how many batman comics are there?

[Nexures]

because as a person who has NEVER read any dc/marvel comics.. im having a hard time understanding all the characters and storyline in this game

are the batman arkham series canonical to the comics? are the events in the series exactly the same as in the comics?
stuff like scarecrow dying in arkham asylum etc. has that happened? i just want to know if its all canonical

also, are there any other batman games that are as good as/better than these series?

[TheArlecchino]

Think of the Arkham Asylum series as an Alternate Universe. The characters are slightly different but most things about them are the same as in the regular universe.

This is not canon to the main comic books.

If you want to get to know the characters better, then I'd suggest watching Batman: The Animated Series. That show defined Batman and his villains for tons of people; including me!

[Nexures]

then whats the point of making games that do not contribute to the comics? stupid and pointless

[TheArlecchino]

The comic books are constantly changing.

This month, DC is doing a tie in for Future's End (a weekly series that gives a grim preview of where DC's Heroes will be 5 years in the future) where most of their titles are set 5 years in a future that may not come to pass. That doesn't fully contribute to the main story but it is fun, and that is the point.

In 2011, DC relaunched almost their entire line with The New 52. They destroyed the old universe and reforged it so new comic fans wouldn't feel lost by having to catch up on around 70 years of storylines.

Two of my favorite comics from DC, right now, are New Suicide Squad and Harley Quinn. Harley Quinn features heavily in both but she is not a government prisoner with a bomb in her head in Harley Quinn, instead she's a land lord in Coney Island!
This month Harley Quinn and the Joker are getting married in the Future's End special. That likely won't last but it will be a fun story!
New Suicide Squad is a lot more canon than Harley Quinn, yet both are amazing reads! I highly recommend them!

Comic Books are fluid and not always linear or properly connected. The goal, is fun!

[Buck]

Nexures eredeti hozzászólása:

then whats the point of making games that do not contribute to the comics? stupid and pointless

you are clearly not familiar with the idea's of a "Multiverse" or "Alternate/Parallel Universes".[en.wikipedia.org].

They exist within comics as well. Hell, one of DC's most popular cross title events "The Infinite Crisis" and it's predecessor "Crisis on Infinite Earth's" revolved all around this idea.\

As strange as it might sound, having the "Arkhamverse" (as it's come to be known ) exist as a separate universe avoids one of the major problems that the Infinite Criss destroyed a whole bunch to solve -

It avoids continuity issues.

By existing in it's own universe, they avoid possible conflicts with comic book canon. and allows more creative flexibility and freedom.

[Nexures]

Buck eredeti hozzászólása:

Nexures eredeti hozzászólása:

then whats the point of making games that do not contribute to the comics? stupid and pointless

you are clearly not familiar with the idea's of a "Multiverse" or "Alternate/Parallel Universes".[en.wikipedia.org].

They exist within comics as well. Hell, one of DC's most popular cross title events "The Infinite Crisis" and it's predecessor "Crisis on Infinite Earth's" revolved all around this idea.\

As strange as it might sound, having the "Arkhamverse" (as it's come to be known ) exist as a separate universe avoids one of the major problems that the Infinite Criss destroyed a whole bunch to solve -

It avoids continuity issues.

By existing in it's own universe, they avoid possible conflicts with comic book canon. and allows more creative flexibility and freedom.

you clearly have no clue what i know

[Nexures]

thank god i didnt waste my time on those comics when i was young O.o

[Yann!k]

Thank god you're wasting your time on video games now.

[Nexures]

someones butthurt

[Yann!k]

I don't read comics either. I just think that they are as much a waste of time as video games.

[Nexures]

which is exactly why youve been on steam for 2 years, youve got 104 games and in some cases 100+ hours on games. GG

[Yann!k]

That's the point!

[Nexures]

k

[Alma]

If you're having fun, then it's not wasting time.

[Twelvefield]

So, you comic book readers out there, how do you feel about Bob Kane being the "creator" of Batman? If you know as much as you think you do, do you feel that Bob Kane is on a level of criminal mastermind fifty times worse than Joker, or does that honour still go to Walt Disney?

[Kherus]

Twelvefield eredeti hozzászólása:

So, you comic book readers out there, how do you feel about Bob Kane being the "creator" of Batman? If you know as much as you think you do, do you feel that Bob Kane is on a level of criminal mastermind fifty times worse than Joker, or does that honour still go to Walt Disney?

I think good will goes a lot further in PR marketing than DC were willing to accept and only now with the social media being such a behemoth are the common people able to apply a good amount of pressure for fairness and justice in a whole range of such things.
Off topic though, I was googling something I was curious about but can't find a Batman story about it, but do you think it would be a cool storyline if it turned out that Thomas and Martha Wayne KNEW Bruce would become Batman after their deaths and THAT was the reason for their stupid short cut through crime alley? Think about the huge storylines like flashpoint and such and think how appropriate it would fit if their deaths were a wlling sacrifice in the name of a greater good. Epic story line potential right there, that the killers of Bruce Waynes parents were actually Bruce Waynes parents, or in a broader view, the real killer was Batman as a means to an end.