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icon_ukWhen celebrating Robin's 80th Anniversary, we should perhaps, take a look back at how it all started.
( Tale as old as time... well, 1940 at any rate )
( Tale as old as time... well, 1940 at any rate )
alicemacher
One of Bill Finger's most heartrending stories, and one of my favourites from the Golden Age.
( 'Easy, Dick... be a good soldier!' )
Batman: Professor Radium, Version Two
Aug. 7th, 2017 10:06 amalicemacher
Warning for suicidal ideation and (though there's no tag for it) ableism.
( 'An insane man doesn't reason rationally!' Brilliant observation, Batman )
alicemacher
An example of the clinically realistic way superhero comics depict the onset of mental illness.
We're all familiar with the long-discredited Golden Age trope in which exposure to radioactive elements gives people beneficial super-powers. But even then, there were comic-book characters who weren't so lucky when exposed to radiation, voluntarily or otherwise. In the "voluntarily" category, for example, we have Professor Henry Ross, who just wanted to invent a cure for death.
( 'But in so doing, he created Frankenstein's monster' )
Some DC solicitations for September
Jun. 15th, 2015 11:02 pmTags:
- char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon,
- char: catwoman/selina kyle,
- char: mera,
- char: midnighter,
- char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson,
- char: starfire/koriand'r,
- char: terra/atlee,
- char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira,
- creator: amanda conner,
- creator: bill finger,
- creator: darwyn cooke,
- creator: dennis o'neil,
- creator: marguerite bennett,
- creator: mikel janin,
- creator: tim seeley,
- genre: solicitations,
- publisher: dc comics
lego_jokerThis should surprise no one who's familiar with my posts in this community, nor, really, anyone who pays attention to my username.
I. Love. The. Joker. Always have, probably always will.
Now, I'm fully aware of the "Batman/the police/some civilian should totally kill this asshole Villain Sue!" sentiment on many corners of the Internet, and I can understand them. Hell, in some ways, I emphasize with them. For the last ten or fifteen years, the man who once proudly called himself the Clown Prince of Crime has been headed down a pretty steep slide into mindless, humorless violence (interspersed with those obnoxious events that shove themselves in our faces and scream "SEE! SEE? THE JOKER IS BATMAN'S #1 VILLAIN AGAIN! HE'S NO LAUGHING MATTER NOW, BABY!"), and if anything, the DCnU and Scott Snyder have only exacerbated it.
And yet... and yet, no matter how low his low points get, they can never quite cancel out the highs. Perhaps those high points will never return, but even if that's so, he's already got plenty under his belt for us to peruse at our leisure.
Besides, I just can't hate a face like this.
( The Best of the J-Man, behind the cut! )
I. Love. The. Joker. Always have, probably always will.
Now, I'm fully aware of the "Batman/the police/some civilian should totally kill this asshole Villain Sue!" sentiment on many corners of the Internet, and I can understand them. Hell, in some ways, I emphasize with them. For the last ten or fifteen years, the man who once proudly called himself the Clown Prince of Crime has been headed down a pretty steep slide into mindless, humorless violence (interspersed with those obnoxious events that shove themselves in our faces and scream "SEE! SEE? THE JOKER IS BATMAN'S #1 VILLAIN AGAIN! HE'S NO LAUGHING MATTER NOW, BABY!"), and if anything, the DCnU and Scott Snyder have only exacerbated it.
And yet... and yet, no matter how low his low points get, they can never quite cancel out the highs. Perhaps those high points will never return, but even if that's so, he's already got plenty under his belt for us to peruse at our leisure.
Besides, I just can't hate a face like this.
( The Best of the J-Man, behind the cut! )
Tags:
- char: batman/bruce wayne,
- char: joker,
- creator: alan moore,
- creator: bill finger,
- creator: bob kane,
- creator: brian bolland,
- creator: brian stelfreeze,
- creator: dennis o'neil,
- creator: denys cowan,
- creator: dustin nguyen,
- creator: frank miller,
- creator: graham nolan,
- creator: jim aparo,
- creator: jim starlin,
- creator: john arcudi,
- creator: lew sayre schwartz,
- creator: marv wolfman,
- creator: neal adams,
- creator: paul dini,
- creator: roger langridge,
- series: 31 days of scans
Who's Up For Some Retro-Batman?
Nov. 20th, 2014 09:28 pmespanolbotTurns out that Comixology has started giving away Detective Comics 27 for free, what with the issue being some 75 years old at this point. So, I thought that I'd post some! Haha!
( Read more )
( Read more )
Batman (minus Batman)
Jan. 23rd, 2014 12:11 pmhis_spiffynesssArtist Ty Templeton has been lobbying for Google to mark Bill Finger's 100th birthday and he's arguing his contributions to the creation of Batman definitrely make him noteworthy enough.
( As proof, he presents what Batman would Look Like without Bill Finger's contributions )
( As proof, he presents what Batman would Look Like without Bill Finger's contributions )
icon_ukIn a recent post from espanolbot , mention is made of Dick having his own supervillains.
Now Crazy Quilt we've met in the past, but there is another name up there, who also had a criminal career versus the Boy Wonder back in the Golden Age.
( Before the Clock King there was... The Clock )
espanolbot , mention is made of Dick having his own supervillains.Now Crazy Quilt we've met in the past, but there is another name up there, who also had a criminal career versus the Boy Wonder back in the Golden Age.
( Before the Clock King there was... The Clock )
icon_ukAs the comics world mourns the passing of a legend, let's look back at Batman #1, and the debut of the character Mr Jerry Robinson will forever be connected with. A character with one of the most eponymous calling cards of all time.
( Smile damn you smile! )
( Smile damn you smile! )
