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Catwoman #58 - "Gotham War V" (2023)
written by Tini Howard art by Nico Leon & Veronica Gandini
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marcos-h-c · 6 months
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Colorber day 14 - Lady Clayface
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clownishprince · 1 year
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Some colored sketches of dc characters I did several months ago
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lesbianswampthing · 5 months
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also i can now say that ive read basically every appearence of sondra fuller that matters and it makes tini howards writing of her all the more egregious
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dailycass-cain · 1 year
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The Batgirls Annual #1 preview is out and boy howdy does it got some stuff to digest in this...
I do like that the book is continuing on two things we've seen Cass enjoying (one in this comic) and one teased elsewhere (Catwoman #45). I just wish you know. The latter was further teased as much as the former (goddamn you Batgirls #7-8 for being so damn awful).
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I truly do find this idea of Cass drawing quite an idea that began in Shadow of the Batgirl. But going further into it with loving art. The whole "knowing body language" with Cass + art + the various styles of art = intriguing ongoing character evolution.
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That and we get further progress on Cass being able to read as she is going deep into Edgar Allan Poe (as we've seen in Batgirls #9). Again, I like that she's gone from Shakespeare into this...
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I feel this is a nice bit of continuation of what began in Detective Comics over Cass battling her reading disability which Basil Karlo aka Clayface helped her by teaching her to recite plays from Shakespeare.
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My hope is that these two new passions merge in a way when the inevitable meeting between Clayface occurs. Cause I want the emotion. I just wish this stuff was referenced to make that punch HIT the reader's stomach when it comes upon reading it.
Because in the end, I want:
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Speaking of meetings... OH BOY. HERE WE GO! Their first actual meeting since B&O ended back in 2020. I'm really curious how this will go and be handled. I know SOMEONE will be dissecting the Shiva side to this. You know whose side I will be going into come next week.
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forevercloudnine · 2 years
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What are you’re thoughts on clayface joining the bat family?
So having NOW read Basil's reformation arc, I think his interactions with the bat family proper in Batwoman and Detective Comics were interesting, but I think as a status quo I enjoy more where he ended up in Ram V's Catwoman run. Even a reformed villain should get to be something of a wild card (and on a meta level, I think Selina deserves a shapeshifter wild card more than Bruce, who despite being brought down to "millionaire" in Tynion's run still has all the toys a vigilante could ever need).
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But in terms of having a sympathetic Clayface join the bat family, I think I'd prefer Preston Payne over Basil Karlo. Preston's degenerative metahuman condition was always more interesting than the "if he makes himself look normal too often he'll die!" handwave Basil got in Rebirth, and his extremely limited abilities mean that he wouldn't just be a "Get Out of Jail" free card plot device for Batman to use if he reformed.
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just-an-enby-lemon · 1 year
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AU where Basil Karlo is just a tiny little bit less egocentric, Matt Hagen doesn't die and the Mud Pact are besties.
Also AU were Batman was Bruce and not Jean Paul Valley when Cassius was kidnnaped so he decides to help Sondra (who wasn't comiting crimes anymore at that point except when her son was kidnnapped and in danger what is understandable) raise the kid while trying to find a cure for Preston (or at least the pain-murder part). Thanks to that Cassius has a happy childhood with two loving parents(although if he has to visit Arkham disguused for Preston or Bruce did fund a cure is open in the air as both are fine to me) who fully accepted them and three unhinged goodfathers/uncles (Batman, Basil and Matt) and they become an antihero and part of Damian's Teen Titans
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arkhamknightd · 26 days
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Clayface V - Cassius Payne
Another redesign, this time a little more substantive. I’ve never been exactly satisfied with how little individual character Cassius has gotten. His parents are two highlights of the extensive Clayface library and Cassius is the only one to be born as a Clayface. I wanted to play up his youth and lack of identity more than anything else.
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Cassius Payne, the fifth Clayface, is the son of Preston Payne, the third Clayface, and Sondra Fuller, the fourth. He’s inherited neither Preston’s delusions nor Sondra’s ruthlessness, but he is singularly desperate. Cassius doesn’t have any true form, wasn’t born with one, instead constantly living as others for as long as he’s able. Cassius is mostly harmless, but is desperate for purpose and identity, and will lash out at anybody who discovers him while he’s under one of his guises. It’s also not exactly healthy for him, getting sicker the longer he tries to keep a single form without changing. Not a bad kid, but a really volatile one. Cassius is a powder keg when left to his own devices, and his outbursts need to be carefully defused.
