Batman 89 will go down as the bigger classic than TDK

[nieman]

now your altering your original statement/argument

that comic rebirthed batman into pop culture/ mainstream media, that is a fact

Comics were even less accepted then in the mainstream, than they are now.

 

[The Order 1886]

i wanna see the number of copies sold.

why? how does that validate what you are trying to prove?
it obviously sold enough to get "mainstream" recognition

 

[The Order 1886]

Comics weren't even less accepted then in the mainstream, than they are now.

what?

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

why? how does that validate what you are trying to prove?
it obviously sold enough to get "mainstream" recognition

it would give us some kind of indication as to how many people actually read the comic smart guy.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

also Batman Returns > Batman 89.

 

[The Order 1886]

it would give us some kind of indication as to how many people actually read the comic smart guy.

I just posted a video and quoted lines as evidence that it and other comics in the 80s were commercially successful. Quotes from people that actually know a lot about comics should be more than enough evidence to back my argument.


"Despite the cost of the single-issue packaging, The Dark Knight Returns sold well."

I win

 

[Hi!]

so the dark knight has the more iconic joker, while batman 89 has the more iconic

- suit
- logo
- theme
- BATMAN


when you show these movies to your kids, which one do you think they're gonna take to more? the one that caters to adults or the one that caters to kids? are they gonna wanna watch the christopher nolan version of a batman movie or are they gonna wanna watch the one that most reminds them of a cartoon? how would YOU feel as a 4 year old watching the dark knight?

Cant argue with you there fam, Keaton will always be the goat Batman

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

I just posted a video and quoted lines as evidence that it and other comics in the 80s were commercially successful. Quotes from people that actually know a lot about comics should be more than enough evidence to back my argument.


"Despite the cost of the single-issue packaging, The Dark Knight Returns sold well."

I win

sold well how? sold well "for a comic"? in what ways was that book considered MAINSTREAM.

batman 89 grossed over 250 million dollars and was the highest grossing movie in north america since return of the jedi.

 

[The Order 1886]

sold well how? sold well "for a comic"? in what ways was that book considered MAINSTREAM.

batman 89 grossed over 250 million dollars and was the highest grossing movie in north america since return of the jedi.

AGAIN...it doesn't matter how successful it was, my point is that Batman was relevant/ popular before that movie released due to TDKR. Your original statement says otherwise

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

AGAIN...it doesn't matter how successful it was, my point is that Batman was relevant/ popular before that movie released due to TDKR.

so again i ask... please show me all the TDKR related merchandise / media that followed the release of the book.

show me coffee mugs with the TDKR logo splattered on it.

show me pillow sheets and bed cases.

the comic book reading collective was a subculture, it was not POP CULTURE. it was not MAINSTREAM CULTURE.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

No one remembers that shytty ass movie.

Only thing memorable about 89 Batman was the Joker...

Spoiler

Until The Dark Knight came out.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Batman 89 has aged horrendously. The movie is EXTREMELY dated.

New generations will watch the nolan films and burtons will be laughed at for all the corny 80s period music and style.


Nostalgia is clouding your judgement heavily.

 

[The Order 1886]

so again i ask... please show me all the TDKR related merchandise / media that followed the release of the book.

show me coffee mugs with the TDKR logo splattered on it.

show me pillow sheets and bed cases.

the comic book reading collective was a subculture, it was not POP CULTURE. it was not MAINSTREAM CULTURE.

Comic marks and people that grew up in that era say otherwise, and prior to TDKR, Batman (along with other comics) wasn't relevant/ popular in ANY FORM OF MEDIA PERIOD which strengthens my point.

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Comic marks and people that grew up in that era say otherwise, and prior to TDKR, Batman (along with other comics) wasn't relevant/ popular in ANY FORM OF MEDIA PERIOD which strengthens my point.

what are you talking about?

almost every self professed comic book geek who primarily grew up in the 80's will tell you that the shyt wasn't the cool thing to do. that it was a subculture.

in 1986 you could not be a grown ass kid in high school and rock a batman shirt if you expected to get laid.

 

[Bruce Wayne]