Batman/Judge Dredd crossovers

[TordelBack]

Or am I being a pedantic twat?

Not at all - while I suppose I could accept Mortisssss transforming a host (that's his specific power after all), it seems to break one of the few rules we have for the Dark Judges (surely the strangest of which is that their spirit forms are actually a tangible gas), and invalidates some of the best scenes in their other outings.  Let the dead fluidssss flow! 

Also, I hates me the Batman crossovers but good.

[ElliotJA]

I always thought the Herriman possession was a bit daft. Up until that story, the Dark Judges could inhabit and even influence a living human but they've never been able to actually transform into themselves.

They've always been shown in the past possessing corpses and then putting their uniform, or 'robes of office' as they call them, on (which in itself is a bit silly). Mortis not only transformed a living human but his uniform also magically transformed too.

Or am I being a pedantic twat?

No, far from it. I was wondering the same thing myself.

[ElliotJA]

Also, I hates me the Batman crossovers but good.

The only one I wasn't really all that keen on was the last one, Die Laughing. I thought the others were fine.

[ElliotJA]

So can Mortis physically transforming Herriman's body into a replica of his own be reconciled with everything else we know of the Dark Judges?

Also, does anyone else ever wonder if there was a subtle mutual attraction between Anderson and Batman?

[radiator]

Also, does anyone else ever wonder if there was a subtle mutual attraction between Anderson and Batman?

Subtle?

[ElliotJA]

So was there?

[Dark Bat King]

Or am I being a pedantic twat?

Not at all - while I suppose I could accept Mortisssss transforming a host (that's his specific power after all), it seems to break one of the few rules we have for the Dark Judges (surely the strangest of which is that their spirit forms are actually a tangible gas), and invalidates some of the best scenes in their other outings.  Let the dead fluidssss flow! 

Also, I hates me the Batman crossovers but good.

Only just realised Dr Who used the same idea for the Unquiet Dead... The 'spirits' were an actual, tangible gas...

[Jared Katooie]

So was there?

Yes.

[TordelBack]

Has Batman ever had a female antagonist/sometime ally he hasn't wanted to schtupp?  And has Anderson ever been able to resist those out-of-town bad boys?

[ElliotJA]

So, how did Mortis transform Herriman's body?

[TordelBack]

His foetid touch brings decay and, err, horsiness?

[vzzbux]

So, how did Mortis transform Herriman's body?

perhaps it's all part of his persona. Even in spirit form he may have the will to transform and warp the matter he possesses.




V

[Jared Katooie]

That's the way I looked at it.

It wasn't too much of a stretch for me to believe. I actually thought the way his uniform rotted into its dark judge form was pretty clever too.

[TordelBack]

It wasn't too much of a stretch for me to believe.

The fact that he has transformative powers anyway (able to rot rockcrete!) certainly makes it at least as plausible as him finding a human/horse-hybrid-but-not-the-centaur-kind every time he needs a new body.

Unless Deadworld is actually the dark future of Second City Blues...

[TordelBack]

...And after 30 years I've only just this minute realised that Mortis' head is a sheep, not a horse.  And I, ladies and gentlemen, have identified animal bones for money.  Amazing how preconceptions can blind you.