Batman Is Having Some Best Man Problems

The DC Comics Wedding of the Century — between Batman and Catwoman — has been through some hiccups , like the enticement ofWonder WomanandBooster Gold screwing up the timeline . But now Batman faces another roadblock on the way of life to blissful matrimony : A few too many mass want to be his salutary man .

Selina and Bruce ’s hymeneals is just a month aside , which think we ’re entering a officious meter of planning for the happy yoke . Dresses have to be take on , maid of honor and groomsmen have to be picked . And Batman has to make a option : Who ’s going to be his best man ? This week , three candidates made themselves cognize , some effective option than … well , others . We ’ll get to them later on .

For now , two very respectable choice appear in Batman : preliminary to the Wedding : Nightwing vs Hush — by Tim Seeley , Travis Moore , Otto Schmidt , Tamra Bonvillain , and Dave Sharpe — in the form of Superman and Nightwing . Clark , evidently , is not just a of the essence ally in the world of heroes , but one ofBruce ’s dearest and closest friend . Dick , meanwhile , was the first Robin , Bruce ’s ward , and much his foster son . That ’s a tough decisiveness for anyone to make , let alone the world ’s greatest police detective !

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In Prelude to the Wedding , both Clark and Dick tender parallel son ’ nights out in an attempt to convince Bruce that they ’re the best choice for safe man . Clark trip the light fantastic around the fact no one can really know it ’s Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle that are getting buck by acting out a programme that candidly seems like hell for Bruce : A private , superhero - costume - themed party ( so they can all wear their superhero get - ups as disguises in plain view ) held at Gotham ’s Batman - inspired Warren Earl Burger articulatio , BatBurger , where , yes , Bruce can persist in to do that hellish affair he does ofeating burgers with a tongue and separate like a mad piece . Bold move from Mr. Kent to actively counteract his best friend , but it ’s some playful teasing at least .

Dick , meanwhile , has something far sweeter plan : a pickup to a pocket proportion so small that no criminal offence could subsist to distract them , because it ’s pretty much just a prominent lake they can angle in and chat a few time of day away . Awww .

Sadly , the male child get interrupted by the comer of a covetous Hush , miffed about his lack of an invitation to his quondam childhood ally / obsession ’s wedding , so there ’s no actual sportfishing trip to a parallel earth . When it all winds down , Dick manages to tree Bruce about why they ’ve let their relationship grow distant , simulate already that Bruce has take Clark for his Best Man . But the truth is , he ’s struggle to make any choice at all , other than to spend more clock time with his former Aaron Montgomery Ward after the whole “ getting married ” lot is over .

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That ’s not the last matrimonial dilemma Bruce present this week , though , because as it turns out , Batman # 48 adds another player in the good man stakes — and this one ’s a lot less cute . Because the Joker get it on Batman is getting buck , and who well to be his best human race than , well … his worst foe ?

Batman # 48 ( by Tom King , Mikel Janin , June Chung , and Clayton Cowles ) is somewhat much issue for the recentDC country tease that Joker has found himself an invite to the weddingof a lifetime — but it ’s a setup coat in the usual violence and unpredictability the Joker brings to the table . A aggregated murder at a local chapel draw Batman out to face his honest-to-god foeman , only for Bruce to be look with a question he likely did n’t anticipate : Is the clown prince of crime his best humans ? After all , in the Joker ’s center , their relationship has endured so much — even death . You ca n’t have theBatman without the Joker , and they ’re so nearly understanding of each other in their endless battle between bedlam and guild . Can even someone like Superman or Nightwing friction match that familiarity , as benighted as it is ?

The Joker blow up a turkey that knocks Batman unconscious literally second after asking him , but I ’m going to hazard a wild guess that , even if Batman is still unsure about who really will be his unspoiled valet , his resolution ’s gon na be a hard no .

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