Character Reference
The Joker: The Joker is a very troubled vindictive character in Batman Legends; he changes many times during the story, from suddenly cowering in the corner to standing up embracing the pain which Robin is forcing on him. The Joker hid behind his face paint all throughout he comic, it represents him hiding behind his past, growing up in a troubled family, showing no power until now. In the duration of the comic the joker constantly smiles, when he is being beaten and when he inflict pain onto others. It shows how he loves to confuse his enemy’s by his look, the more the Joker smiles, the more the opposition feels that it is going in the hands of the Joker, putting them off guard. The colours worn by the joker represents the a clown, it shows how his troubled past is catching up with him, the clown features contort him from the violence he puts himself in, he make sure that the paint is constant showing white, red and blue connoting he power of never being off guard.
Robin: Robin has always tried to be a trusty sidekick of Batman, but in the comic he loses his trust in him after he finds out that he lied about some information. Robin has been in the background for much of the past stories, but in this one he tries to make a stand, trying to fight of the Joker and gather more important information which is important for Batman to receive. The clothing worn by Robin included a small black eye mask, yellow cape and green with red on his all in one suit. This connotes his competitive side with Batman; we know this due to parts of his costume copying the iconic style of Batman’s, such as the cape and mask shaping like a bat. It shows how robin has always been 2nd best, trying to earn respect from the great super heroes, in this comic he tries to break through from this stereotype, but fails as he is beaten by the Joker in the first battle.
Batman: Batman has always been the great super hero to beat, the one with all the gadgets and the power. In his big fight at the end of the comic it shows his power to scare people such as Professor Pyg, but never The Joker. His costume in the comic shows his experience as a superhero, wearing experimental technology in is iconic bat head mask, black cape and suit all including the powerful symbol of the bat. The way Batman hands himself in battle represents his strong will in the face of death, it shows the respect his has with himself, knowing he can defeat all. He shows this due to him never showing many emotions, always holding a strong face no matter what is through at him, he does this to show his enemy’s that he doesn’t have any weakness showing how he is unbeatable.
Comic Synopsis
Batman and Robin: Batman and Robin Must Die - Part Two is a very short comic aiming at the relationship of Robin and Batman, testing their priority between being fiends and fighting the enemies together or the fight for power between them risking their lives. In the begging of the comic, after a giving a powerful successful beating to the Joker, Robin feels he has finally go the upper hand on Batman for once. Professor Pyg is trying to release his deadly 'addiction' virus to the world, batman finds out try’s to stop him, but during this he gets beaten many times by Professor Pyg infected creations, once batman starts getting closer to distorting the virus Batman starts running out of time, getting counted down by the creatures fighting him, but he is too late. Day 2 of the fight Batman wakes up in the care of Alfred, tending to his injuries; Batman is worries about Commissioner Gordon after having to leave him in the middle of the battle with the infected creations of Pyg. Batman gets a call from the Joker finding out that he has taken Robin. Batman finds out that he and Robin need to work with the Joker to get Back Glove, they are planning to do this at the party were Commissioner Gordon is being held by Pyg were his is trying to get him infected by the infectious decease. The Joker and Batman appear at the party to try and defeat Professor Pyg and to finally save Commissioner Gordon from the tortuous experiment which Pyg was trying to complete, but the rescues isn’t as simple as Batman would have hope with enemies fighting him from behind. Meanwhile the Joker visit the place where he is holding Robin, tide up and mouth closed Robin sings upside down while the Joker reveals new information about Black Glove and a new character that could help him.
Critical Review
Writer: DC Comics
Target Audience: Batman and comic enthusiast
Batman and Robin: Batman and Robin Must Die - Part Two, is a really short but information filled comic. It is full with colourful and in-depth sketches of the characters and the scenes behind them, it shows the difference clearly between good and bad using colours and use of outfits but much of the written detail was unclear. After reading the comic a few times, it was really hard as a non-comic book reader to understand the storyline, who that characters were and their names. Most of the time the comic skipped from scene to scene too quickly, it was not being clear on how that scene ended. Even though the written information was con fusing, the drawing made up for it, they were so detailed using different colours to connote different moods, facial expression to covey emotion and different shop to show the amount of power the character hade in that period of time, this change scene to scene.
Robin: Robin has always tried to be a trusty sidekick of Batman, but in the comic he loses his trust in him after he finds out that he lied about some information. Robin has been in the background for much of the past stories, but in this one he tries to make a stand, trying to fight of the Joker and gather more important information which is important for Batman to receive. The clothing worn by Robin included a small black eye mask, yellow cape and green with red on his all in one suit. This connotes his competitive side with Batman; we know this due to parts of his costume copying the iconic style of Batman’s, such as the cape and mask shaping like a bat. It shows how robin has always been 2nd best, trying to earn respect from the great super heroes, in this comic he tries to break through from this stereotype, but fails as he is beaten by the Joker in the first battle.
Batman: Batman has always been the great super hero to beat, the one with all the gadgets and the power. In his big fight at the end of the comic it shows his power to scare people such as Professor Pyg, but never The Joker. His costume in the comic shows his experience as a superhero, wearing experimental technology in is iconic bat head mask, black cape and suit all including the powerful symbol of the bat. The way Batman hands himself in battle represents his strong will in the face of death, it shows the respect his has with himself, knowing he can defeat all. He shows this due to him never showing many emotions, always holding a strong face no matter what is through at him, he does this to show his enemy’s that he doesn’t have any weakness showing how he is unbeatable.
Comic Synopsis
Batman and Robin: Batman and Robin Must Die - Part Two is a very short comic aiming at the relationship of Robin and Batman, testing their priority between being fiends and fighting the enemies together or the fight for power between them risking their lives. In the begging of the comic, after a giving a powerful successful beating to the Joker, Robin feels he has finally go the upper hand on Batman for once. Professor Pyg is trying to release his deadly 'addiction' virus to the world, batman finds out try’s to stop him, but during this he gets beaten many times by Professor Pyg infected creations, once batman starts getting closer to distorting the virus Batman starts running out of time, getting counted down by the creatures fighting him, but he is too late. Day 2 of the fight Batman wakes up in the care of Alfred, tending to his injuries; Batman is worries about Commissioner Gordon after having to leave him in the middle of the battle with the infected creations of Pyg. Batman gets a call from the Joker finding out that he has taken Robin. Batman finds out that he and Robin need to work with the Joker to get Back Glove, they are planning to do this at the party were Commissioner Gordon is being held by Pyg were his is trying to get him infected by the infectious decease. The Joker and Batman appear at the party to try and defeat Professor Pyg and to finally save Commissioner Gordon from the tortuous experiment which Pyg was trying to complete, but the rescues isn’t as simple as Batman would have hope with enemies fighting him from behind. Meanwhile the Joker visit the place where he is holding Robin, tide up and mouth closed Robin sings upside down while the Joker reveals new information about Black Glove and a new character that could help him.
Critical Review
Writer: DC Comics
Target Audience: Batman and comic enthusiast
Batman and Robin: Batman and Robin Must Die - Part Two, is a really short but information filled comic. It is full with colourful and in-depth sketches of the characters and the scenes behind them, it shows the difference clearly between good and bad using colours and use of outfits but much of the written detail was unclear. After reading the comic a few times, it was really hard as a non-comic book reader to understand the storyline, who that characters were and their names. Most of the time the comic skipped from scene to scene too quickly, it was not being clear on how that scene ended. Even though the written information was con fusing, the drawing made up for it, they were so detailed using different colours to connote different moods, facial expression to covey emotion and different shop to show the amount of power the character hade in that period of time, this change scene to scene.
