Well at least it's not another goddamn Robin.
Suit looks like shit though.
>>83415954
I like the suit, but the helmet's pretty weird.
>>83415954
That is literally a power ranger helmet with a bat visor slapped onto it.
>Blackbat
I don't know what you're talking about.
Suit looks gr8
>>83415954
Blackcunt.
>>83415954
>I need to make the visor look like a bat too
>bat fucking everything
>>83416035
>Giving someone armor to more easily rob gas stations
Is Batman becoming the Big Boss of DC
>>83415954
>Named after a bird
>Has a big fucking bat on his chest
What, is it ad space since Batman is fronting the cash?
Does it come with a skatboard?Or a Batluge?
>>83415954
>New black batman affiliate
Did something happen to Batwing?
boy i can't wait for the damianfag to spam the thread
>>83416233
Do Damian fans not like Duke?
>>83416233
you mean timfag.
So who the hell is Duke Thomas and why is he suddenly important? Is he another Synder OC that only he cares about and is forcing other writers to use
>>83416229
He failed.
>>83416229
The same thing that'll happen to this guy in 4-6 months.
>>83416273
It's literally Timfags and Damian all over again.
>>83416273
Fans of the current Robin get really threatened when a new guy comes along, so yes.
Happened with Dick and Jason, Tim and Damian, and now Damian and Duke. Except this time we know for sure that Duke is gonna be Lark, not Robin.
so after the failed diversity attempt that was Batwing, they just went "fuck it, we'll make a not-robin" ?
I mean I guess it makes sense the book they're attempting to do this in wont get canceled, but it's still transparent as fuck that he only exists to add diversity, just like both batwings.
>>83416325
Characterfags are a mistake.
Phoenix Jones is Robin now?
>>83415954
How does he know if that will even fit
How did he get his tailor measurements
Is this guy going to be fighting with Batman? Like a stand in Robin?
I hate the "Batman needs a partner" meme. If he needs to team up with someone, it's infinitely more interesting when he teams up with Superman.
Batman and Robbin
Why does Duke look like a grown ass man some times and an actual kid/teenager other times? It's been happening since his parents got Joker gassed.
>>83415954
>"I'm going to try something different."
>still does the same thing but with a different costume
>>83416273
At best not care about him. Damian was always better with Dick anyway.
Why do his sidekicks have fucking bright primary colored costumes while he blends in with the darkness, does he want them to die
>>83416888
to distract mooks while bats does the real work
>>83416976
so he turns children into living targets for his own benefit
>>83416784
artists don't know how to draw kids coupled with the fact that teenagers vary wildly in appearance anyway (ie one might think they're drawing him "too young" even though readers would accept it as accurate)
>>83415954
Waiting until a good artist draws it to judge
>>83416784
Black teenagers look like adults 90% of the time tho
they mature faster than white people
So what happens to all the other Robins?
>>83417637
Dick is Nightwing again
Tim is in Detective Comics
Jason is in his own Red Hood boo
Damien is in Super Sons
so there ya go.
>>83415954
So he's Batboy? Kid Batman?
I feel like Snyder and Capullo or whoever deliberately designed the suit to look shitty just to fuck King over.
>>83418118
Lark
>>83418195
What's that mean?
English isn't my first language.
Why does Batman refuse to kill his villains when his own actions directly lead to the death of Robins he adopts?
>>83418230
it's a type of bird
>>83418230
It's a bird.
>>83418097
Damian is also in TT and support role in Nightwing so nothing to complain.
>>83415954
So how long do you guys expect Duke to stick around before he goes the way of Sasha Bordeaux and Onyx?
>>83415954
>Lark
>Bat Visor
>Not fucking bird visor
He could have been a fucking gatchaman, come on!
>>83417057
>>83417103
>>83415954
>nigger got a golden suit
KEK
>>83415954
I might sound like a fag, but this costume would be improved so much with less color
When is someone going to stop Batman from constantly giving children costumes and sending them out to fight crime with very little actual training? It's one thing that Gotham is full of individual criminals that end up becoming supervillains through their own means and sometimes work together, but this is Batman training literal children, for like a week, to fight those villains before he ditches them for the next new diversity hire child.
