papazero
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Post by papazero on May 25, 2009 21:12:06 GMT -5
Bat-mite is set to appear on Batman: Brave and the Bold.
Perhaps this is a sign that Mister Mxyzptlk and Mopee aren't far behind! My theory is that they're all super villains orginally from Kwyzz.
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kelson
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Post by kelson on May 27, 2009 18:46:38 GMT -5
Didn't Grant Morrison tie a bunch of the imps together with a common origin during his JLA run?
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papazero
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Post by papazero on May 27, 2009 21:55:44 GMT -5
Not sure but the idea sounds fun. Since Mopee was tossed out of continuity it might not make a difference - but if it did happen I'd be more likely to believe Mopee's intentions were malevolent or at least aimed at causing mayhem.
If you find a Morrison story I'd like to know how he ties them.
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Post by papazero on May 27, 2009 23:46:39 GMT -5
Wikipedia -
Bat-Mite also appeared in the 2000 one-shot Elseworlds comic special World's Funnest, in which he battles Mr. Mxyzptlk, destroying the pre-Crisis multiverse and the Post-Crisis Universe of DC Comics, as well as the Elseworlds of Kingdom Come, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and the DC animated universe. Despite being an Elseworlds story itself, it is not clear whether World's Funnest is in continuity.
Apart from World's Funnest, there has been no direct connection between Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk. In the Bizarro Comics anthology, Mxyzptlk's native 5th Dimension seemed to include beings similar to Bat-Mite and Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt. Neither of these comics are considered canonical; however, in a JLA/JSA crossover in JLA and in JSA #78–80 it was revealed that both Mxyzptlk and Thunderbolt come from the 5th Dimension. Letter columns and writer interviews indicate that Bat-Mite comes from there as well, although this has never been shown thus far in the comic stories themselves.
In the post-Crisis issue Superman/Batman #25, it was revealed that the Joker had gained Fifth Dimensional powers by maintaining the essence of Mr. Mxyzptlk from the earlier "Emperor Joker" storyline; at the end, Bizarro was able to extract this latent magical essence from the Joker, which manifested in a form recognizable as Bat-Mite. As such, a Bat-Mite has been fully reestablished into the current continuity as an outgrowth of Mr. Mxyzptlk incubated within the Joker.
The first Post-Infinite Crisis appearance of Bat-Mite was in Batman #672, written by Grant Morrison. Batman is confronted with Bat-Mite (or "Might") after being shot in the chest and suffering a heart attack. Might, who bears a green insectoid creature on his back, claims to have come from "Space B at the Fivefold Expansion of Zrfff" (Batman #674) (At times Zrfff has been used as the name of Mr. Mxyzptlk's home dimension). Only Batman sees him. As Batman is having an increasingly difficult time keeping his grip on reality during this period, it is possible that Might is a mental delusion.
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