Not the sort to make plans on his own. Cassius is nonetheless often involved with other people’s operations. He’s a collaborator, working with anyone who will take him. His drive for belonging and nativity make him pretty easily strung along. His most frequent collaborator is Sondra herself, who, while close with her son, sees him in very functional terms.
This version of Cassius is about 16, having been born pretty early in Bruce’s career and mostly fighting the protégés after the story gets moving. He’s sort of distant from his parents, especially Sondra, who I’ll get to eventually. He loves them, but sort of resents both of them. They both chose their forms and he didn’t. Preston is at a live-in hospital these days and Sondra is still performing her secretive mercenary work. He constantly tries to live a normal life but just can’t maintain it. He has sort of Preston quality where he starts to have memories of the lives he pretends to lead if he stays in them too long. Which he tries to do every time without fail. Cassius thinks that if he can just maintain it he’ll have a full life as one of these people.
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comicbooksaregood · 9 months
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Battle for the Cowl: Arkham Asylum
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
The Place Where Beauty Lies
Writer: David Hine
Penciler: Jeremy Haun
Inker: Jeremy Haun
Colourist: Richard Horie, Tanya Horie
Cover: José Ladrönn
DC
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brutaliakhoa · 2 years
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Places to Start Reading Batman (Bruce Wayne)
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Foreword: After witnessing the death of his parents at age eight, Bruce Wayne set on training himself both physically and mentally to become Batman, hoping to prevent tragedies like that from ever happening in Gotham again. Perhaps one of the most well-known superheroes, Batman has more than eighty years of comic book material for readers to sift through. If you’re looking to start reading comics about Bruce Wayne, the staggering amount of books he’s in can be intimidating. This reading list offers you some places to start reading through Batman’s comics. The arcs or issues that I personally recommend will be bolded and italicized.
Detective Comics (1937) #397, 400-401 (both O’Neil’s and Robbins’ stories were good!), 404-406 (first appearance of the League of Assassins)
Batman (1940) #225
Detective Comics (1937) #410-411 (first appearance of Talia al Ghul)
Batman (1940) #232, 234, 235, 237, 239, 240, 242-244 (first mentions of the Lazarus pit), 247-248 (Dick, Bruce, and Alfred work a case together), 251
Detective Comics (1937) 451, 457 (Dr. Thompkins), 481 (read the first story of this issue), 489-490
Batman (1940) Annual 8, Annual 9
Detective Comics (1937) 568, 571 (solving a case with Robin Jason), 572 (Batman, Jason, and the Elongated Man), 574 (introspective issue with Bruce and Dr. Thompkins)
Secret Origins (1986) Special #1: a newscast team arrives in Gotham trying to get a soundbyte from the Rogue Gallery (not Bruce-focused but I think the Riddler’s comments about Batman and Gotham are interesting)
Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)
Detective Comics (1937) #579 (Crime Doctor), 580-581 (Twoface)
Batman (1940) #423, 426-429 (Death in the Family)
Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1997) #65-67
Detective Comics (1937) 597, 604-607 (Clayface, with one of my favorite scenes in 606), 608-609 (Anarky appearance), 614
Dark Knight Dark City (1990) (also found in Batman (1940) #452-454)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #16-20 (a failed case, an incentive, things fall apart from there; a very good interrogation of why batman should not use mindless violence, lest he start ascribing to fascist ideology. warning: fascism, human experimentation, femicide, sexism)
Batman (1940) #471 (Killer Croc)
Knightfall (1993): Bruce’s confrontation with Bane. Slow buildup at the beginning but worth a read!
