrations in his father's gym training. One day, while trying to save a blind man from getting under a speeding truck, Matt was accidentally exposed to radioactive hazard from the truck that spilled in his face and later it rendered him blind.

The Man Without Fear
During his time in hospital, Matt realized that he has lost his vision but his hearing and smelling senses have been amped up on uncanny level. Though everyone around him used to take pity on him, he was being eyed by ninja master Stick for a while.

With a purpose in mind, Stick approaches him for training and using his newly gained super enhanced senses, Matt became pretty good at doing things that no blind man can do, including target practice with impeccable accuracy. Later, his father was murdered by "The Fixer" and his henchmen for not going down in a match.

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Daredevil | Comics

He chased them down all and one by one took them down before one of his chases has led him to a brothel, where he accidentally pushed a girl out of window. After this, Stick abandoned him for his lack of discipline and control over his emotions. A year later, he went to college to study law and befriended fellow freshman Foggy Nelson.

There, he came across Elektra and quickly fell in love only for her to leave him shortly and break his heart. Meanwhile, Hell's Kitchen saw a new villain named Wilson Fisk to rise in power and would become the Kingpin of crime who controls every major crime there. Matt would eventually come back to his old place without knowing this.

He befriended a young girl named Mickey at his father's gym and would confront a lieutenant of Kingpin named Larks after going against an entire mob, effectively shutting down the ring and debuting as vigilante hero Daredevil. He would later start practicing law with Foggy Nelson in their own law-firm named Nelson and Murdock.

When Karen Page flew off from New York to pursue an acting career, she ended up becoming a junkie and pornstar. For a shot of heroin she even sold out the secret identity of the superhero Daredevil, who is also her former lover Matt Murdock. This information reaches to the Kingpin of crime and he used this to destroy the life of his enemy.

Matt loses his job, framed for a case to tip off a witness, his girlfriend left him and finally, his house blew up in front of him. When he couldn't take it anymore and decided to face Wilson Fisk after figuring out the details. It caused him to get beat down heavily and he survived with an inch of his life before Sister Maggie came to his rescue.

Hell-bent on killing his arch-rival, the lord of crime then hires a deranged psychopath to kill his friend Foggy Nelson wearing a Daredevil suit but Matt stopped it from happening. Then he released super soldier Nuke on Hell's Kitchen neighborhood to wreck havoc, which brought in Captain America and The Avengers into the scene.

For more information on Daredevil comics series, you can check out these links below.

Daredevil (Comics) Wikipedia


Daredevil (Comics) Marvel Wikia



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A Fearless Guardian Devil

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Daredevil – The Man Without Fear (Softcover)


Daredevil – The Man Without Fear (Hardcover)


Daredevil – Yellow (Softcover)


Daredevil – Yellow (Hardcover)


Daredevil is a popular fictional Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee, Bill Everett and Jack Kirby in 1964 that became a monthly ongoing series. During the first volume run of the series writers like Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman (Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC Universe Online – Legends), Frank Miller (300, Sin City),worked along with artist Bill Everett, John Romita Sr., John Romita Jr. (Kick-Ass, World War Hulk), Gene Colan, Klaus Janson, David Mazzucchelli (Batman – Year One, Daredevil – Born Again) and Lee Weeks (Daredevil – Dark Nights, Incredible Hulk).

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Early Years of Crime-Fighting

The character and its respective ongoing series has produced many limited series and spin-offs in the following years of its run. The character was portrayed in silver screen in 2003 in a live-action film titled 'Daredevil' by actor Ben Affleck along with other featuring characters from the franchise. As part of the bigger Marvel Cinematic Universe, the character was adapted on a live-action TV show 'Marvel's Daredevil' for Netflix on 2015 and will also be reprised in 'The Defenders' on 2017.
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