#supergods

The race to create superheroes with fresh gimmicks crashed headlong into one spectacular dead end with the Red Bee, the crime-fighting persona of a man named Rick Raleigh...Raleigh was clever enough to invent his own "sting gun", which shot effective knockout darts. He could have simply loaded up his sting gun, stopped right there, and still made a perfectly serviceable Golden Age mystery man called the Red Bee. But for Rick Raleigh, only one thing guaranteed his crucial edge over the violent underbelly of society: the hive of trained crime-fighting bees he kept confined in the buckle of his belt- a space no bigger than a pack of ten cigarettes- until crime reared its snout. Ever eager to be set free in the cause of justice, the lead bee and chief offensive weapon in Raleigh's apian arsenal was somewhat endearingly named Michael. However, as the writer of the Red Bee's Wikipedia article cruelly notes, male bees do not sting, calling into question Michael's effectiveness in any potential struggle against armed thugs or machete-wielding Triad enforcers.

I know that robert pattinson's goth mcr batman is being matched with equally goth villains but GOD what I wouldn't do to see him go up against like, this version of the joker.

Superman began as a socialist, but Batman was the ultimate capitalist hero, which may help explain his current popularity and Superman's relative loss of significance. Batman was a wish-fulfillment figure as both a filthy-rich Bruce Wayne and his swashbuckling alter ego. He was a millionaire who vented his childlike fury on the criminal classes of the lower orders. He was the defender of privilege and hierarchy. In a world where wealth and celebrity are the measures of accomplishment, it's no surprise that the most popular superhero characters today--Batman and Iron Man--are both handsome tycoons.

Grant Morrison: Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human