And once he gets them all the reward isn’t even that great. At least go the metal gear solid route and provide a stealth device that makes you invisible.
The money in the belt reminds me of how main timeline batman actually carries candies in his utility belt to help calm down children who've witnessed crimes or who are victims of it.
Street-level Batman stories are always my favorite DC material. The gritty, realistic touch always gives us such phenomenal stories. Thank you for covering this! I'm loving it!
The reason modern bay man books are not as good as the classics are they keep trying to make him on the lvl of Superman and wonder woman. And he’s not. It’s the same with Spider-Man. He is best used as a street lvl hero dealing with every day issues.
Not making the Earth One comics more mainstream and continuing them was a loss DC will never recover from because ALL of them are so good it legit makes no damn sense. We DESERVE more of these Earth One stories. I'd do anything to get more and more of them
@@NoFace-ke9pc they were on the right track if you’ve read them all. They were fleshin tf out. Beautifully. Making changes that were seriously interesting and could stand on its own! Depresses me every time I go to Wikipedia to see if there’s any updates. Not giving up hope but damn I wish they’d just do it. Some amazing stories could be told if they just keep them going
it's a really cool metatextual reference if you know the biology behind it! Crocodiles will commonly lounge with their mouths open outside of spooky dracula castles and allow the bats to land in their mouths and clean their teeth with little brushes. 90% of the time this ends with the bat getting eaten and the crocodile contracting rabies, and I think that was referenced in the moment where Killer Croc accidentally swallows Damien and Alfred has to pump his stomach; bats do often carry rabies! as a biology nerd i love this arc :)
@@robbvanderberry You are thinking of birds cleaning the teeth of crocodiles, bat's don't do that, specially because crocodiles do not bask at night, and as such, there isn't an opportunity to eat the residual meat from their teeth. Also, reptiles cannot acquire rabies, rabies is a disease that only affects placental mammals.
"Colorado State Patrol said Tuesday that 40-year-old Benny Potter, a popular UA-cam personality and Colorado resident, was the victim of a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 near Fort Collins. The crash happened Saturday, June 8, at about 9:19 a.m. on southbound I-25 near milepost 267.5" My condolences to his wife and family 😞
@@notanimportantperson Short answer: It means there isn't much difference between Batman and The Question if you remove the things that make Batman what he is. Extended for clarity: This whole idea of "plot armor" was born from people's unreasonable expectations of what comics are spposed to be. So what if Batman does "impossible" feats that his character shouldn't be able to do? That's what makes him Batman. Take that away and he's just another Sherlock Holmes archetype like The Question. I don't wanna see him get destroyed by gods simply because "hey he's human and they're gods so they're more powerful than him". I wanna see some imaginative, ingenious, clever idea that a writer can come up with to beat those odds. Something totally out of left field that you never saw coming. But most of you guys hate that because you are tooooo fixated on "power levels".
@@Abdullah-rx2xq to be fair, what strikes fear in the heart of the enemies more than a green dude with sharp teeth named "killer croc" pullin' up to stop your robbery
Thanks for covering these Rob. Great stuff. Johns' has done so many great things that this line of stories often gets forgotten about. DC didn't do the best job promoting this line and keeping it going. It really is one the greatest Batman stories ever. Art is phenomenal as well. I love the twists and turns, and the bigger commitment to grounding this in the real world as much as possible. My favorite thing is having Killer Croc become part of the Bat-Family. That blew me away when it happened. Bruce goes out as the street level vigilante/detective, Alfred mans the Bat-Cave providing assistance from afar, and Croc is the one scouring the sewers and providing heavy muscle when needed. I love it! Take care and peace everyone.
Harvey Bullock descending from a beautiful celebrity into who he is in BTAS is the kind of tragedy that makes the Batman franchise work when it's at its best. The Clock King, Killer Croc, Baby Doll, Two Face, Clay Face, Mr. Freeze, etc all had tragic backstories that nudged them into becoming villains and supervillains. Bullock just didn't have the fantastic circumstances or genius that transformed the rest into villains. Throughout the time we see him, he is dying a hero, just very, very slowly and in a self-inflicted, para-suicidal way. It's really good writing.
Mine was: He escaped because someone on the inside let him out. All of the answers work though. That's the thing about the riddlers riddles. There are multiple answers but he's only looking for the one he's personally thought of.
