tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314Scans_DailyBringing the crack since December 2003Scans Daily2023-10-16T20:41:32Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:10313303knight_movesBrave And The Bold 882023-10-16T20:41:32Z2023-10-16T20:41:32Zpublic5Posted by: <span lj:user='knight_moves' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://knight-moves.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://knight-moves.dreamwidth.org/'><b>knight_moves</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/xjRMxWh/Batman-Wildcat-169.jpg"><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/10313303.html#cutid1">What if Rocky 4 had Batman in it?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=10313303" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:10275883iamrmanVillanous Miscellany2023-09-17T10:58:00Z2023-09-17T10:58:00Zpublic9Posted by: <span lj:user='iamrman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://iamrman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://iamrman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>iamrman</b></a></span><br /><br /><p><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/10275883.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=10275883" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:10275549iamrmanDapper and Spoopy2023-09-16T23:11:23Z2023-09-16T23:11:23Zpublic4Posted by: <span lj:user='iamrman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://iamrman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://iamrman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>iamrman</b></a></span><br /><br /><p><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/10275549.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=10275549" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:8941321cyberghostfaceBatman #2602020-09-13T15:48:49Z2020-09-13T16:18:36Zpublic5Posted by: <span lj:user='cyberghostface' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cyberghostface</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://abload.de/img/rco004_1583444633qhk9o.jpg" height="400" width="272" alt="" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/8941321.html#cutid1">Scans under the cut...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=8941321" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:8571026cyberghostfaceThe Joker #102019-10-25T13:49:52Z2019-10-25T17:30:36Zpublic7Posted by: <span lj:user='cyberghostface' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cyberghostface</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://abload.de/img/thejoker010-000i0ky4.jpg" width="260" height="400" alt="" /> <br /><br />Earlier this year I posted Joker's solo series which ran for nine issues. There was also a tenth issue that was completed but never published. Four decades later it was included in <em>The Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus.</em> Fortunately for those not wanting to pay sixty dollars just to get one issue DC recently released the issue on digital format for $1.99. So without further ado...<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/8571026.html#cutid1">Scans under the cut...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />On a related note the Joker just knocked Deadpool off the spot for <strong><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/10/25/joker-box-office-oscars-r-rated-dc-films-joaquin-phoenix-warner-bros-venom-logan-deadpool/#68f9ead07b61">the biggest R-rated movie ever</a></strong>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=8571026" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:8343913cyberghostfaceThe Joker #92019-05-05T21:29:09Z2019-05-05T21:29:09Zpublic5Posted by: <span lj:user='cyberghostface' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cyberghostface</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://abload.de/img/cover93ek6z.jpg" height="400" width="261" alt="" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/8343913.html#cutid1">Scans under the cut...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=8343913" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:8342983cyberghostfaceThe Joker #82019-05-04T20:25:10Z2019-05-04T20:25:10Zpublic5Posted by: <span lj:user='cyberghostface' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cyberghostface</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://abload.de/img/cover89sj7i.png" height="400" width="262" alt="" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/8342983.html#cutid1">Scans under the cut...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=8342983" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:8341627cyberghostfaceThe Joker #72019-05-03T22:15:12Z2019-05-03T22:15:12Zpublic8Posted by: <span lj:user='cyberghostface' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cyberghostface</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://abload.de/img/cover7xtjy5.jpg" width="262" height="400" alt="" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/8341627.html#cutid1">Scans under the cut...