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The stick figure representations of Batman and his nemesis, the Joker, are shown from three different movie scenes of the Dark Knight Trilogy, the most recent ''Batman'' films at the time of this comic. The middle scene comes from ''{{w|Batman Begins}}'', whilst the two flanking scenes are from its sequel ''{{w|The Dark Knight}}''. In each scene the name "Batman" is substituted with the accurate but embarrassing description "a man dressed like a bat." In this way, [[Randall]] is pointing out that Batman commands a lot of respect and fear considering that all he is is a man in a costume. | The stick figure representations of Batman and his nemesis, the Joker, are shown from three different movie scenes of the Dark Knight Trilogy, the most recent ''Batman'' films at the time of this comic. The middle scene comes from ''{{w|Batman Begins}}'', whilst the two flanking scenes are from its sequel ''{{w|The Dark Knight}}''. In each scene the name "Batman" is substituted with the accurate but embarrassing description "a man dressed like a bat." In this way, [[Randall]] is pointing out that Batman commands a lot of respect and fear considering that all he is is a man in a costume. | ||
β | Then in the title text, Randall | + | Then in the title text, Randall expressess his fear that Christopher Nolan (the director/producer/writer of the latest Batman trilogy) will kill Batman off in the next movie (''{{w|Dark Knight Rises}}''). Of course, Randall substitutes for "Batman" as in the comic. This causes a grammatical ambiguity which Randall points out where the "dressed like a bat" could apply to the "man" or to Nolan. A similar ambiguity explicitly discussed in the title text of [[1087: Cirith Ungol]]. |
There have been several [[:Category:Substitutions|comics using substitutions]], but this may have been the first. | There have been several [[:Category:Substitutions|comics using substitutions]], but this may have been the first. |