16:45 I really like that part : Riddler talking about questions that he doesn't want answers to and you talking about 'the reality here, in the city of Gotham'. The middle panel shows that Magritte's exposition is in Gotham. Magritte is a surrealist. He paints about another perception of reality and creates illusions. Many people have tried to probe his psyche and, yet, he basically said he just paints things that way because he feels they're nice that way. So, in a way, Riddler asks questions to random strangers and people in general ask questions about the deep meaning they think they should find in Magritte's works. But Riddler doesn't want answers and Magritte says there's no deep answer to seek. And you talk about 'the reality here', despite the fact that Magritte is a master of surrealism and his most famous work of art has to be the famous 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' ('This is not a pipe'), from the 'La trahison des images' series ('The treason of images') : he's basically drawing a pipe and saying it's not the actual 'reality'. Oh, and the bowler hat ? That's Magritte and Riddler.
The scariest type of villain is one who supposedly has their rules but doesn't play by their own rules and rigs the game for whatever their purpose is (or lack of a purpose). Great video.
The answer to the second riddle was White Paint, for anyone that's curious. The answer to the last one is likely the prisoner had the key. Love the twist with this Riddler tho. Love the twist with all the villains in this AU.
3:49 Riddler...Jesus. How long were you holding it in to "make" a question mark that big? Sicko. Still, he didn't hide a bunch of trophies that needed to be found. So he's not a complete menace.
Oh boy you are in for a very long and very fun ride lol! Welcome to the family and make sure to check out his beyond omega level videos while your'e watching his full story playlists.
I’ve been watching your channel for YEARS. Never really into comics but Batman was always my favorite. I seriously am gonna go out and buy and follow this run. The art, the twists…it’s a masterpiece
@@BuildinWingsimagine Batman’s thought process. Stepping down a manhole ladder in a 300 million dollar bat suit with a plate of cookies or something for Grundy and Croc. Dude belongs in Arkham.
@@TechKnightJ maybe yes but Batman is just a good guy for that croc is a victim and I love how they portray him in this series he’s perceived by people as a monster but his whole life he wanted to be human but couldn’t because of his appearance
I do enjoy the over the top almost superhuman prime earth Batman but it’s just something about a grounded, realistic Batman that hits different. I especially like the Batman: Earth One comics because he’s literally just a dude fighting crime and not unstoppable
I haven’t noticed this in the comments yet but when Batman enters the Riddler’s den and asks him why he’s doing what he’s done the Riddler replies “I’m asking questions that I don’t want answers to.” And looking back after the train bombing, Batman answers correctly but again the Riddler doesn’t care. He flat out told Batman that his actions aren’t determined by if you answer correctly or not, he’s trying to send a message to the city and to Batman as well.
i love how transparent your ethusiasm is in these videos - it shows how passionate you are and it makes me excited hearing you get excited haha. "its AMAZING ____" hahahaha
@@chadmcbrok701 the rails on the elevator would jam on the way up if carrying a load... so you would have to send it up without a load from the twentieth floor.
I didn't read through enough of the comments to see if any one else mentioned it, but Renè Magritte was a real artist who held more to the surrealist, Dadaist point of view. As an example, one of his most famous works is a painting of a pipe, under which is written "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", because of course it's not a pipe, it's a painting. That's why the answer of "white paint" to the museum question was so funny, because they look at paintings to feel important, but suddenly forget about paint when it's actually important.
I love the story but the "it says he needs body armor" is so stupid to me. A stray bullet doesnt have a targe but can kill you, BatMan most definitely would wear armor. My favorite suit is Arkham Origins suit. Or New 52
10:40 That's a good point, and it parallels well with other 'vigilante heroes,' such as V. "Beneath this mask, there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask, there is an idea, Mr Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof!"
riddler: acts like a horrible person and kills a bunch of people on the train despite batman being right comics explained: I LOVE THIS PART OF THE COMIC! THIS IS SO GOOD! I LOVE THIS PART! :D
I might be in the minority but I really like the idea of Croc being a chaotic neutral in the sewer. Some get his respect and some won’t. But I always love the interactions between bats and croc. The teasing of “I’ll eat you eventually” mixed with croc being an extra set of eyes for Bruce is well done. And their relationship makes more sense now that croc is essentially a “team member” of Batman
Don't get me wrong for years there's actually some people in DC Comics that we know that Batman has a true fear of some villains fail safe and The Riddler
Thanks for showing this content. I haven't followed comics very closely in several years, so this all slipped under the radar. Very good story and commentary.