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=8341627" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:8339395cyberghostfaceThe Joker #62019-05-02T19:13:53Z2019-05-02T19:13:53Zpublic9Posted by: <span lj:user='cyberghostface' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cyberghostface</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://abload.de/img/cover6mfk04.jpg" height="400" width="261" alt="" /><br /><p>"Yeah, and now we could do justice to that baby, but at the time, 'Okay, you’ve got a homicidal maniac and he has to be the protagonist 12 times a year.' I was never satisfied with the work I did for that. Given the Comics Code there was just no way to make it work. He had to be Hannibal Lecter in order to be consistent and logical and be The Joker, and he couldn’t be that back then. Now with the freedom comics guys have they could probably make it work.</p>"In terms of good writing, good plotting, it couldn’t be done. It was the same problem that the movie guys had. When I teach writing I use the movie, 'The Bad Seed' as an example of that; where it was adapted from a Broadway play about this angelic little girl who kills people wantonly any time she doesn’t get her way, and the way the play ended, she’s gonna get away with it. 'Oh, my God, she’s going to grow up!' (chuckle.) In the movie, because of that requirement, the last minute she walks to the end of a dock and lightning strikes her dead. So God takes care of it. God handles what the cops couldn’t, and nothing in the story sets that up. It’s not the writer’s fault; I mean they had to do it that way. So that was the problem with The Joker, you couldn’t be logical and consistent and do that character as a protagonist." -- <a href="https://www.nerdteam30.com/creator-conversations-retro/an-interview-with-denny-oneil-the-author-behind-dcs-socially-conscious-70s">Denny O'Neil</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/8339395.html#cutid1">Scans under the cut...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=8339395" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:8334718cyberghostfaceThe Joker #52019-04-29T20:37:42Z2019-04-29T20:37:42Zpublic11Posted by: <span lj:user='cyberghostface' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cyberghostface</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://abload.de/img/cover5qgj0n.jpg" width="257" height="400" alt="" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/8334718.html#cutid1">Scans under the cut...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=8334718" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:8331561cyberghostfaceThe Joker #22019-04-27T01:52:30Z2019-04-27T01:52:30Zpublic6Posted by: <span lj:user='cyberghostface' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cyberghostface</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://abload.de/img/coverghj1u.jpg" height="400" width="260" alt="" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/8331561.html#cutid1">Scans under the cut...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=8331561" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:8330937cyberghostfaceThe Joker #12019-04-26T00:12:00Z2019-04-26T00:18:40Zpublic17Posted by: <span lj:user='cyberghostface' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cyberghostface.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cyberghostface</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://abload.de/img/coveru5k57.jpg" width="256" height="400" alt="" /><br /><br />"[The Joker] was and is the great trickster figure in all of pop culture, maybe in all of storytelling. But in order for the Joker to work, in my opinion, he can't be a nice guy, he can't be amusing like a clown. There has to be real element of danger. He might turn on you in a second... <br /><br />"If you adhere to the letter of the [Comics] Code, the bad guy has to be caught at the end of the story; there has to be a strong suggestion that justice will be serviced. We have a continuing character that, by his very nature, is a criminal. He's not the Joker if he's Simon Templar the Saint, or Boston Blackie, guys who are 'bad' but are actually Robin Hoods. He's the <em>Joker</em>—he's got to be a vicious, unpredictable criminal. Okay, now fit that into the Comics Code as it was back then. I don't think whoever made the decision to give him his own series realized that it was a huge problem." -- <a href="http://westfieldcomics.com/blog/interviews-and-columns/for-your-consideration-dcs-the-joker-the-clown-prince-of-crime/">Denny O'Neil</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/8330937.html#cutid1">Scans under the cut...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=8330937" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:7119630history79The Joker #12017-07-24T13:04:05Z2017-07-24T13:04:05Zpublic11Posted by: <span lj:user='history79' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://history79.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://history79.dreamwidth.org/'><b>history79</b></a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://abload.de/image.php?img=07mk87.jpg"><img src="https://abload.de/img/07mk87.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/7119630.