Bruce Wayne in High School . . . D.C. tells Bruce to get a G.E.D.

01-09-11 • Cool Stuff, TV Posted by Mark Poynter

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Batman in high school?  Wait . . . Batman in high school, with a cast of villainous school mates?  Does the Joker plot to infect everyone with Mono using the drinking fountains?  Does Killer Croc have to go to Arkham Hall for detention after class?  My first gut reaction is, “Oh Hell No”!

Jeff and Celeste are the artist / writer team behind Gotham High, a rejected/neglected animation series.  Did we all dodge a bullet with this series idea?  I for one, love Jeff’s art, he’s got chops and I expect to see more of him in the future.

Smallville for Batman though . . . I was really not feeling it at first pass.  Now a pitch for the Madhatter to mind control Batman into a high school trap like this sounds like a fun story arc.  Then I started thinking about the possibilities.  The Riddler pulling off crimes at school while posting clues in the school paper?  Scarecrow using the High School chemistry lab to cook up nasty new formulas?  Bane using drugs to get on the varsity team?  Joker pulling practical jokes that go just a bit too far?  Bruce trying to keep the lid on Gotham High?

At first I wasn’t sure this could carry a television audience for anything past one episode, now I am thinking there could be some fun stuff there.  What do you think?  Could they have carried it off?   Did D.C. blow it with another great idea because they keep trying to copy Marvel instead of going their own direction?  The picture below is the original drawing that started it all.

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From Jeff and Celeste’s blog page:

Gotham High
Hey everybody! We have a huge treat in store for you this week from the Jeff and Celeste vault of awesomeness. Batman is both mine and Celeste’s favorite superhero and some time about a year and a half ago, we were approached to create a spec series based off of an old drawing of mine that we then sent to DC. Unfortunately, the project got lost in the sea of all the other Batman related projects in the works. But hey, it was still fun to make.

The Story Synopsis:
We all go through incredible changes as teenagers: growth spurts, bad skin, a sudden insatiable need to uphold justice and avenge your murdered parents…. Well, that is if you’re Bruce Wayne.
As if being a freshman at Gotham High wasn’t tough enough, Bruce’s insomnia and technological fascinations are taking their toll. Instead of spending his time studying, he has begun to obsess over an emerging personality trait: Batman. But under the watchful eye of his guardian and steward, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce is forced to put his intelligence to good use: graduating high school. But given his classmates, can Bruce survive Gotham High?

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January 9th, 2011

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  • Joe Dude

    Could be funny, but it would be hard to line everything up with everyone’s back story. Really more of a kids thing, I guess you couldn’t take it too seriously.

  • Joe Dude

    Could be funny, but it would be hard to line everything up with everyone’s back story. Really more of a kids thing, I guess you couldn’t take it too seriously.

    • Mark

      I think it might be fun, l wouldn’t expect any of it to be canon. As long as it was looked at in that light, what the heck.

      • Anonymous

        Sounds like, first word, rhymes with, ah….

        Well, you get the idea.

        As an animated series this probably would’ve worked. I seem to recall awhile back that the fine folks at the WB, when it was the WB were tinkering with doing a live action version of Bruce Wayne in High School. Although, I don’t think this would’ve been the way they would’ve done it.

        • Mark

          Holy Comments Thread Batman!

      • Anonymous

        Sounds like, first word, rhymes with, ah….

        Well, you get the idea.

        As an animated series this probably would’ve worked. I seem to recall awhile back that the fine folks at the WB, when it was the WB were tinkering with doing a live action version of Bruce Wayne in High School. Although, I don’t think this would’ve been the way they would’ve done it.

    • Mark

      I think it might be fun, l wouldn’t expect any of it to be canon. As long as it was looked at in that light, what the heck.

  • http://twitter.com/ViggoTheCarp Drew Viggo Bergmark

    Teen Titans rip off…

    • kay

      If anything… this is an X-Men Evolution rip off. The Teen Titans weren’t going to high school in their tv series.

    • kay

      If anything… this is an X-Men Evolution rip off. The Teen Titans weren’t going to high school in their tv series.

  • http://twitter.com/ViggoTheCarp Drew Viggo Bergmark

    Teen Titans rip off…

  • http://twitter.com/Nathiest Nathiest

    How can we make this happen? I want to sign up!

  • http://twitter.com/Nathiest Nathiest

    How can we make this happen? I want to sign up!

  • gonzalodelriov

    Make it happen DC. I love new takes to the Batman mythos. This would have been fun. (seriously)

  • gonzalodelriov

    Make it happen DC. I love new takes to the Batman mythos. This would have been fun. (seriously)

  • kay

    I love this idea! It grew on me quickly. My only tiff would be Barbara Gordon… especially since she’s supposed to be much younger than Bruce. Why not Vicky Vale? She’d be perfect for the school newspaper since she’s little miss reporter.

    • Modulaoblongata

      because Vickey Vale isn’t Batwoman. I think this sounds kinda stupid, i don’t know. it just sounds like the idea is to have them all in high school is lame. joker doesn’t seem like he would be at school very much nor any of the other villains. and it is a rip off of X-Men Evolution, it just seem like this idea is more a marketing ploy to snag new youth full viewers than it is to make something good.

  • kay

    I love this idea! It grew on me quickly. My only tiff would be Barbara Gordon… especially since she’s supposed to be much younger than Bruce. Why not Vicky Vale? She’d be perfect for the school newspaper since she’s little miss reporter.

  • http://twitter.com/chudleycannons David

    Cute idea. I hope Gotham High gets to play football against Smallville High and Bruce has to team up with the journalist from that school to stop some bad guys.

  • Riddlespawn

    I think the fun is cute and entertaining, but no matter how hard I try I just CANT see Jonathon Crane as a gothin emo kid with too much eyeliner. he is, bottom line, a NERD, and that’s why I love him.


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