I like to think that Killer Croc was just as shocked to see some guy in a Batsuit walking around down there, attacks him like he does anyone else, and realizes bro is him and needs to learn more.That internal dialogue would be hilarious.
The War of Jokes & Riddles is my favorite Riddler story. When you see what his actual motive was, and what he put an entire city through just to achieve it, and how little Batman could do to stop any of it? It puts respect on the name Nigma.
This whole story reminds me of a different Riddler quote from way back: "Answer right and everything will be, a Flight! Answer wrong....and I'm afraid the travelers of Gotham airport will be singing, their last song." If you know, you know.
I just réalisée. It has been so long since I've though about how the riddler was translated in French. But when looking at that art piece I was like "and I bet it's called the sphynx.... Wait that's not how he is called.... Hooo its the sphinx in French". The sphinx is such a cool name for that character. I would love to see a movie where he uses a few different nicknames to pass as different people or something.
Honestly, I've always thought that the Riddler was soft, softer than "Don't squeeze the Charmin" toilet paper. But after seeing this video, I've gained a lot more respect for him Keep up the great work Rob. I've been following you since your very first video [Scarlet Witch 2015] and you've really helped me get thru some dark times in my life, and I just wanted to say thank you. I'm here for everything you do, no matter what! Quick question for you, any chance of you bringing back your VS series, what about To Powerful for Marvel Movies? Both of those series were truly OP AF! If you do decide to bring them back, how about expanding the series to include teams that are too powerful for the MCU. There are two teams that are so OP, that they're just BROKEN! They are The Annihilators and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard
At least one comic had Alfred serving in WWII as a British special forces medic. It was only when he left the military he took up the family tradition serving as butlers to the upper echelon of wealth. FWIW a full time live in butler makes some serious money. They are after all head of the household staff.
Riddler is the type of man that distracts batman with collectibles and riddler trophies.
And once he gets them all the reward isn’t even that great. At least go the metal gear solid route and provide a stealth device that makes you invisible.
@@comics_explainedHey Rob how are you doing today?
Arkham city was wild
@@comics_explainedYou've probably gotten this countless times but, none regardless I just want to say that I love your vids bro.
@@comics_explained That's a fancy way to say cardboard box 😂
The money in the belt reminds me of how main timeline batman actually carries candies in his utility belt to help calm down children who've witnessed crimes or who are victims of it.
Batman also gives autographs to kids.
Iirc that's a very minor part of Batman Year One, when he's first preparing to go out as Batman and he's like "yup, I thought of everything"
And sometimes when he needs a little snacky snack on patrol
He even carries his bat-credit-card sometimes
A BAT CREDIT CARD!!!@@xuanathan
Street-level Batman stories are always my favorite DC material. The gritty, realistic touch always gives us such phenomenal stories.
Thank you for covering this! I'm loving it!
Hate it when they get the justice league the involved and now batman is fighting killer moth on Jupiter's core or some BS.
The reason modern bay man books are not as good as the classics are they keep trying to make him on the lvl of Superman and wonder woman. And he’s not.
It’s the same with Spider-Man. He is best used as a street lvl hero dealing with every day issues.
I read the title as “the only thing batman fears” and I immediately said to myself therapy
Batman vs TheRapist
He would prepare for hours for each session.
@@joeking3860wtf 💀
uh, career day with your parents
So..... harley quinn?
Not making the Earth One comics more mainstream and continuing them was a loss DC will never recover from because ALL of them are so good it legit makes no damn sense. We DESERVE more of these Earth One stories. I'd do anything to get more and more of them
Because it takes real storytelling and world building. Gotta pay money for all that time and energy.
Yeah and it is not just „I AM BATMAN“
Reminds me of the new ultimate spiderman comics
@@NoFace-ke9pc they were on the right track if you’ve read them all. They were fleshin tf out. Beautifully. Making changes that were seriously interesting and could stand on its own! Depresses me every time I go to Wikipedia to see if there’s any updates. Not giving up hope but damn I wish they’d just do it. Some amazing stories could be told if they just keep them going
We don't deserve anything.