>>83418883
I agree with you, looks more like a Power Ranger costume than anything else
>it's a /co/ didn't read the fucking comic episode.
He's clearly training duke for S&R.
>>83418883
>>83418913
Best I could do... lmao
>>83417103
Yes. Humans evolved from apes. This should be common knowledge by now.
>>83419479
now if we can do something about the bat symbols this could be a pretty decent super suit
>>83419479
Wow that's really fucking boring.
Not that it was much better originally.
>>83419499
Technically we are apes.
Is Duke going to be on tha actual ASB or only on the back-ups?
Because it would be just like Snyder to tell us how important and good character he is and then fail enterily in showing it. Because if he is so fantastical why not write him in your own ongoing?
>>83416325
So...
Dick fans hate Jason.
Tim fans hate Damian.
Damian fans hate Duke.
And Jason fans hate...?
>>83419832
No, AFAIK Duke is going to appear in ASB.
>>83419980
The readers?
>>83419980
I like all of them.
>>83419499
We didn't evolve from apes, we're a species of ape that evolved alongside other apes.
>>83419980
>And Jason fans hate...?
Lobdell.
>>83419980
Themselves
>>83419479
Why couldn't he just keep his We Are Robin costume? It wasn't great but it's better than what he's getting, and I'm sure Bruce could make it more costume-y.
>>83418230
A hoodlum.
>>83419980
Crowbars.
>>83415954
So is he the Biker Bat?
>>83419980
Dick > Damian > POWER GAP > Tim > POWER GAP > Jason > Duke
>>83415954
>Well at least it's not another goddamn Robin.
How is this supposed to be different from a Robin?
>>83420488
he is not named robin I guess? imo snyder should just name him black robin
>>83415954
Wez Rubin nowz!
>>83420538
>Blackbird
>>83420173
Because our lord and savior Snyder already showed Duke in his Lark outfit a long time ago. We will be feeling Snyder's influence on Batman for a long time after he's gone.
>>83419832
Snyder is a stupid faggot hypocrite. He said he didnt like Damian cause he has a kid and he doesnt like child soldiers then turned around and created a whole group of child soldiers.
What is actually was was he was a stupid faggot that wanted OC side characters to try to leave his mark.
>>83421392
>we are robins
>soldiers
lmao
Batman rebirth zippyshare where.
>>83415954
Didn't they already fill the black batman slot with Batwing?
>>83421469
They are children. Fighting in a war. That makes them child soldiers.
Please tell me this thing being school bus yellow isn't a reference to the Emotional spectrum.
>>83416888
>>83416229
The Batgirl writers took him and neutered him. He became Barbara's boyfriend for all of one arc, before she dumped him for being too perfect and understanding or some nonsense. He was there to create a love-triangle for when Dick showed up.
He could be so cool. I wish they'd given him to a decent writer.
>>83419980
I'm a Dick fan above all else.
Damian is great.
Tim used to be great, before the fanboy writers and the Didio happened. He was ruined long before New 52.
Jason is good as a villain. Worthless as an anti-hero.
Duke was good in We Are Robin as a member of the movement. He was bad as a supporting character in Snyder's Batman. We'll see how King does.
>>83415954
Eh, it's no worse than Jason's emoji helmet.
Go go Power Rangers- Bat Force!
So, I haven't been keeping up with any Bat Titles since I dropped them at Death of the Family. Who is Duke? Is he the guy from the We Are Robin covets.
>>83415954
why do black characters always have such awful costumes?
>chose ambiguous brown over asian literally throwing herself at him
Duke's a no taste cunt.
>>83423235
Some would say most characters have awful costumes and that the black ones' aren't noticeably worse than anyone else's.
>>83415954
Black Driver?! I mean, Spartan?
>>83415954
It's kind of getting annoying that so many characters wear the bat. Nightwing, Robin, and Red Robin (the old one) are the only batfam members that don't.
So what happens to rest of We Are Robin
>>83422229
>You have to earn this crutch
What?
>>83429696
So that he knows what to do if someone takes it away
>>83418310
>>83418308
It's a plane!
>>83422229
>When writers come up with bullshit rationalizations for why things are the way they are
This is as bad as the "I wear a boob window because I could never think of a symbol *sob*" bullshit.
Is this Grayson? Just say he wears colors because it works for him because he's a brash taunting daredevil who laughs in the face of danger.
If it's any other Robin, just say he wears colors because Grayson did.
Also, this is a horrible costume.
>>83422229
Who is responsible for this trash?
>>83419980
> Jason
> fans
>>83432712
King and Seeley.
The same guys who are writing Batman and Nightwing respectively.
>>83415954
>Reboots New 52 because they fucked it up so much
>Then they do this thing with Nigga sidekick and the awful costume
>>83415954
He's black so they make him Phoenix Jones. I love it!
>>83416051
>>83416285
Yeah, that is about the size of it.
>>83422229
Everything about this costume is stupid. Except the cape, which looks pretty cool.
>>83415954
They are doing it. They are making...
Blackman
First off the name is terrible but really there are so many other characters in the Bat books that are more deserving. I just haven't found him all that interesting since his first appearance. Is Duke just another of Snyder's pet characters? I'm all for bringing some diversity to the Batman line but there just seems to be so many better heroes out there. What happened to Luke Fox? Now would be a great time to give him a push since he was recently featured in a DC animated movie. Of course there's the first Batwing David Zavimbe. An awesome character who was sadly shelved. DC could have their own Black Panther type character with that version of Batwing.
>>83421002
Nice Battle Segway, Loser.
>>83416173
Batman is a franchise. The more popular it is, the better for Batman.
>>83416200
Man the 90's. I thought his costume was so fucking cool back then. Doesn't hold up at all..
>>83416361
>Black character walks on to the panel
>OMG! DIVERSITY! Fuck dis book!
>>83416499
Agreed I fucking love me some World's Finest
>>83423414
..
What's the brown one look like?
>>83415954
uess there trying to mix things up but this new BLack boy looks like cliche, world weary, annoying, teenager trying super hard to get attention who would look more at home as a final fantasy character. I wish they did more solo batman stories like forever evil aftermath batman vs bane, that was awesome.
Yeah seriously, I don't get the point of giving us cool characters likeDick and Damian , if you're not only going to avoid using them, but you'll just create other unnecessary characters that will take away character development from more fan favorite characters
>>83437278
Why does his race matter so much to...you people anyway?
>>83437277
>>83429696
It's like a video game but where the batsuit is the ultimate game breaking super weapon that you unlock after completing some ridiculous task.
>>83437304
because they knew people would bitch about racism if they replaced Damian with a white guy so they had to go with another minority
it's disgusting how obvious it is
>>83415954
Yeah. That costume is a joke. Butface would be a Kickass name for Black boy.
>>83415954
This issue was meh, and thats me being nice.
>>83437425
This.
I'm kinda torn. I want to support King, but Batman doesn't really need it as much as some other books do.
>>83416273
Not that I don't like him, just that I don't see the point of him.
There's four Robins, Batgirl, Bluebird, whatever Cassandra's called now and Spoiler, adding a ninth just seems pointless.
>>83421002
Is he riding a fucking dog?
>>83415954
Hate that bat on its face but the suit is great
>>83437190
That's why it got upgraded.
New and Improved Night Thrasher!
The worst thing about "minority" characters is they aren't allowed to be anything less than complete Sues or its racism
really another one jerry , I thought you were done with this shit.
>>83415954
So lets see:
>Robin
>Nightwing
>Red Robin
>Bluebird
>Lark
So... when is Bruce just gonna spring for the multi-part Bird mech for all of his bird-themed minions?
I'm serious here, that would be awesome.
>>83416004
It looks like modified biker helmet. In fact, rest of the suit looks like modified biker suit, too.
In4 someone goes "that's too many sidekicks!", Batman always had a shitton of minor allies and sidekicks (first Batwoman and Batgirl, Harold, Onx, Huntress, there was that time when Catwoman was a superhero, and last but not least, fucking Harold.
>>83438746
You forgot Luke Fox Batwing, afaik he technically still is part of Batfam and wasn't actually written out (though he hasn't appeared much lately).
>>83416004
Yeah the helmet makes him look like a Power Ranger
Power Ranger Bat.
>>83438746
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1RAmSgk05A
>>83437382
Asian looks better.
>>83421002
why is his giant gun shooting batarangs and not bullets? that's retarded, that's just so fucking retarded.
>Rebirth is all about Legacy
>Setting up Duke to be Bruce's replacement >Black Batman
>>83432725
Oh, so the people who went crazy over the fact that Jason was semi confirmed to be in the DCEU weren't his fans?
>>83419980
>And Jason fans hate...?
DC.
>>83440092
>>83439568
Because Batman can only use guns as long as they don't fire bullets.
>>83422229
Can't get over how shitty this costume looks.
>>83416863
Lol nice gogo boots
>>83422229
Didn't he make that suit back when they did the Zero Issue bullshit in Nightwing?
>>83419980
Happiness, sunshine, Kevin from school, their dads
>>83415954
>It's called a motorcycle suit. I want you to take that bike over there... and get the fuck out of my bat cave.
>>83439568
Flechette.
I quite like the suite. Think Declan done a good job with.
Enjoyed the issue too.
>>83416004
>you're not a Robin but this bat brand reminds you that you're damn sure my property
>>83416137
thinking duke would stop at gas stations hes the go big or go home type in his next appearance he'll be trying to pickpocket superman
>>83415954
My only real concern is the fucking huge bat logo on the helmet eye part
Like what the fuck is with this guy and bats
I remember someone posting a panel of batmans shoe and it had a fucking bat symbol on the sole
>>83415954
>>83438746
Not until you have five colors. Red, red, blue, green, yellow, and depending on which color nightwing is then another red or blue. There are many exceptions but you can't just keep breaking the system that is in place all willy nilly. Bruce understands this, he is waiting until 2 of them change their costume colors.
>>83441987
Batman Is Actually A Total Pussy -
>>83422360
Fuck, must be shit being Dick. Star fire fucks anything that moves and barb is a nigger fucker
>>83438699
But he isn't one though. In fact he is quite average especially compared to the other we are Robin members. He isn't super smart, not super athletic, isn't a model of society, etc. He really is one of the most normal of everyone Bruce taught outside of Jason. Duke's biggest achievement would probably be figuring out Bruce was Batman which others have done before. So your complaint isn't even a concern this time around.
>>83423414
She looks like jubilee.
Why do comic writers like having Asian women having unrequited crushes on nigger Guys?
>>83441838
The bat sink is what gets me. Out of all his stuff that has got to be in the top 5 of "most unnecessary"
>>83415954
Harper Row was obviously a throwaway character and so is duke.
>>83415954
I hate all these fucking bird names. The fuck kind of name is Lark.
Robin wasn't named after the bird Jesus.
>>83439217
I'm not against the helmet itself, just the strange bat visor.
Do the Finch issues have the same colorist as this one? Because I was a bit baffled by how Duke suddenly stopped being black the moment he put on this costume.
>>83419158
>I'm trying something new
Whats so new about dressing up yet another kid to fight under you under a bird alias?
>>83442736
That negro is expendable. No pathway to being a ward or adopted or anything.
>>83443320
Then why did he invite him into his house to live there then start training him?
>>83443622
To molest him . It's like that episode of different strokes where Gary Coleman gets molested
>>83443622
Its just kinda what Bruce does nowadays
"HEY KID WANNA FIGHT CRIME?"
>>83443320
He's already Bruce's ward?
>>83443738
Are you saying Bruce is the drug dealer of crime fighting?
>>83416229
Which one they went through two of them.
>>83416361
To be fair all of the Batman Inc characters where dumb
>>83443919
crime is the drug and he is the antidote
>>83443738
Bruce is a cunt :D
>Named after another bird
>Have 2 bats shoved into his costume
This is how much thought they put into his superhero identity.
>>83419980
Their parents
Can someone explain the difference between King and Snyder's books as far as their cast and focus?
I'm assuming this new sidekick will be in both
