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goober said:
Is prep time explicitly mentioned in the comics?
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"Prep time" is a joke about how Batman is always prepared.

In JLA: The Tower of Babel, Batman had contingency plans drawn up for the entire league to take them down if they ever went rogue.

Superman = exposed to Red Kryptonite which turned his skin translucent and made his flesh ultra sensitive to sunlight
Aquaman = made him pathologically afraid of water
Flash = Broke his legs
Green Lantern = Blinded him
Wonder Woman = Stuck in a VR battle
Martian Manhunter = covered in nanomachines that burst into flame when exposed to air
Plastic Man = Frozen

In Batman: War Games, his plans are confused for a plot which triggers a city-wide mob war

Before Infinite Crisis, Batman built the OMAC corps and Brother Eye, which would reveal the identity of every superhuman on Earth if they all went rogue

As we've learned so far, each of these plans were for the benefit of justice but wound up screwing over his allies over and over again. The plans are perfect except they keep winding up in the wrong hands. ;P

Then there was a story arc in Superman/Batman where he helped Superman remove all the Kryptonite from Earth, except for a piece that Superman gives him for an emergency. It then turns out that, in the most secret room in the Batcave, Batman has been growing shit tons of Kryptonite in every color.

What a dick
 
MisterHero said:
"Prep time" is a joke about how Batman is always prepared.

In JLA: The Tower of Babel, Batman had contingency plans drawn up for the entire league to take them down if they ever went rogue.

Superman = exposed to Red Kryptonite which turned his skin translucent and made his flesh ultra sensitive to sunlight
Aquaman = made him pathologically afraid of water
Flash = Broke his legs
Green Lantern = Blinded him
Wonder Woman = Stuck in a VR battle
Martian Manhunter = covered in nanomachines that burst into flame when exposed to air
Plastic Man = Frozen

In Batman: War Games, his plans are confused for a plot which triggers a city-wide mob war

Before Infinite Crisis, Batman built the OMAC corps and Brother Eye, which would reveal the identity of every superhuman on Earth if they all went rogue

As we've learned so far, each of these plans were for the benefit of justice but wound up screwing over his allies over and over again. The plans are perfect except they keep winding up in the wrong hands. ;P

Then there was a story arc in Superman/Batman where he helped Superman remove all the Kryptonite from Earth, except for a piece that Superman gives him for an emergency. It then turns out that, in the most secret room in the Batcave, Batman has been growing shit tons of Kryptonite in every color.

What a BOSS.
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Got-damn, Batman.

I don't know why. But reading "Flash = Broke his legs" right after the plans for Superman and Aquaman is hilarious. It's so jarring. LOL
 
Gr1mLock said:
Magneto has come a looooong way. good luck with trying to kill someone whos force field can withstand nuclear explosions and shut matter out by throwing sticks at him
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Magneto would wipe the floor with Thor if the writer didn't throw in any PIS.
 
Prep time is basically a meme from comic book vs. forums.

"Galactus vs Batman w/48 hours prep time!"

Batman, Doom and Reed are the three prep gods who can beat anyone according to their fanboys if they have a couple hours of dat prep time.
 
Green Scar said:
I thought Red Kryptonite made Supes into a arsehole
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Red Kryptonite originally caused random effects on Superman. The non-green Kryptonites were abandoned after the first Crisis, but in the 90s Mxyptlk created some that could rob Superman of his powers. The red Kryptonite that Batman possessed was one of his own designs.

Now all of the colors of Kryptonite are back (and they were used to great effect to kill an army of Phantom Zone escapees during Last Son).

HomerSimpson-Man said:
Got-damn, Batman.

I don't know why. But reading "Flash = Broke his legs" right after the plans for Superman and Aquaman is hilarious. It's so jarring. LOL
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I remembered that one wrong, lol. Batman shot him with a vibrating bullet which made him have seizures at lightspeed

o_o
 
Puddles said:
Magneto would wipe the floor with Thor if the writer didn't throw in any PIS.
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People seriously dont realize how bad ass and powerful magneto is. He is also a genious and fends off telepathy with will power alone.
 
Ah Batman and that legendary prep time. Nothing like being able to wipe out a team of people far superior to you in almost every physical aspect.
 
MisterHero said:
"Prep time" is a joke about how Batman is always prepared.

In JLA: The Tower of Babel, Batman had contingency plans drawn up for the entire league to take them down if they ever went rogue.

Superman = exposed to Red Kryptonite which turned his skin translucent and made his flesh ultra sensitive to sunlight
Aquaman = made him pathologically afraid of water
Flash = Broke his legs
Green Lantern = Blinded him
Wonder Woman = Stuck in a VR battle
Martian Manhunter = covered in nanomachines that burst into flame when exposed to air
Plastic Man = Frozen

In Batman: War Games, his plans are confused for a plot which triggers a city-wide mob war

Before Infinite Crisis, Batman built the OMAC corps and Brother Eye, which would reveal the identity of every superhuman on Earth if they all went rogue

As we've learned so far, each of these plans were for the benefit of justice but wound up screwing over his allies over and over again. The plans are perfect except they keep winding up in the wrong hands. ;P

Then there was a story arc in Superman/Batman where he helped Superman remove all the Kryptonite from Earth, except for a piece that Superman gives him for an emergency. It then turns out that, in the most secret room in the Batcave, Batman has been growing shit tons of Kryptonite in every color.

What a dick
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seeing as how it doesnt take much for one of his friends to be manipulated and go rogue. and being the only non powered member of the league, im not really apposed to his actions. there are a lot of potential risks on the team, as flashpoint has pointed out.

