Comments on: This Week in Panels: Week 8

By: Entertainer13

Entertainer13 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:17:59 +0000

I, for one, loved the Gorshin interpretation of Riddler, and to be frank, liked the idea of that personality focusing on trying to do some good. This Riddler was begging, BEGGING for a mini-series. Now? He’ll have one moment of badass within these pages, and then return to being a joke villain who every once in awhile gets a “shining moment” because a writer comes along who likes him.

Sheesh. “I’m so happy to be back! Let’s throw away the money and comfort… to be foiled by Batman again!”

By: PeterV

PeterV — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:38:38 +0000

I for one am going to keep pretending that Tony Daniel’s Riddler is a bad dream and we can actually keep new Riddler.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:35:20 +0000

surprised you didn’t go with “Bwahahahaha” for Booster Gold

@Gavok: yeah, I was still holding a small hope that Dini (or Lobdell) would have switched GCS from being about the gals and be about Nigma.
@Gavok: agreed. also that story had Nigma save Batman using flaming arrows. Also liked the issue he wrote just before the Hush storyline where this guy tries to get revenge on Riddler for a collateral damage death from one of his past crimes.

@AlLoggins: cause that was the last page.

By: AlLoggins

AlLoggins — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:01:54 +0000

Yeah, the Riddler retcon was weak and unconvincing, but I’m surprised no-one’s mentioning Battle Armor Batman’s “NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” as he feels for the plight of African-American skateboarder victims of violence.
Next issue, he’ll no doubt help the Muslim kittens in wheelchairs of America deal with race-hate while shouting “WWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY?”

If you steal that from me, DC, I’m suing.

By: Dane

Dane — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:59:33 +0000

Yeah, The Riddler’s a joke? What now? He was doing really well for himself. Even Batman had to turn to the guy for help, and what about the time he helped out Harley? I liked him better as a free agent in the crime solving business, someone who could pop up on the same case Batman’s working on, and perhaps not have it solved, but sees it from another angle and gloats about it. That really worked for the guy.