Batman: The Dark Knight #16-17 - Atop the Fourth Wall
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2025
- Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this Patreon-sponsored episode, Linkara looks at two issues of Batman: The Dark Knight!
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Originally released April 8th, 2019.
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Perhaps instead of dark knight, he could have gone with dark jet pilot?
#batman #dccomics #atopthefourthwall
You know, I've noticed this over multiple reviews, but Linkara tends to play Batman as a Cloudcookoolander with Alfred as his belligerent assistant.
16:50 Little did we realize, that clone/son that takes his place 50 years from now, is also a power source. A Bat-Terry.
We need more of Alfred playing straight man to Batman’s crazy.
Indeed. It gives me life.
@@knightmarepilot4832
Reminds me of when they did that for the lego batman movie.
Agreed
Oh corse sir
So...every incarnation of Alfred.
The return of Batman’s greatest enemy!
ONE-FACE
As if, his real enemy is rock and roll
I wanna see a universe where one face exists
TAXES- oh, uh... I mean one face.
@@BionicleGio22210 Damnit, you beat me to that reference. XD
@@prince_nocturne TAXES? For rich people in the USA? HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAAAAAAAAAA
I... I am depressed and drunk.
You have been cursed Linkara.
*Wabuu is now a part of you.*
It took me a couple minutes to remember who Wabuu is, but why is he a meme now?
WABUU IS LIFE!
Wrong... Linkara is apart of Wabuu now
You mean Waboku
And it seems not a moment too soon.
6:42 The soda bottles and cans are probably there for target practice. For the toy ray gun that doesn't shoot anything.
Knowing the DC Universe, the moon actually IS on track to collide with the Earth, but no one is the least bit concerned because they've already got Superman on it.
Nope! They called Shazam instead.
@@painvillegaming4119 no they sent batcow
@@doggosho3044 will he jump over the moon, will Ace the bat hound laugh at such fun and most of all, will the dish run away with the spoon?
He pushes the moon back every month. Some theorize it is a living being with intense hatred towards the direction the DC universe is heading in.
Batman must face his greatest enemies:
*ONE-FACE*
*ANCIENT EGYPT*
*POODLES*
*ON-STAR*
IN A ROCK BAND
On-Star was more an ally
@@oliviawilliams6204
Until it made the list on yet another top 15 missed opportunities!
and BEES MY GOD !!!!
@@rosswatkins7998
*A DEADLY BEE WEAPON!!!*
"Oh yeah, here's where I turn around, and you're gone."
"Nope. Still here."
I think I have a new favorite comic book joke.
I've always liked that part of this arc, too bad Linkara didn't find it funny...
You think One-Face is working for Ancient Egypt?
Why One-Face WOULDN'T be working for Ancient Egypt?
BartmanBegins It was a joke.
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 Yeah, I knew it was a joke. And so was my comment.
BartmanBegins Ohh OK.
Ancient Egypt's like Comcast; we all work for them to some extent, we just don't realize it...
I don't care what you say, "bat-a-mining" is an amazing phrase.
The BEST. THING. EVER.
Yes. Natalya will always be a well remembered love interest for Batman, and an integral part of the Batman mythos.
Just like Carlie Cooper to Spider-man.
Or Holly Riddley to Captain America
She was so important to the mythos that she was killed about two issues after the last one in this review.
....
No seriously. She is fridged before the end of this arc. Batman gets totes mad, beats everyone, punches someone so hard that their jaw dislodged from their skull, and then... nothing else. It just kind of stops.
Hey, at least people know who Carlie IS, though not because of any traits she herself possesses.
Dear lord, do I wish to kill the spawn of Mephisto...
@@michaelramon2411 at least she got turned into a goblin and it was fun when she popped up in Spider-Island having fun with spider-powers. At least she wasn't just there to be fridged is what I'm getting at.
0:22 “Most of these comic books are soooooo stu-pid, he he he he he.”
OMG!!
So the last time we looked at Batman: The Dark Knight we were introduced to the new villain The White Rabbit, who was dropped from the book without explanation.
Now that the book has reached an arc involving the Mad Hatter The White Rabbit is nowhere to be seen.
I know the creators didn't have any plans for the character, and development early on in the New Fifty Two was hell, but this seems like a wasted opportunity.
you would think White Rabbit wuld be thought by other writers as "Mad Hatter's henchwoman"
@@ianr.navahuber2195 My first thought was that she could have been Alice from this story and work that reveal in as the big twist. Show that all this time she was leading Batman to a possition to take down the hatter for mistreating her in their past.