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=7119630" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:4369953lego_jokerBecause such things are relevant to my life, as of today...2013-06-05T04:02:12Z2013-06-05T13:32:34Zpublic11Posted by: <span lj:user='lego_joker' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://lego-joker.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://lego-joker.dreamwidth.org/'><b>lego_joker</b></a></span><br /><br />... let's have a look at the day that Dick Grayson graduated from high school <strike>after being held back for thirty years</strike>. And the historical implications for the Bat-comics surrounding it as a whole.<br /><br />For different heroes (and their respective supporting casts) in the DC Universe, the exact moment of transition from "Golden Age" to "Silver Age" varied from "clear as day" - such as in the case of the Flash and Green Lantern, who had entirely new people take over the titles - to "muddled, vague, endlessly-debated mess" - as was the case with Superman and Batman.<br /><br />The transition from "Silver Age" to "Bronze Age" was just as messy for many heroes, if not moreso. After all, unlike the jump from Golden to Silver, the jump from Silver to Bronze saw no retcon saying "Oh, all the comics published during [insert time period here] took place on this Earth, while the ones you're reading right now take place on <em>this</em> Earth!". A portion of comics fans and/or scholars today even deny the very existence of a "Bronze Age", choosing to lump all of the output from the 1970s to the mid-1980s (a rough approximation, mind you) into the Silver Age.<br /><br />Still, there were definite changes in tone, art style, and story elements in most of DC's publications once the 1970s rolled around. Clark Kent, for one, became a TV News Anchor, while Oliver Queen picked up his (in)famous rough-edged personality and left-wing ideals (as well as his fabulous goatee).<br /><br />For me, though, the clearest line in the sand - at least where DC's major heroes were concerned - was the one drawn in the Batman books.<br /><br />(Note: 7 pages - and a cover - from <em>Batman</em> #217.)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/4369953.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=4369953" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:3652553jkcarrierBatman...and all that Jazz2012-03-02T17:00:44Z2012-03-02T17:00:44Zpublic5Posted by: <span lj:user='jkcarrier' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://jkcarrier.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://jkcarrier.dreamwidth.org/'><b>jkcarrier</b></a></span><br /><br />A little late for Mardi Gras, but we were discussing death in comics over at the Noscans group, and it reminded me of the jazz funeral scene in this Batman story:<br /><br /><img src="http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2151/cursed00.jpg"><br /><br />Batman #224, 1970: "Carnival of the Cursed!"<br />8 pages worth of panels from a 24-page story.<br />Warning: Villain uses some ableist slurs.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3652553.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=3652553" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:3600389icon_ukDudes in Distress Week - Oh come on, you MUST have known I'd be doing something like this (Pt2)2012-02-05T16:19:29Z2012-02-06T21:21:28Zpublic21Posted by: <span lj:user='icon_uk' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://icon-uk.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://icon-uk.dreamwidth.org/'><b>icon_uk</b></a></span><br /><br />As promised, this is the second mega-posting to celebrate the end of "Dude(s) in Distress Week", dealing with published images... (This is sort of a "Greatest Hits", as much of it has been posted before)<br /><br />The history of the "Dude in Distress" in graphical literature is a long and noble one... there are probably medieval woodcuts showing that sort of thing, but as that slightly predates most of the usual area of scans_daily, we'll skip to something vaguely more recent... well, relatively speaking.<br /><br />LOTS of scans under the cut, but I've used smallish thumbnails so as not to kill your broadband completely! Just stun it slightly...<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3600389.html#cutid1">Over a century of Dudes in Distress</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=3600389" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:3501768chocochuySpooky Saturdays : The Knightmare that Haunted Gotham City2011-12-17T23:59:53Z2011-12-18T00:01:56ZMiracle Guyartisticpublic2Posted by: <span lj:user='chocochuy' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://chocochuy.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://chocochuy.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chocochuy</b></a></span><br /><br />Bonjour again, Ladies and Gentlemen!