So as someone who's just gotten into DC recently (I really like the whole batfamily dynamic the most) where do you think is best to start with the comics and where could I get them online you think? I'm in the UK so I cant access that DC website that has the whole comic library sadly it sucks.
I…Um. Oh. Haha. Tough question, first of all, I have no idea how you can access them online. I get them every month (and in France we unfortunately don’t have a third of what is actually published so I also get a lot of things via specific comics book stores). I buy the physical copies, I’m not a fan of digital things. But I’m sure there’s a lot of websites and you can probably find them with a quick google search ! I’m sorry I can’t help you on that front. I’m sure though some people reading that post can help for that !
As to..Starting with the Batfam…it’s kinda up to you to decide which origin story you prefer…I always have a little trouble to give advice on where to start, because there’s many different beginnings haha. But here’s me trying :
1938 to 1986 : the golden age followed by the silver age (”pre-crisis”)1986-2011 : the modern age (”post-crisis” or sometimes “pre-flashpoint”)2011-2016: the new 52 (”post-flashpoint”)2016 (june)-ongoing: Rebirth, which it is an event that revives the modern age heroes (while keeping the few good things about new52…haha makes me actually miss New 52 at times. I remember how I was like “oh this isn’t very good” and then got my hopes up with the beginning of Rebirth only for it to become WORST than New 52 haha…)
1986 : Crisis on infinite earths (my favorite)2011 : Flashpoint (I like it)2016 : Rebirth (also known as “the-one-we-do-not-talk-about”. I hate a lot of things about it, if not everything. BUT the beginning was good, it just went downhill at some point for some reasons…
Each era can be read seperatly. And it’s kinda up to you to decide what you prefer and what you want to forget and pretend it’s not part of canon (Ric who ?).
Batman: Year One - Batman origin story
The man who laughs - Joker origin
The long Halloween - Two-face’s origin
Dark Victory - Long Halloween sequel
Robin: Year One - Dick’s origin (First Robin)
Batgirl: Year One - Batgirl’s origin
Nightwing: Year One - Nightwing’s origin
The killing joke - Oracle’s origin
A Death in the Familly - Jason’s origin (Second Robin)
A lonely place of dying - Tim’s origin (Third Robin)
Batman: Sword of Azrael - Azreal’s origins + Batman/Oracle
Vengeance of Bane - Bane’s origin
Knigthfall (Knigthfall/Knightquest/KightsEnd) - Big Batman/Azrael/Bane arc
Prodigual - Dick Grayson substites for Batman
No man’s land - Big post Apocalyptic arc
Hush - Hush’s origin
Detective Comics #647-649 - Introduction arc of Steph (fourth Robin)
Birth of the Demon (Son of the Demon + Bride of the Demon + Birth of the Demon) - Ra’s Al Ghul and Talia Al Ghul’s origins
Under the hood - Red Hood’s origin
Batman : No man’s land - Cassandra’s first solo series, and also one of my fav. She appears before, but I think it’s good to start there.
Batman & Son - Damian’s origin (fifth Robin).
Batman: R.I.P - Dr Hurt and the Black Glove’s origin
Final Crisis - Death of Batman
Batle for the Cowl - How the Batfamilly deals with the death of Batman
Batman Reborn - Dick Grayson is Batman partroling with Damian
Batwoman: Elegy - Batwoman’s origin
The return of Bruce Wayne
Batman Incorporated (Batman Inc. + Demon stars + Gotham’s most wanted) - Creation of a Batman Franchise
Batman: Court of owl (court of owl + night of owls) - Court of owl’s origin
Batman and Robin (new 52) - Bruce/Damian relationship - Read trades 1-3 before the end of Batman Incorporated
Batwoman new 52 (6 trades)
Batman : Endgame, We are Robin and Robin War - would be a good introduction for Duke.
Batman rebirth special
PS : Anyone, feel free to add things that you think are important to learn about the characters or the World :). This is just a quick list I wrote before work, and of things coming to my mind, so I’m probably missing important stuffs without noticing it !
PPS : important to say when I put “origin”, it implies “one of the origin”, just thé ones I chose because it’s usually the most liked (not particularly by me) and acceptéd (again, not particularly by me haha).
Kinda set in the same universe as the concert HC’s I did the other night.
A few years after Eddie and Richie get married, Richie signs up for British show “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!”
He has to spend up to three weeks in the Australian jungle, doing insane trials involving heights, critters, spiders, snakes…you name it in order to earn food.
At first he was so pumped for it, because it was a Hugh opportunity and was up for the challenge, but as the days go on the need for decent food became apparent.
And god did he miss Eds.
A week in, the celebrities all get the chance to earn their care packages from home, but Richie lets one of the older campmates get theirs and he sacrifices his own which was a blanket and a photo of him and Eddie on their honeymoon.
Richie also takes part in his fair share of trails, his worst one being put in an enclosed case full of snakes and being hung high in the air.
Surprisingly, to Richie, he makes it to the top 5 and as a treat, they send a family member in for each of the remaining campmates.
Richie is confused when he is told by producers that he needs to go and collet water, but when he enters the clearing, Eddie is sitting on one of the wooden logs.
He is in so much shock, for the first time in the three weeks he is silent.
Eddie just gets up and wraps his arms around him in a tight hug, whispering about how proud his is of him and how much he has missed him.
When Richie finally gets his voice back, he pulls Eddie into a kiss and sobs at how he can’t believe that Eddie is here, and how much he’s missed him.
He asks about what Eddie’s been up to in Australia, and is humoured to discover that Eddie has held many Australian animals that he never thought he would ever hold.
Richie know’s he isn’t one to cry in front of people, but he hasn’t seen Eddie in three weeks so he can’t help himself.
He struggles to let him go when their time is up, but he knows that they don’t have long left until they see each other again.
Richie ends up being crowned King of the Jungle.
all of the losers except stan are super excited for halloween
they go all out and like decorate everywhere and carve pumpkins and all that stuff
and on halloween they all have great, meticulously planned costumes (except stan)
they’ve planned for weeks to go trick or treating that night and then have a sleepover at richie’s house and watch horror movies all night
so when they all get to school the losers all see stan and are frankly a little disappointed because he looks completely normal
richie and bill in particular keep bothering stan about why he’s not wearing a costume or anything
and then at lunch stan just pulls up his pant leg and shows them the pumpkin socks he’s wearing and is like “boo, motherfuckers, now shut up and let me eat my lunch”
richie is delighted and ruffles stan’s hair ofc
and they all go trick or treating after school
richie gives eddie all of his candy and then steals candy from everyone else because he still wanted some
and then they all watch scary movies and cuddle up together on the couch
eddie falls asleep on richie’s shoulder after the first two or three movies
bev laughs at bill when he jumps at all the scares and ben watches her in admiration
stan and mike’s fingers lace together not long after the first movie starts & every time stan jumps mike squeezes his hand in reassurance
eventually they all fall asleep together & it’s all perfect and wonderful and there’s candy everywhere
T + C polaroid
this started out as a redraw of these but then i got lazy so now it’s just gay nonsense, much like the young avengers
i love that st/it crossover you did!! can we get more?? maybe richie and mike admitting their crushes? idk if you ship byler or mileven but. reddie. please.
“–Okay, well, that’s bullshit. Richie. You definitely like someone!” Mike argued quickly. They were both on Mike’s bottom bunk, cards between them and a game of War paused. And another one about to break out.
“When’s the last time I’ve ever kept my mouth shut about anything I like.” Richie said, snapping the ends of his cards. Mike narrowed his eyes; the logic was too clear for Richie. “Not an excuse. A self-aware observation.”
“No. You are just trying to cover it up.” Mike said. He had noticed how quiet Richie had been about his summer plans; he couldn’t give himself away if he didn’t speak at all. Mike was often an idiot, but not when it came to his brother.
“I notice you haven’t answered the question.” Richie tisked, placing his next card down. King.
“Yeah, Wi- well,” Mike suddenly stuttered, reaching for his card. “Uhhhh,” He flipped over a two. The small spades letting Richie gain confidence he didn’t need.
“The cards have spoken.” Richie chuckled. He took the cards slowly, fingers dragging the cards across the quilt before tucking it in his deck. “Too bad it’s not two queens, huh?”
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OKAY so I know this is content nobody was asking for, but literal demon @bayyyleaf basically ruined my life when she realized that the creator of Young Avengers worked on Grey’s Anatomy and literally named a god damn character after Teddy “Hulkling” Altman. how this hasn’t been a reoccurring joke in any comics is downright criminal and unjust, and anyway, I’m in hell.
TBT to my favorite Banner line from the first Avengers film
bill denbrough, probably: these are my boys. trash boy, noodle boy, farm boy, wheezy boy, squishy boy, boat boy,,
bill, gesturing vaguely to beverly: tiddy boy
I got wiccan yesterday, so I made a gif of the boyfriends dancing Cause I have no chill