I don't know what happens between the Hatter and Alice as is, but given how he behaves, and the fact that D.C. can at times go WAY over the top with "dark and gritty" content, I imagine it's not pleasant.
@@ianr.navahuber2195 Well there is March Herriet, a different White Rabbit themed supervillain / henchwoman.
@@DichterDenkerChaoten
Dammit DC! Why must they do this!?
@@danielramsey6141
Not sure. Maybe the writers weren't thinking that far ahead or maybe editors interfered?
I want to thank Phelous for making the intro possible …by wearing red
What's the story behind that?
@@Malidictus He parodied phelous in the last april fools episode
Darth_ Madara Never said it was a bad color
"Everytime I close my eyes there was a Racoon laughing at me!".....Love that bit lol
I was wondering what the heck that meant thanks for the explain
Wabuu: "Mosht of these reviews are shoooooooo shtuuuupid!"
Batman: "A talking raccoon?! I better give it a Batscan! Then I'll analyze it... with Bat Science!"
Wabuu: "Why don't you shut up! That's the best thing fooooor yooooooou…"
Speaking of which, when Linkara said he heard a racoon laughing, was that a reference to Wabuu?
If I lived in Gotham I’d avoid every single person in a weird looking costume.
Granted I wear quite a few weird looking costumes so I probably wouldn’t be living in gotham
I think Gotham's people gotten used to the constant danger of super villains showing up and wrecking havoc by now. I mean, they have friggin Bat-Burger by now with meals themed after villains like Joker.
Good bye New 52 we hardly knew thee & I wish I could forget thee.
I hear The Flash's new 52 run was good at least. Still I'll never forgive it for what it did to Wonder Woman.
@@JaelinBezel Flash was better than the other 52 books, but they were not has good as the last 10 years before the new 52. The 90's-2010's Flash comics focus mostly on the Flash Family as a group. (Barry, Wally, Jesse Quick, Jay, Bart), The new 52 just made into a solo hero book again
My brother always used to complain about losing that part of the Flash. He came in in the era when Wally's kids had just gained super powers and I think that part of what drew him to the book was seeing a character having to deal with having a family beyond just 'they can never know' (we were pretty new comic fans at the time)
I think it's typical of the New 52's problem though. One of the greatest advantages DC had before then was this massive sense of legacy, heroes had their own idols in the community, successful brands had become these generational families of heroes, with new people picking up the mantle or inventing new identities... And then they went and tried to squash it down into 3 years... It's not that there weren't good things in it but DC was never as good at the 'small hero starting out' for my money than Marvel was. DCs trade seemed to be legacy... That said I entered comics with 52 and then span out into the Birds of Prey because of issues I had with Daredevil... so maybe I just have weird priorities?
@@packman2321 Wally is definitely the best Superhero. He never had a tragic backstory. Both of his parents were alive, they fought alot and got divorced (which is related to kids) After his best friend Barry Allen died, Wally gave up on having an secret identity, just let the world know that he was the Flash. He didnt need to have a Tragic backstory to become a hero. He was a normal kid, who's role model was a super hero, and even after Barry's death Wally always looked up to Barry, continued his legacy, and the multiple times Wally has lot his powers and continued to help people, he's always the true embodiment of a hero.
Then New 52 turned Wally West into a Black kid sterotype where his dad's in jail, and he's was a wanted be gangbanger. thank god they brought OG Wally back in rebirth
@@JaelinBezel Also Aquaman was pretty good and Demon Knights. Though I kind of agree about Wonder Woman, I also kind of like some of her New 52 stories. Though I hate her "new" origin. Especially how Hera ends up reacting to it especially as the Amazons worship her directly. That whole bit was meh to me.
The second issue's cover has a Cheshire Bat. That's adorable.
...Holy smokes, we're getting into Tremors next week?! Awesome! I friggin' love that franchise!
Alfred, “ABR”
.Always
.Be
.Recording
"NO KILLING!"
-Batman firing a jet engine at street level
I think this is one of the most fun episodes you've had in a while. I mean its a normal, average story arch with a little bit of meta backstory, but nothing major. You just went through the general events of the episode and poked fun at the story and characters, and it never once felt remotely mean spirited. I really enjoyed it!
"What do you plant to grow Skull flowers? Teeth?" Well if you use dragon teeth, you get the whole skeleton as an able warrior.
If you use saber tooth tiger teeth you end up with skeletal kittens.
Linkara's greatest nemesis...RED SHIRTS!