<br /><br />As I promised last week, today you get another dosage of the saga of the Gentleman Ghost and you are going to get a nice treat in this session. Ever wondered what would happen if the world's greatest detective faced the world's greatest thief on a match of wits and resources? Well, today's session will deal with such scenario by pitting the Gentleman Ghost against Batman. Witness in amazement as the Cadaverous Cavalier of Crime confronts the Dark Knight on a series of battles that would make them sworn enemies. The actors are ready and the stage has been set. It's Showtime!<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3501768.html#cutid1">Ghosts and Bats</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=3501768" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:3351901strannik01Mosconian Invasion - Episode 2: The Attack on Pearl Harbor2011-10-13T03:20:53Z2011-10-13T03:20:53Zhyperpublic7Posted by: <span lj:user='strannik01' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://strannik01.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://strannik01.dreamwidth.org/'><b>strannik01</b></a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3345579.html">Last time, on Mosconian Invasion</a>:<br /><br />Two of the greatest heroes in MLJ Comics, the Shield and the Wizard, joined forces the fight against the dastardly plans of the MOSCONIANS, the people so evil they manage to be both Nazis <em>and</em> the Communists. The valiant Wizard raced off to protect Annapolis and West Point, while the Shield went after the Mosconian spy ring in Washington D.C. The Wizard came back to the capital just in time to save his brother, the head of Naval Intelligence, but in their last act of cowardness, the Mosconians filled the building with cement. Will the Wizard and Grover be able to escape from the wreckage? Will the Shield be able to stop the Mosconians? Click on the cut and find out on this installment of the first crossover in comic book history - THE MOSCONIAN INVASION!<br /><br /><a href="http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/Strannik01/scans_daily/Golden%20Age%20PDH%20Comics/Archie%20Comics/Mosconian%20Invasion%20Crossover/?action=view&current=MosconianInvasion-Part2-Header.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" style="width: 290px; height: 224px;" src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/Strannik01/scans_daily/Golden%20Age%20PDH%20Comics/Archie%20Comics/Mosconian%20Invasion%20Crossover/MosconianInvasion-Part2-Header.jpg" alt="Part 1 - PC04 - Header" /></a><a href="http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/Strannik01/scans_daily/Golden%20Age%20PDH%20Comics/Archie%20Comics/Mosconian%20Invasion%20Crossover/?action=view&current=MosconianInvasion-Part2-Header2.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" style="width: 167px; height: 224px;" src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g155/Strannik01/scans_daily/Golden%20Age%20PDH%20Comics/Archie%20Comics/Mosconian%20Invasion%20Crossover/MosconianInvasion-Part2-Header2.jpg" alt="Part 1 - PC04 - Header 2" /></a><br /><br />The following story originally appeared in <em>Pep Comics </em>#4. Writing by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3351901.html#cutid1">The Shield stops an enemy force from attacking Pearl Habor - in 1940 (11 pages behind the cut)</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=3351901" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:3087352icon_ukBleeding Cool has some more info about the "New 52" and a hint about Stephanie2011-06-27T20:30:19Z2011-06-27T20:35:35Zpublic92Posted by: <span lj:user='icon_uk' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://icon-uk.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://icon-uk.dreamwidth.org/'><b>icon_uk</b></a></span><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/27/the-end-of-writing-for-the-trade-%E2%80%93-dc-retail-roadshow-takes-manhattan/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BleedingCool+%28Bleeding+Cool+Comic+News+%26+Rumors%29&utm_content=Twitter">here</a>;<br /><br />Here are a few samples from a retailer who attended the DC Retail launch on Friday<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3087352.html#cutid1">Confirmation for what a number of us expected it would seem</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /> <br />And for legality, a reason why working for Two-Face might have it's little perks when you've just rendered Gotham's finest unconscious...<br /><br /><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/icon_uk/pic/004watrf" alt="" /><br /><br />To borrow one of my favourite Xander quotes from Buffy "Hands! Hands in NEW PLACES!"<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=3087352" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:2761047jkcarrierThe 12 Labors of Wonder Woman - Part 22011-02-10T04:53:50Z2011-02-10T04:53:50Zpublic28Posted by: <span lj:user='jkcarrier' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://jkcarrier.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://jkcarrier.dreamwidth.org/'><b>jkcarrier</b></a></span><br /><br />Part 1 of this storyline is <a href="http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2738608.html">here</a>. The TL;DR version: Amnesia and bad continuity have left Wonder Woman unsure of her abilities, so she asked the JLA to monitor her next 12 missions to make sure she's still fit for duty. Now it's The Flash's turn to play peeping tom, in "The War-No-More Machine!"