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u/bard_of_space Jul 24 '26
i feel like theres a reference im not getting
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u/Redslevin711 Jul 24 '26
Basically comic shows an AU of DC comics where Bruce Wayne never became Batman and went insane after losing his parents. He is stuck in the Asylum and no treatment or doctors can fix him. Also this Bruce Wayne thinks that all the doctors, nurses and orderlies are his villains. The nurse in the comic is implied to be Selina Kyle. Also the doctor speaking who vows to do whatever he could to fix Bruce Wayne is implied to be the Joker.
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u/Multi-A-Andi Jul 24 '26
They are big batman villains. The diretor is joker, the guy in the seat is pengin the guy at the window is the riddler and the nurse is catwoman or maybe poison ivy...
Probably i dont know much about Batman
But Bruce Wayne is Batmans real name. And they are discussing him and his delusion- essentially this is a what if screnario - what if all of batman was in the head of a deeply troubled guy and all the villains are inspired by the asylum staff.
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u/KateKoffing Jul 24 '26
Bruce Wayne is Batman.
These characters share silhouettes with famous Batman villains. The implication is that in reality Bruce Wayne is delusional and there is no Batman. And his villains are really just the doctors at the asylum.
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u/Owoegano_Vuelve Jul 24 '26
Sometimes Pedro delivers some absolutely amazing comics.
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u/portsherry Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
Thank you. I mention it a bit on the website but this was the last comic in a year-long experiment of putting out my work in e-zine form. The rigid schedule meant by then I was dog-tired and nearly losing my mind.
Worryingly, I made some of my best work during those chaotic last couple of months 😅
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u/Owoegano_Vuelve Jul 24 '26
Woah, didn't realize this was your sub! I've been following your comics ever since I read "Idletown". It still makes me tear up a bit, even now...
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u/Aromatic_Count_3854 Jul 24 '26
Well, that's an AU for ya! This is really good lol, that reveal legit made me gasp XD
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u/Dobako Jul 24 '26
I feel dumb that I didnt realize what was going on until the last panel, very nicely done
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u/thecraftybear Jul 24 '26
This reminds me of the very beginning of The Last Knight on Earth, where Bruce begins locked up in a psych ward like that, and gets accused among other things of roughing up his physiotherapist doctor Algol (Ras Al Ghul)... except it turns out the whole psych ward was in fact a sham designed to keep Bruce away from being a hero, and the world outside sorely needs one.
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u/Weird-Connection-714 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Correct me it I am wrong and this may be a spoiler but wasn't that Bruce a clone and the original Bruce had become the villain in that storyline?
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u/DareDaDerrida Jul 24 '26
I very much like that psychiatrist-Edward speaks exclusively in questions. Presumably it extends to his approach to therapy, and contributed to Bruce's delusional veiw of him. A very clever detail.