Sure, why not.
While we doubt we’ll ever see Batfleck hop into a Jaeger to take on some Kaiju (even though that would be awesome), the Batman from the comics is doing something that isn’t too far off from Pacific Rim; and he doesn’t even need a Jaeger.
In the first crossover event following the Rebirth relaunch, DC Comics is gearing up for Night of the Monster Men, a six-part story arc set to debut this fall. As the title suggests, some ginormous Kaiju-like monsters has invaded the DC universe, and it’s up to Batman, Nightwing, and Batwoman to stop them.
Series writer Steve Orlando sat down with Caped Crusaders to talk on how this wacky idea came about.
“How does Batman, a man who has a plan for everything, deal with catastrophic Toho-style attacks on Gotham City? Along with that, I was especially excited to work with the Monster Men from a nerd standpoint because they showed up in Batman #1 1940). They were in one of the three stories, and I think they’re a historic group of characters. They haven’t really appeared too much since then. There was a great mini-series by Matt Wagner, but in general, they haven’t shown up that much for characters that have been with Batman for over six decades.”
“This time we’re going to do something even wilder and crazier with them than has ever been done before. This will be Monster Men unlike any you’ve ever seen. It’ll be sort of Kaiju horror that touches Gotham City in a way you’ve never seen before. In light of Rebirth, we have all the fun tech and games in Detective Comics, Nightwing, and the no-holds barred take Tom is doing on Batman, this is cool Batman. New technology—you’ll see him do things in Monster Men he’s never done before. I couldn’t be more excited about that.”
While this series sounds super intriguing, and a little goofy, we just hope Batman remembers to use his super-effective sword (that we’ve never seen before) at the last-minute. It’s worked before.
Night of the Monster Men launches this September with Batman #7 (9/21), then Nightwing #5 (9/21), and Detective Comics #941 (9/28).