Batman (1940) #484-492 (Bruce’s horrible no-good very bad month)
Detective Comics (1937) #659 (Mad Hatter)
Batman (1940) #493 (Victor Zsasz)
Detective Comics (1937) #660 (Killer Croc)
Batman (1940) #494 (Cornelius Stirk)
Detective Comics (1937) #661 (Scarecrow, Joker, and Firefly)
Batman (1940) #495 (Poison Ivy)
Detective Comics (1937) #662 (Riddler)
Batman (1940) #496 (Joker and Scarecrow)
Detective Comics (1937) #663
Batman (1940) #497: Batman breaks
Showcase ‘93 (1993) #7-8 (read the first story respectively)
Detective Comics (1937) #664
Batman (1940) #498
Detective Comics (1937) #665 (the new Batman begins)
Batman (1940) #499
Detective Comics (1937) #666
Batman (1940) #500
KnightsEnd (1994): After his enforced hiatus, Bruce re-trains to become Batman (with Lady Shiva appearances). I particularly recommend the Legends of the Dark Knight #63
Batman (1940) #509
Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #29
Detective Comics (1937) #676
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #62
Robin (1993) #8
Catwoman (1993) #12
Batman (1940) #510
Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #30
Detective Comics (1937) #677
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #63
Robin (1993) #9
Showcase ‘94 (1994) #10
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #100
No Man’s Land (1999) (#0 and then the novelization or the entire TPB. An earthquake devastates Gotham City, and after the U.S. government declares the city a no man’s land, some members of the GCPD, Oracle, and a new Batgirl scramble to protect the ruined city.)
Batman: Ego (2000)
Batman: Gotham Knights (2000) #34 (read the second story. Not Bruce-focused, but a short nice story about Jason’s ghost)
Bruce Wayne: Murderer? + Bruce Wayne: Fugitive (2002) (a 911 call places Bruce Wayne in the media spotlight. He didn’t murder his girlfriend, or do his kids not know him as well as they thought?)
tldr: Out of everything listed, No Man’s Land and Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive provides the best insight to the status quo for comics about Gotham vigilantes pre-n52 relaunch.
More self-contained, lower stakes stories in recent years:
Batman: Universe (2019)
Batman (2016) #101-117
Batman: the Knight (2022) #1-8
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bruciemilf · 7 months
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!!!! announced that Robin is going to be in The Batman II and also Clayface and like ROBIN they're giving Battinson a CHILD
Ladies gents and creatures WE WONNNN
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londonclubofsherwood · 3 months
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Cassandra Cain: I met my mother who I longed for and learnt that she's the infamous master assassin Lady Shiva who frequently commits murder, the very thing I cannot abide by, without remorse.
Basil Karlo (Clayface): Can I offer you William Shakespeare: The complete works in this trying time?
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trust-and-jump · 10 months
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FANON batfam things to (dis)like
To like:
Tim Drake taking photos at night - you know what I'm talking about.
Lazarus Pit's influence as some intrusive thoughts.
Jason Todd being literature nerd.
Not mentioning Cassandra Cain's second "adventure" with Lady Shiva, because I love Cass and I'm happy for all the stories it didn't happen.
Not destroying Clocktower.
White streak in Jason Todd's hair (I know, I know, it was in some comics too, but I consider it as fanon thing because— the ones who read comics would probably understand (I hope) what I mean).
Cassandra getting her name even without Barbara Gordon naming her.
Bruce accepting Tim Drake as a son almost immediately.
To dislike:
Bruce accepting Tim Drake as a son almost immediately.
Cassandra Cain having no personality outside of her weird body-reading thing/outside of her being Batfam therapist (which is— just WHY???? She's the worst option for this! I love her but she can't be perfect and she has SO. MANY. PROBLEMS. She deserves better than being that!) Guys she will beat all the criminals up if it means she doesn't have to talk about feelings and all that. Besides, knowing the person's intentions or guessing emotions doesn't mean knowing how to talk through it or how to handle these emotions or how relationships between people 'should' or 'should not' work.
Assuming that she understands everything people say before she learns how to speak.
Not mentioning her problems with reading&writing and thinking she would learn ASL immediately (and MAYBE she would, in some stories, IDK, but I saw only one fic that actually discussed why ASL would be as difficult for her as other languages)
Fucking... autopsy scar. it should not exist.
"Replacement". It's a good thing, actually, I just don't like it.