The Jizzler is a menace
Woah
No diddy bro
@@Supreme0757 He needs to stop.
Jizzler vs Man vs Jonkler O_O
I feel personally attacked.
Killer Croc joining the Bat family actually had me saying "WHAT?!?" out loud. Dope. Dope dope dope
To me it is amazing 👏
it's a really cool metatextual reference if you know the biology behind it! Crocodiles will commonly lounge with their mouths open outside of spooky dracula castles and allow the bats to land in their mouths and clean their teeth with little brushes. 90% of the time this ends with the bat getting eaten and the crocodile contracting rabies, and I think that was referenced in the moment where Killer Croc accidentally swallows Damien and Alfred has to pump his stomach; bats do often carry rabies! as a biology nerd i love this arc :)
@@robbvanderberry no. You are thinking of birds cleaning croc teeth. Crocs don't live near "dracula castles".
@@robbvanderberry You are thinking of birds cleaning the teeth of crocodiles, bat's don't do that, specially because crocodiles do not bask at night, and as such, there isn't an opportunity to eat the residual meat from their teeth. Also, reptiles cannot acquire rabies, rabies is a disease that only affects placental mammals.
@@nenakarra2579 well if i was dracula i would definitely have a few crocs in my moat
Batman: Answers riddle
Riddler: And I took that personally
“Who’s gonna mug Batman?”, thus Mugman was born☕️
You made the devil happy.
Mugman, Batman! Mugman, Batman! Mugman, Batman! Mugman, Batman!
Im still thinking of Comicstorian man...My condolences to his family.
Wait what happened???
@@josephdevita2938RIP, accident
Yeah, May He Rest In Peace 🌺
"Colorado State Patrol said Tuesday that 40-year-old Benny Potter, a popular UA-cam personality and Colorado resident, was the victim of a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 near Fort Collins. The crash happened Saturday, June 8, at about 9:19 a.m. on southbound I-25 near milepost 267.5"
My condolences to his wife and family 😞
85 years of Batman stories and the gritty down to earth dramas along with exceptional artwork never gets old.
Pretty cool to see bats actually failing and having to deal with the consequences instead of having plot armor for days
He's pointless. May as well just redesign "The Question" into a ninja.
@@hugejackedman3447cope
@hugejackedman3447 what does that even mean
@@notanimportantperson Short answer: It means there isn't much difference between Batman and The Question if you remove the things that make Batman what he is.
Extended for clarity:
This whole idea of "plot armor" was born from people's unreasonable expectations of what comics are spposed to be. So what if Batman does "impossible" feats that his character shouldn't be able to do? That's what makes him Batman. Take that away and he's just another Sherlock Holmes archetype like The Question.
I don't wanna see him get destroyed by gods simply because "hey he's human and they're gods so they're more powerful than him". I wanna see some imaginative, ingenious, clever idea that a writer can come up with to beat those odds. Something totally out of left field that you never saw coming. But most of you guys hate that because you are tooooo fixated on "power levels".
This is the Batman y'all wish was in vs matches basically nerfed and fodder which isn't the case makes for fresh story though
Pov : A kid just died in the explosion
Rob : i love this story 😂
Indeed. 😐😐
Killer croc as part of the batfamily, what a cool concept
Killer croc would actually make a really good sidekick ngl
@@Kaprosuchus-99 still sounds like a bad guy name tho maybe reformedcroc or turnoveranewleafcroc
@@Abdullah-rx2xq to be fair, what strikes fear in the heart of the enemies more than a green dude with sharp teeth named "killer croc" pullin' up to stop your robbery
Mild Crocodile
Gatoraid
Thanks for covering these Rob. Great stuff. Johns' has done so many great things that this line of stories often gets forgotten about. DC didn't do the best job promoting this line and keeping it going. It really is one the greatest Batman stories ever. Art is phenomenal as well. I love the twists and turns, and the bigger commitment to grounding this in the real world as much as possible. My favorite thing is having Killer Croc become part of the Bat-Family. That blew me away when it happened. Bruce goes out as the street level vigilante/detective, Alfred mans the Bat-Cave providing assistance from afar, and Croc is the one scouring the sewers and providing heavy muscle when needed. I love it! Take care and peace everyone.
