I like how the opening issue references the "Bruce Wayne is in Arkham" theory, even having all the doctor look like batman villains

joker actually becoming part of the bat family is amazing

As a massive Superman fan, i love that ending. I love that they made the baby Clark represent hope returning to the world. That's beautiful.

The best Batman stories are the ones that feel like a fever dream where the dreamer(Batman)is desperately trying to piece together what it means

The look on that Superbabies face at the end does NOT scream 'age of hope', it screams 'get me out of here'.

Okay but the idea of the entire world hearing Lex Luther tell them to just be evil, and everyone just going “sounds pretty cool man I’m in” to the point where even LEX HIMSELF was like “what the fuck his speech was WAY better” is so funny to me. Like even kids decided to start beating up heroes apparently it’s so fucking funny

Kinda nice Omega gave Alfred that peace before death

The way this started, I felt like they were doing a "Shutter Island" thing. Then it decided it was a Batman comic after all and did its own thing. Omega being the real Batman all along was too obvious, though.

Honestly, i think the most eerie and morbid part of this comic is that "Speed Force Storm". Imagine being trapped forever in a storm, constantly running, constantly exhausted, constantly in pain. No one can save you because the storm itself kills anyone that gets remotely near it in the worst way possible. Either they get aged up to dust or down to mere cells. And you'd have to imagine how that would feel, too... Once hit by the lightning, everything in the world including yourself slows down immensely, from your point of view. You are conscious through all of it, trapped in one seemingly endless state as you wait for yourself to age and die. Or, arguably worse, you feel your very mind regress at incredibly high speed, giving you a feeling akin to actual insanity as you feel yourself slip away in real time, becoming lesser and lesser, becoming weaker and weaker until you are... nothing. In both cases, you silently observe the storm... The miasma of tangled, tortured souls begging for release from theit torment, seemingly conscious of your fate and their part in it...

I never thought Id see the day where the Joker takes up the mantle of Robin, but stranger things have happened.

I love how Hush is a librarian. What exactly does a librarian say? “Hush”

Curiously, Omega's suit is heavily inspired by the one used by Bruce Wayne Jr., the son of Batman in the "Generations" universe. Upon becoming the third Batman, Jr. initially wore the same costume as his predecessors while forming a wholesome dynamic duo with Kara Kent (Supergirl). However, after Kara was horribly murdered the day of their wedding, Jr. was so devastated that he created a completely dark suit that hid all of his skin as a way to symbolize his new absolutist and violent persona similar to that of Rorschach and Azrael.

I appreciate this storie because instead of ending on a note of hopelessness it ends the exact opposite,it shows what happens when people persevere.

the fact that batman can actually do this anytime he wants is crazy

This story reminds me a lot of a short saga in the "Rat-man" series. Basically this scientist create a device to rewrite reality and want to use it to erase all superheroes (because for him they're just a bunch of idiots running around in spandex) but he change is mind when this super evil entity reveal that is going to use this new reality to consume all the universe. To stop the entity the scientist then dicide to use the machine to write a new reality were heroes can inspire people to hope in dark moments. The entity mocks him saying that it will exist even in the world and will rise to consume it one day saying something on the line "What a single small light can do in absolute darkness?" to which the scientist replay with "everyone will be able to see it".

It’s funny how this plot is similar in quite a number of ways to Mega Man Zero. Post apocalypse, small groups trying to survive, you play as a clone of the original hero, the original hero turns out to the be the villain, and the villains are literally both called Omega.

1:20 The arkham asylum chime hit so hard

This had the best tropes i like in this kind of story: good joker redemption, bad batman, villains splitting into siding with the heroes and going all in on villainy, all the op characters incapacitated so theres more tension and finally- a happy ending that makes sense and is satisfying

The score from Arkham Asylum was the cherry Sir. Flawless execution

A story with an evil Batman WAY BETTER than The Batman Who Laughs. This is how you make an evil Batman.

