The fact that Joker's real name is never going to get out of that flashpoint universe makes it acceptable, and finding a way to make Thomas and Bruce co-exist without compromising much of either storyline. I'd say DC is heading for the better.
Say what you will about Geoff Johns when he was co president of DC Films and you'd probably be right but when it comes to comic book writing, dude is one of the best in the biz, IMO.
In case you guys wanna read the letter in full letter form. The letter wasn't that dramatic but for some reason it made me shed a tear just because of the fact that a father wrote a letter to his son across a different universe. Thomas may never met bruce as the batman, but the letter is the connection he made for both of them. Dear son, There’s only one thing I know about life, I know something's happened by chance and somethings happen because we make them happen. Barry Allen was once hunted by the past. But when he became the flash, he left the ghosts behind. He found love, a family and for the first time ever, friends. Barry thought yesterday was behind him, but somebody wouldn’t let him escape it. When Barry came to me for help, I turned him away, I’m not the hero of this story. I’m a man who's been corrupted by his own unbearable pain, I’m a man who has too much blood on his hands to be called good, I’m a man who had nothing left to live for - until the day I met the flash. Your friend taught me we can’t only live a life for those we’ve lost, we have to live a life for those we still have. If I got a second chance, I would hope I’d come to understand that, to live that, like you should Bruce. That's all parents want for their children, what we never had, your mother and I want you to be happy, promise me you’ll try and I will too, wherever I am. Love you always, your father - Thomas.
Didn't Thomas meet Bruce in Tom King's run of Batman just a couple of years ago? Then Thomas was part of Justice league Incarnate for a moment and transported back to Flashpoint universe (where this series picked it up)
I'm reading these because I'm a Geoff Johns fan. The Blackest Night, Brightest Day, and Flashpoint got me to comics when I started in 2014 when I was 15 years old.
If you like Geoff Johns, you should check out green lantern rebirth. It's a great story and it got me back into comics and the green lantern corps. If you're a green lantern fan, it's a must read. If you're not, I still strongly recommend it.
Batman’s mother just gave him the best gift a mother could give a guy like him…. the Jokers REAL name! That’s big and I love that it came from his Mom. That’s touching.
That is great. Real quality thought in the story. That message from Thomas to Bruce was so great. I can’t buy comic books monthly but I’ll grab this when the novel comes out.
I didn’t want flashpoint to come back, but after reading the six issues of this version of flashpoint I’m totally interested in the future of DC comics, continuing the flashpoint universe.
Funny how two nights ago, I was rewatching your video on Flashpoint Batman and Joker, and immediately thought afterward: it's so sad that Martha had to die and Thomas didn't have the chance to help her. I'm so happy to see that it was redeemed in comic storyline. I just hope the writers don't decide (as they done too many times before) to turn it into yet another tragic outcome. It would be lovely to see Martha and Thomas mend their relationship despite having lost Bruce.
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I think the DCAU “Justice League” episode “Legends” is a good example (where Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, and Flash transported to a in-universe comicbook universe version of themselves known as the Justice Guild of America which John Stewart read as a kid). Time passes normally like in their own universe but the world was actually nuclear post-apocalyptic waste and the JGA all died out the same time the comic stopped publishing.
This flashpoint just like the first ended up blowing my mind waooo i love it and know the flashpoint universe its part of DC with more stories 2 come from there what i love about it is that is raw there killing people left 2 right it feels like a punisher issue
What do you think is the best thing about this comic book event and who do you think is the best character? Is this issue like a Multiverse cause the events of the Flashpoint timeline is taking place in another universe and that universe's Batman is taken in the District Attorney's son as his Robin?
Hopefully this all transfers over to live action imagine Christian Bale, Michael Keaton, Robert Pattinson, and Ben Affleck all in one movie. From beginning to end. Same with Superman. It's meta asf
Well the Joker's real name being Jack White is nnnooottt that big of a surprise. The DCEU has been teasing that name since The Dark Knight movie with Christian Bale, and the video game Batman: Arkham Asylum. The real big surprise is the middle name. OSWALD.