Harvey Bullock descending from a beautiful celebrity into who he is in BTAS is the kind of tragedy that makes the Batman franchise work when it's at its best. The Clock King, Killer Croc, Baby Doll, Two Face, Clay Face, Mr. Freeze, etc all had tragic backstories that nudged them into becoming villains and supervillains. Bullock just didn't have the fantastic circumstances or genius that transformed the rest into villains. Throughout the time we see him, he is dying a hero, just very, very slowly and in a self-inflicted, para-suicidal way. It's really good writing.
The last riddle answer is the door isn't locked.
I was going to say the door was 5 inches of solid steel...tall and he stepped over.
Yours was better lol.
@@Durmomo0 lol
my answer was that he stabbed himself w/ the steel so he died to escape the jail
Mine was: He escaped because someone on the inside let him out.
All of the answers work though.
That's the thing about the riddlers riddles.
There are multiple answers but he's only looking for the one he's personally thought of.
That was what I decided on, but the museum riddle has me baffled.
16:45 I really like that part : Riddler talking about questions that he doesn't want answers to and you talking about 'the reality here, in the city of Gotham'. The middle panel shows that Magritte's exposition is in Gotham. Magritte is a surrealist. He paints about another perception of reality and creates illusions. Many people have tried to probe his psyche and, yet, he basically said he just paints things that way because he feels they're nice that way. So, in a way, Riddler asks questions to random strangers and people in general ask questions about the deep meaning they think they should find in Magritte's works. But Riddler doesn't want answers and Magritte says there's no deep answer to seek. And you talk about 'the reality here', despite the fact that Magritte is a master of surrealism and his most famous work of art has to be the famous 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' ('This is not a pipe'), from the 'La trahison des images' series ('The treason of images') : he's basically drawing a pipe and saying it's not the actual 'reality'. Oh, and the bowler hat ? That's Magritte and Riddler.
Personally, I like "The Listening Room." It's just funny to me.
Im glad Earth One getting recognition! Its not talked about enough
That riddle , I would've died
@@pbsuite 95% of Riddler puzzles would have me 6 Feet Under. I'm not clever enough or patient enough
Yeah
I never heard of this one and I gotta say the artwork is fantastic. Beautiful job from some talented people.
The scariest type of villain is one who supposedly has their rules but doesn't play by their own rules and rigs the game for whatever their purpose is (or lack of a purpose). Great video.
Batman carries a Bat-Wallet incase he crashes into someone's balcony and accidentally ruins their pots.
Or needs to buy coffee.
A BAT CREDIT CAAAARD
Said Bat Wallet is black and yellow.
Train full of people gets blown up.
"This is amazing! God, i love this so much!"
0:15 am I the only one that thinks that guy looks like Gilbert Gottfried?
Now I can't unsee it...
Sweaty money is invaluable: you break something you pay for it. The shadowrun game teaches you this - make a mistake, you pay.
Five hundred nuyen covered a multitude of sins.
The answer to the second riddle was White Paint, for anyone that's curious. The answer to the last one is likely the prisoner had the key. Love the twist with this Riddler tho. Love the twist with all the villains in this AU.
The answer to the last one is that the door was open or unlocked.
3:49 Riddler...Jesus. How long were you holding it in to "make" a question mark that big? Sicko. Still, he didn't hide a bunch of trophies that needed to be found. So he's not a complete menace.
Ay one picture of Harley w no makeup does the trick for me
Imagine if he did that 😂
Gary Frank is an artistic monster, has been for decades. One of the greats!
I loved Gary Frank's work on "THE INCREDIBLE HULK" during the "PROFESSOR HULK" series EXCELLENT!!
Dude, I found your channel yesterday and have watched so many of your videos. You are so cool, man. Keep it up.
Oh boy you are in for a very long and very fun ride lol! Welcome to the family and make sure to check out his beyond omega level videos while your'e watching his full story playlists.
I wish I could go back and watch his videos for the first time lol. You are lucky my friend
I’ve been watching your channel for YEARS. Never really into comics but Batman was always my favorite. I seriously am gonna go out and buy and follow this run. The art, the twists…it’s a masterpiece
Please do vol 3! I’m hooked
I like that Batman leaves a nice dinner for Croc on a holiday
He does it for Grundy, too.