Shiny Dick. (KDJDISKSOXBXJSKOSSLSS I LAUGHED AFTER I WROTE IT I WON'T CHANGE IT)
Jason slitting Tim's throat at the Titans Tower. I know it would be kinda poetic after THE BATARANG ™ but - no. I remember Jason/Clayface thing with Hush and I accept this canon but all I see at the Titans Tower fight is beating. I'm not even sure Jason wrote the note in blood, because guys, have you ever tried to write big letters with BLOOD? I DID. It's so fcking inconvenient. and takes too much time! and oh my god, even if Jason DID write it in Tim's blood, why slitting his throat? do you have any idea how ridiculously difficult the whole thing is? I think people just kinda confuse Tim-Jason situation at the Titans Tower and Tim-Jason situation with Hush. Because. Slitting throat thing. And they often forget about that Jason/Clayface thing with Hush. I forget it too, sometimes.
Lazarus Pit Madness as a form of mind control or something that excuses everything Jason did. And turning him to a different character.
Impulsive Jason Todd who has no control at all. like with the white streak - I mark it as a Fanon thing despite it being in comics. not because previous reasons but because. because retcon. fuck off. I mean, as Robin he could be, sometimes. But all Robins were like that sometimes. And they all still were professionals. Well. Can vigilantes be professional????? I don't think so but who knows.
Shiny Dick [2]. I won't apologise. (wow I just found out that apologise and apologize are both correct, just British and American variants. Cool!!)
Duke Thomas having half-existence. - would it hurt to actually choose if Duke exists in your story or not? he's an amazing character and it's better not to write him at all if he's a ghost here, my guy.
Weird Tim who worships Jason while getting beat up by him. Did you see how Tim's all sassy while fighting? NOT a deer with big eyes at all. ROBIN. He's Robin!
Not acknowledging what Damian al Ghul or Damian Wayne has been through. I get it, you like Tim and Damian's acting hostile makes you hostile towards him but— seriously?
Woobifying any character while completely changing personality. Dick, Tim and Jason are suffering the most from it. Damian is there sometimes too.
"Jason doesn't try to kill Bruce anymore". He never tried to kill Bruce except this one time in Lost Days where he decided not to do it after all.
Not acknowledging Jason Todd being a hypocrite.
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guys do you remember Jason's dead eyes in Lost Days. literally the last glimpse of life in him was when he found out that Joker was alive. It's sad.
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okay there's a lot more than that but I just can't remember anything else right now. And I'm not going to touch all the fandom's opinions on Bruce Wayne as a parent because it's even more meaningless.
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sorry for bad English.
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baambastic · 1 year
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Am I missing anyone?
Bruce Wayne: Batman
Alfred Pennyworth: Penny One
Dick Grayson: Robin I, Nightwing, Discowing, Batman
Jason Todd-Wayne: Robin II, Red Hood
Barbara Gordon: Batgirl, Oracle
Tim Drake-Wayne: Robin III, Drake, Mister Sarcastic, Red Robin, Batman, Batman Beyond
Cassandra Cain/Wayne: Black Bat, Batgirl, Orphan
Stephanie Brown: Spoiler, Robin IV, Batgirl
Damian al Ghul-Wayne: Robin V
Duke Thomas: The Signal
Harper Row: Bluebird
Cullen Row: N/A
Luke Fox: Batwing
Carrie Kelly: Robin III (Alt.)
Kate Kane: Batwoman
Bette Kane: Flamebird
Julia Pennyworth: Penny Two
Selina Kyle: Catwoman
Helena Bertinelli/Wayne: Huntress
Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe: Misfit
Terry McGinnis: Batman Beyond
Matt McGinnis: Robin Beyond
Ace: Bat-Hound
Titus, Jerry, Goliath, Bat-Cow, Cat Alfred: Damian’s Pets
Jean-Paul Valley: Azrael
Lucius Fox: N/A
Tamara Fox: “Foxy Lady”
Tiffany Fox: Batgirl
Jace Fox: Batman
Jim Gordon: Commissioner Gordon
Claire Clover: Gotham Girl
Hank Clover: Gotham
Basil Karlo: Clayface
Minhkhoa Khan: Ghost-Maker
Talia al Ghul: The Demon’s Daughter
Harleen Quinzel: Harley Quinn
Kirk Langstrom: Man-Bat
Mia “Maps” Mizoguchi: “Robin” VI
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dalekofchaos · 9 months
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Gunnverse Batman fancast
Fancast for James Gunn’s DCU/Batman!