<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2761047.html#cutid1">What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=2761047" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:2726005thanekosIn light of Lex and the Joker, Lex and the Joker.2011-01-28T06:21:06Z2011-01-31T02:39:25Zpotion approaching - arctic monkeyspublic14Posted by: <span lj:user='thanekos' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://thanekos.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://thanekos.dreamwidth.org/'><b>thanekos</b></a></span><br /><br />Once upon a time Lex went down an all-consuming path, the Joker became a little serious to check him, someone died for a quick joke, and the stuff of power rings was involved.<br /><br />Yes, it's.. the Joker's ongoing's seventh, whose cover featured its protagonist in peril (as opposed to imperiling or merely contending with the monthly antagonist.)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2726005.html#cutid1">And which began, in two ways, in media res.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=2726005" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:2672355thehefnerTwo-Face Tuesday: "Threat of the Two-Headed Coin!"2011-01-05T03:24:34Z2011-01-05T03:41:34Zpublic23Posted by: <span lj:user='thehefner' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://thehefner.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://thehefner.dreamwidth.org/'><b>thehefner</b></a></span><br /><br />Just under the wire!<br /><br />I wasn't sure I'd ever own a copy of this issue. As it featured the first appearance of Arkham Asylum, copies were out of my price range (unless I'm buying rare back issues for my girlfriend--because I'm clearly the most awesome boyfriend ever, zomg--my limit is five bucks), but I managed to find a ratty-ass copy that was good enough to read and scan. Huzzah!<br /><br />I'm glad I did, because while the story is dated and rough, it was surprisingly ahead of its time with how sympathetically it treated Two-Face. Sure, he was sympathetic in his original appearance, but that was only up to the point that he was redeemed and had his face fixed. After it got rescarred again, his very few appearances between 1954 and 1971 treated him more like a tragic character who's now just a villain to be stopped, and all sympathy for him died long ago. It's how many <i>still</i> write him. <br /><br />It's also how Denny O'Neil himself treated the character in his first Two-Face story, <i>Half a Life</i>. I should post that here, both the original version and the recent recoloring, just to compare. But today's post is O'Neil's *second* Two-Face story: <i>Threat of the Two-Headed Coin!</i> from <i>Batman</i> #258 (1974). And this time, O'Neil takes a slightly different approach with the character, one which undoubtedly influenced the writers on <i>Batman: The Animated Series</i> in how they handled villains. <br /><br />That said, it's still very early Bronze Age, right down to the cracky intro image, where Harvey resembles Wile E. Coyote to an oblivious Dynamic Duo:<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/Hefmeister/Two-Face-Two/denny1-1.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2672355.html#cutid1">Fun with atomic weapons behind the cut</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=2672355" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:2579711thehefnerTwo-Face Tuesday: Gilda returns in "Double Jeopardy!"2010-11-30T10:32:52Z2010-11-30T10:34:09Zpublic9Posted by: <span lj:user='thehefner' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://thehefner.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://thehefner.dreamwidth.org/'><b>thehefner</b></a></span><br /><br />Back when I posted <a href="http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2485933.html"><i>Two-Face: Year One</i></a>--which entirely cut out the character of Harvey's wife, Gilda--one commenter asked if any kind of wife/finance is really <i>needed</i> for Harvey.<br /><br />Me, I'd argue that Gilda is a character who is absolutely essential to displaying the humanity and core tragedy of Harvey Dent. Unfortunately, she's made very few appearances in comics, which I think is a major reason why Two-Face is so often written as a one-note monster with a cheap gimmick.<br /><br />That said, Gilda can be a problematic character. When she first appeared in <a href="http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2360108.html">the original Harvey Kent trilogy way back in the 40's</a>, her character was mainly there to be the weeping, faithful, fragile love interest, the pure-hearted woman who could redeem Harvey through the sheer power of lurve.<br /><br />Two-Face eventually returned, but Gilda did not. At least, not until 1980, after a thirty-six year absence, in the story I bring you today. In this overly-convoluted mystery entitled <i>Double Jeopardy/Twice Dies the Batman</i>, Gilda meets a new love interest with a shady past, and unwittingly becomes involved in a web of lies, murder, and revenge. Why can't there ever be webs of <i>nice</i> things, like puppies and pie?