This idea of a BatLex came to me while I was thinking of this panel, and was spitballing ideas of how to merge the Trinity into "one book", so I came up with this. It's in the vein of Speeding Bullets, but I think it's not that bad. Anyway
>the Waynes are killed, Bruce included, so the fortune is divided and absorbed by other corpos
>Lex is still the same Lex, an evil c**t determined to leave his mark on the world
>you can make him be distant relatives with the Waynes to keep the connection and give him the jet black hair because ginger or bald Batman doesn't work
>uses manipulation and his intellect to get on top of the world as CEO of his own tech firm
>however Superman in this AU is a "villain"; he's an Eradicator/DCAU Brainiac mix where Kal-El was infused with the code and sent to Earth to prepare it for terraforming and colonization by the remaining High Caste Kryptonians hiding in the Phantom Zone
>he's still adored as Superman, but he's merely LARPing, trying to make everyone dependent on him so that he can take over and transform the world into what he must
>Lex tries to fight him through PR means, realises it's no use, he's too perfect
>decides to expose him or frame him, frick him either way
>starts using his shady connections, gets into secret societies, starts training, does some light magic, meets Ras, etc
>adopts the identity of Batman to build up cred as a detective exposing crooked businessmen, mad scientists, travels the globe taking out monsters, etc
>starts liking it, is still doing it for selfish reasons
>Wonder Woman is basically the Wild Storm version, I liked it and I think it fits here too
>BatLex is actually respected as a hero while still being regarded as dangerous by other heroes
>mostly a loner, does eventually join the League as Lex becomes more public and starts working during the days too, to drive home to Superman that he's not afraid of him
I think it'd be a neat AU. You get the Bat/Superman and Lex/Superman rivalries both at once.
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Cool idea, wish I could think of one right now.
Aquaman gets picked up by R'lyeh instead of Atlantis
There's a lot of potential for AUs that are just X becomes Y.
Billy Batson gets adopted by Batman somehow.
Call it Batman/Shazam: Bat Son.
crazy that this has never been done
I know right? It seems like a no-brainer.
But does he have his Shazam powers or is he gonna be a regular old Robin?
I like to think it'd be a mix of both, maybe he gets trained to be a Robin, and later gets Shazam powers.
>instead of Robin, he goes by Thunderbird
I had a rough idea in high school for a Universal horror inspired DC
>Batman is Dracula and has the same origin but is turned by Ras who’s basically Nosferatu
>Superman is a play on Frankenstein by being an alien corpse revived by Lex Luthor
>Wonder Woman is the Bride (maybe made by Lex who used magic along with science)
>The Flash is the Wolfman (I couldn’t think of a fast monster) he’s turned by Eobard Thawne. Who is a murderer obsessed with Barry Allen, he’s an inspector
>Aquaman is the Gill-Man with a little Rikuo from Darkstalkers thrown in
I couldn’t think of anyone for the Invisible Man, Jekyll and Hyde, and The Phantom though
is a play on Frankenstein by being an alien corpse revived by Lex Luthor
This comic actually exists.
Ha no kidding, funny coincidence. Is it straight horror cause my idea would be it’s got horror elements but Clark does become a hero. I never figured out if he should actually regain full brain power like the creature in the book, or be more like the movie version. But I guess the latter makes him too much like Bizarro
>Is it straight horror
Yeah pretty much. I've had some ideas for fiction that over time I've discovered to already exist. I guess there's only so many unique concepts one can come up with.
Parallel thought man it’s a strange thing
>Invisible Man
J'onn J'onzz maybe? There's also the Invisible Hood but he's quite niche
and Hyde
Two Face or Etrigan
>>The Phantom
Deadman or The Phantom since he's been part of DC too
Do u mean phantom stranger? Fricking idiot
No, The Phantom
lol. you shut him up pretty good.