20:30 seeing joker smile like that is actually very heartwarming

been thinking over scott snyder's final batman story: last knight on earth. i've come to the conclusion that it's about how the young will be more hopeful about the world over the people that are old. another thing i notice was that omega (older batman) became cynical about life and that made him become a loner. then you have younger batman who was more hopeful about the world and that helped him garner a community; the young batman started as a loner and then grew out of it. plus, where omega starts at is where young batman ends up being at. omega starts with hopefulness about the world, being in the justice league; but, at some point omega gets disillusioned with everything. this story starts in a dark place and is hopeful in the end. like joker becomes a robin and bruce is back in wearing blue. thinking about it some more, the three costumes that bruce wears is about his character growth: from a damaged person to a more put together person. with how dark and depressing it is at the start of the story, it makes thematic sense why young bruce is in a mental institution. because being hopeful in a world that is all dark and depressing, must mean you are mentally not all there. on a more metatextual sense, with three different batman looks for young bruce, is saying you can write batman 3 different ways and still be batman. you can write him on a more psychology level (with the straight jacket look), you can write him more as modern batman (being psychology damaged but at the same time being a bit hopeful), and a more hopeful put together batman (basically adam west batman) looking back when this book came out, it's interesting that this story came around the time snyder did his justice league run. this batman story turns into a justice league story. Also it foreshadows, scott snyder's ending of his justice league run; the ending for that run has the world chose the villains side over the heroes. for a more metatextual sense, it's about scott snyder's experiences writing for dc comics. now this might be a stretch but hear me out. snyder's famous thing starting out was writing for batman and then, the next famous thing he did was write for the justice league. another meta thing could also be inretrospect in last knight on earth, could be a commentary on new 52. it's been said before that the new 52 was "trash", but the one good thing that people always said was snyder's batman run. so the post apocalyptic waste land in last knight on earth, is the new 52 and the one good thing about it was "younger" batman. which one of the talking points about the new 52, was that the heroes were suppose to be younger.

"I won't become Robin since Robin is a good person" I think he is referring to Tim

Amazing how the edgiest DC directors are both called Snyder.

I love the cowl bruce has from the asylum, it looks honestly so bad ass and I hope if they make another arkham game they include it

i like how of all things, joker becomes a goodguy wearing a robin mech suit. that's genuinely such a weird idea but i love it so much

This gives me big “marvel ruins” vibes. Stories like this are the ones I always wanna see turned into DCAU movies rather than the same general selection of justice league stories over and over again.

Imagine a comic for joker "joker's redemption" Tbh this kind of joker is much better, to see him actually in the bat family, is wholesome.

oh my god the asylum chime at 1:20

Okay tho, the voice acting is so good. I honestly forget I was in a Mullet video until he started to narrate again.

Just watched three of your videos, and I’m so happy to find somebody who breaks the comics they read down in a similar way to myself! So refreshing. You read between the lines in a super unique way👌🏼 definitely earned my sub

I loved this comic, glad you reviewed the story, and I can't wait to see more!

I’ve been meaning to check out this comic for awhile. Scott got some flack for some of the stuff that happened during his run on Batman and I always thought that was kinda unfair. Thank you for covering it his comic. I think this is probably his best work involving Batman.

The start of this had me completely hooked in and by the end it was a completely needless element of the story. I was quite excited to explore the world of Batman the lunatic.

Thank you for the longer videos.

Quality going up! Great job

Is there a lore reason why Superman and Luthor had that competition? Were they stupid? Also does anyone know the way back to Ham Aslume?

This feels like a fever dream on acid

Hell yeah new mullet man comic’s video 🔥

Why would the people vote for doom? Like, its in the name, doom.

Wow I really appreciate how you narrate this. Subscribing rn.

This is one of my all time favorite yt vids

The start was great but everything after the hospital just kind of felt like drivel.

14:30 is that stan lee smoking a cigarette?!?!?!?!?

Great video mate really love when you do a long form video keep it up and can’t wait for more videos

I love this video thank you for making it good job m8

this could make a really good game, something about wandering around a reality bent wasteland as a ninja with a talking head. I mean the settings not drawn really just make your mind go wild too, like a crocodile people kingdom, some imp battleground with cartoon mists (wtf are those), a failed venture by an advanced star faring civilization resulting in a graveyard of starships and so on.

I keep being surprise by how all this Evil Batmen keep killing Darkseid from all people. 😜

I just stumbled upon your work here. Very interesting and rich with ideas. Thank you for this.

Brother! You've become a new favorite channel of mine. PLEASE make longer videos. Would love to see you dive into a story spanning multiple issues. Some of my favorite stories on individual titles that take place during an event (Like what Dr. Strange was doing during Civil War and how conflicts with taking a neutral stance later on)

10:22 Given we know omega was actually batman, i wouldnt be surprised he did this because of his love for his other father

Love the way you bring the comic to life throughout your videos!

So stoked for this video need to read the comic myself afterwards!