No, it's just the color red, cause of
*RED LANTERNS!!!*
I would so happily watch/read a series about supervillains trying to open their own night clubs in Gotham, going over finances, trying to get liquor licenses, watching Flip This House for remodeling hints, trying to come up with catchy names...
Would've been cool if there was a Wonderland themed gang. I Know Mutants and Masterminds have already pushed that Idea. But think about it. The Royal Flush Gang, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, The Twins: tweedle dee and tweedle dum! Seriously Man!
4:41 Ah promotional text, it’s nice to see you again
A Phelous reference and the Mad Hatter? Think this'll lead to Old Man in Wonderland Part 2?
16:26
Nah, that still works. "Bata" could stand for Patrick Pateman
In addition to the triple meaning given, the Haberdashery bit could also serve as a callback to the B:TAS episode where Mad Hatter talked about how he wanted to spend his retirement. Again, kudos.
That parachutes joke had me spitting my drink in laughter. Tien has become Batman after DBZ forgot him
... The fact that Batman covered up his ears after Gordon called them horns is adorable, hilarious, and it bugs me I just noticed it.
Wow the review just started and he’s already freaking out.
And making blue beetle jokes
bloodstone ore I guess so.
Michael Martin I see.
@Michael Martin Umm he was wearing his Phelous shirt from the april fools video and the april fools video is supposed to be an alternate universe...
@Michael Martin are you implying blue beetle is the blue knight of titan?
Fleshing out the new continuity's rogues' gallery for Batman sounds like the best New 52 idea you've covered on this show. Of course they had to cancel it to make room for an event.
So..the Racoon that was laughing at you everytime you closed your eyes..........
...........that didn't happen to be Rocket, didn't it?
wabuu
Nah, he clearly wasn't trying to get Linkara's arm or eye.
@@repulser93, nor his leg!
@17:38 Breaking the fourth wall whilst being atop it?! What madness is this?!!!
everytime i close my eyes, there was a racoon laughing at me...
Waboo: Because Linkara is SSOOOOOOO Stupid hehehehehe
So I actually decided to read the entire run with this book because of Linkara’s old review...
And man it got terrible. There was an entire arc where Scarecrow did NOTHING in his basement while Batman was doing... something. Plus Scarecrow was like in 2/3rd of the book... DOING NOTHING!
Scarecrow: "Should I do something?"
Scarecrow Minion: "You should do something!"
Scarecrow: "Should I do something?"
I did like Crane's new52 origin at least plus his dad being killed by the Court of Owls could have led to neat stories but no one else continued that plot.
And for some reason Scarecrow stitches his lips together because… I dunno, scarecrow I guess. At least when Scarecrow got spooky surgery in Arkham Knight it was because Killer Croc ate his face.
Oh. I know what villain Scarecrow was inspired by when he decided to try to "win" by doing absolutely nothing.
Dr Cortex.
@@DuelaDent52 Which was already done for a much better reason wth the Flash Villian Murmur
You know who WOULD know whatever became of Arrow? Gail Simone.
I don't think she ever wrote GA.
Little did Linkara know. Arrow would be the spawning point for a universe of live-action DC shows on the CW.
I wrote about this as part of my "Worst Comics Of The 2010s (Thus Far) series on my Tumblr and... hoo boy does this get so much worse. One thing I noticed about these first two issues is comic can't seem to decide how smart The Mad Hatter actually is. How can the guy be smart enough to set up all of those shell corporations if he's so unstable as to randomly kill his own minions?
Also it eventually touches on one of my real pet peeves of the New 52 in which EVERY Batman villain is some kind of city threatening madman to the point that even Harley Quinn is now a mass murderer.
Also on a trivia note the artist of this book quit comics to cut the heads off of Star Wars dolls on UA-cam. Yeah it's *that* guy.
Planting teeth is a really bad idea. Last time I tried a bunch of stop motion skeletons crawled out of the ground with swords.
I just want to thank you Linkara. Despite the efforts of those close to me it's been one of the truly terrible back to work days and a part of that was being judged at work for wearing glasses. I haven't had my eyeware mocked regularly since elementary school and not at all to my knowledge outside of cruel comments by my ex. For whatever reason it was the straw that broke the camel's back and I've been depressingly dwelling on it since. But on seeing your intro today I realized how stupid it was and it lifted my spirits watching you affix your own fine glasses atop your noble nose. Thanks for being awesome, man. I've watched you regularly since 2011 and never regretted it. Rock on!
Missed opportunity- the satellite bit should have ended by calling it The Batellite !!
Popsi, The imaginary soda rival of Kooba Cola, will these drinks ever come into existence? Or will they be forever lost in development hell? YOU MAKE THE CALL!!