Yeah he got his ass
I was thinking of J’onn for Invisible Man but it seems limiting for a guy who has so many powers. He’d fit more as a Lovecraftian monster who takes on a human disguise lest the people he saves go insane after seeing him
For Jekyll and Hyde I think Etrigan works better cause a part of the story is the physical transformation Jekyll goes through. But I do like the comparison with Two Face who works more in the psychological aspect of the character
With the Phantom I don’t think Deadman would work since he’s already a ghost and the Phantom is just a normal guy. It might be my love of the Question but I actually think he might work cause of his mask and how it covers his entire face. I’m not familiar with purple Phantom so I can’t really say much about him
I was thinking of something like this but more modern horror
>Superman ends up as a Leatherface after landing in a degenerate cannibal family farm
>Batman is a high society serial killer kinda like American Psycho only its not in his head
>Wonder Woman is a Predator-like hunter who goes out into the world of man to get trophies
You could have their "villains" be the survivors/final girls that have to take them down or escape
I’m digging this man. For the Wonder Woman idea I think it would be a good callback to Predator 2 if Steve Trevor beats her and she gives him a sword or something. And Superman but as a crazed hillbilly cannibal is way better than the other evil Supermen out there. Also: Patrick Batman
Played by Christian Bale, no less
It’s like fate
What about the Mummy?
I don’t know actually. Hawkman? He’s Egyptian inspired right?
Wait Blue Beetle but not a traditional mummy though. Jamie is part of an archaeological dig in Egypt and finds the scarab, which is a cursed artifact, and it fuses to him. The scarab’s personality is the spirit of the dead pharaoh. The suit up is the only time it references a mummy though with it wrapping around him like Moon Knight in his show
>Super Luthor
>Bat Luthor
>Orange Lantern Luthor
Seems he is in a League of his own
Nice
He really is.
God, way back when I had an idea I called Age of Apokolips.
>Darkseid mastered the Anti-Life Equation, conquering the universe
>Krypton isn't destroyed and Kryptonians are used as shock troopers like Frieza used Saiyans
>Bruce Wayne is the governor of Earth, but secretly runs an underground resistance
>Kal-El is sent with Zod to quell uprisings in Sector 2814, but turns against the Apokolips forces for that Lois pussy
>John and Guy are older Green Lanterns on one last mission to destroy Warworld
Sadly, that's all I remember since I was playing around with this idea way back when Superman Returns was in theaters.
I like it
>I’m getting too old for this shit
>We both are John
>Age of Apokolips
Me gusta. Hope we have fun with comics again one day instead of the shit we got now.
>Age of Apokolips.
I thought this was an X-Men saga
> After Robin II’s death, Alfred Pennyworth calls Commissioner Jim Gordon to the manor and leads him in the Batcave.
> Commissioner Gordon calls the GCPD into Wayne Manor and Bruce Wayne is arrested as a vigilante.
> Bruce Wayne guilty of vigilanteism, and arrested.
>Manor and everything in it claimed by city.
>Justice League speaks on his behalf.
>Bruce Wayne goes to Arkham.
>Encyipted files hacked by Wayne Corp for GCPD reveal identity of Superman
>Computer failsafe unlocks Brother Eye, sends it into every computer in the world.
>Creates fake news of nukes launched by US and Russia, crashes dollar, and isolates the JL.
>Bruce is alone in Arkham as the JL attacks Brother Eye.
>Commissioner Gordon and GCPD goes to free Bruce Wayne from Arkham.
>Cyborg fights Brother Eye, is infected with virus.
>Batman has to fight off Brother Eye with JL and the GCPD.
>Brother Eye can only be defeated if Bruce Wayne is the head of the world.
>If he says no, Brother Eye destroys economy.
>Bruce Wayne loses to Brother Eye and takes over control over Earth.
Owlman Beyond.
Mysteriously not dead Thomas Wayne Jr. takes hoodlum Terry McGinnis under his wing, half as one last game to play and half as one last "frick you" to the world for no longer being afraid of Owlman.