DCEU recast
Burtonverse Recast
90′s Justice League
Reevesverse Batman
Superman
Wonder Woman
The Flash
Green Lantern
Aquaman
Justice League
Green Arrow
Teen Titans
Suicide Squad
Justice League Dark
Batman Beyond
The Dark Knight Returns
Telltale’s Batman
Injustice
Legion Of Doom
Birds Of Prey
Jensen Ackles as Batman/Bruce Wayne
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Peter Capaldi as Alfred Pennyworth
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Jon Hamm as Thomas Wayne
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Lena Headley as Martha Wayne
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Courtney B. Vance as Lucius Fox
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Laura Dern as Dr Leslie Thompkins
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Bryan Cranston as James Gordon
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David Harbour as Harvey Bullock
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Stephanie Beatriz as Renee Montoya
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Bill Hader as Jack Ryder/The Creeper
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Jodie Comer as Vicki Vale
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Jesús Castro as Nightwing/Dick Grayson
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Kiera Allen as Oracle/Barbara Gordon
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Dacre Montgomery as Red Hood/Jason Todd
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Noah Schnapp as Red Robin/Tim Drake
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Kristen Stewart as Batwoman/Kate Kane
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress/Helena Bertinelli
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Riley Lai Nelet as Batgirl/Cassandra Cain
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Mckenna Grace as Spoiler/Stephanie Brown
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Izaac Wang as Robin/Damian Wayne
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John Boyega as Batwing/Luke Fox
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Caleb McLaughlin as Duke Thomas/The Signal
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Alexander Ludwig as Azrael/Jean Paul Valley
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Michael B Jordan as Azrael/Michael Lane
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Ana De Armas as Catwoman/Selina Kyle
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Brian Cox as Commissioner Gillian Loeb
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Sam Witwer as Captain Howard Brandon
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Michael Weatherly as Detective Arnold Flass
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Robert De Niro as Carmine Falcone
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Gina Mantegna as Sofia Falcone
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David Dastmalchian as Alberto Falcone
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James Carpinello as Mario Falcone
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Al Pacino as Sal Maroni
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John Goodman as Rupert Thorne
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Michael Imperioli as Anthony Zucco
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Willem Dafoe as The Joker
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Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
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David Tennant as The Riddler/Edward Nygma
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Alfred Molina as The Penguin/Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
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Oscar Isaac as Two-Face/Harvey Dent
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Giancarlo Esposito as Mr Freeze/Victor Fries
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Viggo Mortensen as Black Mask/Roman Sionis
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Jane Levy as Andrea Beaumont/The Phantasm
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Adam Driver as Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane
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Kevin Grevioux as Killer Croc
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Laz Alonso as Bane
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Doug Jones as Man-Bat/Kirk Langstrom
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Peter Stormare as Clayface/Basil Karlo
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Toby Jones as Mad Hatter/Jervis Tetch
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John Lithgow as The Ventriloquist/Arnold Wesker
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Natalie Dormer as The Ventriloquist II/Peyton Riley
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Dohmnall Gleeson as Hush/Thomas Elliot
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Raul Esparza as Hugo Strange
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Anya Taylor-Joy as Poison Ivy
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Pedro Pascal as Deadshot/Floyd Lawton
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Frank Grillo as Deathstroke/Slade Wilson
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Finn Wittrock as Talon/William Cobb
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Karl Urban as Owlman/Thomas Wayne Jr
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Stephen Fry as Professor Pyg
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Stephen Lang as David Cain
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Daniel Radcliffe as Anarky
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Cluemaster
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Keanu Reeves as Prometheus
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Ming-Na Wen as Lady Shiva
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Ghassan Massoud as Ra’s Al Ghul
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Nadine Njeim as Talia Al Ghul
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Yasmine Al Massri as Nyssa Al Ghul
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Michael Fassbender as Dr Simon Hurt
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Kat Graham as Jezebel Jet/Black Glove
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Christian Bale as The Batman Who Laughs
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dailycass-cain · 1 year
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Cassandra Cain Reading Guide Part 2: Modern
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Part II of my reading list for Cassandra Cain. This one chronicles the current iteration of the character, and all her modern appearances.
Part I you can view here. 
Part III reading guide (Random) you can find here.
Part IV reading guide (Alternate versions) you can find here.