Gr1mLock said:
People seriously dont realize how bad ass and powerful magneto is. He is also a genious and fends off telepathy with will power alone.
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magneto earned his stripes as a badass when he locks red skull in a cellar with enough water to make sure he survives long enough to suffer. shit was awesome.
 
Jarmel said:
Ah Batman and that legendary prep time. Nothing like being able to wipe out a team of people far superior to you in almost every physical aspect.
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Finding and exploiting the weaknesses in your opponent is a time-honored tradition.

It's like being mad about the Trojan Horse, you know? Superior strategy > superior numbers, strength, power sometimes.
 
ReiGun said:
So much of a dick in fact that he sulks away before they can properly kick him off the team.

What's the matter Bats? U mad?
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Funnily enough, it was also one of those stories where Bruce would go, "MY PARENTS ARE DEEEAD!!" because Ra's Al Ghul stole the corpses of his parents
 
Dreams-Visions said:
Finding and exploiting the weaknesses in your opponent is a time-honored tradition.

It's like being mad about the Trojan Horse, you know? Superior strategy > superior numbers, strength, power sometimes.
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Yeah, but the thing is, if your enemy can act in less time than it takes to blink, let alone implement your plan, your plan is worthless.

Again, see the Superman tossing Batman into the sun comic.

Batman is a great hero, but this plan for every occasion thing is nonsense.
 
Seventh said:
So what happens if Batman ever goes rouge? The entire world/universe would basically be screwed, right?
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Someone places a call to Deathstroke.

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MC Safety said:
Yeah, but the thing is, if your enemy can act in less time than it takes to blink, let alone implement your plan, your plan is worthless.

Again, see the Superman tossing Batman into the sun comic.

Batman is a great hero, but this plan for every occasion thing is nonsense.
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Batman wouldn't give him time to blink.
 
Puddles said:
Batman wouldn't give him time to blink.
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What about someone who controls time? Or Flash (yeah I know I keep mentioning the dude) who reacts way faster than anything. Everything moves in slow-motion for the guy.
 
Chamber said:
DC changes their canon like I change underwear. Regardless, Slade would own Bruce six ways from Sunday.
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I meant it isn't canon because that wouldn't happen

if Robin can give Slade a run for his money in that (shit) Teen Titans cartoon, Batman can destroy Slade

also Slade really sucks, he just exists to shit on everyone's parade
 
Green Scar said:
I meant it isn't canon because that wouldn't happen

if Robin can give Slade a run for his money in that (shit) Teen Titans cartoon, Batman can destroy Slade

also Slade really sucks, he just exists to shit on everyone's parade
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Whoa wait, you're basing your statement on the Teen Titans cartoon? :-/
 
Yeah Batman probably has a time machine somewhere

I thought it was really funny in the JLU episode where the Justice Lords force peace in the United States, their Batman got so bored he built an interdimensional portal to see what was going on.
 
Slade is the worst villain ever. His power is explained as basically the equivalent of those childhood arguments that went "I hate you x 1000!" "Well, I hate you infinity!" "Well, then, I hate you infinity + 1!"

He's infinity + 1. He just does shit better is just as crappy as Domino/Longshot's luck powers.
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
Deathstroke can be pretty cheap. Whatever you can do he can do better and/or faster
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deathstroke was considered bullshit to me when he beat the flash. i like slade, but that was ridiculous
 
WanderingWind said:
Slade is the worst villain ever. His power is explained as basically the equivalent of those childhood arguments that went "I hate you x 1000!" "Well, I hate you infinity!" "Well, then, I hate you infinity + 1!"

He's infinity + 1. He just does shit better is just as crappy as Domino/Longshot's luck powers.
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Haha awesome post.
 
Marvel Adventures was the cure to grimdark rape books. Sadly, the strain was too strong, and the inoculation didn't take.
 
WanderingWind said:
Marvel Adventures was the cure to grimdark rape books. Sadly, the strain was too strong, and the inoculation didn't take.
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I'm sure you're exaggerating for effect here, but I feel like asking: is rape really something that's in any way common in comics? Beyond Watchmen, obviously.
 
WanderingWind said:
Slade is the worst villain ever. His power is explained as basically the equivalent of those childhood arguments that went "I hate you x 1000!" "Well, I hate you infinity!" "Well, then, I hate you infinity + 1!"

He's infinity + 1. He just does shit better is just as crappy as Domino/Longshot's luck powers.
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that doesn't matter, Slade is a metahuman and batman isn't. he's stronger, faster, more durable, fights just as well. Batman shouldn't be able to hang with him. he's basically a slighty lesser version of captain America. nothing cheap about it,
 
Green Scar said:
I'm sure you're exaggerating for effect here, but I feel like asking: is rape really something that's in any way common in comics? Beyond Watchmen, obviously.
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IDENTITY CRISIS. still an awesome read though. it explains a lot about why Batman has all these back-up plans.

edit: oops, typed in wrong crisis.
 
Puddles said:
Batman wouldn't give him time to blink.
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In the time it took you to think of, and write, that witty rejoinder, Batman could have come up with 27 plans and Superman could have tossed Batman into the sun 400 times.
 
Green Scar said:
I'm sure you're exaggerating for effect here, but I feel like asking: is rape really something that's in any way common in comics? Beyond Watchmen, obviously.
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Well comics was a very broad (and sometimes horrific or violent) artform before they got hammered by censors in the 40s/50s.

But if you're talking about superhero comics, not much, in the mainstream anyways.

However, rape was the center of Identity Crisis, because after having learned the identities of certain superheroes, Dr. Light raped Sue Dibny. The Justice League mindwiped his knowledge, which turned him into a buffoon-type supervillain. Batman argued it was unethical and they mindwiped him too.
 
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