Batman Said What???
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Could this have been a publicity stunt?
It looks like thousands of DC Batman comic books need to be destroyed.
The reason?
Apparently a "printing error" revealed a ton of curse words and obscenities.
The words, like fuck and sit, were supposed to be blacked out. However, two shades of black were used and the curse words were clearly legible, including words like a-hole and c*unt.
Scandal!
One part of the comic has Batgirl saying "Text every friend you've got, sh*theads. Sell your poison somewhere else. This here arcade belongs to the f*cking Batgirl."
When did that slut get such a potty mouth???
Has Batgirl been hanging out with Miley Cyrus????
The curse words appear in All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder No. 10.
So, DC Comics has asked all vendors to destroy the copies they receive, as they caught the error earlier this week while the comics were heading to the stores.
Some shipments were able to be stopped, but others got delivered and those were asked to be destroyed.
According to DC, the error was "a printing gaffe" which caused "a problem with All-Star Batman. As soon as the problem was discovered, we quickly asked retailers to pull the issue. We apologize to our retailers and fans for any offense or inconvenience."
And while some comic-book stores have pulled the issues, others still have them for sale, like St. Mark's Comics in NY.
The owner says, "We've sold a lot. We didn't destroy it because we couldn't know everyone would destroy it." Oh, and they're also not inflating the price. The comic is still being sold for the cover price of $2.99, adding "There's no need to inflate the price. It's wrong and evil and slimy."
Yea, and it helps that people can buy it for cheap, because then they can sell it online and rip others off.
A few copies have already been found on eBay selling between $20 and $250.
[Image via Getty Images.]
haha!
lolololol
Why even put the curse words there in the first place? sounds fishy
God Bless John McCain & the U.S.A.
"Has Batgirl been hanging out with Miley Cyrus?"
Priceless.
Stand up for what is right America & vote for a REAL hero John McCain
PLEASE DON'T VOTE FOR STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE !!!!! VOTE MCCAIN !!!!!
Haha Batgirl is badass! I think they should sell the comics, give a little "edge" to the franchise…joking, although I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one.
P.S. John McCain sucks, if he wins I hope there's an assassination in his near future.
"HOLY BLOW JOB BATMAN - IT IS MILEY CYRUS"
PLEASE STOP WITH THE POLITICAL COMMENTS…
YOUR INTERFERING WITH MY COMMENTS ABOUT MILEY HAVING A DICK IN HER MOUTH, HER MOM'S A METH WHORE AND BILLY RAY IS FUCKING HER.
batgirl talks like that on disneypornolanddotcom. that's hot stuff. i love cartoon porn…
Why is there swearing in it in the first place, and why print the words then black it out?! Either leave the swears out or star it out or something, this makes no sense! And if grown ass people are reading it why even censor it? This shit makes no sense at all.
hahaha poor christian geeks.
How is that a printing error?! How does that even make sense?! How do you "accidentally" have a character saying "Text every friend you've got, sh*theads. Sell your poison somewhere else. This here arcade belongs to the f*cking Batgirl."
I don't get it.
Pretty ridiculous error.
what the fuck?
aren't comic books supposed to be for kids? lmao
She's just reading Perez and all the talk about the cunt Palin.
…'words like fuck and sit….?'
LOL
I wanna see pics
Kids say those words anyway .. who cares if they read them??!!
A printing gaffe, huh? So I guess the computers just filled in the curse words all on their own?
Re: Productboy –
Damn, sounds like they are my kind of people. Vote for me, obama.
St. Mark's Comics sold out all their copies at both of their locations =/
that's great
you are so misogynistic. you are bad for gays and women.
haha i want a copy!
i wish i had some of those so i could rip people off on-line.
"Holy f–kin' s–t, Batman!
Our mother f–kin' comics got
the s–t eating captions misprinted like a
son of a b—h!
Some c–ks—er is gonna get
his a– reamed over this
f–k up!
.
Holy up s–t creek without
a paddle f–ked up s–t eater
dumb a– let this happen!
.
Who in the H–l wrote those
f–kin' naughty d–n curse
words in a comic book in the
first f–kin' place, Bruce, I mean
Batman, don't worry, i didn't say
Wayne, your secret ID is safe -
OH S–T, IT JUST SLIPPED OUT,
sorry Bruce, I MEAN BATMAN!!!"
Did you sauriously have to mention Miley in this story… Like really? I love you perez but now you are just going out of your way to be an ass..
Publicity stunt.
testing-wonder why my posts never show up? Got my suspicions tho.
suspicion confirmed-don't post a link in your comment. I only had a link to the ebay auctions of said comic book. Insane. both the comics and the censorship.
too bad she can't just swear without being sensored. she must be married to my ex-husband. those comics are now super hot collectors items. everyone loves a misprint. in 10 years they will be worth thousands.
One, Comic Books are NOT just meant for kids. Most comics ARE NOT. Still, I don't think that they need to swear in them.
In any case, I DO think it's stupid … why put the curse words in when one is going to edit them out anyway.
Furthermore, this does NOT take place in mainstream canon; it's Frank Miller's take on the early years of Batman.
Batman is a crappy super hero. Which are his powers? Shooting webs? No. Can he fly? Nope. Saying obscenities without being censored is the closest thing to a power he can get.
I don't generally look for typos in your columns but 'f*ck and sit'? Assume you mean s**t? And in the first blog, David Mament is Mamet. That's ok, u still rule.
Hey Perez get new news this was known over a week ago on all the comic fan sites.
Re: lexington – Haha my exact thoughts. Priceless Perez, priceless…
Re: greasybroad – This is what happens when you let Frank Miller write anything. You can't tell him "no you can't do that, Frank." because then he'll go all "Fuck you! I'm goddamn Frank Miller!" and then take his toys and leave. And then you'll lose out on the money that Frank Miller would bring in.
Hmmm sounds like the Little Mermaid conspiracy!
perez you just made me crack up, i love you.
Re: Mangina –
Yea but the Little Mermaid thing was a urban legend this was real
Holy Fuck Up Batman!
lol!
has batgirl been hanging out with miley cyrus?
Publicity stunt-sick!
i ACTUALLY DID BOTH OF THEM
THAY ARE FINGER LICKING GOOD
i'M OBAMA HUSSAIN BARRACKI
AND OF
COURSE
I APPROVED THIS MESSAGE.
MiLEyz N0TTT A SLUTTT >:p
what the fuck does miley cyrus have to do with anything and why the hell can't you stop bringing her into everything? jesus. i don't even like miley, but even i think it's annoying as hell. and why the hell would the author write the cusswords if no one's supposed to see them anyways?
Re: batgirrrrrrrrl – no little mermaid is not an urban legand I have a copy of it their is a d*ck as one of the pillars