Part V reading guide (PAIN) you can find here.
Batman & Robin Eternal #1-8, #10-14
-  #1 features the reintroduction of the character into the Batman Universe. #10-13 is her new origin, with one section not mentioned, but you can easily put the pieces together what it is (aka Cass killed Harper's mother).
#7 is worth the price alone of Cassandra watching ballet for the first time in this universe. As is #13 with GORGEOUS art by Marcio Takara, and is the crown jewel of the entire series for Cass.
The thing is though I can't really recommend the remaining portions. If you want to understand the finale then read #14-26. But-- it isn't as strong like the first fourteen issues (well save the brief period Tim/Jason go to Santa Prisca and are jerks to Bane).
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Detective Comics #934-940
-  the "Rebirth" era where Cass joins a team that features Tim, Steph, Clayface, and Batwoman. One tiny nitpick with the opening (which I guess goes the, if it ain't broke don't redo it) is Cass is bestest friends with Tim/Steph, and only told she is.
Still, the opening arc features Cass being Cass and has some damn good action moments of her being the "tank" of the team.
Batman #7-8
Nightwing #5-6
Detective Comics #941-942
Now I know some might skip this but x-over "Night of the Monster Men" does feature some Steph/Cass moments. Plus it's the first time in A LONG time Cass is in a crossover and it's the Bat-Family vs. Giant Monsters. 
Detective Comics #943-944
-  is the foundation of Cass/Clayface friendship probably one if THE hallmark of this entire run by run writer James Tynion IV.
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Detective Comics #950-956
-  the "League of Shadows" aka the arc that focuses on Cassandra and has her take on Lady Shiva. #950 and #955 are the hallmarks of this arc with an entire issue (#950) focuses on Cass, and the later is a giant fight scene of her vs. the League.
The problem with the arc is it feels like the "Empire Strikes Back", with no real payoff to the ending of it involving the conflicts of Ra's/Cass/Shiva.
Detective Comics #957-962
- has numerous Cass moments sprinkled in this arc. Namely more Basil/Cass goodies (him teaching her Shakespeare) and Kate/Cass taking on a brainwashed Azrael in a BRUTAL battle.
Detective Comics #964 
- is the second of a two-part story involving Steph/Anarky/Bruce. But it's this issue that has the apex of Cass/Basil friendship with the later at his breaking point, and Cass is there for her friend. You might need the tissues for the feels.
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Detective Comics #969-974 
- features the return of the Victim Syndicate (the second arc's big bads) and they have their focus solely on using Clayface to tear Batman's world apart. If #964 didn't rip your heart out, this arc will. But damn is it good.
Detective Comics #975-981 
- James Tynion IV's grand finale for his Tec run and Cass is heavily featured in all the issues. But #980 is a big one for Cassandra as she and Stephanie learn of their previous lives being Batgirls and Steph’s time as Robin.
Detective Comics #983-986 
- is basically Batman & the Outsiders prelude. #984 has Cass taking on the arc's villain Karma alone. But it's #985 where we get some damn good Cass moments as she, Black Lightning, and Batman foil Karma's schemes.
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***Updated note for this section. Shadow of the Batgirl graphic novel. A spectacular reinterpretation of Cassandra's origin story that takes place outside the main continuity. It hits all the beats that are why some of us love Cass and will defend the character. It's a one and done story. Perfect for new readers.
DC: The Doomed & the Damned
Truth & Justice #16-18 (online via DC Infinite), #6 (physical copy that collects the entire story.)
Truth & Justice has a Damian story by Juni Ba that includes the Bat Family celebrating Damian’s birthday, but it is crashed by Ra’s Al Ghul. Has a really cute tiny brother/sister moment between Cass/Damian. Worth it alone.
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- A spooky story called “The Hunt” that stars Cass and Orca. The former comes across human traffickers and the fight is interrupted by Orca. A simple but sweet story by Alyssa Wong, (who’d go on to write another fun Cass appearance in Batman: Urban Legends #8). 
Batman & the Outsiders #1-17
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-  (there's an Annual and it's an amazing Katana story but no Cass insight there). This series did an amazing job showcasing why Cassandra doesn't need the Orphan identity any longer.
