Your complete Justice League can do a Batman impression

Right here in Polygon’s workplaces, you’d be hard-pressed to search out an worker who wouldn’t take a stab at imitating govt editor Chris Plante’s cheerful method of claiming, “Oh, hey!” It’s a pleasure and a praise, one thing quintessentially Chris Plante-ian.

It seems the members of the Justice League do this too, besides they prefer to imitate Batman’s overblown bravado and the gravelly growl. All of them.

[Warning: This post contains minor spoilers for Justice League #1.]

Any good superhero comedian wants good preventing banter, and Scott Snyder (Batman, Dark Nights: Steel) can write it with the most effective of them. In Justice League #1, J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter, telepathically hyperlinks the workforce to allow them to coordinate — and banter — whereas battling Neoanderthals throughout the globe.

First to get some digs in at Batman is the Flash, in fact, who finishes the Caped Crusader’s snarky comeback earlier than he can. Tom Napolitano’s lettering does an excellent job of conveying that Barry Allen has dropped into a distinct register when he says, “J’onn, I reside in a cave. I do know my rattling rocks.”

Is {that a} bat-symbol formed headlamp Batman is sporting? Sure, sure it’s.Scott Snyder, Jim Cheung/DC Comics

Subsequent is Wonder Woman with arguably the most effective contribution to the pile-on, when she growls, “I’m the [censored] Wonder Woman.”

Snyder’s making a cheeky reference right here to an notorious and far meme-ified second in Frank Miller’s 2005 comedian All-Star Batman and Robin #1. In a second that has been repurposed for a whole bunch of picture macros, parody fan drawings and joking movies, Robin says, “Who the hell are you anyway, giving out orders like this?”

Batman solutions: “What, are you dense? Are you [redacted] or one thing? Who the hell do you suppose I’m? I’m the goddamn Batman.”

Cyborg, alternatively, refuses to play the sport. To not spare Batman’s emotions, in fact, however as a result of he’s within the presence of a grasp.

“Yeah, Clark’s Batman is so the most effective,” Flash agrees. Batman protests instantly, solely to have Wonder Woman and Aquaman agree with Flash.

It’s canonical, people, and it may’t be taken again. Superman is the most effective at doing impressions of Batman. However that is smart.

Everyone knows he has a reasonably good ear.