To icon_uk, from his biggest fan...
Max Allan Collins' brief run on Batman from back in the day isn't really well-remembered. At most, a few Jason fans and writers draw from it as the primary source for Jason's post-Crisis origin, but that's about it.
And yet, said run contained some glorious, glorious scenes. Like this one.

Just ignore the context, and pretend that one of the Robins (probably Dick) is paying the Joker back for all those years of being bound and gagged...
Max Allan Collins' brief run on Batman from back in the day isn't really well-remembered. At most, a few Jason fans and writers draw from it as the primary source for Jason's post-Crisis origin, but that's about it.
And yet, said run contained some glorious, glorious scenes. Like this one.

Just ignore the context, and pretend that one of the Robins (probably Dick) is paying the Joker back for all those years of being bound and gagged...
I miss Helena Bertinelli
Mar. 24th, 2013 07:26 pmI miss Helena Bertinelli as the Huntress. I know a lot of the "member of the Bat-family that doesn't quite fit in and has issues" slot has been filled by Jason Todd in the Nu52. I just miss her.
( Huntress vs. Joker in No Man's Land. )
( Huntress vs. Joker in No Man's Land. )
A bit of Neil Gaiman's Batman...
Feb. 1st, 2013 06:07 pmIn the Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader trade they also collected some of Gaiman's older Batman stories from back in the day. One of them, about a recuiter for the Suicide Squad evaluating Poison Ivy to see if she'll be a worthwhile addition to the troupe I'll cover later.
But for now, here's a bit from a story involving a group of reporters who come to Gotham to make a documentary about how Batman is actually responsible for the amount of supervillains in the city...
( This takes place just after Death in the Family, for those who were interested in when this was set. )
But for now, here's a bit from a story involving a group of reporters who come to Gotham to make a documentary about how Batman is actually responsible for the amount of supervillains in the city...
( This takes place just after Death in the Family, for those who were interested in when this was set. )
It's cold and lonely here in Minnesota, so I hope you'll enjoy this!
"World's Finest" was kind of an odd title in the Silver Age. Although it starred both Batman and Superman, it was much more in the Superman "camp", using his artists, editors and writers. This meant that many of the stories tended to use characters and themes that had appeared in the Superman titles, and were behind the times when it came to the Batman side of things. In this case, the story riffs on a story in Superman #181, and adds some Batman.

Five of seventeen pages of what's a fairly unusual story for the Silver Age, plus some extras.
( My one weakness! )
Your thoughts and comments?
Happy New Year,
SKJAM!
"World's Finest" was kind of an odd title in the Silver Age. Although it starred both Batman and Superman, it was much more in the Superman "camp", using his artists, editors and writers. This meant that many of the stories tended to use characters and themes that had appeared in the Superman titles, and were behind the times when it came to the Batman side of things. In this case, the story riffs on a story in Superman #181, and adds some Batman.

Five of seventeen pages of what's a fairly unusual story for the Silver Age, plus some extras.
( My one weakness! )
Your thoughts and comments?
Happy New Year,
SKJAM!