Since you did the history of Midnight Man, Are you going to do history of other Moon Knight villains like Arthur Harrow, Shadow Knight, Bushman, the Zodiac Cartel, Stained Glass Scarlet, Moon_Shade and the Sun-King?
Im a very happy fan right now. Jeff Johns really came through with the Batman Flashpoint saga. Just like Dave Filoni and John Favreau with thee star wars storys.
I've been a fan of your channel for a long time... I really learn something every time... but during that time I haven't seen any videos about The Pitt, Cyberforce, Ripclaw, and the Maxx Comics... several more not to mention to all... although I also understand that they are comics from the past that may have ceased to exist or the company does not plan to create a comic again... anyways... I just thought it would be nice to create a video about the comics that were original and in turn they were forgotten... in time... keep it up...like always..
@2:06 Anyone else notice the DC being highlighted / circled...HAHA. Seriously though, I have always been confused by this...my only exposure to this was the animated movie version (which I am assuming followed the comic story line closely) and didn't the Atlantians unleash a bomb created from Atom that wiped out all of that existence?
Flashpoint Robin should have been a young Jim Gordon it would have been thematically perfect; heightening the difference between realities in a unique way
Whoa The Flashpoint Batman really got ran into the ground. I mean they even had the Selina Kyle be Flashpoint Batman's Robin in the Rebirth aka Tom King run where Thomas adopted her then met prime-earth Catwoman and his arc became "I want you to marry you're adopted sister and be happy even if it is by force". Which Tom King also added the main reason Bruce is into her is because she reminds him of Martha Wayne.
Are we sure the Jokers name is actually Jack? Because my headcanon is that his name is Kevin. No one would ever expect it and if my name was Kevin I'd go insane too
Thomas Wayne is one of those people that's a contradiction in and of himself here's how; 1-He loves his wife and son & would kill his own world just to save them. 2- He's a man of his princeables and just like Bruce can't break them no matter what he's offered. And 3-He'll kill if he has to in order to save someone yet risk his life with a major knife wound in his side after just telling a kid that he'd never have existed in the first place if he went with his wife and saved there son. Now with all of this I say with all of the conversation in my voice that Thomas Wayne is BATMAN....
so when Barry ended the Flashpoint instead of ending the Flashpoint became a vision of Thomas Wayne's house of pain. Because of Hyper Time is connected to emotions?
Anything Geoff Johns touchies turns into Gold. So can we get him on board with the "DCU" - Zack Synder would love a hand because he cant carry all the weight by himself. Oh yeah! Black Adam was fucking FIRE. Dwyane The Rock Johnson kept his promise!!!
I love the fact that Flashpoint Robin is actually wearing the original design of Batman costume by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.
you mean bill finger design
@@redarrowspeddyclone no, that was Bob Kane’s design
Kid named Finger?
Finger man
@@themoosehoof Aye, and Finger refined the design into what Batman would wear in Detective Comics #27.
The fact that Joker's real name is never going to get out of that flashpoint universe makes it acceptable, and finding a way to make Thomas and Bruce co-exist without compromising much of either storyline. I'd say DC is heading for the better.
Say what you will about Geoff Johns when he was co president of DC Films and you'd probably be right but when it comes to comic book writing, dude is one of the best in the biz, IMO.
You don’t decide what’s acceptable in a RUclips comment 😂
@@NebulasLife Mooditu Poda da Thevidia Payale 🤣🤣🤣
The flashpoint world is so unique,
Hope we get more of it I wanna know what happens next
Read all the stories and still can't get enough
Atleast Joker being his former lover would make it make sense why he wouldn’t kill his joker.
Thomas Wayne's letter to Bruce was perfectly written, gonna have to read Flashpoint 1 with it in mind
I love how this ties everything together and teases the Watchmen to come back at the end.
Geoff Johns is a genius. His story writing is so much fun.
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This was a brilliant series. I was not sold at first, but it ended marvelously.
