Secret Invasion #4, Final Crisis: Requiem, and The Goon #26

isnt the punisher batman without the mask? or the money? or the technology?

Who's Batman? Who's Batman? By Khonshu, its obviously - OBVIOUSLY -- MOOOOOOOON NIGHT!

You guys drive me nuts when you talk about Captain Britain and MI THREE. You have talked about MI THREE for THREE issues. Have any of you actually READ the title? Are you reading some kind of variant? All three issues that I have read are MI THIRTEEN.

Jesus, you people do nothing but bitch. "Pete sucks, the site sucks, waaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!" Pathetic. And for the record I've never had a single problem with this site. High speed broadband connection and Firefox 3.0 (and before that 2.whateveritwasbefore3.0). Works fine. Keep up the good work, fellas! And I'll agree with Pete, Wolverine is probably the closest thing to Batman Marvel has. Very cosmopolitan, they both have this appreciation for Eastern mysticism, trained as bad ass ninjas. They both have bullheaded, individualistic streaks and'll take off on a whim. They're both dark and prone to brooding. Batman is a detective while Wolverine has a really keen nose good for detecting. Iron Man is a rich super smart engineer, but that's about it. Character wise, no comparison. But BeastBoyJoe had it right, there is no Marvel character that could compare directly to Batman.

I was actually thinking about the Iron Man/Batman connection the night I saw the Iron Man movie. Jarvis was a computer instead of Stark's butler, and I think it may have been done to keep audiences from thinking that Iron Man was a Batman ripoff. Obviously comic fans know better, but most moviegoers don't.

Are we gonna fix these site problems? Is the comment box going to get larger? Is the video problems going to be fixed? Are the message boards going to be updated and fixed up? Either tell me now that your fixing it, or I'll just leave this fucking lazy site and not come back. There's more then just one comic book site to go on.

Wasn't Marvel's answer to Batman: Nighthawk? How about Moon Knight? See how the character of "Batman" does not work in the Marvel Universe? Marvel is about radiation poisoning and exposure to radioactive isotopes. Bendis is far from overrated. Bendis is a writer who has the talent to write comic books. He may be a little wordy, but we do "read" comics. New Intro: "There is me who is Alex and my fellow Droogs"

I'd say Marvel doesnt have a Batman. They dont allow pedophiles in the Marvel universe. They also dont allow their heroes to wear their underwear outside their clothes, and if Wolverine see's a guy wearing a cape he kicks their pansy ass. Marvel is for real heroes, and real villains. We dont need no stinkin Batman. As for Secret Invasion, I've been saying all along Bendis is overrated. New Avengers has gone 40 issues and never finished a single story arc, despite starting a dozen or more. I'm not saying I didnt enjoy NA, it was always fun, but it wasnt good story telling. I dont think SI will have an end either. I think its gonna get to issue 8 and all its gonna do is be an introduction to the prelude of the next big event. All that being said, it's still head and shoulders better than Final Crisis...

Yay for Pete. But there is a dead puppy now. There will be a dead baby goldfish if Astounding Wolfman 7 isnt reviewed in 2 days

Agreed that Moon Knight is more like the Marvel Batman.

Everyone knows only gypsies have the power to make people thinner. ;-) Sheesh.

Honestly, Moon Knight gets his ass handed to him by the Black Panther. The Black Panther would also kick Bruce's ass, I hate to say, if they stopped writing Batman as, "I can beat Galactus or Darksied when given enough time to plan, but somehow am still troubled by a clown with a knife."

How could anybody be surprised that nothing is going on in SECRET INVASION? It's written by Bendis. That guy is and always has been, the undisputed king of wanky dialogue comics, where nothing happens for issues on end. I began to realize this in 2002 when I noticed that it took him six issues of ULT. SPIDER-MAN to tell a single issue's worth of stories. It's painful to read. Welcome back, Pete!

welcome Pete back

Marvel's Batman.... Moon Knight!

How can you guys forget the most blantly obvious Batman ripoff...Moon Knight

I thought the entire point of Black Panther was to be Marvel's batman.

Great episode guys!! I especially love the outtake type stuff at the end of the show, I love when you guys do that. Always have,always will.

I don't agree with you about Secret Invasion. I like how the sh*t hit the fan the first issue and then left the heroes scrambling to regroup. I admit they're not the most exciting issues, but I don't feel like the title is "going nowhere". And I do agree that the tie-ins are better than the main series but I don't see that as a bad thing since I'm still enjoying it.

Good episode, glad to have pete back!

Thanks for another good episode of the stack. Though Marvel doesn't have a Batman, I think the idea of Nick Fury is the best answer. He got the mystery, the knowledge and the tech (at least when he was director of shield). Loved the outtakes :D

More outtakes! more more more!!!

I know Bendis was aiming for some kind of tracking shot over the carnage to set the scene, but we've been setting the scene for half the series already and yes, it's getting extremely boring. Requiem i enjoyed quite a bit. For the most part because it took a despised scene from Final Crisis and made it memorable by completely ignoring it's original intent. As far as Young X-Men, it needs to go away and New X-Men needs to resume as though it never left.

Hey cool! Pete's back! Simple response to the viewer question: Marvel has no answer to Batman. Just like DC has no answer to Spidey. Lastly, I think the candids at the end of the episode were neat. More of that would be fun.

Welcome back Pete!!

Oh great Pete is back....hooray? Invasion is pissing me off. Their still on the damn island when were half way threw! Sure we get more NYC action and space stuff....but this is getting nowhere fast. Although Widow's idea to detect Skrulls is pretty funny. Oh by the way, for two straight episodes your show ends at 2 mintues and just suddenly stops...Yeah you might wanna fix that, or maybe your 'great' tech man plasticbugs is too lazy again to fix anything.