On top of all that Thomas killed Terry's dad and framed Derek Powers, and the finale of the first season ends with Terry discovering the truth and having to get revenge on Thomas while also taking over his mantle and empire, all without Thomas knowing that Terry knows because the old Owlman could probably still easily kill the new one.
Thanks mate, that's awesome
You’re welcome
I frick with the idea of Terry splitting off from the Owlman identity and becoming his universe’s first Batman
I was thinking the event that caused the crime Syndicate to crumble and the world to become a better place (instead of the usual Beyond dystopia) was the standard "Justice League show up, beat the crap out of the CS, hand the world over to normals" event so Terry would know about Batman, at least.
One of his antagonists could be a Court of Bats, a society or cult that venerates the Batman that saved them from the Syndicate's tyranny.
Even temporarily playing as Batman for an episode would definitely piss off his mentor (since he lost the first time around), which could be useful in the grand scheme of things.
Nice I think that plays into the idea of Batman being a symbol. Terry seeing it and taking it on himself, and this Court of Bats doing the same in their own way. I’d also love the back and forth between Terry and Thomas once the former becomes Batman
>Hey old man, like the new threads?
>You do know I can still kill you in over 50 ways even at my current age.
>Ooo I’m shaking in my cowl Big Bird
I do have one question about Terry’s Owlman Beyond suit though. Is it in the same vein as the BB suit or does it take more from the other Owlman costumes?
I'm very fond of the Crisis on Two Earths look Owlman had so I think of it as a combination of that and the BB suit, the BB suit up to the head (with Owlman symbol on the chest) with the head having staring circle eyes and the owlish crescent instead of the bat ears.
Just having these cold, unblinking eyes staring out from the darkness at an opponent feels appropriately terrifying. And then since it's like the BB suit you can see him grinning, too.
Oh yeah I’m loving that image in my head especially with the eyes. Two Earths Owlan’s eyes are one of my favorite things about that design. So combining it with the Beyond suit, another design I really love, makes for a great suit
I know you (me too) are into the idea of Terry becoming Batman due to a Crisis story crossover but I’ve been thinking. And I think there are two other ways to do this story that could be interesting. Both have the setup you have with Terry deciding to undermine Thomas after learning the truth but there’s a split. Either Terry decides to go against Thomas by just overtaking his whole criminal empire and becoming the new boss, so still a criminal. Or becoming a hero as Owlman changing the public’s perception of Owlman as a criminal mastermind to defender of the innocent
I just like the idea of Owlman Classic vs Owlman Beyond (hero or otherwise). Imagine how pissed Thomas would be if the persona he created to terrify the innocent is becoming a symbol of justice and hope
>Face it Tommy you used to be the great owl, now you’re just a bitter old crow.
>Young people these days. No respect for their elders.
>Krypton is exploding and Jor-El and his wife send their son in a ship ahead of them to Earth.
>They land in Kansas but Kal-El is not there.
>They meet the Kents and decide to live there and build a farm house across the street.
>With their intelligence, they make large strides with tech and age slowly as billionaires making inventions.
>They make friends with the Waynes, who bond over a son that died because of crime.
>Waynes interrogate Jor-El and Lara about their age, telling them they know they are aliens.
>They decide to establish a device that teleports interstellar objects to Earth to bring back Kal-El.
>They instead bring Jonn Jones from Mars into the Utah desert.
> They form a new organization, but instead, use both their ship and the teleported to find Kal-El.