It also FINALLY gives us evolution in the relationship between Cassandra and her mother Lady Shiva. Because going this route adds many more layers, and more story possibilities now. Instead of the tried standard Cass/Shiva death-match, we've gotten in the past.
Besides the new layers of depth added with her relationship with Shiva, we also get Cassandra bonding numerous times with Duke Thomas aka the Signal. If you've been hungering for brother/sister moments that we haven't gotten in AWHILE.
If there's any negative, is that Duke doesn't get the same attention as Cass does throughout the comic. I still hope beyond this comic that writers remember how close these two are and have a few more adventures.
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-Batman: Joker War Zone Event --
Batman #95-98 (No Cass)
Batman #99 (Cass has entered the Joker War chat)
Batman: Joker War Zone #1 (Cass becomes Batgirl again doning a variant of her old costume, Steph slaps a Bat symbol on her Spoiler costume and goes back to a half mask but also goes by Batgirl too)
Batman #100
- For a more continuity friendly version that follows the characters specifically: Batman & the Outsiders #17 (i.e. the Bruce/Cass talk) Batman: Joker War Zone #1 (page 3) Batman #99 Batman Joker War Zone #1 (pages 1-2, 4-8) Batman #100
Cass becomes Batgirl again after more than ten years from dropping the mantle. NUFF SAID!
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Batman #103-105 
 Infinite Frontier #0 
Batman Urban Legends #2-3
- Various appearances of Cass that have her running around as Batgirl with Stephanie. #3 of Batman: Urban Legends continues Shiva subplot started in Batman & the Outsiders. The story is flawed, but still worth it for the ending. 
There are three issues I'm neglecting in Detective Comics even if two of them have gorgeous art by Bilquis Evely. But the arc is rather meh on Cass. You might see this specific arc pop up on another reading guide for Cass.
Joker #3-4, #7, #9  #11-13, and #15
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- Cassandra figures heavily into the Joker ongoing helping out both Barbara Gordon (Oracle) and Jim Gordon in their search to find the Joker and solve the mystery as to why several groups are after the Clown Prince of Crime.
Features Cass vs a Talon. 
Highly recommended reading as it is truly a stealth Jim Gordon ongoing.
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Batman: Urban Legends #7 
- “Hunter or Hunted” is a story starring Cass in the "Future State" alternate future. It's a self-contained tale that tells an exceptional fight sequence with some awing visual treats for the reader.
For those readers who've read Batgirl Vol. 1, this story is the first time in all those years we finally get a story where the artist is allowed to let the fight breathe. You take in every move and emotion.
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Detective Comics #1038 (backup story) 
Detective Comics# 1039 (one panel but it's Dan Mora drawn-Cass) 
Detective Comics #1047-1058 (Shadow of the Bat arc) 
#1061 (assists Bruce in the finale to Tamaki's Riddler arc and final issue of her run with Ivan Reis drawn-Cass)
- Mariko Tamanki’s Tec run had Cass appear in the latter stages of it. These are the key areas Cass featured or appeared in. Shadow of teh Bat was the arc she appeared most in. 
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One Bad Day: Two-Face #1
- Tamaki again writing Cass (and Steph) as they tag on a case with Bruce that involves someone targeting Harvey Dent’s father. 
- Batman: Fear State Event -
Fear State Alpha #1 (first appearance of Seer) 
Batman #112 
Batman: Urban Legends #8 (framed for murder by Seer and team-up with Batwoman)
Batman #115 (secondary story: Batgirls Part 1) 
Nightwing #85 (The Clocktower goes boom from Babs/Dick/Tim's PoV) 
Batman #116 (secondary story: Batgirls Part 2 aka Cass/Steph's PoV when the Clocktower goes boom) 
Nightwing #86 (Babs/Cass/Dick/Tim/Steph team-up extravaganza)
Batman #117 (the main story occurs during Nightwing #86 and after it)
Batman #117 (secondary story: Batgirls Part 3) - Post-Fear State set-up for Cass/Steph that leads into--
Batgirls #1!!
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Batgirls #1-6
- Cass & Steph together sharing an ongoing book with Barbara as their mentor figure?  Cass truly shines in these first six issues, but the story is hampered with a few flaws (the narration gets a bit too much, Barbara as Batgirl is treated so normal when it should be a something BIG). 
Besides Cass, the art by Jorge Corona is more than worth the read. That and the villainous Tutor. 
