We all have our favorite moments that took place in the vast annals of DC comics lore. A series of images and sequences of words that form together on the page to create a moment that sticks in your memory for ages to come.
I would love it if everyone took a moment and listed what moment (or moments) that really remained with you during your DC comics reading career.
Here is one that comes to mind for myself:
At the end of Infinite Crisis, Joker (while remaining absent throughout the whole arc) emerges from the shadows, with Lex Luthor standing by, watching an injured Alexander Luthor from an alternate earth as he struggles to understand his fate. Luthor then says “You may be the smartest man in the Universe, but you made one fatal mistake. You didn’t let the Joker play…”
And the Clown Prince of crime proceeds to blow away Alexander Luthor, who (for the entire story arc) was a God-like Megalomaniac with intentions to merge the multiverse into one cohesive unit.
Friggin’ AWESOME!
Hard to pick one but in more recent years. Ill choose one that stands out to me.
The Death of the Family dinner table scene with the Bat Family and Joker. And each member of the family had their face laying in front of them with the Joker monologueing.
I seem to remember that particular scene very well.
Batman beating up The Joker during the Knightfall saga. Bruce had pent up anger toward Joker for Jason and Barbara and this sequence was an example of a time where he was close to crossing the line. Shows that Batman’s worst scars are mental, not physical
The Batman at the beginning of the Knightfall Series. He just found out that the inmates of Arkham we’re released. He was telling himself (the reader) that every man has his limits. He ignores his. Really set the mood and tone for the rest of that great series.
That moment in Grant Morrison’s first arc of JLA, when the white martians say Batman will be easy to apprehend because he’s just a man, and Superman just smiles.
Since a couple people have mentioned ones from Knightfall, two more from that story:
-Nightwing going nuts on AzBats when he thinks he killed Bruce and the ensuing fight. Especially since AzBats has been set up as this unstoppable power-armored juggernaut and Dick is able to fight him to a standstill.
-Then they top even that with Bruce’s confrontation with Jean-Paul in the finale, talking him down and quite literally making him see the light.
The last issue of Doomsday Clock. It’s too bad Hero’s in Crisis crapped the bed with that ending. After reading Doomsday Clock I went back and pulled every TPB #1 of Rebirth, Superman Reborn and OZ Effect and Flashpoint. What Geoff Johns did really grabbed me and made me want to read everything again. Haven’t been that excited to turn a page since Injustice began.
The last issue of Doomsday Clock. It’s too bad Hero’s in Crisis crapped the bed with that ending. After reading Doomsday Clock I went back and pulled every TPB #1 of Rebirth, Superman Reborn and OZ Effect and Flashpoint. What Geoff Johns did really grabbed me and made me want to read everything again. Haven’t been that excited to turn a page since Injustice began.
In one of Alan Moore’s: “Saga of Swamp Thing,” Swamp Thing Travels to hell to retrive the soul of Abby Arcane. On his way there, he encounters her uncle/villian Arcane, who in the last issue, Swamp Thing defeated.
As Arcane’s soul lies in the pit of he’ll, insects lay eggs in his rotting flesh, and (after gloating over the supposed death of his neice) he asks Swamp Thing: “How many years have passed? How long have I been here?”
To which Swamp Thing Replies: “Since Yesterday” as Arcane utters a soul wrenching scream.
A high point for me is in Howard Porter & Grant Morrison’s JLA #13.
Green Arrow and The Ray (??!!!) vs Darkseid.
Who would have thought, the two of them together at the end of the world.
And they take him out using an arrow and a beam of light…and then The Black Racer appears.
Green Arrow calms himself for his own death, and The Ray thinks of a mathematical equation to explain death. It’s perfect Morrison.
One other favorite from Morrison. The Final Crisis tie-in when we learn what Superman inscribed on his own tombstone - “To be continued” . That’s always stuck with me as a mission statement for Superman, but also these silly and exciting comics.