<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/Hefmeister/Two-Face-Two/carlpreview.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2579711.html#cutid1">Plastic surgery does not work that way behind the cut</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><br />In the near future, I'll post the one other story to actually make use of this refreshing new direction for Gilda before she's relegated back to her previous characterization... or worse, in the case of the story from which she's now, regrettably, most famous.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=2579711" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:2569571skjam"The Three Flaming Dooms!"2010-11-27T00:29:22Z2010-11-27T00:29:22Z"Who Do You Love?"--Green Bullfrogcontemplativepublic12Posted by: <span lj:user='skjam' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://skjam.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://skjam.dreamwidth.org/'><b>skjam</b></a></span><br /><br />Hi folks!<br /><br />Hope your Thursday was good, and everyone is quite recovered.<br /><br />I'm using "Weakness Week" as an excuse to run a few pages of this character...<br /><br /><img src="http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4154/knight1z.jpg"><br /><br />Can you guess his secret weakness?<br /><br />For those of you who haven't met the character before, the Silent Knight was actually Brian Kent, son of Sir Edwin Kent. Sir Edwin was co-ruler of a fiefdom with Sir Oswald. Oswald didn't want to share, and treacherously slew Sir Edwin. Brian realized what had happened, but could not speak out against Sir Oswald, as he was now sole ruler, and Brian was not yet of age. So Brian adopted an identity-concealing set of armor to fight for the common people against Sir Oswald's misrule. One problem--the full-face helmet wasn't going to be enough. Brian had a very distinctive voice, so he couldn't go the standard superhero route of lowering it a notch and speaking gruffly; he had to remain silent or have Sir Oswald prove that the outlaw Silent Knight was the same person as Brian Kent and legally have him put to death. <br /><br />This is a fairly typical story, "The Three Flaming Dooms!" It was originally printed in The Brave and the Bold #15 in 1957, but this is the 1974 reprint in The Brave and the Bold #112. 3 1/3 pages of ten.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2569571.html#cutid1">Apologies in advance for the crooked scans.</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />Your thoughts and comments?<br /><br /><u>Suggested tags</u><br />char: Silent Knight/Brian Kent<br />creator: Irv Novick<br />creator: Robert Kanigher<br />publisher: DC Comics<br />theme: animals<br />title: The Brave and the Bold<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=2569571" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:2542211thehefnerTwo-Face Tuesday! Bronze Age espionage fun with King Faraday in "Two for the Money!"2010-11-16T05:37:32Z2010-11-16T05:37:32Zpublic14Posted by: <span lj:user='thehefner' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://thehefner.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://thehefner.dreamwidth.org/'><b>thehefner</b></a></span><br /><br />One of the most distinctive aspects of The Bronze Age of Comics (early 70's to mid 80's) was how it mixed classic superheroics in a greater sense of realism. <br /><br /><small>Or at least, that was the attempt, more often than not. Even those results that were groundbreaking at the time now read as dated, ham-handed, and/or just plain silly. I mean, I know it's blasphemous, but have any of you recently read the O'Neil/Adams <i>Green Lantern/Green Arrow</i> run? </small><br /><br />Due to the popularity of James Bond and other Cold War spy adventures, Batman's stories took on a more global scope, most notably once O'Neil brought in Ra's Al Ghul. Even the classic Rogues got into the espionage game, including Penguin, Joker, and, of course, the focus of today's story:<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/Hefmeister/Two-Face/king2-1.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2542211.html#cutid1">The surprise identity of today's mystery guest villain behind the cut!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />So obviously Two-Face survives, but we're never given any explanation to how. In fact, this was at least his second sure death during the Bronze Age, the first of which I still have yet to post, and that one wasn't explained away either! <br /><br />Instead, Harvey returns a mere year later, with no mention of this story whatsoever, in another Novick-drawn tale that not only brings back Gilda, but also directly spins out of <a href="http://about-faces.livejournal.com/16271.html">the Dave Davis origin</a>. It's Gilda's first appearance since the Golden Age, and the first truly interesting look at the character and why she's so vital to Harvey as a character.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=2542211" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments