#Chuck Dixon

[starrycomics]

Genuinely hilarious to me that while Dick and Bruce are having yet another domestic about the legacy of Batman, Dick’s need for independence, and Bruce’s piss-poor communication skills

Tim is out in Gotham putting in a SHIFT

This kid is being dragged across the Gotham skyline, tracking down a flying murderer that him and Dick were supposed to be taking down together

That boy needs a raise, doing all the actual work around here

#Robin #Tim drake #Batman #Bruce Wayne #dick Grayson #Nightwing #chuck dixon #Tim Harold and Alfred need to start a union im dead serious

[daily-bruce-wayne]

#bruce wayne #daily bruce wayne #daily bruce #batman #chuck dixon #tom lyle #andy mushynsky #todd klein #adrienne roy #dennis o'neil

[madcapmento]

One sec I need to talk about Shiva.

Lady Shiva was introduced in Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter in the 70s. She was a traveling martial artist hellbent on getting revenge for her sister, who she believed had been killed by Richard Dragon. She lured Dragon into a trap, revealed herself as Carolyn's sister, and tried to fight him to the death. Once she realized that Dragon had nothing to do with it, that Cravat and The Swiss (unimportant villain characters, they killed Carolyn) had been the ones to kill her sister, she helped Dragon defeat the villain (by giving him her shiny belt so he could redirect the beam of a deadly laser that was being pointed at them while they were fighting, don’t even ask) and Richard Dragon and Lady Shiva became allies, friends even. Dragon convinced her it would be a waste to kill Cravat and told her that he had killed the Swiss himself. She accepted this. They shook hands. This all took place over the course of one issue of Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter. It took ONE issue for Shiva to go from antagonist to ally. She then tagged along with Richard because she liked the adventures he got up to, the danger, the challenge, and the thrill of it. Richard even called her later on when he needed help on a different adventure. What I’m saying is she didn’t start out as evil.

Okay, so what do we know about Shiva so far? She’s a thrill-seeking peripatetic martial artist of great capacity and skill. She cared about her sister. She’s willing to kill. She’s an adventurer and a valuable ally. Great. Moving on.

The Question 1987 features THE Lady Shiva. A character capable of both ruthlessness and mercy, cruelty and tenderness. A curious, thrill-seeking, teasing character. She was vicious and nonpartisan and she was working as a mercenary for hire. But she was an ally, even when she was beating the shit out of Vic. She loved the O Sensei. You can tell she even cared about Vic in her way. I’m not saying she had a heart of gold, or that there weren’t tropes she fell into. She wasn’t and there were. But she was a fairly well-rounded, morally gray character that played a key role wherever she showed up. She was closer to a non-traditional anti-hero than anything else. Idfk, just go read The Question.

I read a tvtropes article describing Lady Shiva as “an archetypical Dragon Lady, complete with sinister motivations and exotic sex appeal,” which… she isn’t. She subverted this trope in several ways actually. She never had “sinister motivations” until Chuck Dixon got his grubby little hands on her. Her motivations were pretty neutral. She had her own set of principles, she was very morally gray. She wanted to travel and fight worthy opponents on her adventures for the thrill of it. She seemed to operate mostly on personal whims, and on the basis of building worthy rivals, out of love for the art of combat. And she didn’t use her sex appeal for shit (until the Richard Dragon reboot comic kms), she didn’t tolerate sexual advances or objectification. She just WAS NOT a conniving temptress, I don't understand where this misperception came from (but I do blame Dixon, I’ll get to that in a sec).

This same article states that she began as the arch-nemesis of Richard Dragon? Unless you’re accepting the version of the two of them from the very short lived Richard Dragon 2004 series as their canonical relationship then NO she didn’t. But I digress.

There was a marked change in the way Lady Shiva was written by the time Robin (1991) came out, this is where her character starts to lean towards the Dragon Lady trope imo. She also weirdly, and maybe arguably, leans more into traditional femininity while at the same time being written as more wild and uncontrollable. Chuck Dixon seemed to fundamentally misunderstand Lady Shiva as a character. He turned her (sometimes ironic) disdain for brutes who wouldn’t last a second in a fight with her into stereotypical womanly haughtiness. He turned her capacity for ruthlessness into bloodlust. And he made her into a conniving, somewhat deranged, villainous woman, tempting our young hero towards evil (oh my!). Again, I’m not saying she ever had a heart of gold, but Dixon changed core character traits (namely her respect for other people's personal code) to turn her into a villain.

“Kill him, little bird. Kill him and become a predator…Aren’t you my weapon? My instrument of death? Say you are mine.” Like?? She would not fucking say that, respectfully.

That isn’t even to mention Richard Dragon (2004) where Dixon turned Shiva’s relationship with Dragon into a resentful, sexually charged dick-measuring contest.

