Hello, and welcome to Saturday Morning Panels, your new favorite Multiversity column! It’s a very simple concept: since none of us are up to watching Saturday morning cartoons anymore, we are instead going to share with you our favorite panels from the week before. It’s a bit like Comics Should Be Cheap, except with more pictures and less reading.
And, of course, spoilers are probably abundant.
We encourage you to play along at home and let us know what your favorite moments of the week were in the comment section! In the meantime, our picks:
Matthew’s Pick: “Batman Incorporated” #13
There have been many moments during Morrison’s lengthy run on “Batman” that I’ve paused and said “Oh… shit…”, but none have been as epic, poignant or as meaningful as the moment when Batman discusses and relates to Dr. Hurt’s frequent mentioning of the Hole in All Things/Everything. If that’s not the most epic call back in the entire run, I don’t know what is — but it hit me right in all of the feels that have ever feel’d on the tumblr.
Honestly. I was taken aback when it all clicked in that singular moment within these panels. Wonderful, wonderful writing — made the journey that much more worth it in my mind.
Vince’s Pick: Also “Batman Incorporated” #13
The snake eats its tail. “It never ends. It probably never will.” But Mr. Morrison’s story has ended and I will miss it very much.
James’ Pick: Also “Batman Incorporated” #13
Years from now, when a child wearing a Man of Steel shirt and holding a copy of Scott Snyder’s Court of Zeroes asks me what the best Bat-Man story of all time is, I will hand them a printed out version of this panel, and then climb back out their windows before their parents notice me.
Zach’s Pick: “Red Lanterns” #22
I may have really disliked this book, but this sequence of panels did elicit an audible chuckle.
David’s Pick: “The Wake” #3
While I still don’t love The Wake, I LOVED this panel. This issue really just reminded me of Predator throughout, and I loved that the grand hunter was robbed of his showdown with the monster, like Muldoon was in his showdown against the velociraptor in Jurassic Park. Of course, it led to him getting to see his dream situation, which was also tremendously kick ass.
It’s weird, but writing about this scene is making me like the comic more. That was really, really great.