And Kooba Cola was apparently already a thing. Or maybe a non-thing. atocom.blogspot.com/2010/03/kooba-cola-drink-that-never-was.html
@@richmcgee434 I know the backstory behind it, I was trying to make a "You make the call" joke there, but I appreciate you trying to explain the history behind Kooba Cola
18:21 I like the idea that Batman occasionally does this, just to confuse people.
I always look forward to Mondays because of your show.
8:19 now we seen everything, when Linkara uses Dragon Ball Z Dubs, you know that he is not messing around with reference. Also it always makes me laugh to see this episode, mainly for that references. Excellent reviews
I’m having a tough time at work and I’m exhausted. Lewis, there’s about 10 jokes in this episode that utterly cracked me up. Thanks for the great content. Im gonna go bata-mining now...
14:00 what should’ve been said was Madness THIS IS WONDERLAND!!!
I almost soaked my laptop with coffee at Fidget Cube Man lol
My favorite incarnation of the Mad Hatter was from Batman ‘66, where he turned Batman’s cowl pink.
Wait, which comic or is it the Adam West show?
Adam West
I decided to check out the rest of this storyline and hoo boy, is it awful. That Natalya women? You know, that character who was only introduced in this storyline? Well, Batman tells her his secret identity an issue later, gets kidnapped and tortured in a gratuitous fashion by Mad Hatter and gets pushed out of a helicopter before landing on the bat signal. Literally, her entire character arc was to look pretty, get told that Bruce Wayne is Batman after what I'm guessing was a few dates and then gets killed off to make Batman sad for awhile. What a great character arc, huh?
I wish you the best of luck on your journey to take down the most nefarious champion Kanto has ever had: Captain Tax Time!
“Skull Flowers”
Oh god, Flowey has somehow multiplied! Watch out for the “friendly pellets”
Oh yes you know it's gonna be a great episode when linkara freaks out in the frist 30 seciones of the review
11:14-11:17 That is an amazing Penguin impression!
No, no, no, if you plant teeth you get whole skeletons. To get skull flowers you have to plant fingers.
What, did you expect me to try to make sense?
Linkara, I just want t to know, what happened to that lamp review?
Also, I really don't like this version of Mr. Hatter. Mostly because he seems to have been reduced to a murderous psycho and not a chessmaster.
I feel the same way about the "New 52" version of Mr. Freeze.
@@DiarraHarris So I understand that the New 52 would be better known as "The Ruined Deck".
XanthinZarda i have heard recent dc comics in the new universe, in spite of rebirth bringing the old universe with best elements of new 52, is slowly putting the characters and mood back into a very similar position to when new 52 was the status quo.( thanks a lot dan didio... new 52 is admitted bad and dead yet you refuse to allow it)
Those skull flowers on issue 17’s cover would make great RPG villains.
0:20 Linkara had a bad experience at Guardians of the Galaxy I guess.
nah, wabuu
@@MrXemnas1992 that or he met an evil raphtalia
Are you sure he didn’t laugh at Linkara for saying his plan is not a plan?
7:52 Don’t care! Dada! dada! dada! dada! BATMAN!!!
RE: Too many Batman books. I thought it was hilarious. The New 52 had 52 titles per month, divided into about eight "groups". Batman Group, Superman Group, Everybody Else Group, Their Sidekicks Group, Horror/Supernatural Group, Western/War Comics Group, and maybe a couple others. And within a year, the Batman Group had over a 17/52 titles - 6 of which were Harley Quinn.
16:52 This gag does remind me there is such a thing as 'bat coffee' and I'm really hoping that NOT how Batman improved Alfred's coffee.
Man, that breakup scene really reminded me of the depressing-as-all-hell shade-throwing they did towards this crap in the Lego Movie 2. WHICH THEY COMPLETELY DESERVE. This kind of thing is one of the main reasons why I think Dick Grayson would make a MUCH better Batman. Plenty of bad things have happened in his life, too, but he still lets himself HAVE one outside of them.
Man, you're getting a ton of mileage out of your writing degree this episode, huh? Well done!
Hey it’s Richard Friend! I met him at a party in San Diego, way nice. He invited my gf and I to wildstorm studio where he kept gifting us comics from piles just lying about. We got to see Whilce Portecio’s office with cool sketches on the walls from wetworks. We also saw Jim Lee’s office door, didn’t get to enter but twas still cool. Thanks for reminding me of a fun experience
23:54 given how he wanted to use some of them for his play I can see why he’d probably let them have a bit more will in particular the actors since you can’t exactly give your best performance when your brain is mush.