Even so, I don’t entirely hate Shiva as a villain, especially in Batgirl (2000). Pucketts Shiva is a bit less egregious imo. So she’s a passively suicidal evil mentor-figure who wants Cass to be a killer like her. Whatever, I can get on board with that I guess. I can enjoy it because I love Cass and this is a great comic run. But the retcon that–Listen, THE RETCON THAT IS SHIVA’S SISTER BEING KILLED BY DAVID CAIN, SHIVA DESCRIBING THIS AS FREEING, SAYING SHE’S GRATEFUL, THEN AGREEING TO GET PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD IN RETURN?? This boils my blood. Shiva, who was introduced as somebody who cared about getting revenge for her dead sister. Shiva, for whom freedom and autonomy were core character traits. That Shiva?? That Shiva is relieved her sister is dead and is willing to carry her sister's killer's child to term?? What the fuck?

I hate it. I don’t understand it. Why would you take a complex character who makes it difficult to tell who she really cares about, and flatten them into somebody incapable of love?

Okay I’m done, this is getting too long and I don’t even want to get started on New 52 era Shiva. I don’t have a conclusion, I’m just annoyed. Thanks for reading. The Question (1987) is NOT a perfect comic but if you’re interested in Shiva please please please check it out, it’s very moody and philosophical, noir-esque. Also Chuck Dixon suck my dick.

#lady shiva #the question #vic sage #tim drake #chuck dixon #Chuck Dixon anti #denny o'neil #shiva #sandra wu san #90s comics #70s comics #cass cain #the question 1987 #richard dragon #david cain #dc comics #dc characters #dc meta #80s comics #please forgive how rambling and disjointed this sounds #and the writing quality is just not there but I have a point!!

[paulsebert]

I think it’s hilarious that Chuck Dixon a homophobic conservative writer’s legacy is basically inspiring a generation of slash fic which were prolific to the point that DC Comics decided to make the characters he wrote LGBT.

#comics #comic books #fandom #Chuck Dixon #Connor Hawke #Robin #Tim Drake #Birds of Prey

[soleminisanction]

I think it’s so fundamentally telling of what sort of person Stephanie is when her reaction to Greta potentially being killed via 10,000 megawatts of electricity isn’t to be sad or devastated or beat herself up about it/ be disappointed in herself (like I think maybe Tim or Batman would be) it’s purely fear of punishment via Robin being angry at her. She did not care whether greta lived or died. She’s never been overly concerned with whether someone died or not and this has been a consistent characteristic of hers, but that’s usually only in reference to criminal characters who you could justify ‘had it coming’ and whatnot. This was just like. Greta read her diary? And Steph then tried to kill her for it? And did not feel any regret upon trying to do so? Tf??

You're not wrong, anon (aside from comedically exaggerating the voltage of a suburban powerline). I considered calling that out in the post and decided it was a tangent that would've distracted from the actual point, which wasn't so much "Yikes, Steph is an asshole" so much as it was, "And this is why you shouldn't always take characters at their word; with good writers, there's often a lot more going on when you pay attention."

Although looking back over the post now, I really have to wonder if the whole issue wasn't Peter David's way of, in part, criticizing how Chuck Dixon was handling the whole Steph-hunts-Tim's-secret-identity storyline.

Peter David is not shy or subtle about working his opinions into his comics, YJ especially, and he definitely knew where the story was going -- the last page of the issue, the one I didn't include on the post, includes a direct reference to the way the arc would soon end, with an editorial note pointing readers to Robin to find out more.

Throughout the fight Secret specifically calls Steph out on invading Robin's privacy multiple times; it lines up with the way David had, for example, negatively portrayed pair of sports hunters in issue #7, or how he wrote Cissie's "It was the guns you idiot" rant from issue #15. Whereas Steph's responses are mostly comments on the immediate situation and personal barbs that deepen Greta's arc, ie, the bit questioning whether she's even human.

And even though YJ was working with the exact same themes and narrative elements, there's never a comparative incident where a member of the team tries to learn Robin's identity behind his back. Again, despite the fact that Secret could do so easily, and despite all the tension the identity issue ultimately ends up causing on the team. Because even if they don't like that he's keeping secrets, they respect that they're his secrets to keep, and Stephanie doesn't. Or rather, Chuck Dixon doesn't, at least not when it comes to his precious pet character.

Heck, there's also the fact that the "lecture" Tim gives at the end, the one hinting towards the storyline's conclusion, hinges on how Batman and Robin is a relationship built on a bond of implicit trust... and how the relationship doesn't work if that trust is broken... and it's hinting at the end of a storyline in which that implicit trust is broken in a way that arguably took Bruce out of character and turns him into the bad guy while not only excusing Stephanie's behavior but rewarding her for it with her first round of actual Bat-training...

Of course, I have zero way of knowing what Peter David was thinking so this is 100% just my analysis but... I could see it. It's a way to professionally express his displeasure without publicly criticizing a colleague or sabotaging their plans. David's a good writer, I wouldn't put it past him.

#young justice #peter david #greta hayes #stephanie brown #the secret #spoiler #batman #robin #dc comics #batfam #meta #chuck dixon #tim drake #dc comics asks

[about-faces]

“The Bride of Leatherwing,” from The Batman Chronicles #11 (1997), by Chuck Dixon and Enrique Alcatena

#batman #penguin #oswald cobblepot #selina kyle #catwoman #robin #dick grayson #elseworlds #full stories #full comics #chuck dixon #enrique alcatena

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

#Moon Knight #Chuck Dixon #Denys Cowan

[onlylonelylatino]

Blue Beetle, Black Canary and Robin by Marcos Martín

#blue beetle #ted kord #black canary #robin #tim drake #marcos martin #dc comics #modern age #chuck dixon

[haveyoureadthiscomic-poll]

#batman/wildcat #batman #bruce wayne #wildcat #ted grant #beau smith #chuck dixon #dc #dcu #dc comics #poll #if chuck dixon wrote this is there unintentional old man yaoi? #people who have read it tell me

[goodcopbatcop]

Nightwing (1996) #25

Writer: Chuck Dixon

Characters: Dick Grayson (Nightwing), Tim Drake (Robin)

#tim drake #dick grayson #goodcopbatcop #officer grayson #nightwing 1996 #nightwing #robin dc #dc robin #robin tim drake #dc tim drake #robin iii #timothy drake #batboys #batbros #batbrats #bludhaven #bludhaven police department #chuck dixon #new earth #dick and tim #officer dick grayson #comic panels #id in alt text #honest cop #work from the inside

[starrycomics]

Tim Drake is such a tragedy - trying to lighten the mood with a joke while he’s literally dying of an at-that-point incurable illness

Detective Comics #696

His entire teenage life is spent being an emotional buoy for the adults around him and even a horrific illness can’t stop that

#tim drake #robin #batman #Nightwing #dick grayson #detective comics #chuck dixon

[gretahayes]

Chuck Dixon’s reaction to Tim coming out as bi btw. He’s so full of shit and such a loser.

#my rambles #tim drake #chuck dixon #author interviews #articles

[daily-bruce-wayne]

#bruce wayne #daily bruce wayne #daily bruce #batman #chuck dixon #tom lyle #andy mushynsky #todd klein #adrienne roy #dennis o'neil

[lucky-katebishop]

I’ve been reading Tim Drake comics for the past month and I thought I’d share some screenshots I’ve taken hehe (I think they’re all from Chuck Dixon’s 90s trilogy)

Such good Tim Drake angst in Dixon’s run. 

This panel is gorgeous. 

Tim with his soda and D&D rip off is so cute, he deserved to be a kid more. Also I totally want more fics where Tim plays D&D to figure out his vigilante stuff.

Gahhhh Bruce and Tim angst is so real. 

Tim and Ariana were cute I do have to admit.

This panel is amazing. That’s all lol. Might post more if anyone wants it. 

#tim drake #batman #batfam #chuck dixon #robin #batman and robin #red robin #comics #dc #detective comics #bruce wayne #bat family #long post #timothy jackson drake #timothy drake #my posts #ruth reads comics

[buniyaad]

i think one of the saddest things about kon, OG kon, is that he was very aware of how fucked up and prone to fucking up he was. and that level of fuckery needed a proper handler. he doesn't even know tim, but tim did for him what rex and dubby and roxy and makoa won't. tim told him so. and that shit kills him inside, bc how's some rando from gotham telling him about himself whereas the rest of his so-called-crew is letting him fuck around and find out. it's tragic! he's a boy as much as he is a clone, but kon knows he can never be treated like a boy. bc they gave him the powers of a god. and because he had the powers of a god, he's going to be treated like nuclear-level threat and not just a stupid, horny boy. they really made sure to destroy every aspect of his self-esteem forreal forreal so that he'd never have a healthy relationship with a woman ever. true struggler 😭😭😭

#kon el #superboy #superboy 1994 #tim drake #chuck dixon #dc comics #real talk

[automaticsoulharmony]

Latest DC things from an antique mall <3

(The comic is the one where Tim finds out Steph is pregnant)

(It also has Ives and Harold)

(Harold being the random man that used to live in and upgrade the bat-cave)

#tim drake #batfam #dc comics #batman and robin #batman #chuck dixon #don’t ask me why I tagged him #wonder girl #wonder woman #red robin dc #robin dc #robin #tim drake robin