@@BuildinWingsimagine Batman’s thought process. Stepping down a manhole ladder in a 300 million dollar bat suit with a plate of cookies or something for Grundy and Croc. Dude belongs in Arkham.
@@TechKnightJ maybe yes but Batman is just a good guy for that croc is a victim and I love how they portray him in this series he’s perceived by people as a monster but his whole life he wanted to be human but couldn’t because of his appearance
@@Jeezlouis78 Croc eats people.
@@TechKnightJHe's just a little peckish
I do enjoy the over the top almost superhuman prime earth Batman but it’s just something about a grounded, realistic Batman that hits different. I especially like the Batman: Earth One comics because he’s literally just a dude fighting crime and not unstoppable
I haven’t noticed this in the comments yet but when Batman enters the Riddler’s den and asks him why he’s doing what he’s done the Riddler replies “I’m asking questions that I don’t want answers to.” And looking back after the train bombing, Batman answers correctly but again the Riddler doesn’t care. He flat out told Batman that his actions aren’t determined by if you answer correctly or not, he’s trying to send a message to the city and to Batman as well.
Love these Batman videos, i can appreciate these stories even more through your explanations, please make more!
i love how transparent your ethusiasm is in these videos - it shows how passionate you are and it makes me excited hearing you get excited haha. "its AMAZING ____" hahahaha
"the elevator was broken" is a better answer than "he wasn't tall enough to press the button."
For real lol, what a lame riddle!
Well then how’d he get to the twelfth floor
@@chadmcbrok701 the rails on the elevator would jam on the way up if carrying a load... so you would have to send it up without a load from the twentieth floor.
I thought it was "The man was too heavy"
If the elevator was broken they would have closed it completely
This Batman comic is just amazing. Seriously one of the best Batman comics I have ever read.
I'm now googling the answer to the riddles...
The first one is the elevator rider is a dwarf. He's tall enough to press G, on the lowest row of buttons, but can't reach his floor's button.
The second one is white paint. All paints "smell and pour" the same, so it looks like what ever color the van is, which is white
I didn't read through enough of the comments to see if any one else mentioned it, but Renè Magritte was a real artist who held more to the surrealist, Dadaist point of view.
As an example, one of his most famous works is a painting of a pipe, under which is written "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", because of course it's not a pipe, it's a painting.
That's why the answer of "white paint" to the museum question was so funny, because they look at paintings to feel important, but suddenly forget about paint when it's actually important.
I love the story but the "it says he needs body armor" is so stupid to me. A stray bullet doesnt have a targe but can kill you, BatMan most definitely would wear armor. My favorite suit is Arkham Origins suit. Or New 52
10:40 That's a good point, and it parallels well with other 'vigilante heroes,' such as V. "Beneath this mask, there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask, there is an idea, Mr Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof!"
14:38
Yep... gotta look out for that killer clock...
riddler: acts like a horrible person and kills a bunch of people on the train despite batman being right
comics explained: I LOVE THIS PART OF THE COMIC! THIS IS SO GOOD! I LOVE THIS PART! :D
I might be in the minority but I really like the idea of Croc being a chaotic neutral in the sewer. Some get his respect and some won’t. But I always love the interactions between bats and croc. The teasing of “I’ll eat you eventually” mixed with croc being an extra set of eyes for Bruce is well done. And their relationship makes more sense now that croc is essentially a “team member” of Batman
I was playing Batman Arkham Knight collecting all the Riddler trophies while watching this video, so it's pretty crazy actually.
20:07 If that came off as odd for Rob to say, bear in mind, Rob LOVES Comic villain's lol
❤ still thinking of you guys. Always here to support.
This series is amazing. Thank you bro!
The energy of this presentation was 10/10. ngl.
Getting 'Die Hard With a Vengeance' vibes off the train bombing...
Thanks for covering this line of stories
Loving this series so far
This is the grounded batman story I was looking for! love it.
Man I love the way they portrayed every character
Love this dudes passion and telling us what he loves as he tells the story 🫡
Stay strong bro love you’re work thanks for releasing this
this is definitely one of my favorite comics now really awesome stuff
I love the way you break down these stories. Enthusiastic, and the information is digestible. Love your channel bro.