2 minutes in and this video is legitimately unsettling. Amazing work

I've not watched the whole video yet. I've hit like, but after 40 seconds, you've piqued my interest so much that I've just gone and ordered the first book! I'll come back to the vid once I've read it! 😁

This story was really awesome and badass in my opinion.

Greg Capulla's run in Batman is always an amazing reread.

What an absolutely phenomenal comic video audible. Will surely enjoy more content and may you find continued success in all you do 🙏

I feel like the ending didn't exactly wrap up the story thematically. It feels kind of generic and like its lacking a statement really. Just ends up being an entertaining story about Bruce with not anything to say except to give us a deeper understanding of Batman. But i feel like how it started out was promising a deeper story with psychological intrigue. Also I would love to see a comic of Bruce solving that case the joker made for him because that seemed like fun.

Just found your channel & gotta say Awesome Video Great Job with the story telling. Keep em coming 👍🏼👍🏼

Feel like this must have been glossed over in the video. Why tf would superman agree to this weird contest in the 1st place?

Holy the buzzing of the fly was such a cool detail

That straight jacket suit is one of my fav Batman suits.

The fact a story like this is more likely to be turned into a movie by DC than anything dark that Marvel has in their comic stories

Really enjoy the longer run time.

Here I was watching a comic book reading to help me sleep... 5 minutes in I don't think I'll ever sleep again

Wow! Just discovered you. You have some very good editing/dramatic skills put to use here. Loving your style. SUBSCRIBED.

I love how you used the Arkham Asylum jingle during the acted part!

The addition of the Batman: Arkham Asylum announcement effect or as I call it the: "Dun Dundun duuuunn", is a really nice touch.

It's pretty funny that Bruce Omega, before he turned evil, was a 10/10 troll, considering he even snuck into the Amazon Paradise several times without Diana and her sisters noticing. Imagine their faces when they found out that the patriarchy stepped on their "pure" territory several times 🤣🤣🤣

I just love the BioShock music bro, nice detail. ♥️🤙

I checked this comic book out today at a library, read it today, and then watched the video today.

VERY neat, ty for the video good sir

We need a movie based off this comic

Can you please do a video on the final issue of Invincible?

20:30 that baby looks horrified

that baby clark looked cracked out of his mind at the end

The entire medical facility section reminds me so much of The Darkness 2 during it’s medical-amnesia portion where villains and allies are just other patients making you question your own sanity

Joker as a head in a Robin mech suit is awesome! His stretched Robin mask over the dome is peak.

Nice touch on adding the creepy intercom from Arkham Asylum

My favorite part is lex was convinced by superman's debate but the world chose lex's half hearted argument instead.

Please do a video on Batman Night Cries, love your videos

frikin loved this comic i wish we got more of it

18:59 man sad, man sees a mr.bloom cameo, man happy. Also i loved the bane and scarecrow duo in this story

This is very unique story, we need more modern comics like this

honestly the start as much more intresting than the middle

This was a weird conclusion to the Scott and Greg run Still fantastic! I see you doing them short comic dubs I see you 🔥🔥🔥

i never really understood this comic when i was younger, but when i got older, i still didn't understand

this reminds me of Moon Knight vol. 8, completely diving into Marc's insanity and his eventual acceptance of his DID, leaving you questioning what was real and what wasn't

20:31 the baby has the perfect "WTF" face

I just clicked the video, but i LOVE Greg Capullo's art, so i'm gonna find the comic myself and put this on my watch later!

Joker actually becoming Robin is cool and very symbolic of the whole "hope" thing, because it's like the ultimate triumph of Batman's ideology over Omega/Joker--"Anyone can change and be better". It's the inverse of all the stories where Joker proves his "One Bad Day" thing by creating Red Hood, or getting Batman to kill someone; in this case Batman managed to finally prove that his villains CAN change, even the most horrible of them, and now Joker is Robin.

No matter how much i watch this video, i am still confused

How ironic. The people chose to kill their beloved heroes, and they ended up dead because of it

Superman really let Luthor decide the fate of the world on an online internet poll. Trolls gonna troll man.

absolutely love how they just let The Joker sorta hang around

It's a good comic but I don't think Superman would ever play a roulette game based on opinion and bet his life and another's just for the sake of argumenting

Bro don’t feel bad about taking a pee break. We’ll wait for the Red Hood video!

the little Arkham asylum dings add so much eerie ambience

God that hug with Alfred was so cute