Batgirls #9-12
- Cass/Steph investigate the Hill Ripper, a serial killer targeting at random around the neighborhood they live. The arc has nice twists/turns you just don’t see coming. Add to that, Cass is given two good fights in this arc. A bonus is we get the long-awaited meeting/team-up of Cass with Maps Mizoguchi. Add a fun reinvention of Killer Moth. This arc is a fun read from start to finish.     
Batgirls 2022 Annual, #13-15
- Cass/Steph have a body swap episode and have to confront a parental figure of the other’s (Steph with Lady Shiva/Cass with Cluemaster). The arc steps up a rogue sect of the League of Assassins is attempting to set up in Gotham with Shiva trying to stamp it out (by also asking her daughter for help).
An unhinged Cluemaster (alive and this arc drops the Young Justice issue that brought him back) kidnaps his “daughter” in a hope to reconcile. In the end, Cass/Steph get their bodies back. 
#14 features a Cass solo story and “silent issue” where she goes on a quest to find Stephanie (now in the clutches of Cluemaster). This issue is (so far) the series best issue bar none. Focuses on the advancement of Cass is with reading and her detective skills. #13-14 features exceptional art by artist Jonathan Case.
The Annual and #13 are kind of weak (retreading plot devices we’ve seen with both Lady Shiva and Cluemaster), but the last two issues more than make up it.
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Batman: Failsafe (#125-130 for the arc, #126-128 for the Cass stuff).
- After Penguin frames Batman for his “death” a Failsafe robot is activated (one that Bruce created just in case he ever went “rogue” but Alfred kept switching off until his death) and attends to “save” Gotham and end the Batman & Bat-Family.
Cass encounters the robot in #126 with her and the entire family beaten. #128 is a flashforward where the entire Bat-Family save for Bruce, Tim, Cass, and Duke Thomas have all been captured (along with some members of the Justice League).
The arc is alright. It has a gorgeously drawn Cass by artist Jorge Jiménez. Yes, Cass is one of the few to escape Failsafe, but there isn’t much done in the arc with either her or Duke afterward. 
Things just return to normal for Gotham with the defeat of the machine in #130. This is writer Chip Zdarksky’s first arc on the comic and it’s-- alright. Zdarksky falls into the trap of listing only Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian as his “sons” in Bruce’s narration while Cass is neglected (along with Duke).
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Batman vs. Robin and Lazarus Planet Event (Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1, Batman vs. Robin #5)
- Cass skips out for most of Batman vs. Robin series until the final issue where she teams up with the rest of the Bat-Family (minus Signal and Batwoman) to take on a demonically possessed Batman. 
The Family job but Cass is the main member (besides Damian and the wild card Monkey Prince) who provides enough of a fight until mystical shenanigans occur. 
Prior to this issue Cass shows up in the Lazarus Planet tie-in teaming up with new mystical hero Xanthe Zhou as they team-up (along with a begrudging John Constantine) to deal with mystical creatures rising up due to the “Lazarus event”. Story ends with Cass getting sent to the Spirit World (see Spirit World #1-6). 
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Batgirls #16-19
- Closes out this particular series with #16 tying up the loose plot threads from #1, while #17-19 has the three Batgirls tangle with a vindictive sniper.
Has some really sweet Cass moments (and callbacks) sprinkled throughout the remaining issues.  Why'd this series end?
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Detective Comics #1069-1073
- Assists Batman in his latest case, and that's all I'll say about it because the run is underrated and you should be reading it if you aren't other than... These issues close out the first half of Ram V's Tec run.
Tim Drake: Robin #10 
Batman #136
Batman: The Brave & the Bold #4
- Various Bat Family moments with Cass assisting the family. Light-hearted and cute moments. 
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Spirit World #1-6
- Continues the story that began in Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1 with Cass trapped in the Spirit World with Xanthe Zhou and John Constantine to rescue her.
Alyssa Wong returns for a FOURTH time to write Cass and second for 海凝 Haining drawing the character.
Visually stunning from 海凝 Haining with character, set designs, and sequences. Wong ties some elements of this story from Batgirl Vol. 1, but doesn't fully answer the ideas introduced here.
  Cass gets an amazing mystical costume for the comic combining her various identities.  
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