They made superman like invincible in this and I like it
In case you guys wanna read the letter in full letter form. The letter wasn't that dramatic but for some reason it made me shed a tear just because of the fact that a father wrote a letter to his son across a different universe. Thomas may never met bruce as the batman, but the letter is the connection he made for both of them.
Dear son,
There’s only one thing I know about life, I know something's happened by chance and somethings happen because we make them happen. Barry Allen was once hunted by the past. But when he became the flash, he left the ghosts behind. He found love, a family and for the first time ever, friends. Barry thought yesterday was behind him, but somebody wouldn’t let him escape it. When Barry came to me for help, I turned him away, I’m not the hero of this story. I’m a man who's been corrupted by his own unbearable pain, I’m a man who has too much blood on his hands to be called good, I’m a man who had nothing left to live for - until the day I met the flash. Your friend taught me we can’t only live a life for those we’ve lost, we have to live a life for those we still have. If I got a second chance, I would hope I’d come to understand that, to live that, like you should Bruce. That's all parents want for their children, what we never had, your mother and I want you to be happy, promise me you’ll try and I will too, wherever I am.
Love you always, your father
- Thomas.
Didn't Thomas meet Bruce in Tom King's run of Batman just a couple of years ago? Then Thomas was part of Justice league Incarnate for a moment and transported back to Flashpoint universe (where this series picked it up)
I'm reading these because I'm a Geoff Johns fan. The Blackest Night, Brightest Day, and Flashpoint got me to comics when I started in 2014 when I was 15 years old.
If you like Geoff Johns, you should check out green lantern rebirth. It's a great story and it got me back into comics and the green lantern corps. If you're a green lantern fan, it's a must read. If you're not, I still strongly recommend it.
Batman’s mother just gave him the best gift a mother could give a guy like him…. the Jokers REAL name! That’s big and I love that it came from his Mom. That’s touching.
Even in alternate universes, Batman has an adoption addiction
That is great. Real quality thought in the story. That message from Thomas to Bruce was so great. I can’t buy comic books monthly but I’ll grab this when the novel comes out.
This was Beautiful!!! I hope this new flashpoint storyline names it to the DC animated world
So many emotions right now 😊 can’t complain about the writing DC comics offers
I love how this video explains the difference between Dumbledore and Gandolf👍
Gandalf*
*gander elf
@@NeroLeMorte 👀 ??? Explain yourself 🧐
@@TwoPaw-Shapurr gandalf... gander... elf.
@@NeroLeMorte what is a gander elf? 👀
Just wow. DC never fails to surprise us.
Dude! I got level goosebumps after hearing the letter! More importantly, I'm interested in the Kryptonian Invasion!
I always thought it'd be funny to have Billy Batson become Robin. "Take them, Robin " "Shazam!"
Slim shady become robin forreal the prophecy has completed
Eminem: This looks like a job for me!
D.C. HIRED!
😅😅
I didn’t want flashpoint to come back, but after reading the six issues of this version of flashpoint I’m totally interested in the future of DC comics, continuing the flashpoint universe.
Funny how two nights ago, I was rewatching your video on Flashpoint Batman and Joker, and immediately thought afterward: it's so sad that Martha had to die and Thomas didn't have the chance to help her. I'm so happy to see that it was redeemed in comic storyline. I just hope the writers don't decide (as they done too many times before) to turn it into yet another tragic outcome. It would be lovely to see Martha and Thomas mend their relationship despite having lost Bruce.
We have to have an ongoing run on Flashpoint batman and Robin. This miniseries was so damn good
Lol at “looney” instead of “lonely”. Both make sense and I would’ve never noticed if I wasn’t reading the captions myself
Flash point robin low key looks like Eminem
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This is the first time I've caught u drop a video in the first minute, so glad to be here. Keep'em coming Ares
1:45 is batman fans
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if you guys can, could you warn people about the telegram stuff?
or explain whether you guys have a telegram?
some people are gullible.