>Meanwhile Kal and Kara have landed later then expected on the outskirts of Metropolis where they are taken in and experimented on by Lexcorp
>Kara eventually breaks the two out and they become a pseudo brother sister team of cyberpunk heroes committing corporate espionage against the corrupt megacorps of Metropolis using their powers
>Jor-El, Lara, the Batfamily, and Jonn leave with the teleporter gate to the Phantom Zone but are stuck there with the old model kryptonian ship
>As they try to rebuild the teleporter, Kryptonian prisoners find them and try to kill them all
>They are captured and brought to the imprisoned General Zod
>Zod tells Jor-El to build a new teleporter to Krypton, and Jor-El agrees to do so
>They don't tell anyone that Krypton is destroyed, and once they create a teleporter, Zod's army are brainwashed by Martian Manhunter to leave for Krypton
>The army is teleported away and are unable to breathe and live in space
>Jor-El and Martian Manhunter agree to rebuild the teleporter while The Waynes and Lara investigate Zod's base
>They find large amounts of equipment, weapons, ships, and a large cube containing Doomsday
>With Zod gone, the cube begins to unlock as Doomsday awakens
>Zod and his army, suffocating in the darkness, are picked up by Lobo, who tows and sells them to Mongul
>Mongul is satisfied with these Kryptonians, killing all but Zod for his games
>After paying Lobo, he says Zod is great, but he wanted the girl and baby he chased years ago who are easier to master and surgically control
>Lobo leaves and Mongul enslaves Zod with kryptonite for his Warworld
>Superman’s ship lands on Earth.
>With no yellow light strengthening Kal-El, he dies.
>the US army takes his DNA and stores it away in a vault.
>The Rouges steal Army weapons and data years later. A few get captured by The Flash, but Boomerang, Cold, and Mirror Master get way with the DNA.
>They sell it on the black market, some that are bought by the US govt, one by Luthor.
>Luthor uses the DNA and doesn’t understand it until sunlight changes its formation.
>Due to its decayed form, the Kryptonian DNA turns into a Doomsday mixture that keeps getting stronger.
>The US sends the Justice Society to kill the growth, and Luthor uses some Kryptonite he found in Smallville as a kid.
> Kryptonite destroys some cells, creating it into a air bone living being that spores into the population of Metropolis and turns them into Petri dishes.
>Luthor, the Flash, and the JL team up to create an antidote and save metropolis, but isolate the city in fears of a zombie apocalypse.
>The US govt sends Captain Atom to nuke Metropolis and kill the city.
>Captain Atom is instead infected by Kryptonian cells that consume is radiation and turn him into a self-imploding bomb that sends new cells everywhere else.
>Luthor and the Rouges get infected and turn into Kryptonian Doomsday beings trying to infect the JSA and the Flash.
>The Flash ties up the population of Metropolis in several hours.
>The JSA have to convince the govt not to nuke metropolis while Luthor, who sent an email to Batman, the most intelligent man on earth a formula to destroy the K-Virus blows himself up instead of dying at the hands of a kryptonian.
>The Flash and JSA meet with Batman to create an anti-K-virus with more Kryptonite.
>Batman and Flash go to Smallville and investigate the Kents who had eaten tainted foods from the crash site mishandled by the US govt decades ago.
>the floura and fauna have changed, helping the Kents age slower and become stronger.
>Using their DNA, Batman and Flash use Luthor’s equation to make an antidote.
>They don’t know who to test it on because it might not work and kill the infected.
>Waller calls the JSA and tells them to take Batman and Flash’s antidote to the base that contains the crashed kryptonian ship.
>Batman and the Flash beat the JSA and decide to team up.
>The JSA says Waller doesn’t want the world to know the US was behind the virus
>Batman, Flash, and the JSA break into the base find two locked subjects who had been infected with the blood.
>They have not aged and have mutated into Doomsday Zombies.
>Flash, faster than others, gives the two subjects the antidote, killing the cells and leaving the man and woman weak.
>Waller meets the team leaving the base after they cured the people with an army.
>Before the fight begins, the cured begin to develop powers when hit by the sun.
>The army then surrenders before they are killed.
>The new superboy and supergirl go to Metropolis with Batman, Flash, and the JSA and duplicate the antidote.
>They meet the Rouges who have now become far worse beings.
>Flash then gives the population of Metropolis the antidote while Batman and the JSA fights off the Rouges.
> Superboy and Supergirl are forced to kill the Rogues.
