Bat Books For Beginners - 135 - Arkham Asylum: Living Hell

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell is a mini-series that gives us both a slice of life look into Arkham Asylum as well as a look at the magical side of DC comics. Join us along with our guest Cade from View From The Gutters. Join us as we dive into this interesting mini-series written by Dan Slott.

Dylan and John are back with another Bat Books For Beginners episode. Please visit www.thebatmanuniverse.net and check out all the Batman news, comics reviews, and podcasts they have to offer.

Direct link to the episode page: Bat Books For Beginners - Episode 135

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Arc Reactions Podcast will be back on November 1st with Who Is The Black Panther? from Marvel Comics.

ARP - 10 - Knightfall part 3

We have a treat for you today. This is a double issue. Enjoy a 100-minute spectacular for the conclusion of the Knightfall story arc from DC Comics. In this story we see the return of Bruce Wayne as Batman, but not all is back to normal in Gotham City.

Talking points

• Notes section

• Possible racial slur (32:25)

• Bad things

• Catwoman portrayal (43:04)
• Different art styles in the same book (45:43)
• Story inconsistencies (49:19)

• Good things

• Bat family working together (1:02:09)
• Nightwing (1:04:40)
• Faster Pacing Than Part 2 (1:12:34)
• Fallout from Azrael as Batman (1:15:04)

• Miscelaneous

• Azrael (1:18:18)
• Bruce Wayne's new costume (1:39:12)
• The setting (1:42:17)

If you would like to download the MP3, right click and Save As:

ARP - 10 - Knightfall part 3.mp3

We will be taking a break for the holidays. We know that everyone is busy during this time of year and so are we. We will be back in the beginning of 2014 with more great stories for you to experience with us.

Our next podcast will be  January 5th and it will be Age of Ultron.


The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETIcNYDGMk4&feature=player_embedded
 
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ARP - 08 - Knightfall part 1

DC comics published Knightfall in 1993 in Batman and Detective Comics. This story is one of the most famous Batman stories and we were excited to read and discuss this. In this episode, we talk about the key players (Batman, Bane, Robin, and Azrael) as well as the choices the writers made in telling the story.

Talking points

• Bad things

• Joker teaming up with Cornelius Stirk and Scarecrow (14:00)
• Too many references to 'exhausted' Batman (18:50)
• Where was the Bat-Family? (22:00)

• Good things
• Grounding in reality (26:30)
• Cameos (32:30)
• Porsche crash (33:10)

• General
• Fight differences between Batman issues and Detective issues (35:20)
• Villains used in the story (42:30)
• Robin's role (48:50)
• Bane (1:06:30)
• Azrael (Jean Paul Valley) (1:11:05)

If you would like to download the MP3, right click and Save As:

ARP - 08 - Knightfall Part 1.mp3

Our next podcast will be  November 3rd and it will be part 2 of Knightfall.


The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETIcNYDGMk4&feature=player_embedded
 
We look forward to hearing from you.

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