Love this run bro! I love when they do a more gothic, realistic version of Batman
Bruh!!! Alfred slapping fire outta Batmans face is hilarious 🤣🤣
Btw the second victim, the one in the museum, Jack Drake - pretty sure that's Tim Drake's grandfather.
I feel so bad for Harvey (Bullock) ☹️
This is coming together really nicely. I'm enjoying this run
Batman’s greatest villain is Bruce Wayne.
Well said
wow so many twists and turns i love it
28:46 this panel is a hell of a tease for the idea of her being two-face instead of harvey.
Ayo Rob, Keep Doing These!! This Story is Dope & I am LOCKED IN!😂
Don't get me wrong for years there's actually some people in DC Comics that we know that Batman has a true fear of some villains fail safe and The Riddler
Thanks for showing this content. I haven't followed comics very closely in several years, so this all slipped under the radar. Very good story and commentary.
If the Joker was obsessed with game shows.
the excitement in your voice during the Train section just brings a smile to my face
"Well well, so the shaved monkey has failed........how utterly, UTTERLY expected"
I like to think that Killer Croc was just as shocked to see some guy in a Batsuit walking around down there, attacks him like he does anyone else, and realizes bro is him and needs to learn more.That internal dialogue would be hilarious.
The War of Jokes & Riddles is my favorite Riddler story. When you see what his actual motive was, and what he put an entire city through just to achieve it, and how little Batman could do to stop any of it? It puts respect on the name Nigma.
Nygma was also the only person to ever successfully double-cross Amanda Waller.
I love this story!!
Thanks, man, for covering this .
🤘🏻😊
This whole story reminds me of a different Riddler quote from way back: "Answer right and everything will be, a Flight! Answer wrong....and I'm afraid the travelers of Gotham airport will be singing, their last song." If you know, you know.
Ok Batman actually teaming up with Killer Croc was a twist I didn't see coming
please cover green lantern earth one next 🙏
This is actually a great story!! Thanks rob
What’s black and blue and dead all over?
29:45 Holy shit that was a great way to introduce catwoman!
I just réalisée. It has been so long since I've though about how the riddler was translated in French.
But when looking at that art piece I was like "and I bet it's called the sphynx.... Wait that's not how he is called.... Hooo its the sphinx in French".
The sphinx is such a cool name for that character. I would love to see a movie where he uses a few different nicknames to pass as different people or something.
We need more multiverse stories from Rob
agreed
Really enjoying earth two so far. Great buildups 😁😁
the Riddler fights to *win*. Every time is him trying to prove he’s smarter than Batman
Didn't expect this till next week, you a gem CE
I love the passion energy you put out in this videos
I'm not like a crazy fan or anything but scarecrow really scares him because he shows him all his fears and imperfections
Just discovered this channel and boy oh boy! Makes the work day beautiful
Rob you are the best man, thank you 🤟🏾
Man I love your enthusiasm!
Honestly, I've always thought that the Riddler was soft, softer than "Don't squeeze the Charmin" toilet paper. But after seeing this video, I've gained a lot more respect for him
Keep up the great work Rob. I've been following you since your very first video [Scarlet Witch 2015] and you've really helped me get thru some dark times in my life, and I just wanted to say thank you. I'm here for everything you do, no matter what!
Quick question for you, any chance of you bringing back your VS series, what about To Powerful for Marvel Movies? Both of those series were truly OP AF! If you do decide to bring them back, how about expanding the series to include teams that are too powerful for the MCU. There are two teams that are so OP, that they're just BROKEN!
They are The Annihilators and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard
Very cool introductions of both Catwoman and Killer Croc..
Killer croc getting love is awesome
And it’s a damn shame it took me this long to hear about earth 1
I just love how Rob finds all the parts where people get massacred of beat to a pulp AMAZING 😂😂
This is exactly what the channel needed
This series is awesome and makes my commutes so much better!
every since benny left us iv been watching you thanks man
i love your enthusiasm! really makes me get into the story
At least one comic had Alfred serving in WWII as a British special forces medic. It was only when he left the military he took up the family tradition serving as butlers to the upper echelon of wealth. FWIW a full time live in butler makes some serious money. They are after all head of the household staff.