> The two who were scientists decide the leave the US govt and out the source of the virus, making them enemies of the govt. They disappear with the rest into the Batcave and become de powered when in darkness.
>They instead become new members of the JSA.
>The story ends with the Flash experiencing Kryptonian abilities after the virus evolved faster around him in the speed force.
Man the Rogues really got the short end of the stick here didn’t they?
Reminds of one I had that's weak enough I'm not out much posting it here.
Jor-El's continued rocket tests trigger a one-sided Colombian Exchange event with Earth.
That's about as far as I got but the outcome is Kal-El eventually arriving as an ineffectual child to a world being devastated by super-powered Kryptonian wildlife gone literally invasive.
>People of Earth I have but only one thing to say to you all… my mistake
What if Cyclops was mentored by Stick instead of Xavier.
He has a whole new set of issues. Issues that stack onto his other ones if he still joins the X-Men
i kind of frick with the idea of cyclops as a street vigilante
Sure, but then he removes his visor and decimates a city block. He's right where he needs to be, in a team like the X-Men, FF or Avengers.
On the other hand, I do like that in their rare tussles, Daredevil can hold his own against Cyke and dodge consistently well to close the distance and give him a whooping. Glass canon characters are interesting. Cyke himself is formidable in hand 2 hand but he's ultimately just a regular dude without his beams.
Spider-Man literally pisses, shits, and cums radiation and he can benchpress the Empire State Building. I would love more overpowered heroes fighting at street level
>and he can benchpress the Empire State Building
That's a stretch. I know he can support buildings but he has most consistently been shown as a 25 tonner. To me people like Cap or DD are the best kind of street heroes because there's more stakes involved. Spider-Man still falls into that, but he needs powerful villains in order to really break a sweat.
Cyclops with a well-placed shot can outright destroy Spider-Man's main rogues gallery, he's a bit too OP for street level.
The majority of his Rogue's aren't that strong. Like Doctor Octopus literally contracts brain hemorrages because despite the arms, he's just a normal dude who gets punched by a guy who lifts 10x his strength. Chameleon, Kraven, Kingpin. And I know there are heavy hitters like Rhino or Lizard. I don't mean them per se. The only thing stopping them from getting the same fate as Octavius is Spidey holding back. The same can kinda be said about the Flash. Ypu just have to tell interesting stories
Agreed but they still scale to Spider-Man and would be a threat to someone who is only "peak human". The way I see it, Spidey is the upper limit of what a street level char should be in terms of powers. I don't know how Cyclops could work in that context but it would be interesting.
Make it a hybrid of Stick and Cyclops and it turns into slapstick comedy with thousands of casualties
Cool, thanks anon
I don't have a proper set up yet, but I've always wanted to see an AU where Bruce doesn't LARP as a playboy, but takes the Tony Stark approach, and marry that with a more horror-esque Batman take. Meaning that in the mornings Bruce is a titan of the industry, sworn to make Gotham the true City Of Tomorrow, heading his company as a brilliant scientist and businessman. And at night he dresses up as a demon knight to take out all sorts of sorcerers, secret societies spanning the globe, occultists, mad experiments and whatever other goes bump in the night. I think that the juxtaposition between the bright world of Wayne and the primordial and evil world of Batman would really be something interesting, and there's very few characters that can be used for such a take. Beyond Batman you have, what, a heavily reworked Iron Man, Doctor Doom, I guess an X-Files-esque FF akin to the Marvel Knights issues and I think that's it. Batman can tell more stories than just crime noir, and I wanted a world where Bruce truly has a plan beyond just being a manchild stuck in the past.
Honestly, I just really want to see that juxtaposition of Y2K styles. The clean, all-white and blue lights aesthetic of futurism in the Wayne segments, and the black leather neo-Matrix mixed with Gothic and S&M horror for the Batman parts. Both working in tandem to tell one complete story.
