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Question: Help me remember a Batman comic?

Faint of Butt — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:22:01 -0800

I'm half-remembering a Batman comic here, or at least I think it was Batman. What was it? [Details inside, of course.]

It was definitely a darker take on Batman, but it wasn't Dark Knight Returns. All I remember is a brief scene in which Bruce Wayne is walking through the city when he is approached by a young prostitute. He asks, "How old are you?" and she replies, "Young as you want me to be." What comic was this?

By: keswick

keswick — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:38:37 -0800

Isn't that from Taxi Driver?

By: milovoo

milovoo — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:39:01 -0800

"Batman: Year one", maybe?

By: GeekAnimator

GeekAnimator — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:40:25 -0800

I'm gonna guess Batman: Year One because the line is used in someone's fan script for a movie based on that title.

on preview: damn.

By: font_snob

font_snob — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:41:01 -0800

I think you may be referring to Andrew Vachss's Batman: The Ultimate Evil (or, at least the graphic novel adaptation). Hope this helps.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:52:24 -0800

It would appear to be Batman: Year One. I knew the gestalt geekery of MeFi wouldn't let me down. Thanks!

By: milovoo

milovoo — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:56:21 -0800

Actually, that didn't require any geekery, just plain ol' google.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:59:29 -0800

Actually, that didn't require any geekery, just plain ol' google.

...which I really should have thought of myself. But nevertheless, I'm grateful.

By: Clay201

Clay201 — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:13:58 -0800

Though it never occured to me until keswick pointed it out, there are some pretty strong parrallels between Bruce Wayne's encounter with the prostitute in Year One and Travis Bickle's assault on Iris's pimp at the end of Taxi Driver. These include: 1. The protagonist disguising himself with an alteration in his physical appearance 2. The prostitute reacting with ambivelance to the effort to "save" her. 3. Overconfidence nearly doing the protagonist in. And so forth.

By: j.edwards

j.edwards — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:21:07 -0800

Confirmed Batman: Year One with print copy.

By: Bdave

Bdave — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:21:36 -0800

It's definately Year One. The prostitute's mane is Holly and she is looked after by Selina Kyle. Those panels contain some of my favourite dialogue ever when Bruce Wayne says "She knows Karate. Only Karate."

I frickin' lent my originals to someone 12 years ago. Needless to say... grrrr.

/comic geek

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 06:46:38 -0800

The Jeph Loeb-penned sequels to Year One (Long Halloween and Dark Victory) are worth a gander as well.