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Swipe File: Today's Batman And The Wicked + The Divine (Spoilers)

Published Wed, 17 Aug 2016 06:14:46 -0500

Last updated Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:24:31 -0500

From today's Batman, the secrets of Gotham and Gotham Girl are revealed… the Superman and Supergirl analogues of Gotham that have all gone a bit wrong. But where did their powers come from?

Two years… and then you die? Where else did I read that today?

Okay, but it's not like Gotham and Gotham Girl are actually acting like gods though is it?

Okay, maybe it is. Still, as long as the cast of The Wicked + The Divine don't start acting like proper supervillains as a result.Or make any actual Batman references…
That doesn't count! That's a Nick Cave reference, he was behind a Soho drinking den called the Batcave, which was named after… oh I give up.

Exactly.

Anyway, Strikeforce Morituri did it first. And Spawn. And Death Sentence. And Red Dwarf. And….

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