Most importantly, issue 5 establishes Tinder as existing in the DC universe.
I think the DCAU “Justice League” episode “Legends” is a good example (where Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, and Flash transported to a in-universe comicbook universe version of themselves known as the Justice Guild of America which John Stewart read as a kid). Time passes normally like in their own universe but the world was actually nuclear post-apocalyptic waste and the JGA all died out the same time the comic stopped publishing.
I had no idea there was a comic exploring the Flashpoint Earth, and damn, sounds super interesting. I'll have to check it out.
Wow this story arc is amazing. Gonna wait for the trade paperback
That was awesome how everything has gone full circle...
Wow, I love the flashpoint Batman stuff and how it changes all the characters
I was playing arkham asylum and i realised that batman told oracle that jack white was one of the first aliases of joker. Now i think it makes sense
I think flashpoint Batman wood make a great animated series
That Letter!!! The letter
5:52 Lonely, not loony.
"Now this looks like a job for me"
Nan Nan Nan Nan Nant, Nan Nan Nan Nan Nant, Nan Nan Nan Nan Nant, Nan Nan Nan Nant 👱🏻♂️
I love every dc video on this channel.
Maybe every video.
This flashpoint just like the first ended up blowing my mind waooo i love it and know the flashpoint universe its part of DC with more stories 2 come from there what i love about it is that is raw there killing people left 2 right it feels like a punisher issue
What do you think is the best thing about this comic book event and who do you think is the best character?
Is this issue like a Multiverse cause the events of the Flashpoint timeline is taking place in another universe and that universe's Batman is taken in the District Attorney's son as his Robin?
Kind of disappointed Joker has a real name now...
Would the real Slim Shady please stand up?
Flashpoint robin should be an old man with no children
Truth...The letter is really powerful.
Hopefully this all transfers over to live action imagine Christian Bale, Michael Keaton, Robert Pattinson, and Ben Affleck all in one movie. From beginning to end. Same with Superman. It's meta asf
Sounds stupid Af
lol
@@nickjcirillo A billionaire dresses up like a bat to fight crime with a series of different children. It's already stupid.
They don’t need to do that with every hero character ever. It will ruin the feel of it if they keep doing it. Just let it be
@@jebbutler8289 batman and superman aren't every hero 🤣
Well the Joker's real name being Jack White is nnnooottt that big of a surprise. The DCEU has been teasing that name since The Dark Knight movie with Christian Bale, and the video game Batman: Arkham Asylum. The real big surprise is the middle name. OSWALD.
ok im really happy that Flashpoint Martha gets a 2nd chance. I think her descent into madness was the saddest part of Flashpoint.
That's great how robin was made the only thing is his suit could've been better IMO
I hope they come.up with a story that the Joker's real name is a mystery again this has to be a Joker from another universe.
Thank you Jeff Johns and Variant I needed to hear that letter 🥲🥲🥲
It's weird for a miniseries named Flashpoint without Flash even in it
Since you did the history of Midnight Man, Are you going to do history of other Moon Knight villains like Arthur Harrow, Shadow Knight, Bushman, the Zodiac Cartel, Stained Glass Scarlet, Moon_Shade and the Sun-King?
Robin: this look like a job for me!
Im a very happy fan right now. Jeff Johns really came through with the Batman Flashpoint saga. Just like Dave Filoni and John Favreau with thee star wars storys.
I've been a fan of your channel for a long time... I really learn something every time... but during that time I haven't seen any videos about The Pitt, Cyberforce, Ripclaw, and the Maxx Comics... several more not to mention to all... although I also understand that they are comics from the past that may have ceased to exist or the company does not plan to create a comic again... anyways... I just thought it would be nice to create a video about the comics that were original and in turn they were forgotten... in time... keep it up...like always..
Quess endangering traumatized teens runs in the family
Love seeing the mouse curser on some of the panels 😂
@2:06 Anyone else notice the DC being highlighted / circled...HAHA. Seriously though, I have always been confused by this...my only exposure to this was the animated movie version (which I am assuming followed the comic story line closely) and didn't the Atlantians unleash a bomb created from Atom that wiped out all of that existence?
yeah i did along time ago you know they had to do that which is cool
Nerdy looking little Robin.
Hope there will be a animated movie like flashpoint which they don't change things for the sake of it
I hope we get a continuation of this series.
Flashpoint Robin should have been a young Jim Gordon it would have been thematically perfect; heightening the difference between realities in a unique way
@@matterstoyou2970 dude that's fake it's a scam, they're all over RUclips impersonating RUclipsrs
Kovacs means Smith
I'm gonna write down what was said in that letter and then watch the movie again.
Ok im here watching hearing Hypertime. I cant the only one having a Clockstoppers flashback
Where is Dr Fate in this issue since he could do something to fix everything?
Would it be awesome if we saw Batman teaming up with Flashpoint Batman?
This story is why we can't have nice things
Whoa The Flashpoint Batman really got ran into the ground. I mean they even had the Selina Kyle be Flashpoint Batman's Robin in the Rebirth aka Tom King run where Thomas adopted her then met prime-earth Catwoman and his arc became "I want you to marry you're adopted sister and be happy even if it is by force". Which Tom King also added the main reason Bruce is into her is because she reminds him of Martha Wayne.
love this channel
This is beautiful and I predict will change the game. Thank you my friend : )
Excited for Johns' JSA series that is supposed to spin out of this story next month
Because he’s Batman.
And the Joker on our Earth formed a band, The White Stripes
Are we sure the Jokers name is actually Jack? Because my headcanon is that his name is Kevin. No one would ever expect it and if my name was Kevin I'd go insane too
I see the Johnson movie as "much to fast" studio could make the timeliness not unlike the "books" shorter sweeter to the point, more movies
THE DC IS THE DIVINE CONTINUUM
Who else here is a fan of FlashPoint Batman??
Love it
@@adammaddox2383 Yeeaah!
One of my favorite Batmans
I do food reviews while I’m high on my RUclipse channel
one of the best
Beast comic got to pick that series up complete.
Oh... Ra's is alive. Again. But I'm really glad to see him
What if they made a comic where flashpoint Batman meets current Batman
Thomas Wayne is one of those people that's a contradiction in and of himself here's how;
1-He loves his wife and son & would kill his own world just to save them.
2- He's a man of his princeables and just like Bruce can't break them no matter what he's offered.
And 3-He'll kill if he has to in order to save someone yet risk his life with a major knife wound in his side after just telling a kid that he'd never have existed in the first place if he went with his wife and saved there son.
Now with all of this I say with all of the conversation in my voice that Thomas Wayne is BATMAN....
so when Barry ended the Flashpoint
instead of ending the Flashpoint
became a vision of Thomas Wayne's house of pain.
Because of Hyper Time is connected to emotions?
When I read the title I was like I beg thee f*cking pardon
Anyone notice the mouse cursor in the comic at 12:18? Lol
Comic book was amazing
What happened to the nighwing issues I know I can read the issues myself but I like when you guys cover it
Isn't jack white the fake name joker uses in the Arkham series?
Are Flashpoint Batman and the Joker trying to restore the timeline to it's original state? Is Rip Hunter trying to fix the timeline?
Yo thats slim shady Robin
Na na na na guess who’s back shadys back
I'm glad Zuckerberg's metaverse took off in the DC comics
You just gotta love DC bruhhhh
Anything Geoff Johns touchies turns into Gold.
So can we get him on board with the "DCU" - Zack Synder would love a hand because he cant carry all the weight by himself.
Oh yeah! Black Adam was fucking FIRE. Dwyane The Rock Johnson kept his promise!!!
really great tease to hopefully more FP stories
It was a "lonely" place. Not looney.
I wanna see a flashpoint Batman now
My favorite thing in comics: tons of dialogue, no action, and a convoluted story. How could this fail?
Wait, the Dark Crisis have finished?
I'm Not Crying 😢