Dude this sounds badass I hope you flesh it out
Thanks anon. I've got a few ideas in my head but I'm mostly struggling with how far far to go with the supernatural limits. And how many stablished rogues to use and reimagine. As I've said, I'd really not want this to be another crime noir thing with the same gangster types, so certain characters will need either heavy reimagining, or would just go unused.
I'm blanking on a cool name and theme tbh. I guess I could revamp The Phantom like that since it's public domain, but I think this story works with Batman the best due to the already established devil-like iconography. Otherwise I'd call my OC "The Demon" or something generic like that. I suppose I could work on this fanfic in my head and then maybe try switching a couple names around later and see if it can stand as an "original work". Not that it'll ever see any light of day, but just to brainstorm and pass the time.
Please make this into your own original superhero because I want this to be more than just an au
Cool anon! Thanks for making my ideas visual. I might just give it a go.
You’re welcome!
This is more in line with the original idea of the character than you realize
As a way of playing on the moronic level of importance that Batman has in modern DC. How about a comic where Bruce Wayne is the literal Antichrist? Batman meets The Omen
For the longest time I wanted a "Batman destroys the DC universe" but Death Metal didn't scratch that itch.
Owlman could easily destroy the DC universe if Batman in particular didn't interfere with his plans.
Is that something Owlman is known for? I’m most familiar with him from Crisis on Two Earths and the recent Crime Syndicate run. In the latter he seemed more like the standard idea of an evil Batman
That's why we need BatOmen, a version of Bruce where the hardships in his life are caused by his existence being cursed by God, where Joker is the latest re-incarnation/avatar of Jesus
i feel bad dedicating mental energy to thinking up stuff like this knowing i am wasting time and effort because nothing will ever come of it. i spent the last ~3 weeks coming up with a dc fanfic alt universe i though was cool as hell then caught myself the other day realizing this will never leave my head and never amount to anything. i hope you guys are in a better mental place about this kind of stuff but i just can't feel anything but despondent about how this is escapism from my meaningless wagie existence.
I do this stuff and just sort of roleplay it out in my head like that autistic kid with the snow globe in St Elsewhere.
>I do this stuff and just sort of roleplay it out in my head like that autistic kid with the snow globe in St Elsewhere.
that's exactly what it's like, it's painful
>I've spent YEARS in my own head. The very first time was playing a green goblin action figure from Spider-Man 3. Calling him a different name. Giving him other powers. Eventually changing every character into something else. Even in video games I would try to create what I think a character would look like or act like. Always at school day dreaming of this world and stories. I would try drawing them. Even at work I continue daydreaming about my group of characters and stories.
you get it too
>It honestly makes me so pissed off that all I would have to do is find a laptop or a notebook and pencil and start writing but I know no piblisher will want to pick it up. But dammit. Its so epic and I just want to leave something behind even if its a derivative of Marvel vs DC.
i have a google doc folder full of concept documents that i start and then have only revisited a couple times if that even if i keep fleshing stuff out in my head beyond what i've written down. part of me thinks if i complete one of these projects as a novel, comic, game pitch concept, etc that would be my ticket out of my miserable life but i can't escape feeling like that's just lying to myself.
>Its not just that. I know that even if I have these ideas and a world thag I feel passionate about... even if I do start writing, there won't be anything seperating me from like Chrischan and Sonichu or some Tumblr fanfic writer. They likely feel the same about their stories and no one takes them seriously. And that's not what I want. I'm not saying I deserve to be respected but I would feel better seeing a book written by me in a library than a random website for fans of Twilight or MLP.
this is made even more frustrating by seeing the kind of garbage that actually does get published these days
You guys just need to find some time and write down what you want.
Literally right now I’m finishing a screenplay about my space warping cyberpunk Batman inspired character facing down his nemesis who’s a mix between Tyler Durden and the Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight
>this is made even more frustrating by seeing the kind of garbage that actually does get published these days
The thing about writing is Publishers have a big hand in what gets put out. Not only will you have a b***h of a time getting your foot in the door but once you do, they'll begin requesting specific stories. And you bet your ass they'll be breathing down your neck to get them out on a deadline. Now to be fair I think the persistant monitoring and meddling mainly applies to young adult novels (for good reason) but I've heard stories about Comic Books as well.
>-3 weeks
I've spent YEARS in my own head. The very first time was playing a green goblin action figure from Spider-Man 3. Calling him a different name. Giving him other powers. Eventually changing every character into something else. Even in video games I would try to create what I think a character would look like or act like. Always at school day dreaming of this world and stories. I would try drawing them. Even at work I continue daydreaming about my group of characters and stories.
It honestly makes me so pissed off that all I would have to do is find a laptop or a notebook and pencil and start writing but I know no piblisher will want to pick it up. But dammit. Its so epic and I just want to leave something behind even if its a derivative of Marvel vs DC.
>find a laptop or a notebook and pencil and start writing
They all say this until they're staring down a blank document/page.
Its not just that. I know that even if I have these ideas and a world thag I feel passionate about... even if I do start writing, there won't be anything seperating me from like Chrischan and Sonichu or some Tumblr fanfic writer. They likely feel the same about their stories and no one takes them seriously. And that's not what I want. I'm not saying I deserve to be respected but I would feel better seeing a book written by me in a library than a random website for fans of Twilight or MLP.
Thanks, anon, for targeting me directly with 100% accuracy.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
I was a poorgay as a kid without much to do so I conjured an entire universe of original characters with Tolkien level intricacy. I don't recall having read any comics at that point, but I was loosely aware of similar media. Over time I forgot most of it since I never wrote it down. Nowadays I have the opposite issue where my creativity has diminished and I'd rather follow other people's "canon" and ideas.
>I just want to leave something behind even if its a derivative of Marvel vs DC.
I say go for it. I've been considering getting back into a creative state of mind again and seeing what I could come up with, now through an adult lens.
>almost all of Cinemaphile fanfics are about Batman
Oh gee I wonder why DC keeps hinging all their properties on Batman.
This is the single most moronic shit I've ever read. I'm so glad you or any of these moronic DC comic writers will never make it in the film industry.
Dunno if it counts, but after being pissed about the outcome of the Flash movie, I decided to rewrite Zod's invasion in KeatonBats's world, featuring the likes of Jay Garrick, Dick Grayson, Jessica Cruz, and Blue Beetle
Instead of Joker being Batman's nemesis, it's Killer Moth. And he's just as technologically advanced as Batman. I would have him have a team of henchmen to match with Robins. So Man-Bat, Owlman, Grey Ghost. And basically have Killer Moth get the same gravitas as Joker.
I think that would be cool.
A medieval earth where magic and science based heroes are swapped. Super Man is the reincarnation of a sun god/angel, Swamp thing is an alien from another world, Wonder woman is a super-solider from the far-future, Batman is a knight from a magical order that fights demons, etc.
A way to stretch some creative ideas and have fun. I'd say that the only caveat is that you have to stick closely to the original hero's powers as you can. Superman still Is releated to the sun, The Flash gains speed through the speed force but it's through a magical helmet, Green Lantern is uses EMS Willpower but for/through magic.
Yeah kinda like that. minus the wings though, at least for what I had in my head.
You'd follow the altered origins of each leaguer and find something new.
Constantine isn't a wizard he's a super genius who got his hands on alien tech he's figuring out, Martian Man-hunter is a Champion of Ares(Mars) and is here to capture a villian, Aquaman is a Meta-human, Deadman is stuck between here and the Phantom zone, and even the joker is different, having become an Abdul Alhazerd from lovecraft, finding the necronomicon and causing Chaos
Like this?
Yeah, thanks man.
Baldman
neat
Is this what comicgays do in their freetime? Come up with autistic stories after reading all that braindead garbage from DC?
Had an idea about a Superman/the Boys crossover AU
>Superman is born in the Boys world
>his origin is the same, born in Krypton, raised in Kansas etc.
>grows up looking up to Vought heroes
>about the same age(maybe younger?) as Homelander
>moves to the city with the intent of becoming a Vought hero
>quickly notices the corruption of Vought and the vanity of other heroes
>disillusioned, decides to go independent instead while also working as a reporter
Even if he doesn't intent to antagonize them, Vought would view him as dangerous competition who could compromise their brand. Clark the reporter could also be troublesome depending on how much he decides to dig on them.
Homelander would quickly develop an inferiority complex, as Superman is not only more powerful but is also a better person than him.
Maybe the Lex Luthor in this AU would start as a friend of Clark who funds Lexcorp with the intent to rival Vought. He'd ask Superman to join him but I'm not sure if he'd accept.
Not sure how he'd interact with the Boys. I could imagine hitting it off with Hughie before he knows about the group, like in the rooftop scene in Hitman for example.
I imagine the climax of the story would be the relationship between Lex and Clark going to the shitter as a result of Lex becoming more and more corrupt, with him eventually supplying Homelander with Kryptonite weapons, becoming an actual threat to Superman. I suppose that's where the Boys come in to save the day.
An Earth-3 Red Hood and the Legion of Hope story.
>Story follows famous Comdedian/Singer Jack Napier.
>The Crime syndicated has taken over the world, and the heroes that tried to fight back - Like Lex - have been killed .
>Jack has been ploting a way to take town Owlman in his Gotham before he gets contacted by a man named "Metallic". He says he's forming a group to take the the syndicate and need help from "The Red Hood" to plan it out.
>Red Hood arrives and meets a red-haired Australian and his hero friends to make a plan.
>Red Hood says he's not sure but he will think about it.
>He meets his equivalent of punchline(haven't thought if a clever name maybe "Card") who joins him like a Robin(not officially that comes at the end or climax) and inspires him to act.
>They plan it out, the Australian reveals that he's called "Metallic" because he's a man in a robot body(Metallo), and the heroes make their move.
>It starts out fine; Ocean Man and Devil Ray fight Sea King to free Atlantis, Professor Magnesis breaks out one of the Rouges(maybe Golden glider), and Jaguar steals from the syndicate vault for the Texh and Artifacts that can help, etc.. but then something goes wrong and and the plan goes awry.
>The climax is Red Hood needing to fight off against most of the Crime sydicate by himself.
>He does a good job for a while, holding his own but he's then brought to the edge.
>Jack accepts his end but the Metallic crashes in and saves him.
>Metallic reveals that he's Lex Luthor, still alive, and taunts Ultra man, then they fight.
>fight goes on and the syndicate call on more members, as do the heroes.
>its hard fought, they even lost Devil Ray earlier, but our heroes win.
>The Crime Syndicated is imprisoned, Red Hood saying something along the lines of "Death would be too quick for you, you all deserve to rot in a cell for the rest of your lives."
>ND at the end the new heroes are celebrated and the Legion of Hope is
Something that should be noted is that this Red Hood is based on the Brave and The Bold cartoon version. The suit, suave voice, and origin should be the same or similar
Based and RIP Devil Ray, gone but never forgotten
Overman, but Batman is Japanese and Wonder Woman is Italian and after quickly winning WW2 it flips between an intense cold war and them coming together to defeat the Justice Society and defend the Earth.
>Wonder Woman is Italian
wouldn't she be Greek?
This version is Roman, not Greek
Maybe the war goddess Bellona
>Superman in this AU is a "villain"
Pass. The only thing that would make this work is that during all of the time Lex is an butthole is that when Superman arrives late this prompts Lex to have a change of heart.
How about this:
Baby Kal-El suspended in space with Kara Zor-El, until a couple of years later were the ship landed on Earth. With Kara raising Kal-El by herself. However, she tries to be a hero for her baby cousin, & met a completely different version of the Trinity, & later a new Justice League
Kara raising Kal-El is a really cute idea