Review/Analysis: James Owsley's "Faces" from BATMAN ANNUAL #13, and the state of Batman in 1989

[about_faces]

1989, from what I can tell, was a weird year of transition for DC Comics. Post-Crisis, Post-Watchmen, Post-Dark Knight Returns/Batman: Year One... they had entered a new era, but it seems like they weren't exactly sure what the hell that MEANT. Batman especially seemed to be affected, and we'll get to that in a moment, but he wasn't the only one

Comments

[surrealname]

was 1989 also when the star sapphire did that totally femdom thingy with arisia that was hot and i made you laugh by bringing it up that one time?

[about_faces]

Hahaha, oh no, that either happened directly before or shortly after Crisis, either in the proper GL title or later when it became GLC! Yeah, that was even BEFORE Hal's stuff went totally downhill, and by that point, they were already doing things like Ch'p and Arisia!

[surrealname]

that cover raised unclean interests in me.

[about_faces]

The cover, and not what actually happens in the issue?

[surrealname]

yeah. you degrade that underage alien tart, you crazy posessed bitch.

[blackmiserywhip]

...I feel like I might be seriously out of line for finding this hot.

[1mercystreet]

That makes two of us. Appropriately enough, for this blog.