@0:00-0:07
Why were you in A Red Collared Shirt?!!?
@0:19
And Why was a Raccoon laughing at you, every time you close your eyes?!!
@0:28
Why Would the Racoon be laughing at the New 52?!
Last week's episode.
@@AT4W
The one that introduces a Linkara/Phelous. Phelkara or Lhelous?
15:11 In this shot, the Mad Hatter kind of looks like Gary Busey.
I love how you've started to include Alfred in your Batman skits.
The New 52 had this weird need to make every villain a homicidal maniac like the Joker and I am just not here for it at all. Like there's no reason for Jervis Tetch to be snapping people's necks or capping people in the head. This is the guy that, in B:TAS, was willing to keep Batman in a happy-land dream just to keep him out of his hair when he could just as easily have killed him.
Yeah, I had to pause and hold my head silently for about twenty seconds after "Bata-mining software."
Whoa, "Bata-mining" - that's enough to make even Joel Schumacher cringe.
As always, love the ending song XD
0:00 well that was sudden. Did not expect that freakout.
Alfred: Sir our comic might be cancelled if they don't put better stories in it.
Batman: Don't care. NA NA NA BATMAN!
What's funny for me about the popsi is that I can think of at least one other series that used it, while tugging on the lampshade about how it's to avoid copyright.
10:20
I’m pretty sure it’s because of a rule a lot of English teachers drill into students heads to make things easier for themselves. If it has like, then or was ( only certain on the like, was a long time since I was in school ) it’s a simile, if not, then it’s a metaphor.
8:00 to 8:19 And that is how Frying the Coke should be done in a comic.
Your skits are on point this episode XD
Gawd, I'm gonna be honest I am not a Batman fan so seeing Linkara depicting him as this crazy man-child is especially funny to me.
I am a Batman fan and i find it even *FUNNIER!!!*
wow, the comedy was ON POINT in this one. Kudos.
Given Batman is pro-BETA tape & anti-VHS, BATA is probably meant to be pronounced like BETA, as it allows Batman to stay on brand while still honoring his beloved BETA format!
8:13 so much for no killing
+1,000 points for the Koopa-Kola reference. Wasn't expecting that one!
7:46 & 8:19 Oh look, it's Crazy Steve, I've kinda missed him.
Aim more carefully.
This is one of Bruce's brief Girlfriends I feel bad for. She's smart, and she's looking for trust, which is more than some of his flings.
An awesome review & video as always Linkara. 😁 👌
Cheers! 🍻
Nice to see the "Technical Difficulties" and Wabuu references.
the reason for all the soda popsi bottles lined up on the window sill, was, the lil boy was usin them for pretend target pratice with his toy ray gun. also the bata-mining, bat cookies and bat milk. ;3
6:43 I would say it's because they are referencing plinking; but that's the kind of thing you would do with a pistol (or toy pistol in this case) not a "ray gun" as the kid called it.
Potential way for the Hatter's minions talking back to him to be plot and character-relevant: the concerns they bring up are ones he himself has unconsciously or is actively trying to ignore, and the more they bring it up, the more he thinks about them, leading to a positive feedback loop ending with him surrounded by all his doubts and fears being voiced aloud by the people he's supposed to be controlling.
I mean, I doubt it would happen, and if that's not how his mind-control stuff works, go ahead and ignore this entirely, I haven't actually read this series.
Next week it looks like we're gonna have our selves a situation...
a Graboid situation.
I feel like it might be the other way around with the clubs. I mean with all of these super-villains around, they obviously need a way to launder all of those ill gotten gains. If anything I feel like the Penguin has the right idea of just cutting the villain gig and running the club because people are going to show up just to see you the famous former villain and more so to say they partied with you.
Ayy, I was watching your videos when you uploaded this.
The kid was probably pretending to shoot the soda bottles with his gun.
“Everytime I close my eyes, there was a raccoon laughing at me.” So, Rocket Raccoon.
It's called Bat-amining because while conventional data mining uses stuff like... servers.. and... electrons. Batamining has hundreds of trained bats flapping across the city and sneaking files from physical archives.
This annoys me. Wouldn't a huge concrete bunker show up as different from dirt?
It reminds me of a Superman story where someone kidnaps Lois, Jimmy, and Perry and places them in lead coffins hidden throughout the city. Superman finds them easily because the lead coffins stick out like a sore thumb to his x-ray vision. He didn't need to be able to see inside them, just find the coffins and release his friends.
Oh no! Linkara is becoming a Target employee! RUN IN TERROR!